A broken pool heater caused a carbon monoxide leak that killed one child and injured several others at a Michigan hotel. According to ABC News, a hotel staffer found six children, ages 12 to 14, lying unconscious in an indoor pool area at a Quality Inn in Niles, Michigan, on Saturday. They were all believed …
The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …
A witness says the driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal crash with a church minibus confessed to have been texting while driving. Jody Kuchler, a 55-year-old self-employed welder, told the Associated Press (AP) that he and his girlfriend, Thania Sanchez, were driving behind the truck near Concan, and that it had been driving erratically — weaving in …
A Kentucky man who stabbed his dad during a church service last year after being “moved by the message,” was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a Warren Circuit Court judge. People reports that on August 14, Ethan Buckley, 21, was arrested at the Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green, after stabbing his father in the neck …
A customer at a Florida 7-11 threatened to kill a clerk who refused her payment: An “old, dirty jar of pennies,” as authorities told Florida Today. According to the news outlet, the woman showed up at a Melbourne 7-11 at around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and picked up several items to purchase. When she got to …
A Bladensburg, Maryland, babysitter is accused of burning a 6-month-old’s feet because she wouldn’t stop crying. The baby, Ana Flores Guerrero, supposedly sustained second-degree burns after Ismelda Ramos-Mendoza, 36, watched her for three hours on March 22. Guerrero’s mother noticed redness on the bottom of the 6-month-old’s feet the next morning and asked Ramos-Mendoza if she …
The woman who drove the getaway car on Monday during an Oklahoma home invasion that left three would-be burglars dead, said that they she “doesn’t blame” the homeowner for shooting them. Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez, 21, is facing three counts of felony murder, three counts of burglary, and one count of second-degree burglary after she allegedly drove three teens …
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The couple accused of the brutal rape, murder and torture of the woman’s developmentally disabled daughter will be facing the death penalty if convicted of the horrific crime. According to the Morning Call, Jacob Sullivan did not appear at a Friday morning hearing in which prosecutors laid out the aggravating factors of the brutal July …
A little boy with a big heart made a lasting impact in the town of Wausau, Wisconsin following the death of an officer in a nearby town. On March 22, Everest Metro Police Detective Jason Weiland, 40, was killed in the line of duty during a string of deadly shootings that spanned three northern Wisconsin …
Police have found the mother of a toddler who was left on the side of a road on Thursday in Covington, Georgia. The Newton County Sheriff’s Office told 11 Alive that a little boy was found in his car seat on the side of Hwy 11 at about 5:30 p.m. on Thursday evening. Police have not …
