‘These Are Nasty People’: Nurse & Disney Employees Among 17 Suspects Busted in Child Sex Sting
Sex Crimes
One of the suspects is allegedly HIV-positive and intended to have unprotected sex with a child
Unsolved
August 4, 2021
‘It Does Not Make Any Sense’: Friends Challenge Police Account in Mysterious Death of Hiker Angela Tramonte, On Date With Off-Duty Cop
Friends of a young woman who died unexpectedly during a trip to Arizona to visit a man for the first time are asking for a thorough investigation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 31-year-old Angela Tramonte was found dead on Friday after …
Child Abuse
August 4, 2021
Woman Accused of Kidnapping Boy on Bike & Beating Him With Baseball Bat is on The Run
A Texas woman accused of kidnapping is on the run while police ask the public to be aware of their surroundings and contact them if she is spotted. According to court documents, the incident happened on June 20 as a …
Shooting
August 3, 2021
SEE IT: 3 Wounded, Gunman Dead in Nashville Workplace Shooting
A workplace shooting in Nashville early Tuesday morning left three people wounded and the shooter dead in the middle of the street after an encounter with police. Two security guards at the SmileDirectClub warehouse — Johnny Hardin, 46, and Carlton …
Unruly passengers
August 3, 2021
SEE IT: Flight Attendants Duct Tape Belligerent Passenger To Seat After Assault
The passenger, 22-year-old Maxwell Berry, was arrested when the plane landed in Miami. Frontier Airlines ‘relieved (the flight attendants) from flying pending’ an investigation.
Attempted Murder
August 3, 2021
Missing Child Found Near Death, Naked & Alone, Beaten by Teen Who Laughed At Victim’s Injuries: Police
A Florida teen is behind bars after police say he beat a boy with special needs to near death and left him in the woods. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call concerning a missing, …
child neglect
August 3, 2021
Baby Drowns After Mother Falls Asleep in the Bathtub
A Georgia woman is facing multiple charges in the death of her baby who drowned in a bathtub — the mother allegedly took drugs and passed out. According to the Newman Times Herald, Anslie Nicole Brantley, 19, was arrested last …
Child sex crimes
August 3, 2021
Babysitter Rapes Non-Verbal 16-Year-Old Boy With Autism: Report
An Indiana woman has been charged with raping a 16-year-old boy with autism while she was baby-sitting him. In an arrest report, police said they boy’s parents contacted them on Monday after they noticed suspicious activity on a surveillance camera …
Court
August 3, 2021
3 Ex-Cops Charged in George Floyd’s Death Seek Federal Trial Separate From Derek Chauvin
Three other former Minnesota police officers who are charged in George Floyd’s May 2020 death asked on Tuesday to have their federal trial separated from their ex-colleague, Derek Chauvin, who is currently serving a 22-year sentence. According to the Minneapolis …
Missing
August 3, 2021
URGENT: Mattie’s Call Issued for Missing Grandmother as Criminal Investigation Unit Joins Search
Georgia police in Polk County have issued a Mattie’s Call for an 83-year-old woman who hasn’t been seen in days. Barbara McCray disappeared from Buchanan on July 31; she was last seen at her home on Dugdown Road at around …
Fraud
August 3, 2021
Daughter Lived With Elderly Mom’s Mummified Body So She Could Collect Disability Checks: Report
Authorities said the woman, who vanished last August, was wrapped in newspaper
Crime Stories
August 3, 2021
‘Crime Stories with Nancy Grace’: 15-year-old Girl Found Raped, Stabbed to Death in Cornfield
Julie Ann Hanson was just 15 years old when her body was discovered in a Naperville, Illinois, cornfield. She had been sexually assaulted and stabbed 36 times. On the evening Hanson vanished, she had been seen riding her bicycle to …
Murder
August 3, 2021
Cybersecurity Exec Fatally Stabbed by Adult Son in Shocking Murder: Reports
A former consultant for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was reportedly found fatally stabbed outside her Maryland home late last month, and her son was arrested on Saturday for her murder. According to the Capital Gazette, police found the …
