A Michigan man is behind bars after police say a DNA sample connected him to the 2002 kidnapping and sexual assault of a 4-year-old child. MLive reports that Richard Samuel Adams, 44, was arrested last week and charged with criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping. Adams provided a DNA sample in connection with an unrelated incident, …
A British physical education teacher has been banished from school after she drunkenly flashed her breasts at students during a school prom, the Eastern Daily Press reports. The United Kingdom’s Teaching Regulation Agency recently recommended that 44-year-old Katherine Lake be barred from the classroom because of the June 2019 incident. The newspaper reports that Lake drank numerous …
Authorities in Michigan are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old boy who vanished on Thursday afternoon. Detroit police said in a Facebook post that Cortez Cooper Jr. was last seen around 4 p.m. in the 18500 block of Hubbell Street. The teen reportedly left home to skateboard and never returned. Additional details …
The mother of a deceased 19-month-old infant is on trial, facing murder charges in connection with the death of her baby. BBC News reports that Gracie Crowder was rushed to the King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield with severe burns, but was pronounced dead shortly after. The incident happened in March at a home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, …
On Wednesday, an Alabama man reportedly called the police and confessed to fatally shooting someone 25 years earlier. AL.com reported that Johnny Whited, 53, subsequently met with Decatur investigators at the crime scene and provided information about Christopher Dailey’s unsolved murder that corresponded with their evidence. Authorities believe Whited shot Dailey, 26, to death on …
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois boy accused of fatally shooting two people during an August 25 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was released from jail Friday after posting a $2 million cash bond. A Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed to WTMJ that Rittenhouse’s attorney posted the bond. The spokesperson also said Rittenhouse is no longer …
An NBC “Dateline” episode airing Friday will examine the case of a California woman who fatally shot her husband in August 2013, apparently because she caught him secretly communicating with his ex-girlfriend. The episode, entitled “Point Blank,” explores the murder of Todd Chance, 45, at the hands of Leslie Chance, 53, his wife and a …
The Department of Justice confirmed that Orlando Hall was executed on Thursday night at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute in Indiana. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hall was convicted for his role in the 1994 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 16-year-old Lisa Rene, the sister of two Texas drug dealers he believed had stolen money from him. …
A Florida woman is facing charges after she allegedly dropped her infant son off at a stranger’s door and fled. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that Melissa Kelley, 33, is accused of bringing her infant son to a home in Deltona, where the mother of her former boyfriend’s new girlfriend lives. The incident occurred Sunday …
A Virginia lawyer is facing sex trafficking charges after he allegedly coerced several high school girls into sex by offering to be their sugar daddy. The Washington Post reports that 45-year-old Matthew Erausquin is accused of paying six girls, between 16 and 17 years of age, to have sex with him in exchange for money. …
A teen YouTuber reportedly crashed his billionaire father’s multimillion-dollar car in Texas on Tuesday. The Daily Mail reported that Gage Gillean, 17, drove the $3.4 million Pagani Huayra Roadster into a tree. The teen suffered minor injuries in the crash, which occurred in Dallas. “S**t happens. Thanking God for a second chance at life. Crash …
The 14 men accused of devising a plot that included the kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer allegedly also planned to stage weeklong, televised executions of other public officials. WLS reported that the militiamen intended for 200 combatants to storm the state Capitol Building before the executions. Authorities said another plan involved burning down the …
