New video footage shows the moment Sherri Papini admitted to California cops that her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax. On Monday, Papini, 39, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $300,000 for falsely claiming to have been kidnapped …
The mother of a Tennesee man accused of killing Memphis mom, Eliza Fletcher, reportedly claimed that the suspect is a “good person” being railroaded for murder. In an interview with DailyMail, 65-year-old Virgie said she doesn’t believe her son, Cleotha …
A North Carolina couple has been criminally charged for Sunday’s death of the woman’s 1-year-old son. Romie Tyler III died after emergency crews found him lifeless in a bathtub at a home in Rocky Mount. Police Corporal Ricky Jackson said …
An Ohio mother is in critical condition Tuesday morning after a man allegedly shot her and kidnapped their 4-year-old son. Akron police said they responded to a shots fired call shortly before 7 p.m. Monday and found the 24-year-old woman …
Two North Carolina teens reported missing over the weekend were found shot dead on Sunday in western Orange County. Family members confirmed the bodies were 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark, WTVD reported, although the medical examiner has not …
Baton Rouge police are looking to answers to an early Friday morning shooting that left a 21-year-old Louisiana State University student dead in her car. Allison Rice, known as Allie to friends and family, was headed home, noshing on french …
The attorney for a murdered victim’s family issued a statement today, following the news of Adnan Syed’s prison release who served over 20 years behind bars for murder As CrimeOnline previously reported, Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 …
Missouri prosecutors announced on Monday that they have charged a suspect in the unsolved slayings of four women in 1990 and 1991. Gary Muehlberg, 73, has been charged with the first-degree murders of Robyn Mihan, 18, Brenda Pruitt, 27, Donna …
Nicolas Cruz pleaded guilty to killing 17 people, including students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The penalty phase of the trial is underway with jurors being asked to decide whether Cruz should spend the …
An alleged Tennessee killer, accused of murdering Memphis mother, Eliza Fletcher, was in court Monday morning in connection to a rape he allegedly committed last year. Fox News reports that suspect Cleotha Henderson, 38, appeared before two Shelby County judges …
Adnan Syed left a Maryland courthouse a free man on Monday after a judge overturned his conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee. Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Syed’s 2000 conviction after prosecutors and Syed’s attorneys revealed …
Georgia police are searching for a Cherokee County woman who hasn’t been seen in days. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, Anya Love FangLi Bailey, 24, was last seen at her residence in Canton, in the Bridgemill subdivision close to Bells …
Rapper Ludacris’ longtime manager was arrested on Tuesday in connection with June’s shooting in Georgia that left one person dead and two injured. Ahmed Obafemi, 52, who is known as Chaka Zulu, was seriously injured in the June 26 shooting …
A Minnesota woman is facing felony charges after prosecutors said she sexually and physically abused a 6-year-old boy in her care. According to KNSI, citing court documents filed at the Benton County court, 51-year-old Leigh Anne Schwartz has been arrested …
A Georgia father has pleaded guilty to murder and related charges in connection with the 2016 death of his daughter. According to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Milan Wash pleaded guilty on September 15 to murdering his 7-year-old daughter, …
Authorities in Arizona have identified a body that was reportedly found in a suitcase in the desert on Saturday. A cyclist told KSAZ that she was on a public trail in Phoenix when she discovered what appeared to be a …
A retired Kansas City police detectives has been charged with federal civil rights crimes related to claims that he sexually assaulted two victims while “acting under the color of law.” Allegations against Roger Golubski surfaced when an investigation discovered that …
A North Carolina mother and her boyfriend are expected in court Monday after her 1-year-old child was found unresponsive in a bathtub Sunday morning. Sierra Eley, 27, has been charged with child abuse, and Marcus Richardson, 30, has been charged …
A California mother who claimed she was kidnapped and tortured for three weeks in 2016 — but was actually staying with an ex-boyfriend 600 miles from her home — has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for her elaborate …
A Missouri couple has been charged with child endangerment resulting in the death of 21-month-old boy who found a loaded gun and shot himself in the head. Police said Alea Little, 24, and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Donnell Straughter, were in …
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Friday temporarily suspended the law license of prosecutor Ronnie Goldy for allegedly promising a defendant favors in court in exchange for nude images. The Louisville Courier Journal first disclosed in July the 230 pages of …
A Fiji judge rejected three bail sponsors for a Tennessee man accused of brutally beating his wife to death on their honeymoon this summer, sending Bradley Dawson back to his cell with no bail. One of the “sureties” who wrote …
The mother told detectives she fled the house to a friend’s, leaving the little girl behind, because her husband had been acting oddly all day.
