A Pennsylvania mother had been charged with cyber crimes after an investigation revealed that she anonymously sent fake indecent images of girls on her daughter’s cheerleading team to the group’s coaches in an attempt to force them off the team. Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub’s office said Raffaela Spone, 50, sent images of at …
A second night of protests in downtown Portland ended early Saturday with dozens of detentions and 13 arrests during an “autonomous demonstration” against Department of Homeland Security officers deployed in the city, KGW reports. The Portland Police Bureau said the protesters took to the streets at about 9 p.m. Friday and “devolved into property destruction …
Police in Kansas are looking for a 36-year-old man they say is missing and endangered, KCTV5 reports. Eric Buyle was last contacted Friday night by phone, the Overland Park Police Department said, and he is believed to be in the metropolitan Kansas City area. Police described Buyle as 5 feet 11 inches, 180 pounds with …
An elderly Asian man died this week after being attacked in Oakland, prompting police to investigate whether the perpetrator saw a crime of opportunity or was racially motivated, KPIX reports. While 75-year-old Pak Ho was on his morning walk Tuesday, 26-year-old Teaunte Bailey allegedly kicked the septuagenarian’s cane away, shoved him to the ground and stole …
An Ohio woman has been put under house arrest until she is sentenced for selling drugs to another person who died from an overdose, WFMJ-TV reports. Nicoletta Robinson, 34, of Youngstown, Ohio, was convicted this week of multiple charges in connection with the 2019 death of a 32-year-old woman who died after overdosing. Jurors in …
A police officer is accused of the kidnap and murder of a 33-year-old marketing executive in London after she disappeared while walking home, a case that has put a renewed spotlight on violence against women, the New York Times reports. Sarah Everard vanished the evening of March 3 as she was walking home from a …
New details have emerged in connection with a Tennessee girl who has been missing since 2019. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Daphne Westbrook, 17, of Chattanooga, disappeared in October 2019, along with her two dogs, Fern and Strawberry. According to police, Daphne’s father, John Oliver Westbrook, is accused of kidnapping his daughter after she went on a …
Police looking for two young boys who disappeared from California City in December conducted a search at the home of their adoptive grandparents in Bakersfield on Friday, 23ABC reports. Orson and Orrin West, ages 3 and 4, were last seen on December 21, 2020, their adoptive parents said, as CrimeOnline previously reported. 23ABC said that …
A 7th member was added to the jury Friday to hear the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes last year while Floyd begged for life. Floyd’s death was videotaped by bystanders, and the video’s release prompted nationwide protests and calls for …
An upstate New York woman found dead in the trunk of a car in Queens this week died from a blow to the head that fractured her skull and caused a brain injury, the New York Daily News reports. Destini Smothers, 26, had been missing since November when she came to New York to attend …
A British court heard this week how an accused child abuser controlled every facet of his three children’s lives — allegedly to the point that he had his daughter sign a contract vowing to never gain weight. According to prosecutors, Rachid Khadla, 56, regularly weighed his now-adult daughter, Amira, 23, and his two sons, Hicham, 18, …
A Wisconsin woman was sentenced Friday for her role in the death of a 7-year-old boy, Ethan Hauschultz. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Timothy Hauschultz, Tina McKeever-Hauschultz, and their teen son, Damian, took part in punishing the little boy, which included forcing him to hold a heavy log for hours at a time. According to police, …
