On Monday, North Carolina police charged a man for last week’s drunk-driving golf cart accident that killed a passenger. Gaston Gazette reported that Derek Helms, 19, was drunk when he was driving a golf cart that Gabby Carrigan, 18, fell off of on September 5, leading to her death the following day. Gaston County police …
A murder trial has started in Bowie County, Texas, for a woman accused of murdering an acquaintance and kidnapping the woman’s unborn baby after cutting the infant from her womb. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Taylor Rene Parker, 29, (pictured left), also known as Taylor Waycasey and Taylor Morton, was indicted by a grand jury last …
A Georgia man has been jailed for shooting two children on Saturday night in Colquitt County — just three days after his release from prison. Andrew Jacob Murphy, 32, had been jailed for non-violent offenses three times earlier — and was transferred to the Valdosta State Prison after a mutiny at the Tatnall County jail …
Florida police are investigating the distribution of a video that reportedly showed two Fort Myers High School students engaging in a sex act. Police said the incident took place in May but they only learned of it recently, the News-Press reported. Investigators said they are looking into dissemination of the video. “We are looking into …
A California man handed over his ex-girlfriends toddler — a 3-year-old boy he allegedly kidnapped late Monday — to his parents, but he fled after the handover and police are still searching for him. Donta Law, 46, reportedly gave the boy to his mother at the Oceanside Metrolink station at about 2:30 a.m. The San …
Ohio police announced on Tuesday that bones discovered last month belong to a woman who vanished in 2017. Youngstown police Chief of Detectives Captain Jason Simon said that someone looking for their dog found the skeletal remains, wrapped in a cloth, in a wooded area of Thorn Hill. The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office assembled the …
Louisiana police arrested a substitute teacher on Monday for allegedly paying students to assault a classmate. On August 23, Aadrina Smith, 24, reportedly offered five students $5 each to tackle their classmate at North Caddo Elementary Middle School. Three of the students accepted Smith’s offer, and Smith congratulated them afterward, according to Louisiana Radio Network. …
Three young children found dead on a New York beach were allegedly drowned by their mother. Police say 30-year-old Erin Merdy reportedly confessed to the murders. A 90-minute search was launched early Monday after several of Merdy’s relatives called police, concerned that Merdy may have done something to her children. The children ages, 7, 4, …
An Ohio man who was out on bail for raping a 9-year-old was found dead on Sunday alongside the victim’s family member, according to reports. WOIO reported that highway patrol discovered the bodies of Wesley Thomas, 34, and Samantha Faidley, 31, with gunshot wounds in a minivan at the New Lyme Wildlife Area in Ashtabula …
The girlfriend of a beloved Texas bull rider has been arrested in connection with his death on Sunday night. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, 27-year-old Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, better known as “Ouncie Mitchell,” was found unresponsive with “at least one gunshot wound” outside of a Salt Lake City apartment. Allen’s girlfriend, LaShawn Denise …
On Monday, a woman sued California police for using her DNA from a rape kit to charge her last year with an unrelated burglary. In 2016, the unidentified woman reported to San Francisco police that she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend. Cops took her DNA, but they did not disclose that it would be …
A Michigan man who allegedly followed a QAnon conspiracy theory was killed by Detroit officers Sunday after he killed his wife and the family dog, and injured his daughter. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, 53-year-old Igor Lanis is accused of shooting his wife, Tina, 56, inside their Detroit home off of Glenwood Court. …
