A Massachusetts elementary school teacher was found dead in her home this weekend under suspicious circumstances. MassLive reports that Vanessa MacCormick was discovered unresponsive in her Revere home on Saturday afternoon. Police have reportedly characterized the sudden death as suspicious but have not yet ruled it a homicide. MacCormick, who reportedly gave birth to a …
Anthony Weiner was sentenced on Monday to 21 months in prison for sexting with a 15-year-old girl. The disgraced former congressman has until November 6 to report for his prison sentence, handed down after Weiner pleaded guilty to exchanging sexually explicit messages with a North Carolina high school student. The judge was unmoved by Weiner’s …
A suspect has been arrested in the brutal murder of a 12-year-old girl in Nashville last month. East Nashville Patch reports that Roy Coons, 45, has been arrested on multiple murder charges in the August 10 death of Yhoana Arteaga, a 12-year-old girl who was found dead in her home on August 10. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Arteaga …
Hackers stole Social Security numbers, birthdates and more. Three executives sold company shares for a combined $1.8 million before the breach disclosure.
The mother of a 13-year-old boy who was confirmed dead this weekend has spoken out in response to the news that DNA tests were a positive match for Robert Bee, Jr. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Bee went missing in November from his home in Pekin, Illinois. He reportedly ran away when truancy officers approached him …
Ohio police have arrested a middle school football coach and accused him of providing a minor with alcohol before raping them, as reported by 10TV. The Newark Advocate reports that Gary Stratford, 36, of Thornville, was charged Monday with first-degree rape. Court records indicate that Statford is accused of giving a juvenile alcohol before having …
An 82-year-old Houston, Texas, woman has sued Red Lobster, accusing the restaurant of getting her so drunk that she fell in the parking lot and broke her hip, as reported by Inside Edition. The Houston Chronicle reports that Marlene Spencer filed the lawsuit last week, alleging that she was hospitalized for six days and underwent a …
A Texas man is facing manslaughter charges for reportedly fatally sucker punching an Air Force veteran over a slice of pizza, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman. Nathan Marshall, 28, (pictured left) is said to have admitted to assaulting Marques Johnson, 33, (pictured right) at 2 a.m. on September 17 near the Driskill Hotel. Johnson, who was …
A five-year-old boy who was found murdered earlier this month was killed because he witnessed his alleged murderer throw his mother from a cliff — because the suspect thought she owed him $200. As CrimeOnline previously reported, James Spoonamore was found dead earlier this month in Jackson County, Kentucky. Two days prior, hikers found his mother, …
The remains of a U.S. Army veteran found buried last month in the backyard of a Georgia home are now at a funeral home, awaiting upcoming memorial services, following a medical examiner’s office’s determination of his cause of death. Massner’s remains returned from a forensics lab in Phoenix earlier this month to the Cobb County …
A 22-year-old church usher is being celebrated as a hero in the wake of Sunday’s shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee. CBS News reports that Robert Caleb Engle confronted suspect Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, who shot and killed Melanie Smith, 39, in the parking lot before walking into the church …
A Portland, Maine, mother allegedly ran over and killed her toddler girl Saturday night during her other daughter’s 10th birthday party. The Portland Press Herald reports Taneisha Thomas, 27, was driving an SUV when she struck her 17-month-old daughter, Tiannah Sevey, outside her housing complex. Thomas is said to have been backing out of a parking spot when …
