A five-year police veteran in New Jersey is facing charges this week after he allegedly sexted an 18-year-old woman he had just arrested. Neptune City Police Officer Damien Broschart, 29, has been charged with fourth degree cyber harassment and third …
Three Mississippi men were charged this week with the shooting death of a co-founder of the Stop Abuse Campaign, a New York-based not-for-profit organization that worked to prevent child abuse, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Ken Mason, who returned to his native …
A New Jersey youth pastor was charged this week with child sex crimes after investigators said he blackmailed young boys to perform sex acts online, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said. Sean Higgins, 30, allegedly posed as a teenage girl …
A now former police officer in southern Louisiana was arrested Friday and charged with multiple child sex charges, including rape. Casey Hoffman, 28, faces seven counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles under 13, two counts of producing porn involving …
A North Carolina woman told police she woke up from a nap to find her boyfriend unresponsive, but she was arrested for murder after the medical examiner said several small wounds on his body were stab wounds. Sharron Ivette Allen, …
A manhunt is underway for a Missouri man accused of abandoning the corpse of his mother, whose death has been ruled a homicide, the Sentinel-Record reports.Connie J. Goodwin, 63, was found dead in a home in Deerfield, Missouri, on Wednesday morning. Hours later, …
Lori Loughlin has started serving her prison sentence after pleading guilty earlier this year to bribing the University of Southern California to admit her two daughters, CNN reports. The “Full House” actress is serving a two-month sentence at the Federal Correction …
Florida sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage siblings this week for fatally shooting a man they tried to rob. Henry McGall IV, 18, and his younger sister, Madison, 15, have both been charged with first degree murder while engaged in robbery …
Philadelphia police have opened an internal affairs investigation after a video showed multiple officers smashing the windows of an SUV driven by a Black mother with her 2-year-old son and 16-year-old nephew inside during protests over the killing of Walter …
A judge Friday morning ordered the extradition of Kyle Rittenhouse, and the Illinois teenager accused of killing two people at a protest in Kenosha is already in jail in Wisconsin, TMJ4 reports. Rittenhouse, 17, travelled from his home in Illinois …
Federal authorities in Texas announced Thursday that two men were charged with human trafficking for the sale and purchase of a 19-year-old. Alfonso Juarez, 35, was arrested at his home in Dallas, Texas, while Robert Hubert, 66, was apprehended at …
Authorities in Washington state have released more details about the apparent murder-suicide of a woman and her twin daughters, and have announced that the girls’ father is not a suspect in their deaths. As CrimeOnline previously reported, police in Whatcom …
Wisconsin police have arrested two men in connection with Wednesday’s hit-and-run that left a 7-year-old girl dead and her mother seriously injured. WISN reported that the two unidentified men, ages 22 and 19, were taken into custody as persons of …
Three lifelong friends in Frostproof, Florida, head to the lake for a little night fishing but end up dead. Events at a Dollar General before the trip sets the massacre in motion. Now a prosecutor has said he will be …
Authorities in California announced Tuesday that skeletal remains discovered near an interstate in 1981 belong to a Texas woman who was reportedly known to hitchhike. As KTXL reports, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office announced in a Facebook post that the …
A Florida woman is in custody on suspicion that she caused her 3-year-old son’s death earlier this week. As WTLV reports, emergency responders arrived to a residence in Jacksonville Beach early Tuesday evening to find a 4-year-old boy who was …
One of the Kentucky police officers involved in the March 13 raid left Breonna Taylor dead has countersued Taylor’s boyfriend, alleging emotional distress, assault, and battery. According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Seargent Jonathan Mattingly wrote in his lawsuit against Kenneth …
Gruesome details emerged in court this week, in connection to the death of a New York woman, Lizzie Garrow, who was found stabbed to death last month. According to Madison County Assistant District Attorney Bob Mascari, Lizzie Garrow was found …
A New York man is facing criminal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl on two occasions. Sean Johnsen, 35, was arrested and charged with third-degree rape for alleged incidents that occurred in Westbury on August 17 and 21. …
A former defense attorney for convicted murderer Scott Peterson says prosecutors are targeting Peterson as they plan to retry him for the death penalty, but CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says it’s called “seeking justice.” The California Supreme Court tossed out Peterson’s …
The Washington County Sheriff’s office has opened an investigation into the 12-day disappearance of Holly Suzanne Courtier in Zion National Park. Courtier, 38, was found alive in the Utah national park on October 18, 12 days after she had last …
Three Alabama teens were in court this week for the brutal beating of a friend who was found dead earlier this year in Montgomery. The Montgomery Advisor reports that Ta’Niya Merriweather, Erin Taylor and Tyeshia Whisenant, all 16, appeared during …
Investigators have found human remains buried on a Spring Hill property tied to a convicted serial killer serving several life sentences in California for killing five women and girls, WFLA reported. William “Billy” Mansfield, 64, was convicted in 1982, but …
An NYPD officer who is charged with the murder of his 8-year-old son has retired from the police force several months after his son’s death in January. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Thomas Valva, 8, died the morning after he was …
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly doused a 14-year-old girl with lighter fluid and threatened to set her on fire. Tysheda Mitchell, 34, was arrested Thursday for her role in the September 27 incident, …
A Utah man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly seriously burning two toddlers with hot water. Austin Woolsey, 24, is accused of intentionally burning the two boys, ages 2 and 3, while watching them on October 1. Hurricane Police Officer Ken …
A Georgia teen is being charged as an adult after he allegedly admitted he killed his abusive father. Fox 54 reports that Tucker Gales, 15, is behind bars for the murder of Wesley Jordan Gales, 66. According to police, the …
An 8-year-old Indiana girl died on Wednesday, days after she was reportedly shot in the head by a stray bullet. WLS reported that on October 22, Timiya Andrews was shot while doing homework on her living room floor. East Chicago …
“It was one mistake right after the other one.”