Unsolved
August 3, 2021
Katherine Janness: Police Share Photos of Possible Witnesses After Atlanta Woman & Dog Found Dead in Popular Park
Atlanta authorities shared photos of numerous people spotted on camera in the Piedmont Park area shortly before Katherine Janness and her dog, Bowie, were brutally murdered. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the incident happened July 28 off of 10th Street and …
August 3, 2021
Angela Tramonte’s Companion on Deadly Hike Was Off-Duty Police Officer Who Claimed Neither Brought Water As Temps Soared Above 100 Degrees: Report
Authorities in Arizona have identified the off-duty police officer who was hiking with a Massachusetts woman before she was found dead of possible heat exhaustion. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 31-year-old Angela Tramonte had flown to Arizona to visit a man …
Missing
August 3, 2021
Missing: Florida Woman Requiring ‘Constant Oxygen’ Vanishes From Medical Facility
Authorities in Florida are searching for a woman who disappeared from a medical facility on Monday. WJAX reports that Audrey Daughtery, 58, was last seen at a medical facility in Jacksonville late Monday afternoon. The facility, which is not named …
Shooting
August 2, 2021
Manhunt On After Rural South Carolina Shooting Leaves 2 Women and a Man Dead
Authorities in western South Carolina are searching for a man with a tattooed neck after a shooting in rural Greenwood County left two women and man dead. A fourth victim was taken to a local hospital where he is reportedly …
August 2, 2021
Woman Dies on Hike With Man She Met on Instagram; Date Says He Continued Without Her After She Quit From Heat Exhaustion
Angela Tramonte’s friend say the man is a police officer, and that the pair had just met in person for the first time. “There are many inconsistencies … that just don’t make sense,” a friend said.
Murder
August 2, 2021
Teen Boy Charged With Killing 13-Year-Old Girl Also Threatened To Shoot Up a School: Prosecutor
A 14-year-old Virginia boy charged with shooting and killing a middle-school girl earlier this year now faces new charges, including social media threats to shoot up a school. Lucia Bremer, 13, was walking down the street with a friend at …
Child sex crimes
August 2, 2021
Restaurant Employee Molests 11-Year-Old Girl After Following Her Into Restroom: Cops
An 18-year-old South Carolina restaurant employee has been arrested after he allegedly followed an 11-year-old girl into the restaurant and touched her sexually. Manuel Cuim faces charges of first degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and kidnapping, The State …
Court
August 2, 2021
No New Trial for Man Convicted of Killing Mollie Tibbetts
An Iowa judge on Monday denied a request for a new trial for the man convicted of killing jogger Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. At a lengthy hearing last week, Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s attorneys argued for a new trial after two …
Violent Crime
August 2, 2021
Developing: Unknown Suspect Blasts 75 Bullets At Woman’s Door When She Asks, ‘Who is it?’
An Illinois woman miraculously survived an attack Monday after someone shot at her door 75 times. According to the Champaign Police Department, the incident happened at around 12:26 a.m. on August 2, at the 0-100 block of East Beardsley Avenue …
Missing
August 2, 2021
Foul Play A Possibility in Disappearance of Louisiana Man Who Vanished Nearly 2 Weeks Ago, Cops Say
Police in Louisiana are searching for a man who reportedly has not been seen or heard from since vanishing late last month. According to The Advocate, Baton Rouge police have not ruled out foul play in Shawn Rivas’ disappearance. Rivas, …
Violent Crime
August 2, 2021
Third Police Officer Who Responded to January 6 Capitol Attack Has Died By Suicide
A Washington D.C. Metro Police officer has reportedly died by suicide seven months after he responded to the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. As CNN reports, Gunther Hashida, 43, died by suicide in late July. A spokesperson for …
