A South Carolina banker has been found guilty for his part in disgraced South Carolina legal scion Alex Murdaugh’s schemes to defraud clients of parts of their legal settlements. A federal jury convicted former Palmetto State Bank CEO Russell Laffitte on wire and bank fraud charges. Each of the six charges carries a maximum sentence …
The individual accused of slaughtering five people in a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub Saturday night appeared in court, via video from the El Paso County jail, for the first time on Wednesday. Anderson Lee Aldrich’s face still showed some of the effects of a beating from an Army veteran, a Navy officer, and a transwoman’s …
For 12 years, Emmy award-winning actress, Eva La Rue lived in fear of an unknown stalker. The actress received hundreds of letters addressed to her and later, her daughter, that detailed threats of rape, murder, dismemberment, and more. The stalker signed the letters as “Freddie Kruger,” the fictional serial killer. LaRue and her family moved …
The Department of Children and Families had no prior involvement with the family of a 9-month-old Connecticut girl who was reportedly murdered by her father on Friday. Christopher Francisquini, 31, is believed to have stabbed, choked, and dismembered his daughter at their home in Naugatuck on November 18. According to WTIC, the agency was notified about …
The man who opened fire at a Virginia Walmart on Tuesday — killing six people and himself — was a longtime employee at the store. According to the New York Times, suspect Andre Bing, 31, worked for the company since 2010 and was an overnight manager at the Chesapeake location. Fifty people were reportedly in …
A British mother who killed a pedophile who abused her sons is pushing for new laws to prevent sex offenders from hiding their past and changing their names. In 2014, Sarah Sands, of London, left her apartment on foot, walked a few blocks over, and stabbed 77-year-old Michael Pleasted eight times. Pleasted, a convicted pedophile, …
Federal authorities arrested a New Mexico couple for sexually abusing three child family members. KRQE reported that Joseph and Rachel Crutcher, 59 and 37, shared sexually-explicit photos of a 9-year-old girl with an undercover agent online. Investigators said the couple had been abusing the girl since she was a baby, in addition to the girl’s …
The Moscow Police Department is holding a live news conference Wednesday in connection with the unsolved stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. The live conference can be viewed below, scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. MST. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Moscow police said Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and …
Accused murderer Leilani Simon, who’s currently behind bars in connection with the death of her son, Quinton Simon, apparently checked herself into a treatment center prior to her arrest. According to a family friend (who wants to remain unnamed), 22-year-old Simon checked herself into a rehabilitation center just weeks after her son’s death. On Monday, …
An Arkansas woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stabbing and cutting off half of her father’s ear during a dispute over a cell phone. The Sentinel-Record reported that police who responded to an apartment complex in Hot Springs were met by a 44-year-old man who had a bloody rag held to his ear in …
Georgia murder suspect Leilani Simon made her first court appearance Wednesday, two days after police arrested her in connection with the death of her 1-year-old son, Quinton Simon. As CrimeOnline previously reported, investigators found Quinton’s possible remains at a local landfill where he is believed to have been taken to after his body was discarded …
A 22-year-old teacher’s aide in Oklahoma has been charged with rape for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student. Granite Public Schools Superintendent Missy Berry said that Ashley Waffle was a temporary teacher’s aide who was hired on October 10. According to court documents, she began her relationship with the student on October 25 with …
