Kentucky sheriff asks people to stop committing crimes until coronavirus pandemic ends
Police
“The Sheriff’s department is asking that all criminal activities stop until further notice.”
Murder
March 13, 2020
Daughter flies ‘into rage,’ kills mom and leaves her body in the garage
A Florida woman allegedly told sheriff’s deputies she went “into a rage” over something her mother said and attacked her, fighting for several minutes until the 81-year-old mother was dead. Deputies found Carmelina Kohler’s body late Monday covered with boxes and a blanket in her Vero Beach garage, where Crystal Kohler, 38, had left her, …
Family Crime
March 13, 2020
Lori Vallow: Judge withdraws from case; defense attorney plans to do the same
The judge in cult mom Lori Vallow’s Idaho court case withdrew on Friday, at the request of her defense attorney Mark Means, and another of her lawyers said that he planned to withdraw from the case. Judge Farren Eddins approved Means’s request during a hearing held by phone, East Idaho News reported. Court administration must …
Drug Crime
March 13, 2020
Mom found with 4 drugs in system after falling asleep on top of baby, killing them: Docs
A Louisiana woman is facing second-degree murder charges after she allegedly admitted to doing drugs before getting into bed with her three young children — one of which was found dead shortly thereafter. Citing the arrest warrant, Monroe News Star reported Ouachita Parish deputies and fire department personnel responded to a West Monroe residence and …
Trials
March 13, 2020
GUILTY: Hero cop murdered in stairwell by parolee
A jury in Chicago on Friday found a small-time drug dealer guilty of first-degree murder and armed violence for shooting a police commander to death in a downtown stairwell in 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Shomari Legghette, 44, was wearing body armor when he shot Cmdr Paul Bauer, 53, seven times with a semi-automatic handgun. …
Celebrity Justice
March 13, 2020
R. Kelly faces new charges for allegedly having sex with a minor & giving her herpes
Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly was hit with additional federal charges in New York on Friday for allegedly giving an underage girl and woman herpes and failing to disclose he had the disease. An indictment filed in the Eastern District of New York includes charges of coercion and enticement, coercion of a minor, racketeering, and …
Suicide
March 13, 2020
Whistleblower leaks footage showing unsafe prison conditions, then dies in apparent suicide: Reports
An Arizona corrections department employee who leaked video footage depicting unsafe prison conditions died on Sunday after apparently shooting herself in the head. A Goodyear Police Department spokesperson told ABC News that officers responding to a domestic disturbance found Gabriela Contreras, 31, unresponsive with a suspected self-inflicted gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the …
Child Abuse
March 13, 2020
Baby Adrien: 6-month-old dies from brain hemorrhaging, spine fractures after teen father loses patience [Police]
A New Jersey man is behind bars after a 6-month-old baby died from injuries while in his care. Newark Advocate reports that Newark authorities confirmed Thursday morning that Adrien Decker passed away from spine damage, neck damage, rib fractures and “retinal hemorrhaging in his brain.” The infant died early Thursday morning at the Nationwide Children’s …
Violent Crime
March 13, 2020
16-year-old kidnaps & beats pregnant woman, fires several shots at her: Police
A 16-year-old Georgia teen is behind bars after police say he attacked a pregnant woman and shot at her several times. AJC reports that the unnamed teen knew the victim and apparently got into a heated argument with her, according to police, before dragging her into a Statesboro apartment and firing several shots at her. …
Murder
March 13, 2020
Four decades later, bishop is arrested in teen’s unsolved strangling death
Authorities in New York arrested a suspect on Thursday in connection with the unsolved murder of a 19-year-old woman. Bishop James Burrus, 64, was arrested in Staten Island for the 1980 strangling death of Lorraine Snell. The legal secretary was found dead in a station wagon which was parked behind a supermarket in Brooklyn, according …
Podcast
March 13, 2020
Friday Crime Stories: Why won’t Mommy tell us where baby Evelyn is?
15-month-old baby Evelyn is reported missing by her grandfather, and her mother gives multiple explanations about where the child is. First, it was a babysitter, then she is with her mother, but none of it rings true. What happened to Evelyn Boswell? Joining Nancy Grace today: Ashley Willcott– Judge and trial attorney, Anchor on Court TV …
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Missing
March 13, 2020
2-year-old tot MISSING after father plunges truck into river to avoid police [Reports]
Police are searching for the body of a toddler who disappeared after her father drove into a river to avoid police, according to authorities. NBC News reports that a Kansas man was found intoxicated inside his vehicle with the child on his lap when police approached him. The man’s girlfriend reportedly contacted the Leon Police …