Separate shootings at Halloween house parties in Houston left two people dead early Sunday morning. As CrimeOnline previously reported, an 18-year-old woman was killed shortly before 1 a.m. in north Houston. Three minors were wounded in the shooting, which broke out behind the house and in the street, apparently from a fight, Houston police said. …
A Florida teacher who was just named teacher of the year at her school has now been arrested for child abuse after she allegedly struck a student over comment made on an Instagram post about the award. Caroline Melanie Lee, 60, was arrested on Friday after she asked to speak with the student in her …
A Washington state man has been arrested and charged kidnapping and killing his 2-year-old child. Vancouver Police said they responded just before 1 a.m. Sunday from a woman who said that the father of her toddler had picked up the child sometime Saturday evening and then called her, threatening to harm the child., The Columbian …
A Texas man convicted and sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of an Austin police officer in 2012 was found dead Saturday in his bunk. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said a corrections officer doing security rounds found Brandon Daniel, 33, unresponsive Saturday morning. Prison staff initiated life-saving measures until EMS personnel arrived, …
A party on Halloween weekend turned deadly when gunfire rang out, killing one person and injuring multiple others, KPRC-TV reports. Around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, police were called for a shooting in progress at a house party in north Houston. When officers arrived, they saw a large group of people dispersing from the scene, most of whom …
A 5-year-old Pennsylvania elementary school student was found alone at a school bus garage Thursday night hours after she apparently fell asleep on the bus and nobody noticed. The girl’s parents reported her missing when she didn’t get off the bus with her siblings Thursday afternoon, a Pittsburgh Public School spokesman said, according to WTAE. …
An Alabama man is being held on a $10 million bond after his infant son was hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries earlier this week. Marterrius C. Moore, 22, has been charged with aggravated child abuse, WAFF reported, and he reportedly admitted to detectives that he injured the child on multiple occasions because …
A mother of four is in critical condition after she was shot twice in the back at her home earlier this week. Her 1-year-old daughter was also wounded in the shooting, shot once in the stomach, and is in stable condition at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The 33-year-old woman’s boyfriend told police that he had stepped …
A North Carolina woman was charged this week with severely abusing a 9-month-old infant she was babysitting. Destinee Ryan Agee, 24, was arrested on Thursday on a single count of intentional child abuse with serious bodily injury, according to a warrant filed in the case. The warrant said that the baby’s injuries included retinal hemorrhage …
Indiana state investigators arrested two teen girls Friday for making threats against students at a St Joseph County junior/senior high school. According to Indiana State Police, they were contacted by LaVille Junior/Senior High School officials at about noon Friday about a list of student’s circulating on social media that the two 13-year-olds intended to harm …
A 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy died Friday afternoon from a fentanyl overdose after buying the drug for a woman he was staying with in a hotel room. Susquehanna Township police arrested Cheyenne J. McGinness, 23, charging her with corruption of a minor, and 48-year-old Adalberto Rodriguez-Roman, who they said sold the drug to the boy just …
A Philadelphia judge last week ruled that a lawsuit filed by the family of Ellen Greenberg against the medical examiner who ruled she died by suicide — with 20 stab wounds to her body — can go forward. The 27-year-old first grade teacher was found dead in her Manayunk apartment on January 26, 2011, after …
