Teen pleads guilty in Slender Man attack
Trials
“I believed that if I didn’t go through with it, Slender Man would come and attack and kill myself, my friends and my family.”
Missing
August 21, 2017
MISSING! Pregnant North Dakota woman vanishes after texting boyfriend
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a pregnant woman who they say disappeared outside her Fargo, North Dakota, apartment Saturday afternoon. Savanna Lafontaine-Greywind’s family revealed to KVLY that the 22-year-old is eight months pregnant. Lafontaine-Greywind was last seen between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Saturday outside her North Fargo apartment building. Her …
Court
August 21, 2017
Federal judge refuses to delay trial because witness wants to see eclipse; quotes Star Trek while denying request
A federal judge in Tampa, Florida, denied prosecutors’ request to delay a trial due to Monday’s total eclipse. The Washington Post reported that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agent wanted to postpone court proceedings because he had prepaid for an eclipse trip. However, Judge Steven Merryday ruled that the trial, surrounding a felon …
Technology and Crime
August 21, 2017
‘I looked like a monster’: Teen who livestreamed sister’s fatal crash speaks out
“Everybody does it. Why not? People take video of them in cars like all the time. And I’m only 18—we’re still young.”
Violent Crime
August 21, 2017
Judge shot walking into Ohio courthouse
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A judge was shot and wounded Monday morning as he walked toward his county’s courthouse, and a suspect was killed after a probation officer returned fire, officials said. Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was shot near the courthouse in Steubenville, just across the Ohio River from West Virginia’s northern panhandle, …
Child Abuse
August 21, 2017
Daycare worker reportedly straps child to chair with duct tape, takes Snapchat pic
Did a Missouri daycare worker take discipline too far? The parents of a 4-year-old girl think so, and want the daycare shut down after an employee allegedly strapped the child to a chair with duct tape and took a picture. KFVS reports that the Missouri Department of Children and Family Services found the photo of the …
Scams
August 21, 2017
Mastermind of lottery fraud faces 25-year prison sentence after scams net him more than $2 million
“The depth of his deceit is dumbfounding”
Violent Crime
August 21, 2017
Prosecutors: Professor killed boyfriend as part of ‘heinous’ sexual fantasy
By MICHAEL TARM, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan included killing someone and then themselves, prosecutors told a Cook County judge Sunday at a bond hearing …
Weird Crime
August 21, 2017
Mom discovers her baby’s cremated ashes are animal remains
A Pennsylvania woman who discovered that her baby daughter’s cremains were actually a dog’s remains is speaking out against the mistake and considering legal action against the funeral home that gave her the wrong ashes. Action News 4 reports that baby Jerrica Sky was born stillborn in 2015. Her mother, Jennifer Dailey, decided to have her newborn …
Teacher Scandals
August 20, 2017
‘Shocked and distressed’: Elite Hollywood private school teacher allegedly rapes a 16-year-old student
Los Angeles police have arrested a biology teacher and accused her of having sex with a 16-year-old student, Los Angeles Times has reported. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) spokesman Tony Im announced Sunday that Aimee Palmitessa, 45, a teacher at the prestigious Brentwood School, was arrested Friday and charged with statutory rape. In a recent newsletter, …
child endangerment
August 20, 2017
Mom forces five children to live in filth and feces, deprives them of food until forced to eat dog food off the floor: Police
Connecticut police have arrested a woman after officers allegedly discovered five children living in filth and eating dog food off the floor, as reported by FOX 61. WVIT has noted that police arrived at Chloe Edwards’ Middletown apartment following a call about an air conditioner fire that was allegedly caused by a cigarette thrown from a …
Teacher Scandals
August 20, 2017
‘Obsessed’ teacher lets student fondle her breasts: Police
A Pennsylvania teacher has been charged with multiple sex crimes for allegedly having an intimate relationship with a 16-year-old student whom she was “obsessed” with, the Daily Local News reports. Melissa Bonkoski, 38, bought a so-called burner phone — a disposable cell phone — so she could secretly arrange trysts with the boy. During those …