A Florida woman was arrested on Friday after she allegedly stabbed her two roommates and went shopping. Marion County Sheriff’s deputies were called just after 8 a.m. Friday by a man who said he’d been stabbed. When deputies arrived, they …
A 20-year-old Indiana man riding an electric scooter died early Sunday after he was hit by an apparently drunk driver who fled the scene with the scooter caught beneath her vehicle. Madelyn Howard, 22, failed dexterity tests and was taken …
Mikella Debina, 15, had been missing for nearly 20 hours, abducted from a secluded Hawaiian beach, when her alleged kidnapper brought her into a cafe in Hilo, 70 miles across the Big Island from where she was last seen. Bridge …
Pennsylvania police are looking for a 14-year-old boy who disappeared from a supermarket early Saturday afternoon in Middletown. Zane Dominic Gray was last seen about 1 p.m. at a Karns Foods by his mother, state police said, according to PennLive.com. …
Georgia authorities are investigating the suspicious death of a mother whose body was found after she wired more than $2,000 to her daughter and allegedly indicated that she was being held against her will, WXIA-TV reports. On the afternoon of …
The search for a New York woman missing for more than a decade has come to a tragic end, AM New York reports. In April 2012, 28-year-old Stevie Bates disappeared during an apparent trip across the country. She was 19 …
The lawyer for a Texas woman accused of murdering her boyfriend’s love interest said his client will be found not guilty if a jury hears the case, Fox News reports. In an interview with NBC’s “Dateline” that aired Friday, attorney …
A six-week old infant died as a result of co-sleeping earlier this summer almost a year to the day that the mother’s previous child died from the same cause. Brooke Hunter was charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment after …
A 21-year-old Louisiana State University student was shot to death early Friday morning while she was in her car, stopped at a train crossing. Allison Rice was a senior majoring in marketing at the Baton Rouge school. She worked at …
A 33-year-old Nevada man was arrested this week on nine-month-old arrested warrants on charges of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old child. Damon Dante Flores was arrested in Washoe County and brought back to Carson City to face three counts of sexual …
A Louisiana man whose mother and stepfather were arrested this spring on sex crime charges has now been charged with indecent behavior with juveniles and computer-aided solicitation of a minor in Concordia Parish. Earl Curtis Achord III, 39, also faces …
Two days after a Florida judge scolded attorneys for abruptly resting their case, the Parkland school shooter’s defense filed a motion asking her to “disqualify” herself from the case. A jury is deciding whether Nikolas Cruz — who has already …
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An Oregon mom says she feels shocked and dismayed after a stranger found sleeping on her son’s bed attacked her with a piece of furniture, only to learn that charges were dropped against the intruder, FOX 12 reports. The incident …
A Louisiana school bus driver was arrested on Tuesday, a day after he allegedly held a 13-year-old girl against her will and made inappropriate comments to her. Brusly police said Christopher Taplin, 33, was supposed to drop off the girl …
Jess Brooks calls 911 after finding her daughter lying face down in her bloody living room. Reagan Simmons Hancock, 21, and nearly 8 months pregnant with her second child, has a large slice across her stomach and the baby is …
A 2-year-old Oklahoma boy has been found dead after disappearing from his family’s home early Monday morning, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports. Ares Muse was found deceased in Okfuskee County Monday, around half a mile from his home, police said. …
Coroners ruled on Thursday that July’s death of a 7-year-old boy at a children’s residential center in Kentucky was a homicide, sparking the firing of two workers. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Ja’Ceon Terry died of positional asphyxia, or the …
A Disney World employee has been identified as one of the 13 alleged sexual predators arrested during a Florida undercover sting, according to police. As CrimeOnline previously reported, multiple teachers, the Disney worker, and members of law enforcement were among …
A California mother was ordered on Wednesday to pay more than $9,000 to a 15-year-old girl who she ordered her daughter to punch during a basketball game last year. TMZ reported that Tira Hunt accepted a diversion program to avoid …
A former Eastern Oklahoma State College instructor has been fired from his job and is now facing a slew of charges after police found cocaine, guns, and a human jawbone at his property. According to the Stillwater News Press, Bryan …
A former deputy attorney general living in Nevada was arrested on Tuesday for the unsolved 1972 slaying of a woman in Hawaii. KRNV reported that Tudor Chirila Jr., 77, was arrested in Reno, Nevada, for fatally stabbing Nancy Anderson, 19, …
A former Florida Christian school teacher has been arrested again and is now facing additional charges after allegedly having inappropriate contact with students. Last Tuesday, Julie Hoover, 39, was arrested and charged with authority figure soliciting or engaging in lewd …
Virginia police are searching for two suspects who robbed an elderly couple in their Portsmouth area home on Wednesday. Fox 5 reports that the incident happened at a residence off of 2600 block of Turnpike Road at around 1:50 p.m. …
A Massachusetts woman was arrested this week and charged with making a false bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital last month, one of “well over a dozen” such threats against the Boston hospital resulting from a relentless spread of misinformation …
A Pennsylvania EMS worker was killed last week when she was crushed between two ambulances. Two private ambulances were responding to a call in Philadelphia on Saturday, and the first ambulance driver stayed behind the wheel as his colleagues prepared …
