An Ohio man is in jail awaiting a hearing next week related to charges that he fatally beat his fiancee’s infant child just days before the two wed last year. According to the Akron Beacon Journal, the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force officers arrested 21-year-old Justin T. Layne on Thursday in connection with felony warrants …
An Ohio woman who solicited a hitman to kill her stepdaughters’ mother spend five years behind bars for the failed murder-for-hire plot. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Tara Arbogast, formerly known as Tara Lambert, ultimately pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder. Arbogast, 35, was caught on camera in July 2015 offering a hitman a $125 downpayment …
Police in Bowling Green, Ohio, are asking for the public’s help in locating two women who were reportedly spotted with one of three men accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two teen girls. WTOL reported that surveillance cameras at a Walmart at Spring Meadows Shopping Center in Holland caught two unknown women with David Ramos Contreras at …
Ohio police have arrested a man who allegedly attacked and tried to rape a pregnant woman as she walked her dog Friday morning. WXIX reported that the victim, who wished to remain anonymous but agreed to share her photo of the tragic incident, was walking her dog in Cincinnati’s East End when she spotted Anthony Smith, …
An Ohio woman will spend 12 years behind bars for allowing her boyfriend to sexually abuse her three young daughters—starting when they were between the ages of 7 and 9. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Elizabeth Smith, 32, gave Nicholas White, 29, “permission to engage in this activity and set parameters on the scope of the abuse,” which …
An Ohio man who pleaded guilty to arranging a sexual liaison with a 15-year-old boy was sentenced Friday to a seven-day stint behind bars. Police arrested Albert Maruna, IV, 23, in December, after it was revealed that the underage boy he was talking to was actually an undercover officer posing as a teen. According to KDKA, …
To the outrage of many, an Ohio judge modified the house arrest of a teen accused of burning and burying her newborn daughter outside her parents’ home after giving birth. Warren County Common Pleas Judge Donald Oda II ended Brooke Richardson’s house arrest late last month but ordered that she be tracked with a GPS …
Authorities in Ohio have arrested a father on suspicion of brutally murdering his own toddler. According to WKYC, 41-year-old Jason Shorter of Parma surrendered at the Parma Police Station on Saturday night, telling officers that he wanted to confess a crime. He allegedly told police that his 18-month-old son was in the trunk of his …
An Ohio father is accused of hogtying his 13-year-old daughter with zip ties and dragging her across a parking lot—all to stop her from running away. John L. Hofacker was arrested Friday afternoon after his teen daughter was reportedly spotted outside New London Lanes bowling alley screaming for help. According to WJW, responding officers approached the …
Authorities in Ohio are recognizing a helpful volunteer who stepped in to help take down a suspect during a foot pursuit last month. According to Fox News, Columbus police officers were chasing an 18-year-old who was attempting to flee on foot near an area library. A bystander identified by police only as Bill reportedly saw …
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services revoked the licenses of two day cares that Aniya Day-Garrett attended, finding that they failed to report suspected abuse before her mother and boyfriend allegedly beat the 4-year-old to death. According to Cleveland.com, the state agency wrote that Harbor Crest Childcare Academy, in Cleveland, and Get Ready, Set, Grow …
A high school student in Ohio is facing felony charges in connection with the death of an elderly woman found dead in a closet of her home earlier this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the body of 98-year-old Margaret Douglas was discovered in her Wadsworth home on April 9, nearly a week after friends reported …
