A Wisconsin man who was charged Friday with killing his grandfather possibly carried out the slaying due to his grandfather’s sex offender status. Charles Luitze, 70, was found dead in his Kenosha home on August 15. A responding police officer …
Authorities in California are searching for a 19-year-old woman who abruptly disappeared after learning she had been laid off from her job at a Home Depot in Sacremanto. As “Dateline” reports, Veta Belford has not been seen since October 17. …
Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States are preparing for the possibility of violent uprisings as the votes for the 2020 general election are tallied. While millions of registered voters have already cast their ballots at early polling sites or …
A former Alabama couple has been sentenced to a combined 1,161 years in prison for sexually abusing two juvenile family members, allegations that first surfaced in 2007, WIAT reports. Lisa Marie Lesher, 41, was sentenced Monday to 738 years after …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and uploading videos to the Kik messenger app, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. John D. Taylor, 32, was arrested on Friday, the sheriff’s office …
A south Florida woman is in critical condition after her boyfriend allegedly set her on fire early Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Noe Jimenez-Cortes, 40, was taken into custody Monday evening in North Lauderdale, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies …
Newly released phone calls between a Kansas woman and her dad raise questions without easy answers about her mother, who’s been missing for more than a year. Ellie Green, 19, last saw Angela Green on June 20, 2019, as CrimeOnline …
A registered sex offender in New York was criminally charged Friday with sexually assaulting an minor girl on repeated instances. WRGB reported that Victor Dorato, 46, sexually abused the victim in Kinderhook for a seven-month period, starting when the girl …
The teacher allegedly pushed pressure points on the kids’ shoulders and neck to get them to comply
An attorney has volunteered to take Tucker Gales’ case at no charge after hearing about the incident.
Update: 7:45 p.m.: Charleigh Huffman, a 15-year-old girl who was last seen early Monday morning and was believed to have been traveling with convicted felon Hilario Maldonado, “returned home” late Monday afternoon, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Maldonado was …
Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell will be reunited as a judge rules their cases will be tried together. He cites several reasons, including the problems of seating a jury in the middle of a pandemic. The couple faces multiple charges …
A man who served seven years behind bars for killing someone at age 14 was arrested Friday for allegedly murdering a Massachusetts man in September. The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced in a statement that brothers Billoeum Phan, 28, Billy …
The prosecution and defense in the case of a Colorado man on trial for murder apparently got into a squabble on Friday, after concerns were raised about probing into potential jurors’ backgrounds. The Durango Herald reports that over 2,000 potential …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* “Surface” actor Eddie Hassell has passed after police say he was shot early Sunday morning. Hassell, 30, was shot a little before 2 a.m., CBS DFW …
The stepmother of two teens who were found buried in a Georgia backyard has entered into a plea deal that will spare her the death penalty. As WJCL reports, Candice Crocker is the stepmother of Elwyn Crocker Jr. and Mary …
A Florida health aide worker is behind bars after she allegedly stole a cancer patient’s credit card while the victim was sleeping. Abc 7 reports that Kimberley Diggins, 37, allegedly allowed her son to use the victim’s card at a …
US Marshals in Virginia completed a 5-day “Operation Find Our Children” this week, recovering 27 previously missing kids as well as confirming six others were actually with their legal guardians. The marshals were assisted in the operation by the Virginia …
The parents of a 2-year-old East Tennessee girl have been charged with child abuse and neglect after the toddler was found walking down the middle of a Greeneville street with cuts on her bare feet. Two witnesses found the littler …
A babysitter in rural Colorado was shot to death Thursday night while trying to prevent an auto theft, and the suspect also tried to kill the babysitter’s young charge before fleeing the scene. Trevor George, 32, was arrested hours later …
New York police are looking for a man they say clubbed an elderly man with a barbecue grill brush Monday morning and just walked on. Frances Corrales, 78, was walking home from a drug store when he was attacked. “He …
Two members of a white supremacist group were charged this week with multiple felonies after an investigation alleged that they terrorized a Michigan family at their home, posting photographs and messages to their followers urging further harassment. Justen Watkins, 25, …
A south Alabama couple already charged with child sex abuse have now had child pornography added to their charge sheet, WSFA reports. John Bright, 49, and Tiffany Hughes, 32, were initially arrested in September when the Dale County Sheriff’s Office …
A homeless man in Las Vegas allegedly killed a restaurant worker who had often provided him with food, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Angel Martinez, 29, is accused of stabbing to death Ciro Vasquez, 31, outside his family’s Mexican restaurant last …
An Ohio judge on Thursday ordered an 11-year-old boy jailed while he awaits trial for allegedly shooting and killing a 6-year-old neighbor, Fox 8 said. The boy is charged with reckless homicide in the death of King Pleasant, who was …
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, …
