Attorneys for R. Kelly are trying to overturn a default judgment in favor of a woman who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Chicago judge ruled against Kelly in a lawsuit brought by Heather Williams, one of the four alleged victims named in Kelly’s criminal …
An accused gang member believed to have fatally stabbed a New York City boy in the neck last summer has rejected a plea deal Thursday that could’ve spared him from spending the rest of his life behind bars. According to News12, Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, 24, one of 14 men charged in the June 20 slaying of …
The man accused of killing a four-month-old baby after learning he was not the biological father was deported from the United States five times, most recently in 2016. The New York Post reports that the man identified in a previous CrimeOnline report as Jose Avila-Agurcia, gave a fake name to police when he was arrested, …
A Florida mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly battering her 9-year-old son during an argument over homework. Martha Ciguenas, 44, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated child abuse for an April 4 incident involving her son. Ciguenas is accused of striking the boy in the head with a glass candle holder and metal …
An arrest has been made in the double murder of a justice advocate and a former professional hockey player in upscale Orange County, California. ABC 7 reports that Jamon Buggs, 44, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Wendi Miller and Darren Partch last weekend. The suspect was reportedly already in custody on burglary charges when …
Two parents in northern California were arrested after authorities found their toddler twins locked in what police described as makeshift cages in a house full of dangerous weapons and suspected drugs. But the parents won’t be facing child endangerment charges after the District Attorney said the incident was blown out of proportion. KTLA obtained an …
Nikolas Cruz may soon be out of legal representation in the murder case against him for the shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018. NPR reports that Cruz’s public defenders have filed a motion asking to withdraw from representing Cruz because he is set to receive a sizable …
A woman who accused R. Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager has won a judgment in a lawsuit she filed against him after Kelly’s legal team ignored the suit. The New York Times reports that a judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Heather Williams, after Kelly failed to respond to the …
Loved ones remain prayerful days after celebrating what they described as a miraculous recovery thus far for a Minnesota boy reportedly picked up by a stranger and tossed from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in Minneapolis earlier this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the family’s pastor, Mac Hammond, provided a positive update …
A woman in Pittsburgh with a restraining order against her boyfriend reportedly woke to find him standing in her bedroom — after he had been secretly living in her home for weeks, despite a restraining order. The Daily News reports that Cary Cocuzzi, 31, was arrested this weekend after he allegedly attacked the unidentified woman in …
A Tennessee man has been charged with the murder of a 4-month-old baby — who he allegedly killed after learning that he wasn’t the infant’s biological father. CTV News reports that Jose Avila-Agurcia, 33, is being held on suspicion of murder after he allegedly beat 4-month-old Alexander Lizondro-Chacon to death. According to an affidavit obtained by …
Authorities in Orange County, California, may be narrowing in on a suspect behind a mysterious double murder in Newport Beach this weekend. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Wendi Miller, 48, and Darren Partch, 38, were found dead in Partch’s Newport Beach condominium on Sunday. Partch’s roommate, who said he did not know Miller, reportedly found the pair …
