A Texas couple could face upgraded charges after allegedly admitting to causing the head injuries that led to the death of the woman’s 2-year-old daughter. The toddler’s aunt confirmed to the Times Record-News that Scarlette Olivia Newsom was declared brain dead Friday, a day after being taken off life support. Newsom was reportedly rushed to the …
Authorities in Texas say a babysitter who shirked her duties last week was spotted on surveillance footage leaving the 2-year-old in her care on an ostensible stranger’s doorstep. According to People, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a resident’s call on Wednesday night and viewed the disturbing video. As the footage shows, a figure …
A Texas man was convicted Monday for fatally beating his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter and leaving her in a locked closet to die. The Dallas Morning News reported that the victim’s mother, Jeri Quezada, 33, testified that Charles Wayne Phifer, 36, tied Leiliana Wright’s arms behind her back and strung her up in a closet. Prosecutors said …
Authorities in Texas are searching for a suspect who reportedly rammed into a news van that he tried to carjack before taking off in a police cruiser. KPRC reporter Sofia Ojeda said she and her photographer, Damon Sales, were en route to cover a story Monday morning when they stopped at the Houston intersection of Texas …
Authorities in Texas say a shooting at a child’s first birthday party left four people dead and one seriously injured. As of an initial police statement, one suspect was in custody and another was on the run. According to CNN, the incident occurred Saturday evening at a residence in Taft. According to Department of Public …
Authorities in Texas say a high school teacher has admitted to engaging in sex acts with a 15-year-old male student. According to the New York Post, 23-year-old Erica Dinora Gomez taught mathematics at Bowie High School in Austin prior to her arrest this week on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. She allegedly met …
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a former Rice University football player with selling the drugs that a current player fatally overdosed on earlier this year. Twenty-five-year-old Stuart Michael Mouchantaf was being held Friday in the Harris County jail in Houston on a charge of delivery of a controlled substance causing death. The county district …
Texas police are searching for a man accused of breaking into a woman’s home last week, leaving behind several disturbing items. FOX News reports that a male suspect apparently scaled a 6-foot fence on September 26 and broke into an unsuspecting woman’s Rowlett home off of Eton Drive while she was out. Police think he entered …
On Wednesday, a Texas judge exonerated a man who spent 19 years in prison for a 1996 murder that he didn’t commit. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that John Earl Nolley was sentenced to life in prison in 1998 for the stabbing death of his close friend, Sharon McLane, based on false testimony from two …
A Texas mother known for creating “Anger Room,” a Dallas-based business where people could relieve stress by breaking things, has died days after her ex-boyfriend allegedly broke into her home and battered her. Donald Alexander told the Dallas Morning News that his slain daughter, Donna Alexander, 34, was 14 when she started advocating against domestic violence …
A controversial business planning its first U.S. location has hit a roadblock, according to recent reports. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Canada-based Kinky Dolls had planned to expand to a location in Houston, Texas. The robot brothel offers clients the option to rent or buy a sex doll. Ahead of its first location in the states, …
A Texas elementary school has become the scene of an ongoing protest following the alleged sexual abuse of a 5-year-old student. According to KVEO, a 14-year-old student mentor at Tabasco Elementary School is accused of taking the young girl into a restroom at the school and sexually assaulting her in April.` A number of parents …