Murder
August 2, 2021
Beheaded Victim Asked Court to Cease Abusive Boyfriend’s No-Contact Order Before Her Death: Report
A woman who was found beheaded at a Minnesota intersection on Wednesday previously asked a court to suspend a no-contact order so she could see the boyfriend who is now charged with her murder. The Sun reported that four years …
Crime Stories
August 2, 2021
Crime Stories: American Airlines Pilot Taken From Cockpit in Handcuffs on Murder Charges
Three bodies are found. Two are burned in a car in a Pembroke, Kentucky field. After police identify the car’s owner, the body of Calvin Phillips is found in his home. His wife Pamela, and a neighbor Edward Dansereau are …
Juveniles
August 2, 2021
5-year-old boy has been missing for nearly a week; last seen near an ‘open field’
Authorities in Idaho are continuing to search for a 5-year-old boy who has been missing for nearly a week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Michael Joseph Vaughan was last seen on Tuesday evening in Fruitland. Authorities have not yet disclosed whether …
Unsolved
August 2, 2021
Katherine Janness: Friends Say Popular Park’s Cameras Were Broken When Atlanta Woman & Dog Bowie Were Stabbed Dead
Katherine Janness and her beloved dog were found stabbed to death last week in one of Atlanta’s most popular parks; her friends reportedly say that the park security cameras were not working on the night she was attacked. As CrimeOnline …
Violent Crime
August 2, 2021
Newlywed Shoots Friend on Wedding Day, Accuses Him of Having Affair With Bride: Police
A Louisiana man is facing charges after police say he got married, then shot his own friend the same day. While riding home in traffic after his wedding on Saturday with his wife and a friend afterward, Devin Jose Jones …
Celebrity
August 2, 2021
‘Dancing With the Stars’ Alum Hayes Grier Arrested for Brutal Assault that Left Victim with Brain Damage: Report
Ex-Vine star and former “Dancing With the Stars” contestant Hayes Grier was booked into a North Carolina jail on Friday, days after allegedly beating a man and stealing his cellphone. TMZ reported that Grier, 21, was extradited from his home …
Violent Crime
August 2, 2021
NYPD Searching for Man Accused of Sexually Assaulting Multiple Women in Williamsburg; Suspect Covered Victim’s Mouths and Told Them To ‘Be Quiet’
Police in New York City are searching for a man accused of sexually assaulting two women in Brooklyn this weekend. Pix 11 and the New York Post report that police believe two victims were attacked by the same suspect early …
Murder
August 2, 2021
Dad Who Beat 5-year-old Son Dead with Baseball Bat to Face Death Penalty After New Charges Added: Reports
An Ohio man arrested for beating his son to death with a baseball bat will now face the death penalty after being indicted with additional charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Matthew Ponomarenko, 31, called 911 in March and told the …
Murder
August 1, 2021
14-Year-Old Boy Found Beaten to Death in a Ditch; ‘Acquaintance’ of Victim’s Father Arrested
A missing 14-year-old Illinois boy was found dead early Friday, and an acquaintance of the boy’s father has been arrested for his murder. Steven Butler III was reported missing at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday night, according to the Champaign Police …
Murder
August 1, 2021
Grandson Kills Grandmother in Violent Sunday Morning Spree; 4 Others Injured, Including His Mother
A Louisiana man is in custody after he allegedly stabbed his grandmother to death, seriously injured his mother, and shot three people while trying to steal their vehicles. East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputies said that Aaron Morgan, 28, was …
Accident
August 1, 2021
Body Found in Philadelphia Creek Matches Description of Missing Cassandra Johnston
The body was found in a creek a half mile downstream from where her car was found on Saturday. Police say it appears she was ejected from the car during an accident.
