An Alabama elementary school teacher was arrested this week and charged with willful abuse of a child under 18 after a video went viral showing her allegedly beating a boy with a belt more than 20 times. Cottage Hill Christian …
Federal authorities stepped in on Wednesday and charged a man who set a woman on fire on a Chicago transit train with terrorism. The federal charge against 50-year-old Lawrence Reed carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, The Associated …
Investigators this week followed up on a lead in the four-year-old case of Summer Wells, the Tennessee girl who vanished from her Hawkins County home when she was 5 years old. A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesperson told WJHL that …
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A former South Carolina teacher who sent over 60 love letters to a student he stalked has pleaded guilty to harassment. FOX Carolina reports that 27-year-old Dylan Robert Dukes admitted in court Wednesday, he contacted the victim after she left …
A Florida man is behind bars for murdering a woman who allegedly flew from the United Kingdom to be killed. Sonia Exelby was reportedly experiencing mental health issues when she met Dwain Hall, 53, on a fetish site where she …
Anna Kepner’s stepmother has reportedly admitted that her 16-year-old son is a suspect in connection with the Florida teen’s untimely death aboard a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month. According to Daily Mail, Thomas Hudson is seeking immediate custody of …
The murder trial continues in Cobb County against Matthew Lanz, a Georgia man accused of killing a beloved firefighter and his wife. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lanz is accused of fatally shooting his neighbors, Justin and Amber Hicks, in 2021. …
On Tuesday, Florida authorities searched abandoned hotels for a 10-year-old girl who has been missing since June. WESH reported that Osceola County police searched the Orlando Sun Resort, where Gabrielle Terrelonge and her family frequented. Terrelonge was last seen getting …
The boyfriend of a missing Utah woman, Danielle Staley, has offered to take a polygraph test as the search continues. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 35-year-old Staley was last seen near Rio Del Mar State Beach on November 7 at around …
A 26-year-old woman is in critical condition after a man set her on fire in the middle of an argument on a Chicago transit train Monday night. The incident took place just before 9:30 p.m. on the downtown loop of …
The White House intervened in a federal investigation of self-described misogynist and accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate and his brother when they visited Florida earlier this year after restrictions on their travel were lifted. Customs and Border Patrol agents seized …
A step-sibling may be facing criminal charges in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Florida cheerleader on board a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month. The twist in the investigation into the death of Anna Kepner comes in a …
A source with the Los Angeles Police Department says that singer D4vd has been identified as a suspect in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas. KNBC reports that the source, “with direct knowledge of the investigation,” says that the Houston-born …
An Arizona teen broke into hs ex-gifrlfriend’s home and shot her to death in her bed then went after the girl’s mother. Emilio Rivera, 18, was charged Friday with first degree murder in the the death of 17-year-old Rhiana Kemplin …
A 15-year-old Indiana boy was charged with murder last month for allegedly fatally shooting his father and great-uncle in August. On October 29, Jeremiah Dill’s case was waived to adult court, where he will be prosecuted for Grantham Chandler, 43, …
An Ohio man will spend a minimum of 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to crashing his vehicle while drunk, causing a fire that killed his 2-year-old daughter Lillyanna. Nicholas Stemen was sentenced to 22 to 27 1/2 …
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Accused wife killer Brian Walshe has pleaded guilty to two of three charges in connection with his wife’s disappearance and murder. According to FOX News Digital, Walshe pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful conveyance of a human body and misleading police, …
An Indiana woman is facing charges for fraudulently receiving grant money for her child’s feeding tube. Police arrested Alanna Brown Friday and charged her with fraud and neglect of a dependent resulting in a bodily injury In April, Brown’s toddler …
A Wyoming teen is facing a felony animal abuse charge after allegedly poisoning her roommate’s dog. Allie Erspamer, 19, is accused of poisoning a pit bull named Lilly in April. Her roommate, identified as Hallie Blake, contacted Sweetwater County Sheriff’s …
A Michigan man charged last week with killing his three sons in 2010 will remain jailed on a $60 million bond, a judge ordered Monday. John Skelton, 53, appeared in a Lenawee County court for his arraignment on three counts …
A room steward reportedly found a Florida teen who died while on a Carnival Horizon earlier this month wrapped in a blanket and stuffed under a bed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the vessel had embarked on a trip from Miami …
A Georgia mother has been charged with murder after Sandy Springs police responded to a request for a welfare check and found an 11-year-old girl dead. Police were called Saturday morning by the girl’s aunt, who said she had gotten …
