A 14-year-old Louisiana teenager allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill her former boyfriend and is now facing criminal charges, WWL-TV reports. The ninth-grader is accused of arranging the murder through the website Rentahitman.com, which is a prank site designed to catch would-be killers. Authorities in Baton Rouge have not released the identity of …
A North Carolina couple accused of trying to kill their 11-year-old adopted son is facing more charges, according to police. Reed and Georgianna Karriker, of Salisbury, were arrested for child abuse after bringing their adopted child to a hospital on January 21. On Wednesday, police arrested the pair again after carrying out a search warrant …
A mother of a 3-year-old girl is facing attempted murder charges after she reportedly dropped the small child into a bear pit at a zoo. Translating from local news sources, the New York Post and East2West News report that the unidentified mother and child were seen on surveillance video at a zoo in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, …
An Alabama nurse is facing felony charges after allegedly torturing and abusing her minor adoptive daughter. According to Al.com, a 39-year-old Trussville resident Kala Blakely, who manages a family health care clinic in Moody, has been charged with the attempted murder of a 12-year-old girl. Court documents indicate that an investigation began in January after …
A North Carolina woman is facing charges after police say she stabbed her young daughter several times in front of a police officer. The incident happened at around 1:30 p.m. Monday at an apartment off of Taylor Street in Greenville. Officers who responded to a call concerning a dispute found 21-year-old Cierra Dyer arguing with …
A Utah woman is behind bars after she allegedly stabbed her 8-year-old son in the throat inside a St. George hotel. Megan Stewart, 28, was taken into custody on August 26 near Motel 6 off of North 1000 East. A motel front desk employee called 911 after seeing a young boy running through the alleys …
An Iowa woman already sentenced to 25 year for intentionally running over a 14-year-old Latina girl and a 12-year-old Black boy with her SUV was sentenced Thursday to the same amount on federal hate crimes charges stemming from the incidents. Nicole Poole Franklin, 43, was given two concurrent 25 year sentences in May after pleading …
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, special needs child on Monday night. The boy’s parents told police he left to ride …
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 accused his friend of having an affair with his wife. Jones’ friend managed to get …
A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after police say he beat his 2-month-old baby on at least two different occasions. Daniel Rohloff, 33, is behind bars facing attempted murder charges after authorities say he gave his son, Landon Rohloff, two beatings in the span of one night. According to police, Landon’s parents took him to …
A Pennsylvania child care worker has been fired and arrested after she allegedly abused at least two children at a Camden County daycare. Police arrested Maggie Fruit, 21, on Saturday after a 911 caller said the woman had been beating on young children at a daycare in the 600 block of Chews Landing Road in …
A Minnesota woman is behind bars after allegedly beating two of her young children, leaving one of them with life-threatening injuries, according to Woodbury police. Sadiyo Ibrahim Mohamed, 31, told police she had a history of mental health issues, following the brutal attack on her son and daughter. According to police, one child was found …
