HEARTBREAK as Virginia freshman, just 18, stabbed dead just a few months after being dropped at all-girl Barnard College
Murder
Tessa Majors was a musician at the college and had recently released an album
Mass shooting
December 11, 2019
‘She seemed to disappear’: Killer couple chanted, lived in van before Jersey City attack
The suspects in Tuesday’s deadly Jersey City shooting were religious fanatics who chanted loudly in their home before foreclosure forced them to live in a van on the streets, neighbors told the New York Post on Wednesday. David Anderson, 47, …
Murder
December 11, 2019
DA says dad, not twin brother, is responsible for shooting death of Philly high school football star
Prosecutors dropped murder charges Wednesday against a Pennsylvania high school football star accused of shooting his twin brother to death earlier this month. District Attorney Larry Krasner said evidence uncovered by the investigation indicted that Fayaadh Gillard, 18, did not …
Sex Offenders
December 11, 2019
OUTRAGE: Wife operates day care NEXT DOOR to sex offender husband [Report]
A day care in New York is reportedly being operated by a woman whose husband — a registered sex offender — lives next door. A citizen sent a tip to WKBW regarding Teddy Bear Child Care in Batavia. The day …
Missing
December 11, 2019
Young lawyer disappears on night out with friends in Atlanta: Cops
Police in the City of South Fulton, Georgia — just outside Atlanta — are looking for a 30-year-old lawyer who hasn’t been seen since he was out with friends early Saturday morning. Demetrice Allen, an employment lawyer from Orlando, Florida, …
Murder
December 11, 2019
SEE IT: First photo of Jersey City gunman David Anderson released as earlier murder victim ID’d as Uber driver
NBC News has obtained the first photo of a suspect believed to be behind a deadly shootout in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Tuesday. As CrimeOnline previously reported, law enforcement sources told NBC News 4 that the male and female …
Teacher Scandals
December 11, 2019
Male high school teacher at it again after bust on nude selfies to student, pleads guilty to sex with teen
A former high school teacher in Florida, currently serving an 8-year prison sentence for sending sexually-explicit images to an underage girl, was sentenced to an additional four years on Tuesday for having sex with a minor student. The Naples Daily …
Murder
December 11, 2019
Jealous Vegas woman charged with stabbing her ex’s new lover dead WITH TWEEZERS
A Nevada woman is behind bars after police say she killed her ex’s new boyfriend after finding them in bed together on early Saturday morning. Reno Gazette-Journal reports that authorities arrested 29-year-old Grissel Gonzaga and charged her with murder in …
Media
December 11, 2019
SEE IT: Youth minister makes excuses after caught on video slapping female reporter’s backside during race
A youth pastor who reportedly slapped a Georgia television reporter’s backside while she was live on the air is speaking out as the video garners millions of views. Jogger Tommy Callaway, 43, was reportedly filmed assaulting WSAV-TV’s Alex Bozarjian as …
Murder
December 11, 2019
BREAKING: Jersey City shooters are prime suspects in murder of victim found beaten to death in trunk of car
The New Jersey state attorney reportedly said that the shooters behind a Jersey City gun massacre on Tuesday are prime suspects in the murder of a man found in car trunk nearby the location of the deadly shootout, according to …
Sex Crimes
December 11, 2019
Teacher’s aide has sex with two teen students in community pool: Report
A Florida teacher’s aide is facing criminal charges for allegedly having sexual contact with at least two 15-year-old students and providing them with marijuana, nicotine, and alcohol. Recently-fired Phoenix Alternative School employee Kristie Rosa, 27, was arrested on Friday on …
Murder
December 11, 2019
Police officer, father of five, gunned down in line of duty
Detective Joseph Seals was among the victims of a violent shootout in Jersey City on Tuesday
Murder
December 11, 2019
BREAKING: Jersey City shooting suspects identified
The two suspects believed to be behind a deadly shootout in Jersey City on Tuesday have been identified. Citing four law enforcement officials, NBC News 4 reports that David Anderson and Francine Graham are the two people who killed a …
