Defense waives closing argument in Cherish Perrywinkle trial after prosecution reminds jury of graphic rape, death of 8-year-old girl
Trials
‘He looks like a harmless old man. Little did she know what lurked beneath the surface….’
Trials
February 14, 2018
Cherish Perrywinkle: Watch LIVE here as closing arguments begin on day three of the trial
Both the defense and prosecution rested on Tuesday afternoon in the case of Florida girl, Cherish Perrywinkle, who was kidnapped, beaten, raped, and killed in 2013. The suspect on trial, Donald Smith, faces the death penalty if convicted. “He tore apart. He sucked on her breast. He made her suck his penis. He left behind …
Terror
February 13, 2018
Bomber gets life in prison for New York, New Jersey attacks
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison by a judge who repeatedly called it a miracle nobody was …
Sex Crimes
February 13, 2018
Couple lures teen babysitter to hotel room, drug and force her to have sex with ‘five or more men a day’
An Eastampton, New Jersey, man has confessed to luring a 17-year-old girl to a hotel, where he and his girlfriend drugged her and forced her into prostitution for 10 days. According to the Courier Post, Christopher White, 20, admitted Friday to luring the victim to a Burlington County hotel by offering her a job watching his girlfriend’s …
Drug Crime
February 13, 2018
Immigrant nabbed with $400K worth of meth after he’d been deported THREE TIMES: Cops
Authorities in Georgia say they arrested a repeat border crosser and his accomplice after they transported and attempted to sell $400,000 worth of methamphetamine. According to the Miami Herald, they allegedly agreed to meet an undercover agent posing as a buyer for the narcotics. Police claim the pair had seven kilograms of crystal meth in …
February 13, 2018
Drunk driver hits ambulance caring tot boy to hospital, child now faces ‘life-threatening injuries’: Police
By JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press An ambulance carrying a young boy to a hospital for treatment was hit early Sunday by a drunken driver in North Carolina, overturning the medical transport and leaving the boy fighting for his life, authorities said. The youngster was en route to a trauma center with his mother around 1 …
Court
February 13, 2018
After shooting ‘drunk’ dad dead, boy kisses his pets, then drives to school & fatally shoots first-grader: Report
A South Carolina court heard the confession made by a 14-year-old boy after he shot and killed his father before fatally shooting a 6-year-old at his former elementary school in September 2016. The Anderson Independent Mail reported that the 48-page transcript, which can be read in full below, was made public as an Anderson County court …
Sex Crimes
February 13, 2018
Pastor found in car with bound naked man swears he was just ‘counseling’ him
A Munhall, Pennsylvania, pastor who was allegedly found in his car with a bound naked man said he was counseling the man as he battles a drug addiction. Police responded Friday night to a suspicious car outside of a Homestead home. There, officers reportedly found pastor George Nelson Gregory, 61, sitting in the back seat and …
Juveniles
February 13, 2018
Masked rapist who hit teen girl in head with an axe may have been Fort Bragg soldier: Police
The 16-year-old girl may have saved her own life by playing dead
Politics and Crime
February 13, 2018
Dead sex worker’s graphic diary claims Clinton donor forced meth habit: Report
Newly uncovered diary entries written by a gay escort prior to his death at the home of a political donor last year accuse the prominent Democratic supporter of getting him hooked on a drug that would eventually cause the fatal overdose. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Gemmel Moore, 26, was found dead at Ed Buck’s West …
Murder
February 13, 2018
Convict who had sex on murder victims’ bodies will serve less than four years behind bars
A Joliet, Illinois, woman involved in the robbery and murder of two men is set to be paroled this month after serving less than four years in prison. According to the Joliet Patch, Alisa Massaro plead guilty to robbery in connection with the January 2013 murders of Terrance Rankins and Eric Glover, both 22. In turn, the …
February 13, 2018
Scientist wife allegedly murders doctor husband, leaves body inside home for months
Medical examiner said the doctor died of blunt trauma to the head.