Attorney shot and killed in broad daylight; murder suspect arrested after running red light
Violent Crime
Trinh Huynh was a staff attorney for UPS who “always had a smile on her face”
Juveniles
April 5, 2017
Mom’s boyfriend beats 2-year-old girl to death in hotel room
A North Carolina man is in custody for the brutal beating death of his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. After a four-daylong manhunt, reports WNCN, authorities apprehended Brandon Michael Smith, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s toddler daughter in a Florida hotel room on March 22. Smith, 36, is suspected of beating Alayna Williamson multiple times with a …
Terror
April 4, 2017
Holy Terror: Teen confesses Pope-Murder plot on U.S. soil
A New Jersey teenager has confessed to plotting to murder Pope Francis. According to ABC 6, Santos Colon, Jr., 17, of Lindenwold, New Jersey, pled guilty Monday in federal court to plotting to kill Pope Francis during his 2015 trip to Philadelphia. Charged as an adult, Colon admitted his participation in a plot to …
Violent Crime
April 4, 2017
No charges against Oklahoma man who killed 3 intruders
KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor said Monday no charges will be filed against a 23-year-old man who fatally shot three teenage intruders in his home, but that the woman who drove them there is being charged with first-degree murder. Authorities say Zachary Peters was home alone when he shot …
Violent Crime
April 1, 2017
Florida woman threatens to shoot 7-11 clerk dead when he won’t accept dirty pennies as payment
A customer at a Florida 7-11 threatened to kill a clerk who refused her payment: An “old, dirty jar of pennies,” as authorities told Florida Today. According to the news outlet, the woman showed up at a Melbourne 7-11 at around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and picked up several items to purchase. When she got to …
Theft
March 31, 2017
Elderly man kills attempted armed robber after repeated break-ins: ‘I don’t hate I shot him’
“I had no choice,” the 79-year-old man says
Family Crime
March 31, 2017
Grace Packer killers will face death penalty: Prosecutors want mom Sara Packer and boyfriend Jacob Sullivan to go on trial together
The couple accused of the brutal rape, murder and torture of the woman’s developmentally disabled daughter will be facing the death penalty if convicted of the horrific crime. According to the Morning Call, Jacob Sullivan did not appear at a Friday morning hearing in which prosecutors laid out the aggravating factors of the brutal July …
Child Abuse
March 30, 2017
Toddler beaten to death by godmother after mom gives birth: Report
A 3-year-old child was allegedly murdered by her own godmother while her mom was away having a baby. According to CBS News, Danielle Turner of Richmond, Virginia, pleaded no contest to the second-degree murder of 3-year-old Latrice Walden. Turner was babysitting the little girl as her mother, Nikki Brown, had just given birth. The little …
Violent Crime
March 30, 2017
Mom selling a Playstation gets robbed, murdered
A woman trying to sell a PlayStation gaming console on Monday was shot and killed at a Fort Worth apartment complex, while meeting a potential buyer with her son and husband. Dallas Morning News reports that Rosa Garcia, 37, the mother of five children and two grandchildren, was supposed to meet a man who claimed he wanted to …
Violent Crime
March 29, 2017
‘One of them is shot bad’: 911 call released after three burglars broke into man’s Oklahoma home
The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office released a 911 call of the man who shot three teenagers who tried to break into his home on Monday afternoon. Police said that Zach Peters, 23, shot the three teen boys after they attempted to break into his home through a glass door near the back entrance. Peters told the 911 …
Juveniles
March 29, 2017
4-year-old boy sexually assaulted and murdered by mom’s boyfriend; mother’s involvement not yet known: Police [VIDEO]
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says the D.A.
Violent Crime
March 29, 2017
Teen girl’s diary reveals school shooting plans
The diary of a teenage girl suspected of planning a mass shooting at her high school kept a diary suggesting she was serious about following through. As Crime Online previously reported, Nichole Cevario’s father alerted police on March 23 that there was a “potential threat of violence toward the school” after he found an arsenal of …