A judge formally delivered a sentence of death to Jacob Sullivan, the Pennsylvania man who admitted to raping, torturing, and murdering his girlfriend’s daughter Grace Packer in July 2016. After three days of deliberation following a week of testimony at Sullivan’s sentencing hearing in Bucks County, a jury delivered a verdict of a death sentence. …
A Texas father is fighting for his life following a brutal attack which occurred as he protected his daughter from her boyfriend, his family said. According to KXAN, Jaime Apodaca, 24, assaulted his girlfriend’s father, Eric Garcia on March 23, after Garcia confronted him for yelling at and calling his daughter derogatory names. Apodaca allegedly punched …
New police documents show that Chicago law enforcement kept two key witnesses at a hotel to avoid the media glare, and that the brothers who Jussie Smollett purportedly paid $3,500 for fitness and training typically charged nowhere near that amount — and one brother didn’t have any paying clients at all. The Chicago Police Department …
A Florida man is facing criminal charges for allegedly beating his 73-year-old mother with a kitchen stool and forcing dumplings into her mouth after she refused to dress his mannequin. WPLG reported that Mikkel Dankner, 40, was arrested Monday following an incident with his mother which started in the backyard of a Boyton Beach home. A …
“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett appeared in court Tuesday morning for an emergency hearing where prosecutors dropped all charged against him. The Chicago Tribune reports that Smollett, who has been accused of lying to police about a purported hate crime as part of an alleged hoax, learned in court Tuesday morning that prosecutors are dropping the …
At the sentencing hearing for Jacob Sullivan, the man who admitted to raping and murdering his girlfriend’s teen daughter, family members testified that the defendant is a “gentle giant” and said they couldn’t believe he did what he confessed to doing. The Morning Call reports that about a half-dozen family members, including Sullivan’s father, testified …
Two suspects have been arrested and charged in the fatal weekend shooting of a young Chicago police officer. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Rivera, 23, was shot early Saturday morning Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Rivera was off-duty, having just finished his shift, and was sitting in his Honda with three other people, including another off-duty …
Authorities in Virginia say a man facing criminal charges related to a stabbing last year reportedly told investigators that he believed the victim was a werewolf. According to WTTG, 34-year-old Pankaj Bhasin is accused of stabbing 65-year-old Brad Jackson 53 times in a rampage on July 13 at a business in Alexandria. Authorities found the …
A Texas man is facing criminal charges after video reportedly surfaced of him punching a black woman amid a road rage dispute on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reported that Austin Shuffield, 30, was charged with assault causing bodily injury and interference with an emergency call for the 4:30 a.m. incident in Deep Ellum. Police said Shuffield …
An Idaho man has been arrested in the cold case murder of a young mother 12 years ago, the Post Register reports. Prosecutors on Friday charged 30-year-old Kenneth Ryan Jones with second-degree murder in connection with the 2007 death of Stephanie Eldredge. Eldredge was reported missing in late August 2007 when she was 21 years …
The teen girl reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
The man who admitted to the brutal, rape, and torture of his girlfriend’s daughter reportedly taunted a hospital staffer with cryptic references to the crime as he was recovering from a failed suicide attempt. Jacob Sullivan is expected to be sentenced in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for the 2016 rape and murder of 14-year-old Grace Packer …
