A Tennessee grand jury has indicted a Nashville mother on a charge of first degree murder following the death of her 3-year-old daughter last year. Prestina Clark-Wilcox, 24, is behind held on a $250,000 bond, WSMV reported. Metropolitan Nashville Police said Paris Clark-Wilcox was found unresponsive in her mother’s home last July. Clark-Wilcox and her …
Officials in South Carolina have dropped misdemeanor cocaine charges against Georgia Southern starting quarterback Shai Werts after the substance found on the hood of his car was determined to be bird poop. According to WTOC, the Saluda County Sheriff’s Office released bodycam footage of Werts’ July 31 arrest on Friday, a day after releasing dashcam …
New details have reportedly emerged regarding confessed family killer Chris Watts’ perspective on his life before he murdered his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters. According to the U.K. Daily Mail, portions of Watts’ communication with investigators earlier this year involved his own parents and their strained relationship with his wife. Transcripts of …
UPDATE (7:55 p.m. EST): On Wednesday afternoon, West Memphis police reportedly arrested Kadasha Bedford, the Arkansas mother wanted in connection with last month’s overdose of her toddler son. There is no additional information available at this time. Original story: An Arkansas woman is wanted on second-degree murder charges after her 17-month-old son reportedly ingested a deadly …
A Florida couple was arrested Wednesday after their 8-month-old son died of an apparent fentanyl and cocaine overdose. According to WKMG, David Williams Chappele Jr., 29, and Jessica Marie Strickland, 27, were arrested eight months after officers found their son, Tanner, unresponsive at their Brevard County home on September 6, 2017. The child was pronounced dead …
A Christmas-themed lingerie party in Georgia reportedly concluded with police arresting 70 attendees on drug- and gun-related offenses. WSB-TV reported that Cartersville police responded to the home early Sunday following reports of shots fired. Partygoers told the station that officers were inspecting the property when they smelled marijuana in the front yard. The partygoers claimed that police …
An attorney best known for representing Casey Anthony during her high-profile murder trial was himself found guilty this week of conspiring to distribute cocaine. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Todd Macaluso was arraigned nearly a year ago for the crime, days after he was arrested in Haiti. Investigators say the licensed pilot intended pick up a …
‘Ordering coke took on an entirely different meaning on the night shift at this McDonald’s.’
A dog was likely high on crack when he fatally mauled his owner in front of a BBC crew—who were filming a documentary on drugs at the time. The Belfast Telegraph reports that Mario Perivoitos, 41, died in March after his Staffordshire Bull Terrier named “Major” crushed his larynx and caused massive hemorrhaging. On the night in …
Spanish airport customs officers caught a woman smuggling cocaine into the country after noticing her suspiciously large thighs, according to Daily Mail. The unnamed 39-year-old Bolivian national had just arrived at Barcelona’s El Prat airport from São Paulo, Brazil, when officials pulled her aside, after becoming suspicious that she might be a drug mule. “She was …
A cocaine dealer who dragged an overdosing dermatologist out of his apartment and left her to die last year received a five-year prison sentence on Thursday. As Crime Online previously reported, dealer James (Pepsi) Holder, 61, and HBO executive Marc Johnson, 52, confessed to leaving Dr. Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny, 38, in the vestibule of Holder’s Manhattan apartment …
Officials announced on Monday that numerous Virginia and Maryland agencies took down a huge heroin trafficking operation, resulting in the arrest of 11 people. WJLA reports that the 11 suspects allegedly involved in a massive drug trafficking ring, were busted on March 11, when a number of law enforcement agencies from Maryland and Virginia performed a sting operation …
