Two Illinois Department of Family Children Services employees were relieved from their duties on Friday, while officials continue to investigate the workers’ past interactions with slain boy A.J. Freund and his family. According to DCFS, the agency is “conducting a comprehensive review of our work” with the family of the 5-year-old boy, who was found dead …
The man accused of killing a four-month-old baby after learning he was not the biological father was deported from the United States five times, most recently in 2016. The New York Post reports that the man identified in a previous CrimeOnline report as Jose Avila-Agurcia, gave a fake name to police when he was arrested, …
A Florida mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly battering her 9-year-old son during an argument over homework. Martha Ciguenas, 44, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated child abuse for an April 4 incident involving her son. Ciguenas is accused of striking the boy in the head with a glass candle holder and metal …
Andrew “AJ” Freund, a 5-year-old Illinois boy found dead and buried in a shallow grave on Wednesday, died from numerous blunt force injuries to his head, according to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office. McHenry County Interim Coroner David Devane, who released the boy’s official cause of death results on Thursday afternoon, noted that A.J. had …
An arrest has been made in the double murder of a justice advocate and a former professional hockey player in upscale Orange County, California. ABC 7 reports that Jamon Buggs, 44, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Wendi Miller and Darren Partch last weekend. The suspect was reportedly already in custody on burglary charges when …
Police in Pakistan have identified three suspects who they believe abducted and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy who is visiting the country from the United States. DAWN reported that the victim is a Pakistani-American dual national who came to Pakistan a year-and-a-half ago to study. The main suspect is reportedly a 12th-grade student who attends the …
He was born with opioids in his system and police officers were called to his home numerous times. Yet for years, the Illinois Department of Family and Children’s Services allowed 5-year-old A.J. Freund to live in a reported filthy, decrepit unsafe home, until his death earlier this month. “This agency, there is no direction, no …
The woman who pretended to be a rich heiress in order to scam her way to the high life is likely on her way to prison. The New York Post reports that Anna Sorokin was found guilty of attempted grand larceny, but she was not convicted on every charge against her. The jury determined she was …
California authorities released a new sketch of a man accused of trying to kidnap a girl as she walked to school on Thursday morning. ABC reports that according to the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident took place at around 7:45 a.m., off of the 1700 block of Vineyard Avenue in Los Angeles. A young girl …
Authorities in Alabama say a 4-year-old girl is dead after a crash police say was caused by her mother driving while under the influence. According to WSFA, 44-year-old Tresia Lynn Chrystler was driving on Eufaula Avenue in Eufaula on January 11 when she crashed into a big rig near the intersection of Meadow Drive. Police …
After her latest arrest, an Ohio woman’s choice in facial tattoos once again earned her some attention on social media this week. According to WKYC, 27-year-old Alyssa Zebrasky was booked into Montgomery County jail on Tuesday after her arrest in Trotwood on charges out of Mahoning County. It was not the first time in recent …
Authorities in New York say a 24-year-old man was arrested this week on suspicion of brutally raping his elderly neighbor. According to the New York Post, 24-year-old Selwyn Worrell is accused of tying up the 88-year-old woman after she invited him into her home. Investigators believe he punched her, choked her and dragged her into …
