A Pennsylvania woman who suffered from an apparent heroin overdose is facing charges after responding police reportedly found her two children living in substandard conditions. Responding to a sick person call, police discovered an unresponsive Ebony Frederick, 33, in her Lancaster apartment at 9:36 p.m. on August 7. Officers allegedly found her 3-year-old and 10-month-old …
In a stunning reversal, a former ice cream shop owner convicted of sexually abusing two young girls will spend the next two years under house arrest instead of going to prison. In August 2014, David Higginbotham Sr., 65, was convicted of 12 counts of sexual abuse in a Pennsylvania court and was sentenced to 20 …
Police have arrested a Pennsylvania man and accused him of molesting two young girls, ages 8 and 10, and raping the older one, according to The Times-Tribune. Juan Alberto Martinez, 45, was originally charged with felony and misdemeanor counts of indecent assault, corruption of minors, and terroristic threats, as he claimed to have fondled the girls …
A Pennsylvania appeals court upheld the maximum 10- to 20-year prison sentence for an attempted rapist who bragged in his diary that he “truly enjoy[s] the hunt.” A court rejected that Frank Yeager’s attorney was not effective at challenging his confession to police, according to WCAU. This comes after a judge in a Superior Court in Lehigh …
Courts have sentenced a youth worker who watched several live streams of a 6-year-old boy being raped to 11 years behind bars, according to Wales Online. Darren Williams, 44, of South Wales, Britain, (pictured left) watched the live streams from a Pennslyvania computer between July and October 2015. During one broadcast, Williams wrote, “Prove the video is live and smack …
Police have applauded a 10-year-old after he called 911 after both his mother and grandmother managed to overdose on heroin at the same time, according to WPXI. Kristin Garrett, 32, and Janet Garrett, 72, allegedly overdosed while watching the boy and his 4-year-old sister on June 22. After finding the unresponsive women on the living room floor, …
Police have arrested a St. Petersburg, Florida, man after he allegedly confessed to helping his son conceal his daughter-in-law’s murder, according to ABC Action News. Ernest Leclair, 74, is also being accused of hiding the pistol that his son allegedly used to kill his wife. Christopher Leclair, his 48-year-old son, was arrested under suspicion of …
Two Lancaster, Pennsylvania, children are reportedly in serious but stable condition following a dog attack on Monday afternoon. The 66-pound pit bull terrier broke through a fence, jumped into the minivan, and attacked a 5-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl—who were strapped in car seats at the time. Police told Lancaster Online that their mother and …
An unnamed woman reportedly carried out an act of armed robbery at a Pennsylvania gas station last week—and it all started with two cartons of cigarettes, according to the Herald-Standard. Authorities have noted that the suspect asked a BFS Food and Gas Station cashier for 21 packs of Newport cigarettes. The attended explained that the cigarettes …
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A Philadelphia man has been accused of murdering and raping his 1-year-old stepson. The man also has an unsettling past, filled with criminal activity, according to CBS Philadelphia. Saleem Salaam, 24, was arrested and given multiple felony charges when police responded to a report of an unresponsive child on Wednesday afternoon. Salaam, 24, told them there …
A jury convicted a Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, man on child rape charges on Wednesday. And it wasn’t the first time. Luis A. Cruz, 56, was found to have assaulted his girlfriend’s daughter from 2007 to 2008—when the victim was 8 and 9 years old. According to Penn Live, the victim’s mother moved the man in with her …