Murder
December 11, 2019
BREAKING: Jersey City shooting suspect wrote anti-Semitic and anti-police posts online; live pipe bomb found in vehicle: Report
The shooting suspects who killed four people, including a police officer, may have been motivated by anti-Semitic and anti-police bias, the New York Times reports. According to the report, one of the two suspects, who have been identified only as …
Murder
December 11, 2019
Six brutally murdered as Jewish store targeted, owner’s young wife gunned down: Report
Six people, including a police officer, were killed in a violent shootout in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Tuesday, and officials appear to believe that a kosher grocery store may have been specifically targeted. NBC News reports that Jersey City …
Juveniles
December 10, 2019
Missing boy found at hotel with suspect wanted for child pornography
An 11-year-old Alabama boy was found on Tuesday afternoon after he vanished from Brown Street in Boaz at around 8:30 a.m. this morning. Authorities said the child is now safe. Al.com reports that authorities found the boy with Douglas Brooks …
Murder
December 10, 2019
Mom tortures, kills toddler son for knocking over flat-screen television: Reports
A Michigan mother has been criminally charged in connection with Saturday’s death of her 20-month-old son, who was rushed to the hospital in critical condition days earlier. Rhionna Nichols, 20, is facing murder, child abuse, and torture charges for allegedly …
Murder
December 10, 2019
Live-in girlfriend faces murder charge after abusing tot girl for at least 6 months while dad was working [Prosecutors]
A Washington woman is facing murder charges after investigators say she shook a 3-year-old girl to death after the child endured months of horrific abuse. Citing court documents, FOX Q13 reports that 27-year-old Kamee Dixon has been charged with second-degree …
Sex Crimes
December 10, 2019
‘SEXT-MOM’ smiles for mugshot after allegedly having sex with 14-year-old in car
An Oregon mother is facing criminal charges after she allegedly sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy she met on social media. KTVL reported that the victim attended the same school as teacher Rheta Melvin’s daughter. The victim and his mother reportedly …
Family Crime
December 10, 2019
Police seek surveillance images in search for AMBER Alert toddler missing after mother’s murder
Christine Holloway is being remembered as a doting mother to her daughter Vanessa, who worked as an educator at a daycare. Police have not named any suspects in her murder or the toddler’s disappearance
Family Crime
December 10, 2019
‘Can’t get that image out of my head’: Chris Watts investigators open up about harrowing discovery of Bella and Celeste Watts in oil tanks
Colorado law enforcement officers who investigated the murders of a pregnant mother and her two daughters have spoke out about finding the bodies of Bella Watts, 4, and Celeste Watts, 3, inside an oil tank in August 2018. As NBC …
Robbery
December 9, 2019
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Hoodie-perp rams front of store with truck to steal register
Child Abuse
December 9, 2019
Mother testifies she abused her son years before her boyfriend bludgeoned him to death
A mother testified in court on Monday that she abused and beat her son years before she met the man now accused of beating the 6-year-old to death in 2016, the New York Post reported. Geraldine Perkins, 29, accepted a …
Mass shooting
December 9, 2019
Self-described ‘religious zealot’ indicted on 68 federal counts in Planned Parenthood shooting
A federal grand jury in Denver, Colorado, on Monday indicted Robert Dear on 68 counts in the November 27, 2015, shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs that left three people dead, including a police officer. Dear, 61, …
Domestic Abuse
December 9, 2019
Teen stabs hospitalized boyfriend with surgical scissors because he refuses to let her see his phone: Police
A Florida woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend during his hospitalization late last month. Taniea Sherrod, 18, allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in his right thigh with a pair of surgical scissors at a Pinellas County hospital …
Murder
December 9, 2019
