A Mexican couple has confessed to killing up to 10 women and selling off one of the victim’s babies, the Associated Press reports. Authorities on Friday announced that the couple was arrested outside of Mexico City in connection with the slayings. Investigators surveilling the couple on Thursday reportedly saw them emerge from a house with …
The California mother who allegedly abused her children and locked them away in a “House of Horrors” will not be able to delay her criminal trial for mental health treatment, the Desert Sun reports. Jeff Moore, a lawyer for Louise Turpin, had asked the court for a so-called “mental health diversion” because of what he …
The body found Friday during the search for missing elementary school teacher Kristin Westra was discovered by children playing in the woods near her home in North Yarmouth, Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports that the children first saw the body on Friday morning about half of mile from Westra’s home, and that the body …
A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino to eight months in prison Friday for tax evasion he committed when MTV’s “Jersey Shore” was at its peak. NJ.com reported that prosecutors said Sorrentino, 36, and his brother, Marc, created several businesses based on their in-person and television appearances, product endorsements, and product …
Authorities in Florida say a man executed an ill-advised counterfeit scheme using a local library as his criminal headquarters. According to Fox News, cops believe 29-year-old Levy Newberry used a template he found on Pinterest to create the phony cash. From there, he allegedly went to a local library with store-bought resume paper to start …
ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — A man accused in the strangulation death of a model said that he went to her apartment in an affluent Philadelphia suburb to sell her cocaine but that she refused to pay, and that a violent fight ensued, according to a statement read in court Friday. “I panicked and was scared. …
Authorities in California have arrested an elementary school principal on suspicion of inappropriately touching four female students. According to the New York Post, 49-year-old Richard Garcia is accused of a string of incidents that occurred between 2012 and 2014, when he taught second grade at McCabe Elementary School. The allegations came to light several months …
A Maryland woman reportedly caused millions of dollars in damage and displaced more than 130 people when she allegedly set an apartment building on fire to get back at her now-ex-boyfriend. WUSA reported that Prince George’s County firefighters responded to Hilltop Apartments on September 17 following reports of a fire. It took firefighters more than two …
A Louisiana man who called 911 falsely, claiming he was the victim of an axe attack, told officers that meth located in his home was planted there by a “ghost,” police said. Per KNOE, Michael Auttonberry was screaming profanities when officers arrived at his West Monroe home on Wednesday, leading them to place him in …
CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in the shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald (all times local): 2 p.m. A jury has convicted white Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree murder in the 2014 shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke …
Authorities searching for a missing Maine elementary school teacher have reportedly found a body not far from her North Yarmouth home. The Portland Press Herald reports that police found a body in a wooded area behind Kirstin Westra’s home, but they have not yet identified it or said if they believe it is the missing …
On the fifth day of a search for a missing elementary school teacher, a heavy police presence has been reported near the home of Kristin Westra. The Portland Press Herald reports that police have put up crime scene tape in front of a house about half a mile from Wetra’s in North Yarmouth, Maine. According …
