Authorities in Oklahoma say three children were among those injured when officers opened fire in an attempt to capture a robbery suspect. According to ABC News, police spotted 21-year-old William Devaughn Smith in Hugo on Friday morning. He was wanted in connection with a robbery at a local Pizza Hut earlier this year. Smith was …
Authorities in California say a missing boy’s mother and aunt were arrested on suspicion of brutally killing him. According to ABC News, 29-year-old Jakee Raquel Flores and her sister, Jennifer Rachel Contreras, are expected to face criminal charges including murder following a police visit to a home in Apple Valley earlier this week. Officers reportedly …
The unsolved disappearance of a Virginia teenager four years ago has left family members desperate for answers and investigators puzzled — as a key witness who may be able to help refuses to cooperate, WTTG-TV reports. On December 5, 2015, Katelin Akens was supposed to board a flight from Reagan National Airport in Virginia to …
A Michigan mother convicted of murdering two of her children and then storing them in a freezer for years has continued her violence in prison, the Detroit Free Press reports. Authorities say Mitchelle Blair flung a Pringles can containing feces and urine at prison guards as they were attempting to take her food from a …
The pair accused of killing a Staten Island teacher reportedly brought the dead woman’s children with them to transport her burned remains to a storage facility. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Michael Cammarata, 42, and and his live-in girlfriend Ayisha Egea, 41, have been charged with killing Jeanine Cammarata, Michael’s estranged wife who shared two children with the defendant. …
Authorities in Alabama say a man and woman have been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and killing the male suspect’s estranged wife. According to Fox News, 42-year-old Samuel Sullivan and his ex-wife, 44-year-old Jennifer Sullivan, are accused of killing Terri Sullivan, who was last seen on January 20. The victim was reportedly in the process …
Authorities in New York say a witness found a body hanging from a tree in a children’s playground this week. According to the New York Post, the Bronx resident made the discovery at the local playground at about 7:35 a.m. on Friday. Law enforcement and emergency personnel responded to French Charley’s Playground near the intersection …
Authorities in Ohio say a missing California teen has been found three days after she was reported missing earlier this month — and the man she was allegedly found with is now facing criminal charges. According to WJW, the 14-year-old girl was last seen on April 15 in Santa Maria, California, where she reportedly vanished …
Attorneys for R. Kelly are trying to overturn a default judgment in favor of a woman who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Chicago judge ruled against Kelly in a lawsuit brought by Heather Williams, one of the four alleged victims named in Kelly’s criminal …
An accused gang member believed to have fatally stabbed a New York City boy in the neck last summer has rejected a plea deal Thursday that could’ve spared him from spending the rest of his life behind bars. According to News12, Jonaiki Martinez-Estrella, 24, one of 14 men charged in the June 20 slaying of …
The family of a 5-year-old Minnesota boy who was thrown from the third-floor balcony at the Minneapolis Mall of America earlier this month, is no longer in critical condition. ABC reports that the family’s lawyer, Stephen Tillitt, read a statement written by the family of young boy, Landen, who has been unconscious for two weeks …
A Georgia man who sexually abused a North Carolina girl and held her captive for more than a year will not spend a day in prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Michael Wysolovski, 33, was sentenced to 10 years, with eight months of that time to be spent in jail and the remainder to be spent …
