A juror passed out in a Bronx court after seeing autopsy photos of a murdered pregnant woman who had her baby cut from her womb. According to the New York Post, the female juror was rushed to the hospital Thursday after a prosecutor presented photos of Angelikque Sutton’s lacerated neck and detached uterus to the court. …
A Mount Holly, New Jersey, woman has reportedly admitted to luring a 17-year-old girl to a motel, drugging her, and forcing her to work as a prostitute for 10 days. NJ.com reported that Adria Regn, 28, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree conspiracy to facilitate human trafficking. Regn, along with her boyfriend, Christopher White, 19, are accused of …
A Naperville, Illinois, woman was found guilty Monday of fatally stabbing her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting. In a closed bench trial, Elzbieta Plackowska, 45, was convicted of ten counts of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals in connection with the 2012 stabbing deaths. A judge rejected …
A Northland, Kansas, man who strangled and beat his wife to death declared “I won” as he was being taken into custody. The Kansas City Star reported that Thomas C. Santamaria Jr., 45, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Clay County jury convicted Santamaria in August of first-degree murder for …
The family of an 18-year-old Ohio woman who allegedly burned and buried her newborn child is speaking out about the harrowing ordeal. As CrimeOnline reported in August, Brooke Skylar Richardson was indicted on charges of aggravated murder, gross abuse of a corpse, involuntary manslaughter, child endangerment, and tampering with evidence. The teen is accused of giving birth to …
A 17-year-old girl who didn’t know she was pregnant fought an adoption agency for custody of the baby boy she gave birth to. WDIV reports that Alex Robinson was a high school senior when she had Maverick, her son. The teen told the station that she was at a West Michigan beach with friends when she …
A Michigan woman who allegedly raped a man at knifepoint earlier this year will likely not spend a day behind bars. MLive reports that Lestina Marie Smith, 18, pleaded no contest on September 13 to second-degree criminal sexual conduct. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct—the …
A Waxahachie, Texas, man who sexually abused five children at his wife’s day care was sentenced to prison on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reports that Dennis Ray Avery, 58, victimized the five children—all younger than 6—at his wife’s home-based day care over a two-year period. After pleading guilty to five counts of aggravated sexual assault of a …
Two Muskogee, Oklahoma, women beat a young boy so badly that he suffered two strokes while hospitalized. Tulsa World reports that Rachel Jean Stevens, 29, and Kayla Ann Jones, 26, (pictured left and right) pleaded no contest Friday to child abuse and child neglect charges and were both sentenced to two 20-year prison sentences to be …
A man who won one of New Jersey’s largest Powerball jackpots allegedly sexually assaulted a young girl for at least three years. Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes accused Pedro Quezada, 49, of sexually assaulting a girl between the ages of 11 and 13 when he lived in Passaic. NJ.com reports that Quezada is charged with …
A former Wisconsin day care worker who broke a toddler boy’s leg by throwing him on the ground has been sentenced to jail. According to the Duluth News Tribune, Ashley Garrity, 27, pleaded no contest in late June to felony reckless child abuse causing harm. This week, St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Michael Waterman sentenced the …
The Pittsburgh mother was determined to be mentally ill, and showed remorse for the horrific murders
