Police have identified the bodies of two young females found bound together in the Hudson River along Manhattan’s Upper West Side this week. Citing NYPD sources, ABC News reports that authorities have identified the bodies as Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, two sisters from Fairfax, Virginia. Tala Farea had been reported missing on August …
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man arrested in the mass shooting Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue appears to have made virulently anti-Semitic posts on a social media platform popular with far-right extremists, including one made shortly before the attack. Police have identified the suspect as Robert Bowers, …
Authorities in California say a teacher was arrested on suspicion of multiple felony criminal counts after a series of pornographic videos surfaced allegedly showing her engaging in sexual acts with a female teen. According to the New York Post, 49-year-old Dawn Gianni began the behavior in 2014. At the time, the alleged victim was 14 …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among the Israeli officials who reacted to the Saturday morning mass shooting that left 11 dead and six others — including four police officers — wounded in Pittsburgh. According to Reuters, he said he was “heartbroken and appalled” upon hearing the news. “The entire people of Israel grieve with the …
Following a deadly mass shooting at a Pennsylvania synagogue on Saturday, authorities in New York City announced they would be increasing armed patrols near the city’s houses of worship and Jewish communities. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities are expected to consider hate crime charges against suspect Robert Bowers. Though no immediate evidence linked that mass …
Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich provided an update on the victims of a deadly mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday morning. A total of 11 people were confirmed dead. Though earlier reports indicated the shooting occurred during a baby-naming ceremony, he said no children were among the fatalities. “Additionally, six …
By GENE PUSHKAR, Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, killing several people and wounding six others including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities said. Police said a suspect was in custody after the attack at the Tree of Life …
Disturbing new details have emerged about the murder of Lauren McCluskey, the University of Utah student who was killed earlier this month by a man whom she had stopped dating after catching him in a web of lies, Rolling Stone reports. Authorities believe Melvin Rowland shot McCluskey to death in a car on the evening …
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The search for a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl whose parents were killed enters its 12th day Friday and investigators still haven’t said if they have clues as to what was behind the attack and suspected abduction. They have followed up on more than 1,700 tips and a $50,000 reward is being offered for …
A Texas man who sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s 21-month-old daughter in 2016 has learned his fate. Isaac Andrew Cardenas, 25, was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for sexually assaulting a toddler whose mother allegedly falsely claimed her wounds were sustained in a dog attack. The child was treated for numerous injuries to …
By GREGORY KATZ, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A man suspected of trying to steal a Magna Carta from its display case at Salisbury Cathedral has been arrested after he was wrestled to the ground by cathedral employees, British authorities said Friday. Wiltshire Police said cathedral alarms sounded Thursday afternoon in the southwestern English city when …
A Florida mother is accused of routinely keeping her 3-year-old son with Down syndrome locked in a dog cage while she picked up her daughter from school. Per the Orlando Sentinel, Department of Children and Families received a tip indicating that the boy was left alone and held in a cage. DCF alerted the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, …
