A former school employee in Illinois was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for stealing $1.5 million in chicken wings over two years. For 10 years, Vera Liddell, 66, worked as a food service director for Harvey School District 152. Prosecutors said that from July 2020 to February 2022, she made orders that …
Remains discovered in a Florida canal on Sunday are reportedly those of a mother and her child who vanished 50 years ago. NBC6 South Florida reports that a 35-year-old woman and her daughter, 3, were reported missing in 1974 from their home at 13411 NW 2nd St. in Plantation. Her vehicle, a 1961 Chevrolet Impala. …
A jury is deadlocked in the case of a Georgia man whose wife allegedly killed his 8-year-old daughter in January. Natalia Barros, 34, is believed to have fatally beat Sayra Barros with a wooden rolling pin at their Bethlehem home. The woman’s husband, Cledir Barros, is on trial for child cruelty — as prosecutors say …
On Wednesday, a Wisconsin judge denied Elijah Vue’s mother’s request to reduce her bail but granted her permission to see her daughter. Manitowoc County Circuit Court Judge Robert Dewane declined to lower Katrina Baur’s bail from $15,000 to $5,000, citing the seriousness of the case, according to Wisc News. Dewane lifted Baur’s restriction on contact …
An Ohio man accused of kidnapping and raping a Georgia girl was indicted last week on multiple felony charges. Antonio Agustin-Ailon, 34, is facing charges of rape, kidnapping, gross sexual imposition, pandering sexually-oriented matters, and interference with custody. From May 29 to July 26, according to the indictment obtained by 11Alive News, Agustin-Ailon “engaged in …
A Tennessee woman has been charged with attempted murder after she allegedly drove into a lake with a toddler inside the car. Kalyna Laraye Young, 21, also faces charges of reckless endangerment, driving under the influence, and aggravated child abuse and neglect, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office said that Young drove …
A former Michigan and Florida police officer was caught up last month in a Michigan sting operation targeting human trafficking. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office said that Jeffrey David Morningstar, 60, has been arraigned on charges of child sexually abusive activity, using a computer to commit a crime, and accosting a child for immoral purposes, …
A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested last week for allegedly sending sexual messages to a 14-year-old via an app. Deltona Elementary School teacher Michael Ronald Iannaccone, 47, knew the teen was underage, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies were notified by the Hernando County School District on August …
The case against a Utah children’s grief book author charged with poisoning her husband with fentanyl will move to a preliminary hearing after a judge last week dismissed her attorney’s attempt to disqualify the prosecution. According to KTVX, Kouri Richins’ attorney filed a motion alleging that jail staff and a prosecutor had accessed phone calls …
Detectives in California cracked the 37-year-old murder of a newborn baby found in a dumpster in Riverside and arrested the infants mother in North Carolina. Riverside Police said the infants body was found by a man rummaging for recyclables on October 13, 1987, and the baby girl’s death was ruled a homicide, although police did …
A 25-year-old Indiana man has been arrested for the shooting death of his girlfriend, a 25-year-old mother of three. New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey told WDRB that his officers responded to a home at 5 a.m. on a report about a shooting. They found Kaitlynn Lee inside and took her to the University of …
An Alabama man was arrested Saturday after he called 911 to say he’s shot his parents. Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene in Ohatchee and found Randall Ferguson dead inside the home and Debbie Ferguson fatally wounded on the back porch, WBMA reported. She was rushed to Gadsden Regional Hospital, where she died. …
