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Officials in California are reportedly considering whether to pursue a criminal case against singer Nick Carter in connection with a woman’s complaint that he raped her more than 15 years ago. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Melissa Schuman accused the Backstreet Boys star of forced her to perform sex acts before raping her during an encounter …
Authorities in Florida confirmed a young girl has died after someone threw her into a body of water in the Tampa area this week. According to Spectrum Bay News 9, authorities were notified of an emergency at the Hillsborough River along Columbus Drive on Thursday afternoon. Tampa police and and a trained diving team arrived …
Surveillance cameras caught the tense moments when a 7-year-old Michigan girl fled her mother’s minivan as a carjacker stole it and took off. The mother was reportedly inside a Valero gas station in Detroit Tuesday afternoon when the theft occurred. Iad Muhammed told WBBH that he was working inside the store when he saw the …
UPDATE: A YouTube spokesperson issued the following statement to CrimeOnline: “Content that endangers minors is unacceptable to us and we have strict policies prohibiting child endangerment and harmful and dangerous content. We remove content that violates our policies as soon as we’re made aware of it.” ORIGINAL Story: YouTube has reportedly temporarily suspended the …
Florida police arrested a woman Tuesday after they say six children in her care were found to be living in deplorable conditions, covered with open sores and infested with lice. A concerned citizen of the Porter Shores neighborhood, located in Ocala, called authorities after reportedly seeing two young children roaming the streets, disheveled and only …
A man who shot two Maryland teens to death last year as they sat in their car learned his fate this week in court. WJLA reported that Jose Canales-Yanez, 26, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the June 5, 2017, slayings of Shadi Najjar, 17, and Artem Ziberov, 18 (pictured …
A suspected serial killer was out on bail when he allegedly murdered a young nurse, raped another woman, and attempted to kill yet another — after a lawyer mistakenly told a judge that the repeat violent offender didn’t have a criminal history. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Danueal Drayton was arrested for the July 17 murder of …
Police fatally shot a Colorado man moments after he killed a naked intruder who attacked his 11-year-old grandson, an attorney representing the slain man’s family said. According to The Denver Post, attorney Siddhartha Rathod said the suspect who broke into Richard Black’s Aurora home early Monday was nude and tried to drown Black’s grandson in a …
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A Georgia father is facing homicide charges for allegedly fatally mowing over his 22-month-old son while texting. According to the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Trenton Cook, 24, was driving his 2002 Ford Explorer south down Bond Avenue on May 8 when he entered the driveway of a Columbus home. In the process, police said he struck his son …
Several people were left nauseous and shaken up after a Pennsylvania amusement park ride malfunctioned Wednesday. Passengers aboard the Pirate at Kennywood in West Mifflin were in for a surprise when the brakes malfunctioned and crews were unable to stop it for approximately 10 minutes—a ride that normally lasts only about 2 minutes, CBS Pittsburgh …
Virginia State Police say an elderly man who vanished on Wednesday, possibly abducted, could be headed toward Maryland with an abductor. NBC Washington reports that 88-year-old John Alee Wimbush disappeared from his home off of Forest Street in Martinsville, Virginia, on Wednesday morning at around 10:28 a.m. He could be in the company of Valerie Vianna Swinson, 59. Police …
