Even before last week’s deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school, authorities in North Carolina were preparing to file serious charges against a 17-year-old student in that state who allegedly staged a bomb threat aimed at an area school. According to WSMV, the suspect first made intimidating comments regarding Clover Garden Charter School earlier …
The Mississippi bail bondsman who alerted federal investigators last year to suspicious behavior by the suspected Florida school gunman is speaking out as the FBI faces accusations that it dropped the ball. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Ben Bennight contacted the bureau in September to report a YouTube comment by someone named Nikolas Cruz — the …
A New York man made a shocking discovery on Saturday when he found a deceased newborn boy inside a trashcan in Astoria, Queens, with his umbilical cord still attached. WABC7 reports that Devon Davis was walking past the Dutch Kills Playground near 36th Ave. and Crescent St. in Astoria noticed a foul smell emanating from a …
The teen accused of shooting and killing numerous people last week at a Parkland, Florida, high school is also accused of snapping into a violent rage against another teen who dated his former girlfriend. BuzzFeed News spoke to three students who knew accused shooter, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz. All three students said they witnessed the suspect …
Kansas police are searching for a 5-year-old boy last seen in his Wichita home on Saturday afternoon, and are asking the public for any known information about his whereabouts. The Wichita Eagle reports that Lucas Hernandez was last seen on Saturday at around 3 p.m. at his home off of the 600 block of south Edgemoor, near …
“… when you’re 18 you have a right to bear arms, and there was pretty much nothing he could do.”
Nikolas Cruz, the teen accused of killing 17 people during a brutal school shooting in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday, wants to offer a guilty plea in an attempt to avoid the death penalty, according to his lawyer. The Sun Sentinel reports that public defender Howard Finkelstein, who’s representing 19-year-old Cruz, said that a trial would essentially be …
Alleged Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would verbally and physically abuse his late adoptive mother on a regular basis, multiple police reports have revealed. Police reports obtained by CNN stated that Lynda Cruz had called 911 for various issues involving Nikolas and his younger brother, including “mentally ill person,” “child/elderly abuse,” “domestic disturbance,” and “missing person.” Lynda had …
The younger brother of the teen accused of opening fire at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 people dead was taken from his home on Friday and sent to a mental health facility, according to a friend. New York Post reports that a friend of Zachary Cruz, 17, said that the teen was taken …
A 12-year-old boy was hospitalized for burns after his own father allegedly advised him to set himself on fire. According to the Associated Press, Michael Joseph Jensen, 36, of Claremore, Oklahoma, has been charged with child neglect after he allegedly gave his suicidal son advice on how to kill himself. The father is accused of …
A woman accused of hanging a 16-month-old boy in a noose and injuring others in a violent episode pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder, the Pioneer Press reports. Nataliia Karia, 43, of Minneapolis, faces up to 15 years in prison in connection to the incidents. All of the victims survived, although some were injured. According to …
A South Carolina prosecutor announced on Friday that a man accused of abducting a little girl after brutally beating her mother, targeted the family at random. The Post and Courier reports that Charleston’s 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson stated that suspect Thomas Lawton Evans kidnapped 4-year-old Heidi Todd on Tuesday after attacking her mother, Brittany Todd, did not …