Jury begins deliberations in Boston doctor murder trial after suspect claims self-defense, says he was having an affair with victim
Lawyers at the murder trial for the man accused of murdering engaged anesthesiologists in Boston two years ago presented closing arguments on Monday and the jury is set to begin deliberations. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bampumim Teixeira, 33, pleaded guilty …
Teacher Scandals
December 9, 2019
Special education teacher wanted to ‘prove a point’ by leaving little boy in feces for hours: Police
A Georgia woman is facing felony charges after police say she mistreated a child inside a Cobb County special education classroom last month. AJC reports that 56-year-old Kelly Lewis was arrested and charged with felony child cruelty after the November …
Prison
December 9, 2019
Blind killer on death row dies by electric chair decades after burning ex-girlfriend alive
Reporters claimed they spotted ‘steam or smoke’ coming off the side of Lee Hall’s head during his execution
Robbery
December 9, 2019
SEE IT: Bystanders ATTACK Arizona man trying to steal wheelchair with woman STILL IN IT
An Arizona man was arrested on Saturday after cameras appear to have caught him forcing a woman out of her wheelchair and attempting to steal it. The Phoenix Police Department announced in a Facebook post that they arrested Austin Shurbutt, …
Murder
December 9, 2019
Mother has second thoughts about baby, slams newborn’s head into crib, killing him
A Minnesota jury found a woman guilty of murder last week, after an autopsy indicated her infant son died from skull fractures. Star Tribune reports that 26-year-old Shy Ann Hentges was found guilty of second-degree murder, in connection with the …
Murder
December 9, 2019
BREAKING: City of Pensacola, site of terror shooting, now under cyberattack: Report
The city of Pensacola, Florida, where four people died in a mass shooting on Friday, is now experiencing a cyberattack. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, a Saudi national who was training to be a pilot, allegedly shot three …
Violent Crime
December 9, 2019
Former tenant chokes, tries to kill 83-year-old landlord: Police
Police in California arrested a man on Friday who they said attacked and choked his elderly former landlord before leading them on a high-speed chase. Officers responded to an assault call at a Riverside County residence at around 4 a.m. …
Sex Crimes
December 9, 2019
Child predator compares himself to Ted Bundy, rapes several children at home daycare. Victims were as young as 6
A Utah man who compared himself to Ted Bundy pleaded guilty in court Friday to sodomizing and raping numerous children at a Salt Lake City daycare. CBS 2 reports that 36-year-old Theodore J. Heaps admitted to sexually assaulting children at …
Murder
December 9, 2019
MISSING: Colorado woman leaves to go hiking, doesn’t return
A young woman in Colorado is missing after she left to go hiking in Boulder this weekend. The Denver Channel reports that Alana Chen, 24, has not been seen since Saturday, when she reportedly drove from her home in Louisville …
Violent Crime
December 9, 2019
Boyfriend carves name in girlfriend’s forehead with knife, breaks her jaw in three places: Police
A Texas man is behind bars after a brutal assault left his girlfriend with numerous injuries and his name carved on her forehead. KSAT 12 reports that Jackub Jackson Hildreth, 19, is facing felony aggravated assault charges after he allegedly …
Murder
December 8, 2019
Arkansas cop ‘executed’ in police department parking lot, chief says
An Arkansas police officer was shot and killed, apparently in ambush, behind the Fayetteville Police Department Saturday night, police said. Officer Stephen Carr, 27, was shot point-blank in the head while sitting in his patrol car shortly after 9:30 p.m., …
December 8, 2019
SEE IT: San Diego man practiced mass shooting in videos posted online
San Diego police arrested a man this week after a brief investigation sparked by a call about “very distressing YouTube videos threatening firearm violence linked to San Diego.” The tipster said that an online chat user had “gone off the …
Mass shooting
December 7, 2019
‘Mission to confront evil’: Naval Academy grad on base less than a month among dead in Pensacola shooting
