An 18-year-old teen admitted that he purposely threw a young boy from a balcony and watched him plunge 100 feet, according to police. The teen allegedly claimed he wanted to be famous and appear on television. BBC reports that Jonty Bravery, of Ealing, England, pleaded guilty to attempted murder this week during a court hearing at …
Federal prosecutors in New York have accused R. Kelly of bribing a government employee in 1994 to get a fake ID for then-15-year-old singer Aaliyah Haughton so he could marry her. The New York Times reported that authorities have added the allegation against Kelly, 52, onto his previous racketeering indictment. The deceased singer is identified …
Texas authorities are searching for a 5-year-old boy who disappeared on December 2. Police say the boy is considered to be in grave danger. According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), Nicholas Andrew Perez was last seen with Maricela Amada Paz, 21, who may be driving an early 2000’s white Mitsubishi …
An Illinois woman accused of killing her 5-year-old son Andrew “A.J.” Freund has pleaded guilty to his death and faces 20 to 60 years in prison when she is sentenced early next year, NBC Chicago reported. JoAnn Cunningham, 36, previously pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Andrew Freund Sr. …
Ride-hailing company Uber revealed in a first-of-its-kind safety report issued on Thursday that it received more than 3,000 reports of serious sexual assaults last year and nearly that many the year before. The company noted that the reports, covering 2017-2018, covered more than 2.3 billion rides — meaning that 99.9 percent of the rides were …
A Kentucky woman is behind bars after police say she drove her two children over a low bridge and into a flooded creek. NBC40 reports that authorities arrested Alexandra Richardson, 28, and charged her with murder, wanton endangerment and operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs. According to the arrest warrant, Richardson plunged …
The father of a missing 1-year-old Connecticut girl whose mother was found murdered is reportedly in police custody. NBC Connecticut reports that the father of Vanessa Morales is in custody in New Haven on charges unrelated to his daughter’s disappearance or her mother’s apparent murder. The unidentified man was reportedly in a relationship with 43-year-old …
The man suspected of killing an Alabama teen accused cops of fabricating evidence against him during Wednesday’s court hearing. WLTZ reported that Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, denied killing Aniah Blanchard, 19, after he was formally charged with two counts of capital murder. Yazeed is accused of fatally shooting Blanchard after abducting her from an Auburn convenience …
A U.S. sailor on duty guarding a submarine in dry dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard shot and killed two civilian shipyard workers on Wednesday and severely wounded another before using a service weapon to kill himself. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the situation unfolded at Dry Dock 2 at about 2:30 p.m., prompting a lockdown …
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Canadian police arrested two people who they believe used a potato gun to launch marijuana and meth into a jail. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that a 29-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man were arrested in front of the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre on Sunday. They were reportedly caught in possession of 28 grams of cannabis, …
A seasonal UPS worker in Florida is accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of gadgets that he was entrusted to deliver. WPLG reported that Emmanuel Reggin Jr., 18, helped deliver 5,500 boxes to a consumer electronics fulfillment center on Monday when he placed three packages — valued at $2,000 — near the loading dock …
