Houston police have come under scrutiny after releasing dashcam footage that caught the moments before an officer fatally shot an unarmed black man who reportedly had his pants down. According to The New York Times, Harris County police officer Cameron Brewer fatally shot Danny Ray Thomas, 34, once in the chest within 30 seconds of …
The Texas mother whose teen son killed four people in 2013 while driving drunk recently landed behind bars over allegations of her own substance abuse, reports indicate. According to the New York Post, Tonya Couch, 50, was booked into Tarrant County jail on Wednesday and her bond was revoked on unrelated charges. She was already …
A Kentucky mother is facing criminal charges for allegedly getting her 14-year-old daughter extremely intoxicated to teach her about the dangers of drinking alcohol. According to WKYT, Miranda Polston, 34, caught her teen daughter drinking alcohol on March 10 and decided to film her punishment. Somerset police said the video shows the girl being held in a …
The 12-year-old boy feared dead in an SUV crash that killed his parents and siblings reportedly begged neighbors to give him food because his parents were withholding it as a form of punishment. Devonte Hart and two of his sisters remain missing after the bodies of his parents, Sarah and Jen, both 38; and siblings Markis, …
Nikolas Cruz, the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month, is reportedly being showered with love letters and has had hundreds of dollars put in his commissary account. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that an alarming amount of admirers are sending the suspected mass murderer sexually-explicit photos and offers of …
A former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping an underage girl and transporting her across multiple states has filed a motion to plead guilty to federal charges. WKRC reports that Tad Cummins has filed a motion to plead guilty to charges of transportation of a minor across state lines for the purposes of having criminal sexual intercourse. …
A South Dakota woman made an agreement to plead guilty for the beating death of her toddler son. As part of a deal arranged with federal prosecutors, she’ll receive a second-degree murder conviction. People reports that Katrina Shangreaux, 30, also referred to as Katrina White Whirlwind, murdered her 2-year-old son, Kylen Shangreaux, on July 28, 2016, after a night …
A Massachusetts woman is suing a man who rented her seasonal Martha’s Vineyard home, accusing him of secretly allowing the residence to be used as a set to film at least 24 pornographic videos. According to the Boston Globe, Leah Bassett claimed in the lawsuit that she rented her home out to Joshua Spafford under false …
The family of the 12-year-old boy who was the subject of an instantly-iconic photo in 2014 was overwhelmed by the attention they received after the image went viral, and relocated to try and start anew. But five members of the large family are now dead and three are missing following a mysterious SUV plunge off …
The actress reportedly faces possible arrest for sex trafficking
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling granting a new trial to a man whose conviction in the murder of his high school sweetheart became the subject of the popular podcast “Serial.” Adnan Syed was convicted in 2000 of killing Hae Min Lee and burying her body in a …
A New York City socialite will have to re-appear in court as prosecutors decide what punishment she’ll face for allegedly attacking a California lawyer with a glass purse on New Year’s Eve. Jacqueline Cooke, the daughter of Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke, appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court on Wednesday, but the case was postponed while district …
