A Virginia mother of five was indicted this week for child abuse after two of her young children were allegedly found in what authorities have described as cages. Prosecutors say all of her children were living in abhorrent conditions. Malista Ness-Hopkins, 39, faces five counts of child abuse stemming from a July visit by Accomack …
A body found behind a Charlotte, North Carolina, church Friday morning could belong to a Virginia Beach teen who disappeared 12 days earlier. The anonymous source told The Virginian-Pilot that a landscaper discovered Ashanti Billie’s possible remains while trimming behind East Stonewall AME Zion Church. At this point, however, there is no official confirmation that the body …
The little boy was murdered because he wet the bed, prosecutors say
MS-13 gang members filmed themselves fatally stabbing a teen girl with knives and wooden stakes in a Virginia park, an FBI agent testified on Monday. Agent Fernando Uribe claimed MS-13 leadership in El Salvador ordered the murder of Damaris Reyes Rivas, 15, (pictured) for her supposed role in leading fellow gang member Christian Sosa Rivas (no …
Allison Cope, the 24-year-old airport employee who disappeared while on break from her job at Starbucks, has been found, alive, at a Virginia Beach hospital, according to WCNT. The Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) Authority Police Department has issued a statement on the good news. “Late last night [July 1], the Airport Authority Police Department was notified …
The courts sentenced a Virginia woman who beat her 3-year-old goddaughter to death to 30 years behind bars, according to CBS6. Danielle Turner, 25, carried out the unthinkable abuse on infant Latrice Walden in February. Turner originally claimed that Walden had hit her head on the faucet when she slipped in the bathtub. She later admitted to hitting the baby …
Police have arrested a Richmond, Virginia woman after a video of her allegedly abusing a child went viral, according to WTVR. The footage, uploaded to Facebook earlier this month, allegedly shows Larita Cosby, 32, grabbing the child by her hair, repeatedly hitting her and knocking her to the ground. During the video, the young girl can …
A Virginia woman who was featured in a “Fake Homeless” video was arrested Monday night for allegedly hurling Gatorade bottles at cars. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Micha Leigh Dominguez, 40, called police from an IHOP parking lot and claimed that several people were taping and harassing her while she stood in a median. Henrico County police Lt. …
A National Rifle Association (NRA) museum employee accidentally shot himself on Friday, police said. According to NBC Washington, the shooting happened at the National Firearms Museum, a site run by the National Rifle Association out of its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. According to USA Today, the unidentified 46-year-old man suffered a wound to the lower body …
A little boy with a big heart made a lasting impact in the town of Wausau, Wisconsin following the death of an officer in a nearby town. On March 22, Everest Metro Police Detective Jason Weiland, 40, was killed in the line of duty during a string of deadly shootings that spanned three northern Wisconsin …
It’s no “joke” to wear a mask in public in Virginia
A Virginia man arrested and charged in November for biting another man’s face will also face a a hate crime after he reportedly called the victim anti-Muslim slurs, police confirm. The Washington Post reports that Robin McGreer, 35, of McClean, is accused of walking up to a 31-year-old man on November 27 at the Tysons Corner …