A Seattle woman disappears after taking a Lyft for a night out in Dallas, Texas. Marisela Botello was last seen in the early hours of October 5 going out in the Deep Ellum district for what was supposed to be …
Barry Morphew was working for a company owned by a longtime friend — and arrived to do the “work” a full day before the job was scheduled to begin. What was Barry doing in Broomfield on Mother’s Day?
A Colorado man is behind bars for the June death of a woman who authorities say was the sole witness to a murder in Aurora. The Denver Post reports that Steven Young, 45, was charged on Wednesday with first-degree murder …
One of the children reportedly told police their mother died in 2018
Updated: 1:15 p.m. ET A judge in Madison County, Idaho, has ruled to join the upcoming trials of Chad Daybell and his wife Lori Vallow, whose children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow were found dead in Daybell’s Salem, Idaho, backyard …
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On the latest episode of “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” on Fox Nation, Nancy responds to claims made by a friend of Ghislaine Maxwell that the accused sex trafficker has lost 25 pounds while awaiting trial on six federal counts …
An Illinois mother who falsely claimed her infant son was inside her stolen SUV is now facing a felony charge. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the mother of a 7-month-old boy told police she walked into the convenience store Monday and …
A 6-year-old girl died in Texas this week after her stepmother reportedly “disciplined” her for wetting the bed. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a 40-year-old woman is in custody after her young stepdaughter was found unresponsive Tuesday, and subsequently pronounced dead. …
Three people were killed in a suspected terrorist attack at a church in Southern France on Thursday, and one of the victims was decapitated. Translating from the French, the New York Post reports that the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, …
Los Angeles County prosecutors added more sex crime charges to the docket against Ron Jeremy on Wednesday, the second time this summer they’ve amended the complaint against the 67-year-old porn star. Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, was …
Genealogical DNA helped solve the 46-year-old murder of Siobhan McGuinness, a 5-year-old Montana girl who vanished while walking home from a neighbor’s at dinner time one cold afternoon in February, MontanaRightNow reported. The little girl’s body was found two days …
A police report released to the public Tuesday identifies a megachurch pastor as the suspect who urinated on a sleeping passenger during an October 12 flight from Nevada to Michigan. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, Daniel Chalmers — who heads …
An Iowa woman is dead after a disturbing incident inside a Davenport Chuck E. Cheese restaurant on Sunday, that started over a game card. ABC 17 reports that Eloise Chairs, 29, got into a spat at around 7 p.m. with …
A Tennessee couple pleaded not guilty Monday to various charges related to the alleged abuse of their six adoptive children. Randall and Michelle Ridenour, 53 and 48, are accused of beating, choking, and starving their children, who range in age …
The California Supreme Court has overturned Scott Peterson’s death sentence. Prosecutors say they will ask for the death penalty when the sentencing phase is tried again. The court says significant errors were made in jury selection that undermined Peterson’s right …
Police in New York are asking for the public’s help in locating an infant girl who was reportedly abducted on Wednesday. According to WCAX-3, 2-month-old Natalie R. Huntington was abducted from an address in Holley, New York, at about 8 …
A 3-year-old boy at the center of a custody dispute has died under possibly suspicious circumstances. According to News4Jax, police responded to a medical call at a home in Jacksonville Beach early Tuesday evening. A 3-year-old boy at the home …
A Missouri man is facing criminal charges for allegedly stealing a cellphone from a woman who collapsed on the sidewalk last week and subsequently died. St. Louis police said surveillance footage from October 18 showed Brian Davenport, 35, exit a …
A 6-year-old Texas girl died after her stepmother allegedly beat her with a belt and forced her to sleep on the floor. According to KBTX, police responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive child at a residence in Bryan …
