A Catholic school teacher jailed on child rape charges was released from prison a decade early after a court threw out the conviction amid questions about the accuser’s credibility. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Bernard Shero, 54, a former teacher at St. Jerome school, pleaded no contest Monday to child rape and assault charges. In turn, …
Indiana police have arrested a man and accused him of shooting his wife after recording her begging for her life, according to PEOPLE. The Journal & Courier reported that Patrick Elliott, 50, allegedly shot his wife, Donita Elliott, 47, in their Lafayette home on August 8. According to an affidavit, Patrick originally told officers that he …
Authorities found Anna Racine safe in Minnesota on Friday evening. According to her cousin, Sarah House, the teen was found with her former high school janitor, 21-year-old Morgan Burcham. House said that both Anna and Burcham are currently in custody. No other information is available at this time. Check back with CrimeOnline as additional details become …
A judge presiding over the case of a New York City doctor who died of a cocaine overdose has released surveillance video of the night a New York City dermatologist the mother of three lost her life while partying with an HBO producer. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Dr. Kiersten Cerveny died in October 2015 after …
The young woman’s attorney called the invasive cavity search “rape by cop”
A middle school gym teacher is accused of having a relationship with an underage student who was between the 8th and 9th grades at the time of the alleged assault. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in a press release Tuesday that Shawnetta D. Reece of Blairsville, Georgia, was allegedly sexually involved with a 15-year-old student …
A young woman who abandoned her newborn in a flowerbed before going inside to take a nap claimed she panicked because she didn’t know she was pregnant until she gave birth. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a neighborhood resident found a newborn infant left naked, and covered in dirt and ants, in a flowerbed outside a …
A young mother in Thailand sent a video of herself tying a noose around her one-year-old son’s neck in a twisted bid to get her husband’s attention. The Sun reports that Nareumon Jampasert of Bangkok, Thailand, had been trying to reach her husband on the phone. When he wouldn’t respond, she recorded video of herself tying …
“We’re heartbroken, shocked and devastated… but recognize nothing can compare to the grief and inexplicable pain her family and loved ones must feel in this moment.”
“When militias start getting formed I’m going after government officials when I have a team.”
EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas acting on a tip found 17 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck with little ventilation in San Antonio. Edinburg …
By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish court ordered the owner of an amateur-built submarine Saturday held in pre-trial detention for 24 days while police investigate the disappearance of a Swedish journalist who had been on the ship before it sank. Peter Madsen was arrested Friday on preliminary manslaughter charges, hours …
