Authorities in California say an 18-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of staging a nearly fatal attack on an elderly woman at her home on January 8. According to the San Francisco Examiner, police officers arrested Keonte Gathron on Saturday night, alleging that he was behind the assault and burglary of 88-year-old Yik Oi …
Authorities in Arizona say a 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of beating a juvenile female with an electrical cord as a form of corporal punishment earlier this month. According to KNXV, officials from a school in the Buckeye area contacted police on January 11 to report a suspected case of child abuse. Reports allege …
Authorities in Massachusetts say a man is behind bars after his arrest on suspicion of killing a young girl unresponsive at the home of a relative last month. The girl was transported to Tufts Medica Center via air ambulance, as reported by WBZ. She was pronounced dead after spending several days in a coma. According …
Rescue crews’ efforts to reach a 2-year-old toddler who fell into a deep tunnel on January 13 have slowed down after they ran into a rocky patch and soil blockage over the weekend. New Straits Times reports rescuers began digging a “vertical shaft parallel” to the 350-feet tunnel in an attempt to reach Julen Rosello, a …
Cellphone footage taken by a passerby on Thursday captured a bizarre scene in Florida after a little girl crawled out of a pickup truck with her hands up, after her parents were detained by police close to a busy intersection. The Tallahassee Democrat reports the incident happened off of Capital Circle Northeast in Tallahassee, close to …
Authorities in New Jersey say a high school teacher was arrested on suspicion of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teen student. According to the Press of Atlantic City, 30-year-old Jessica R. Gaeckle was arrested on Friday and released from custody a short time later after receiving a court summons. The suspect has been …
Authorities in Florida say a 36-year-old man was arrested in connection with the recent violent rape and battery of a pregnant woman. According to the Gainesville Sun, the Alachua Police Department released an initial report with several key details removed. From the information available, reports indicate Clifton Dwayne Rushing was arrested for the attack on …
Authorities in Missouri say a 25-year-old woman is behind bars after the death of her 2-year-old son on Friday. According to the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Ebony Roby was reportedly driving her vehicle in the area of Jennings Station Road and Interstate 70 in the St. Louis area on Friday afternoon when the young boy …
An Iowa judge sentenced a man and woman to decades behind bars on kidnapping charges related to the abuse and confinement of three girls that resulted in the starvation death of one young victim. According to the Des Moines Register, 41-year-old Misty Ray and 43-year-old Marc Ray were ordered to serve life without parole and …
A 12-page criminal complaint released earlier this month by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, which details the murder of a Wisconsin couple and the kidnapping of their daughter, Jayme Closs, doesn’t reveal a motive or all that happened during the 88 days the young girl was held captive. Whether those details will be released will …
Authorities in Florida say a 23-year-old mother is behind bars on suspicion of child neglect after a 911 call by one of her kids led to disturbing discoveries. According to WEAR, Angelica Crites’ young daughter managed to contact authorities when she and her brother were not able to get a response from the woman, at …
A Nashville woman who was a beloved school crossing guard has died after she was stabbed repeatedly by her grandson, who is now charged with homicide, WTVF-TV reports. Gwendolyn Lavender, 68, was stabbed multiple times Thursday night in her East Nashville home. She died at the scene. Authorities received a call from her grandson, 24-year-old …
