New York’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said on Monday that a parole board rejected Mark David Chapman’s latest request for release. It is the 12th time Chapman, 67, has been denied parole since he became eligible in 2000. The Albany Times-Union reported that his next parole hearing is scheduled for 2024. Convicted of …
Texas police have arrested a teen accused of heartlessly ramming a truck into a man in a wheelchair and then fleeing the scene, leaving the victim with severe injuries, CBS Austin reports. The incident occurred earlier this month and was recorded by a security camera. The footage shows a man using an electric wheelchair crossing …
The stepmother of missing New Hampshire girl, Harmony Montgomery, will stay in jail without bail after failing to show up to her scheduled court hearing. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 32-year-old Kayla Montgomery failed to show up for a hearing this month in Manchester. The court hearing was in connection with charges against her for allegedly …
A teacher at an exclusive private school in Tampa, Florida, is accused of having sexual relations with a student, prompting police to investigate whether there could be other victims, FOX 13 reports. The teacher, 42-year-old Jaime Melton, was arrested Sunday and is facing a charge of sexual battery. Until her arrest, Melton had been employed …
Police in New York are searching for the driver of a minibus who reportedly tried to pick up a group of children while they waited for their school bus. According to News 12 The Bronx, the incident happened Monday morning in Suffolk County as a group of children waited for a school bus off of …
A lawyer said on Monday that an Alabama inmate could be killed next week via nitrogen hypoxia, marking the first time this method would be used to carry out an execution. Alan Miller, 57, requested to die via nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection in 2018, when inmates were allowed to challenge the manner in …
A man who allegedly kidnapped and murdered two young Arizona girls before discarding their remains in the desert is scheduled to face a jury this week in the first of two prosecutions related to the slayings, the Associated Press reports. On Tuesday, the first trial of 40-year-old Christopher Clements is expected to begin in Pima …
The discovery of a stained rug in a river led authorities to investigate whether it might be tied to missing Connecticut mother Jennifer Dulos, but investigators later determined the stain was not blood, the Middletown Press reports. Dulos vanished in May 2019 while she was in the process of divorcing her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, …
The suspect in the brutal attack on Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher is now charged with a rape occurring a year before Fletcher’s murder. Cleotha Abston Henderson appeared in court indicted on charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, aggravated rape, and kidnapping in relation to the September 21, 2021 incident. A sexual assault kit was …
A New York mother allegedly confessed to drowning her three young kids early Monday, leading to a frantic search for the children, whose bodies were found on Coney Island in Brooklyn, WNBC-TV reports. Authorities say the woman, 30-year-old Erin Merdy, has a history of mental health challenges but that postpartum psychosis is one possible motive, …
An inmate who sued an Oklahoma jail — alleging he was tortured by “Baby Shark” being played on repeat — was reportedly found dead in a cell on Sunday. The Oklahoman reported that John Basco, 48, was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive at the Oklahoma County jail. Basco had been booked into jail on …
On Friday, the Florida Board of Medicine barred a doctor from performing Brazilian butt lifts following last year’s death of a patient he did the surgery on. The Miami Herald reported that Dr. John Sampson, who works at Seduction Cosmetic Surgery in Coral Gables, was allowed to keep his medical license. In addition to the …