Family members identified Joshua Kaleb Watson — Kaleb — as one of three people killed by a Saudi air force lieutenant who opened fire in a Naval Air Station Pensacola classroom on Friday. Watson, 23, was a recent graduate of …
Child Abuse
December 7, 2019
Abandoned 5-year-old carries toddler to neighbor’s in 31 below zero temperatures
A 5-year-old child abandoned at home in a remote Alaska village carried an 18-month-old through 31 below zero temperatures to a neighbor’s home earlier this month after the power went out, Alaska State Troopers said in a statement on Friday. …
Hate Crimes
December 7, 2019
Convicted murderer tortures, kills transgender inmate he was housed with for 8 hours
A California inmate who was serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder was sentenced to death on Tuesday for killing his cellmate — a transgender woman — after she was housed with him in October 2013. Kern Valley State …
Mass shooting
December 7, 2019
Pensacola gunman suspect held dinner party to watch mass shooting videos just before deadly attack: Report
The Saudi suspect in Friday’s deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida on Friday hosted a dinner party earlier this week with three other Saudi students to watch videos of mass shootings, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. …
Murder
December 7, 2019
HERO DOWN: Huntsville police officer shot, killed while responding to drug call
An Alabama police officer shot and killed by a drug suspect was a 14-year veteran of the Huntsville Police Department and the son of another officer killed in the line of duty, WAFF reported. Billy Clardy III, 48, was a …
Murder
December 7, 2019
Community in shock after ‘perfect family’ father stabs wife & two children to death. Police say he was under extreme stress
A New York man who murdered his wife and two kids before committing suicide was under significant stress at the time of the slayings, WABC-TV reports. Investigators say 46-year-old Chuan-Kai Liu, who informally went by the name Tom, killed his wife, …
Family Crime
December 7, 2019
Murdered Missouri woman searched ‘what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant’ before she was killed
Authorities have discovered a key clue in the murder of a pregnant Missouri woman, KTVI-TV reports. According to the report, Jennifer Rothwell was about six weeks pregnant when she vanished in early November. Her husband, Beau Rothwell, was arrested, and …
Juveniles
December 7, 2019
Police find stun guns in home of missing AMBER Alert toddler’s father: Report
Authorities have released more details about the arrest of missing Connecticut toddler Vanessa Morales’ father this week. The 1-year-old girl is the subject of an AMBER Alert issued Wednesday, after authorities found her mother dead of an apparent homicide in …
AMBER Alert
December 6, 2019
AMBER ALERT: Dad abducts 2-year-old son from Atlanta motel * FOUND SAFE*
An AMBER Alert was issued in Fulton County, Georgia, for 2-year-old Sean McGay, last seen on December 6. An AMBER Alert is known as a Levi’s Call in Georgia. Sean was later found safe with the suspect’s family. Police are …
Kidnapping
December 6, 2019
SEE IT: Attempted kidnapping at a car wash, perv holds out candy to two children
Police in Elkhart, Indiana, are looking for a man driving a late model GMC Safari van who allegedly tried to kidnap two children while their mother was washing her car at a car wash, WSBT reported. The man was described …
Missing
December 6, 2019
[UPDATE: FOUND SAFE] MISSING: Teen boy with impairment vanishes from home, still unaccounted for 3 weeks later
UPDATE: Citing the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, WMBF reported that Clarence McDowell was found safe on Sunday. Additional information regarding his discovery was not immediately made available. Original story from December 6: Authorities in South Carolina are asking for the …
Murder
December 6, 2019
Pensacola naval base gunman ID’d as Saudi Air Force trainee, death toll rises
Four people were killed in a mass shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, Friday after a gunman opened fire. He was killed by police, and three additional people have died. Citing a U.S. Military official, the New …
Child Abuse
December 6, 2019
Teen brother sits on little girl’s face & throat, killing her during family trip. Mother does nothing to stop him: Police
“She told him to get off and told him she loved him.”