Theories are swirling around one community in South Carolina and beyond several months after a Mega Millions lottery ticket valued at a whopping $1.5 billion was sold at a Simpsonville convenience store. According to WFLA, someone bought the lucky numbers at a KC Mart in October but the jackpot has yet to be claimed. If …
Authorities in Florida say their response to a fatal shooting was captured by television cameras rolling in the area Saturday night. The deadly incident prompted an investigation that remained ongoing as of Sunday afternoon. According to WFLA, the Pasco Sheriff’s Office received the report of a fatal encounter between neighbors in Port Richey late last …
Authorities in Georgia say a woman is facing criminal charges related to faking her son’s medical issues to receive disability payments. According to WFXT, 34-year-old Teresa Lynne Roth is accused of forcing the 5-year-old child to take dozens of medications needlessly over the course of about two years starting in 2016. “Between January 2016 and …
While “Empire” producers decided to pull Jussie Smollett’s character from the season’s remaining episodes, one prominent actor from the series remains a vocal supporter. As CrimeOnline has previously reported, Smollett was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of orchestrating a hate crime he claimed occurred in January. Terrence Howard addressed the subject in an Instagram …
Authorities in Arkansas say a manhunt ended on Sunday with the arrest of a murder suspect days after the murder of Johnson County resident Christopher Farmer. According to WTHV, sheriff’s deputies acted on a tip in tracking down 29-year-old Robert Baker. Authorities initially encountered the suspect near the area described in the report and the …
According to the disgraced R&B star’s lawyer, R. Kelly spent another night in jail Saturday because he did not have the $100,000 necessary to secure his release on bond. He’s required to post 10 percent of the total $1 million bond to walk out of Cook County jail following his indictment and arrest last week …
The lawyer for a Florida woman accused of murdering her 3-year-old son decades ago says authorities have no evidence to prove the charges, KSNV-TV reports. Amy Fleming was arrested earlier this month in Florida in connection with the presumed death of her son, Francillon Pierre, who vanished in North Las Vegas in 1986. Pierre has …
The check at the center of the Jussie Smollett hate crime scandal may turn out to be an aid to his defense, though just days ago it was believed to be a strong piece of evidence indicating that Smollett had paid two brothers to attack him on January 29 in what authorities now suspected to …
‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett may have been inspired to allegedly concoct a hate crime after seeing his boss’s reaction to learning that a family member was a victim of a homophobic assault. According to TMZ, ‘Empire’ creator Lee Daniels posted an Instagram video on January 10 to call for an end to homophobic violence, citing …
More than two months after a 6-year-old Oklahoma girl died of complication from asthma, authorities say her great-grandmother and aunt have been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. According to KFOR, the unidentified girl was in the custody of her relatives — 82-year-old Vanuda Lee Holloman and 60-year-old Meta Cruikshank Hudspeth — when she was …
Authorities in South Carolina say a 52-year-old woman was fatally mauled by her two pet dogs during an attack in her front yard this week. According to WBRC, neighbors rushed to aid Nancy Cherryl Burgess-Dismuke after witnessing the gruesome incident. One witness said the victim appeared to be playing with the pair of boxer-mix dogs …
Authorities in New York say a 51-year-old woman was able to stop a would-be rapist by dousing him with a cup of hot coffee. According to WLNY, the suspect allegedly followed the victim into the latter’s Manhattan apartment building at about 9:50 a.m. on Thursday and pulled her pants down. The quick-thinking woman reportedly stunned …
