Luis Alvarez, a former NYPD detective who crusaded for funding for fellow 9/11 first responders, died Saturday at the age of 53. Mattew McCauley, Alvarez’ lawyer and former NYPD colleague, announced his death on Facebook. Alvarez died from complications of colorectal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2016 and was attributed to the months …
Officials in California say four children between the ages of 2 and 13 contracted E. coli after coming into contact with animals at a petting zoo. A 2-year-old boy has since died as a result. While an ongoing investigation will seek to determine the source or sources, initial reports indicate all of the infected patients …
Texas authorities said more charges are expected in connection with the death of 4-year-old Houston girl, Maleah Davis, but they’re urging the public to be patient as the investigation continues. “You look at social media. They want people arrested; they don’t understand that that’s not the way investigations go,” Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said. …
Authorities in Manchester, England, say they recently took a 93-year-old woman into custody — but not for any crime she was accused of having committed. Instead, Josie Birds’ family says she’d long wanted to experience an arrest and local cops were willing to help her cross the item off her bucket list. Her granddaughter, Pam …
Authorities in Oklahoma say a woman has been arrested on suspicion of leaving her young child inside of a hot vehicle as she went inside a nearby liquor store to do some shopping. According to KFOR, Owasso police officers were dispatched to the location in the 8700 block of Owasso Expressway on Wednesday evening after …
Authorities in New York say a man has been arrested on suspicion of playing a role in the death of a 1-year-old boy last year. According to WNBC, the young victim, Darwin Gonzalez-Santana, was reportedly able to access a deadly drug cocktail of fentanyl and heroin in December while at an apartment in the Bronx. …
Jurors on Friday convicted “Ivy League Killer” Thomas Gilbert, Jr. of murdering his father over cuts to his weekly allowance, a result that all hinged on a can of Coke, the New York Post reports. The conviction came after deliberations spanned for more than two days. Jurors were not persuaded by an insanity defense that …
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with the murder of a 4-year-old girl, a crime her 8-year-old brother helped solve, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Authorities on Friday arrested 32-year-old Marquis Lamont Thomas of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, in connection with the 2016 death of Kailee Bunrout, his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. About one month before she died, Bunrout …
The mother of 2-year-old Virginia boy Noah Tomlin, a toddler who mysteriously vanished from his Hampton home, was arrested in connection with his disappearance, authorities announced on Friday. According to a Friday press release from the Hampton Police Department, authorities arrested 34-year-old Julia Tomlin on Friday evening. Although charges against Tomlin are pending, police said …
Officials in the Dominican Republic provided some positive news in the recovery of a teen who had been listed in critical condition after a medical emergency left her unconscious on the last day of a recent vacation. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 15-year-old Candela Saccone’s mother, Natalia Knetch, said the Argentinian teen initially complained of a …
The parents of a slain University of Utah student have filed a $56 million federal lawsuit, alleging college police and housing officials failed to act before her ex-boyfriend shot her to death on campus last year. Matt and Jill McCluskey, the parents of slain student Lauren McCluskey, 21, announced Thursday that they’re suing the college …
A New Jersey man has reportedly been sentenced to 18 years behind bars in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Sarah Stern. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 21-year-old Liam McAtasney was convicted in February on a range of counts including murder and robbery for the violent crime that left a former schoolmate stabbed to death in …