A Washington state couple has been charged in a plot to kidnap children and rape them. William James Moore II, 28, and Hailey Rose Davidson, 28, are also charged with child pornography, including secreting recording girls changing in and out …
A New Jersey man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, who’s body was found in an abandoned car in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Lamont Truitt, 36, has been charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, carjacking, …
A New Hampshire man has been charged with raping a young mother 34 years ago in Peabody, Massachusetts. Darrell Lavoie, a 59-year-old professional photographer, was ordered held on a $100,000 bail on Monday when he appeared in court charged with …
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Actor Danny Masterson is blaming his own lawyer for his 2023 rape conviction in new docs filed Monday seeking to have his convictions thrown out. Masterson’s new attorneys say the old one — Philip Cohen — failed to call key …
An Illinois mother pleaded guilty last week to smothering her 7-year-old son in 2021 after a series of court motions aimed at discounting evidence against her failed. Sarah Safranek, 38, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, WIFR reported. The …
California investigators are looking into new allegations of sexual misconduct by disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says it received the new report on Friday from the Largo Police Department in Florida, ABC News …
An investigation is underway in New Jersey after a 2-year-old boy reportedly died on Saturday when he fell from a window at an apartment building. According to the Bergen Record, Newark police responded to reports of a child falling from …
O.J. Simpson’s estate has agreed to pay Ron Goldman’s father nearly $58 million, almost 30 years after a civil lawsuit. According to court documents filed in Las Vegas Friday, the executor of Simpson’s estate, Malcolm LaVergne, accepted the Goldman family’s …
A Georgia man who vanished earlier this month has been found deceased in Bartow County. According to the Canton Police Department, police identified the man James “Greg” Powell, 61, of Canton. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Powell left his residence in …
Investigators said they found a 2-year-old soaked in blood, crying and trying to cuddle his deceased parents.
A man has been arrested for killing a 14-year-old Illinois girl who reportedly vanished on Thursday and found dead hours later. Kylie Toberman was reported missing from her Vandalia home hours before she was discovered dead in an RV behind …
A New York couple and an unamed minor were arrested last week on child abuse charges. Gairelyn O’Donnell, 42, and Fred O’Donnell, 42, were charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child for “knowingly acting in …
A Colorado man who told police he “accidentally” shot his wife in the chest while cleaning his gun waited hour to call 911, newly revealed court documents say. The shooting took place on September 7, the Denver Post reported. An …
An Alabama woman was fatally shot, reportedly by her boyfriend, who called 911 claiming she was a burglar. On Thursday, West Precinct officers with the Birmingham Police Department responded to a 911 call just after 12:15 p.m., claiming a woman …
An 11-year-old boy passed away Friday, following a “road rage” incident in Nevada. Henderson police arrested Tyler Matthew Johns, 22, after he and the child’s stepfather allegedly began “jockeying for positions trying to pass each other” in heavy traffic, with …
Family members of the 11-year-old Connecticut found dead in a plastic tote last month appeared in court this week, where details of her death surfaced. On Friday, Jacqueline’s mother, Karla Garcia, 29; Garcia’s former boyfriend, Jonatan Nanita, 30; and Jacqueline’s …
The former schoolteacher charged with the double murders at Devil’s Den State Park appeared in court Friday. On Friday, Andrew McGann appeared in court, where he was scheduled for a status hearing by Judge Joanna Taylor for January 15, 2026. …
A South Carolina death row inmate who fatally shot three men, burning one victim’s eyes and writing a message in the victim’s blood, died by firing squad Friday. Stephen Bryant, 44, was pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m., after three prison …
Accused killer Brian Walshe has found competent to stand trial for the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe, following an evaluation hearing Friday. Massachusetts Judge Diane Freniere scheduled Walshe’s trial for December 1, after the hour-long hearing at the Dedham …
A Georgia mother is facing charges after her 7-month-old infant died from being left in a hot car while she worked at a local car dealership. On November 3, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) arrested Nyla Simmons, 22 without …
A Florida jury on Friday found a Ukrainian man orphaned as a young boy guilty of first degree murder in the stabbing deaths of the couple who adopted him when he was 14. A judge sentenced Dima Tower to life …
A beloved former college football coach featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U” died Friday, a day after he was shot on the Laney College campus where he was serving as athletic director John Beam, 66, was shot late …
A Colorado man faces four counts of attempted murder after he allegedly shot a woman in the head in a road rage incident on US Highway 285 in Jefferson County on Tuesday. A judge gave Matthew Impellitari, 56, a $1 …
Kentucky authorities are still looking for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for a month. Wynter Wagoner was reportedly last seen around Orlando in Rockcastle County on October 14. Wagoner’s aunt told LEX that the teen — who was …
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