Prosecutor Drops, Refiles Murder Case Against Pamela Hupp, Accused of Killing Her Friend for Insurance Money
Murder
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Homicide
December 29, 2022
Maine Toddler’s Christmas Day Death Ruled a Homicide
The death of a 3-year-old girl in Maine has been ruled a homicide. Maine State Police identified the toddler as Makinzlee Handrahan and said the office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the girl was killed, The Lincoln County News reported. Lincoln County deputies were called to the little girl’s home in Edgecomb shortly after …
Unsolved
December 27, 2022
Police Investigating Death of 3-Year-Old Tot on Christmas
Maine State Police are investigating the death of a toddler found not breathing on Sunday at a home in Edgecomb. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesperson Shannon Moss said Lincoln County authorities responded to the scene shortly after 7:30 a.m. and took the 3-year-old child to LincolnHeath’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta, according to the Lincoln …
Attempted Murder
November 25, 2022
Father & Son Charged With Attempted Murder 10 Months After Chasing Uniformed FedEx Driver While Shooting at Him
A white father and son in Mississippi have been arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly chasing a Black FedEx driver while shooting at him after he delivered a package to their home in January. The Daily Leader reported that D’Monterrio Gibson, 24, was wearing his FedEx uniform and driving a Hertz rental truck …
Murder
June 30, 2022
Texas Man Critically Wounds Ex-Girlfriend, Kills Her Friend: Cops
A Texas man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend and killing her friend was arrested in Mississippi Thursday morning after a police chase. Kentrell Brumfield faces murder and aggravated assault charges in the shootings of Lioneicia Malveaux, his former girlfriend, and her friend Brittani Simmons at Malveaux’s apartment, KHOU reported. According to court documents Brumfield was …
Child sex crimes
February 20, 2022
Missouri Foster Dad Charged With Sexually Abusing Children in His Care; Had Been Investigated Before
A Missouri man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting girls in his care as a foster parent for decades. A probable cause statement says that the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into Ronald Graham Jr in December when one of the alleged victims reported the abuse, according to Lincoln News Now. …
Missing
May 31, 2021
MISSING: 16-year-old girl sneaks out of grandparents house, disappears
Sheriff’s deputies in southern Maine are looking for a 16-year-old girl who sneaked out of her grandparents home sometime Saturday night and has not been seen since. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said Brittney Wilson “took a number of belongings with her” and is believed to have been picked up an unknown vehicle. They said …
Child Abuse
June 21, 2020
North Carolina dad charged with 2-year-old son’s death; boy had injuries to face, neck and torso [Cops]
Deputies in North Carolina have charged a Lincoln County man with murder in the death of his two-year-old son earlier this month, WCNC reports. Baron Gerod Charles Sr. 54, is being held without bond at the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center, the station said. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said paramedics were called to the …
child endangerment
July 29, 2018
Dad shoots son in leg with shotgun, leaves him in barn to starve to death while relatives do nothing: Cops
The father of a teen found injured and severely malnourished inside of an Oklahoma barn earlier this month is among multiple relatives facing serious criminal charges in connection with the allegations of abuse. According to the Shawnee News Star, 34-year-old Jimmy L. Jones Sr., was charged with felony counts of child abuse and child neglect. …
Family Crime
July 25, 2018
Girl, 15, and her boyfriend, 18, carry out plot to kill her family when they’re not allowed to get married: Cops
Authorities in Oklahoma say an 18-year-old man and his 15-year-old girlfriend hatched a murder plot against the girl’s mother, father and sister. According to KABC, the Lincoln County couple plotted the triple homicide after the minor’s parents refused her request for emancipation to marry her older boyfriend, Zachary Sligar. Lincoln County Sheriff Charlie Dougherty released …