Murder
August 1, 2021
Tennessee Water Park Shooting Leaves 1 Dead
A shooting at a Tennessee water park Saturday night left one person dead and another wounded. Sevierville Police said Kelsy Cook, 24, and Angie Russell, 23, were found suffering from gunshot wounds at about 8 p.m. in the parking lot …
Assault
August 1, 2021
Georgia Man Shoots Girlfriend When His Unemployment Password Doesn’t Work
A Georgia woman is recovering this weekend after her boyfriend shot her because he couldn’t get his password for the state unemployment website to work. Clayton County police officers responded to a call for help in Rex just before 4 …
Murder
August 1, 2021
Body of Missing Arkansas Woman Found Weighed Down in Oklahoma Pond
Three men are in custody after the body of a missing Arkansas woman was found in Oklahoma. Tara Strozier, 40, was reported missing on July 19 and hadn’t been seen or heard from since July 17. A car she was …
Murder
August 1, 2021
Manhunt Underway After Husband Stabs Wife, Leaves Her Bleeding to Death in Driveway: Police
A manhunt is underway for a Minnesota man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in a jealous rage and leaving her to bleed out and die in the family driveway, KMSP-TV reports. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading …
Murder
August 1, 2021
Police Seek Tips in Murder Of Mother Found Shot Near Cemetery With Two Young ‘Terrified’ Children
A Florida mother was found shot to death in a vehicle with her two young children inside, prompting police to ask for the public’s help in finding her killer, WFLA-TV reports. Around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities in St. Petersburg received a …
Missing
July 31, 2021
Remains of British Hiker Found in Pyrenees; Esther Dingley Has Been Missing for 8 Months
A human bone found last week has been confirmed to belong to Esther Dingley, a British blogger who disappeared while hiking in the Pyrenees mountains eight months ago. Dingley, 37, had been hiking alone on the mountain range along the …
Missing
July 31, 2021
Cops Find Car That May Belong to Woman Missing for 3 Weeks
Investigators say they may have found a car belonging to a Bucks County woman who disappeared three weeks ago in Philadelphia. Cassandra Johnston, 26, was last seen at about 5:30 a.m. on July 10, when she left a friend’s home …
Missing
July 31, 2021
Mom, 3-Year-Old Son Vanish on Way To Visit Family; May Be With Ex-Boyfriend
Police in California are looking for a 36-year-old woman and her 3-year-old son who haven’t been seen since they left their home Friday morning in San Mateo to visit family in Belmont. Ana Duarte and her son Ian Duarte left …
Child sex crimes
July 31, 2021
Florida Couple Video Themselves Sexually Abusing Children Under 12
A Florida couple is behind bars after detectives found videos and photographs of them sexually abusing children. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children tipped off St Petersburg police about Jason Wienrich, 31, and Alicia Stevens, WFLA reported. Weinrich …
Murder
July 31, 2021
TikTok Star Anthony Barajas Dies After Movie Theater Shooting
A TikTok star who had been on life support since he was shot in the head, along with his date, at a California movie theater this week died Saturday morning. Anthony Barajas, 19, and Rylee Goodrich, 18, were at a …
Murder
July 31, 2021
Nationwide Manhunt Finds Murdered Dentist’s Suspect Son Just 8 Miles From the Scene
A Michigan man was arrested on murder charges Saturday, a day after Kalamazoo County officials charged him in the death earlier this week of his dentist father. Thomas Aye, 82, was found dead at his Portage home by a daughter …
Missing
July 31, 2021
MISSING: Virginia Woman Last Seen 10 Days Ago
Police in central Virginia are looking for a woman last seen more than a week ago. Chesterfield County Police said that 21-year-old Lisvi Celeste Lopez Garcia may no longer be in the area. The provided a photograph but no further …
Murder
July 31, 2021
Cybersecurity Expert Found Stabbed to Death Outside Her Home. Her Son Is Charged With the Murder.
The 23-year-old son of a prominent cybersecurity executive has been charged with killing her earlier this week at her Maryland home. Juanita Koilpillai, 58, was found dead of multiple sharp force injuries outside her home last Sunday when her boyfriend …
Accident
July 31, 2021
‘Heaven Gained the Perfect Angel Today’: 10-Year-Old Girl Dies After Rock Crashes Through Windshield
A young girl has died after she was struck by a rock that crashed through a windshield in Idaho, the Idaho State Journal reports. The incident occurred in the southeast part of the state, where 10-year-old Kambrie Horsley was riding …
Murder
July 30, 2021
Trial Delayed for ‘Killer Clown,’ Accused of Killing Husband’s First Wife 31 Years Ago
A Virginia woman set to go on trial in September for killing her husband’s first wife — while dressed as a clown — has been postponed until 2022. Sheila Keen-Warren, 57, was arrested in 2017 for shooting and killing Marlene …