Authorities in Texas say a woman is dead after an apparent attack by her two pet pit bulls, both of which were in a veterinary quarantine facility at the time in connection to reports that they attacked another person. According to KSDK, the incident occurred late Saturday morning at an animal hospital in Irving. Johana …
Authorities in California are hoping tips from the public will help them identify a suspect caught on video apparently pouring gasoline near a fuel pump at a Sacramento convenience store and setting it ablaze. According to Fox News, the incident occurred at a Unocal 76 location on Watt Avenue Saturday morning. The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire …
Authorities in North Carolina say a 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of purposely ramming into a vehicle occupied by her two young children and their father. According to KTLA, Kendra Kerry Boyd was embroiled in a bitter custody dispute with 21-year-old Philip Clapp, who was driving the vehicle she allegedly hit with her own …
A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student who survived last year’s mass shooting has died by apparent suicide, marking the second such report this month. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 19-year-old Sydney Aiello reportedly committed suicide last week. She had reportedly been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after escaping the deadly massacre at the Parkland, Florida, …
An 8-month-old Indianapolis baby who disappeared over a week ago is still missing, and detectives announced that although they are hopeful, the chances of finding the infant alive are slim. The case is now being investigated as a homicide. FOX 59 reports that authorities with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department are asking anyone with any information …
A retired mother in California has won child support from her ex-husband nearly 50 years after the man left the relationship, KGTV reports. Toni Anderson, of Carlsbad, says she isn’t sorry for pursuing the money from her former husband, who she said left her and their 3-year-old daughter in the early 1970s. Anderson, 74, said her …
Authorities in Ohio are coming under fire for criminally charging a man who stopped a sexual assault of a child, WEWS-TV reports. On Thursday, police in Eastlake, Ohio, arrested 20-year-old Richard Adams after he starting fighting a 17-year-old, whom Adams allegedly saw sexually assaulting a 5-year-old boy. Adams was subsequently charged with felonious assault. According …
Authorities in Alabama say a quick-thinking store manager was able to scare away a pair of sword-wielding robbers when he pulled out his own weapon. According to WBRC, Precious Spencer had only been working at the Birmingham Family Dollar location for two days when the incident occurred. She told reporters that one of the managers …
Authorities in Virginia say a man facing criminal charges related to a stabbing last year reportedly told investigators that he believed the victim was a werewolf. According to WTTG, 34-year-old Pankaj Bhasin is accused of stabbing 65-year-old Brad Jackson 53 times in a rampage on July 13 at a business in Alexandria. Authorities found the …
A Texas man is facing criminal charges after video reportedly surfaced of him punching a black woman amid a road rage dispute on Thursday. The Dallas Morning News reported that Austin Shuffield, 30, was charged with assault causing bodily injury and interference with an emergency call for the 4:30 a.m. incident in Deep Ellum. Police said Shuffield …
An Idaho man has been arrested in the cold case murder of a young mother 12 years ago, the Post Register reports. Prosecutors on Friday charged 30-year-old Kenneth Ryan Jones with second-degree murder in connection with the 2007 death of Stephanie Eldredge. Eldredge was reported missing in late August 2007 when she was 21 years …
A man potentially facing the death penalty for raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl was acting in service of his girlfriend, the victim’s adoptive mother, a psychologist argued in court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a witness testified this week that she heard Jacob Sullivan say he “liked” murdering Grace Packer in 2016. Prosecutors …
