A Virginia woman was accused of posing as a psychologist for at least three years, treating hundreds of patients which mostly comprised of children. Sharonda L. Avery, 42, was indicted this month on 13 charges, including obtaining money by false pretenses, two counts of passing a forged document, perjury and three counts of practicing psychology …
Two women in Virginia are accused of repeatedly having sex with a dog while corresponding with an inmate who’s been jailed since January for a reported hit-and-run involving police. WTVR reported that Denise Kearney and Ashley Pinkett committed some of the illicit acts over the phone on March 18, March 27, March 29, April 2, …
Authorities in Virginia say a traveling carnival worker has confessed to multiple murders. According to WJHL, 23-year-old James Wright says he dumped the bodies of female victims from three separate homicides in the same body of water — the North Fork Holston River near Mendota in Washington County. The women had been reported missing earlier …
A 17-month-old Virginia girl died Friday from injuries she reportedly suffered Wednesday during a sexual assault in a motel room. Nariah Brown’s mother, Aija Brown, told WTVR that she left her daughter in a South Richmond motel room with a man she trusted while she handled an errand. Aija reportedly returned to find her daughter—who …
A young Virginia boy reportedly gave a police officer Easter dinner, leading the officer to return the gesture to him and his classmates days later. According to a Facebook post by the Newport News Police Department, a boy named Jeremiah delivered the dinner to officer Beganovic and his partner while they patrolled his neighborhood last …
Suspect Abdool Zaman reportedly had a baby with his slain niece months before the double slaying
An elderly man in New York City has been arrested for the 1973 slayings of two 19-year-old women who were vacationing in Virginia Beach at the time. The New York Times reports that DNA evidence recovered from the crime scene was matched this fall with Ernest Broadnax’s profile in a national database. Broadnax, 80, was …
Authorities in Virginia are investigating the death of a 5-month-old boy who was reportedly found unresponsive late last month. WRIC reported that police found the infant, only identified as Austin, at a home off of the 1900 block of Old Tavern Road in Powhatan on March 27. A relative told the news station that CPR was performed …
Authorities in Virginia say a man facing criminal charges related to a stabbing last year reportedly told investigators that he believed the victim was a werewolf. According to WTTG, 34-year-old Pankaj Bhasin is accused of stabbing 65-year-old Brad Jackson 53 times in a rampage on July 13 at a business in Alexandria. Authorities found the …
A Virginia man who ran over his ex-prosecutor father before hacking him to death with an ax will spend 30 years in prison for the November 2017 slaying. The Chesterfield Observer reported that Frank X. Altimari, now 32, followed his father and stepmother, Nicholas Altimari, 61, and Felipita Altimari, home from a restaurant to run them over. …
Authorities in Virginia say a 55-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of concealing her deceased mother’s body using a variety of disturbing methods to keep the odor at bay. According to the Charlotte Observer, Jo-Whitney Outland is expected to face criminal charges following her relatives’ alleged discovery of 78-year-old Rosemary Outland inside her Pine Street …
Authorities in Virginia say a man who once owned a Suffolk dog kennel is facing criminal charges related to alleged bestiality with one of the animals. According to Fox News, 48-year-old Richard Patterson is accused of engaging in sex with a dog, along with his wife, 42-year-old Christina Patterson. The alleged criminal activity occurred in …
