A New Jersey man serving a 38-year sentence for blowing his girlfriend’s foot off in 2015 was denied a bid for a new trial on Wednesday. In 2017, Ernest Davis, 46, was convicted of attempted murder in connection with the shooting, which resulted in the amputation of the 39-year-old victim’s leg from the middle of …
A Florida teen is behind bars after police say she withdrew cash from her parents’ debit card, then used the money to buy drugs and pay someone to kill them. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, 17-year-old Umatilla High School student Alyssa Michelle Hatcher is facing two counts of criminal solicitation of murder and …
A husband on trial for attempted murder was convicted last week of stabbing his wife in the neck after asking her to close her eyes and wait for a surprise. Kent Online reports that 34-year-old Shaun May, who faced trial at the Maidstone Crown Court in Kent, England, stabbed his wife, Laura May, in the …
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An Illinois man is facing attempted murder charges after police say he told others he beat and strangled his girlfriend’s daughter to death, then “brought her back to life.” QuadCities reports that authorities issued a warrant last week for 30-year-old Joshua Hasselbacher for an incident that happened a few years back. According to police, family …
Police in Minnesota have arrested a second suspect in the abduction and attempted murder of a woman who an Uber driver reportedly found shot on a dark road last week. The Star Tribune reported that Luis Alfredo Cortez Mendoza, 23, was criminally charged Monday in Washington County for shooting a 39-year-old woman who was hospitalized …
A Florida man called police after he witnessed an 18-year-old brutally attacking a 18-month-old girl with a brick as he held her inside an outdoor recycling bin. NBC 6 reports that Jose Sotomayor told police he was at his home off of the 20100 block of NW 27th Court in Miami Gardens when he heard …
A Pennsylvania woman is facing attempted murder charges after police claim she drove around for hours with her 77-year-old aunt, hoping the elderly woman’s oxygen would run out and cause her to die. ABC 16 reports 55-year-old Carrie Trowbridge is facing several felony charges after allegedly trying to kill her aunt, Josephine Delucia, in November. According …
The father of a 2-month-old New York boy who was allegedly almost killed by his nanny testified this week that the nanny hung up the phone as he attempted to give her instructions on how to save his life. Marianne Benjamin-Williams, 46, is facing attempted murder charges for the May 2017 incident that reportedly left …
Two Oregon boys are facing felony charges after police stopped their detailed plans of killing one of the teen’s parents by drugging them and setting them ablaze in their home. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, a 14-year-old boy was arrested on Saturday in Albany after his father contacted police with concerns his son …
Danita Tutt’s 13-year-old son weighed 51 pounds when CPS intervened
An Indiana judge sentenced a Fort Wayne woman to 20 years behind bars for attempting to kill her 11-month-old niece by lacing her milk with pain pills and caffeine. The lengthy prison sentence was handed down two months after Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, 19, pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Rodriguez-Miranda tried to kill her niece in January 2017 because …
A New York grandmother convicted of trying to kill her 7-year-old granddaughter last October learned her fate this week. Stephany Ruckdeschel, 54, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison. According to the Democrat & Chronicle, Ruckdeschel was mired in a custody battle when she attempted to give the …
