A woman was arrested last week after she tried to kidnap an 8-year-old girl, telling an adult who was with the girl that she was Russian police and was taking the child. Courtney Perrone, 40, has been charged with one count of attempted kidnapping/victim under 14 years old, one count of false imprisonment by violence, …
A Minnesota man who admitted killing his ex-girlfriend just days after he was released from jail for assaulting her was sentenced Friday to nearly 24 years in prison. Matthew Brenneman, 40, was under a restraining order when he killed Danicka Bergeson, 33, and left her body in her apartment, covered in abrasions and bruising and …
A New York anesthesiologist pleaded guilty to drugging his family’s nanny while she slept and raping her. Paul Giacopelli, 60, will only spend four years in prison when he’s sentenced on November 20, thanks to a plea deal agreed to by Putnam County Judge Anthony Mole, LoHud.com reports. He will have to register as a …
A Florida man was arrested Saturday after his children called 911 and said he’d shot their mother. Jose Manuel Otero-Fontanez, 48, opened fire on police when they responded to the call in the Hanover Lakes community in St. Cloud, WESH reported. Officers sent a drone into the house, and Otero-Fontanez reported fired at the drone …
Three people — including a prominent Kentucky dentist and his son — were arrested last month in connection with the fatal stabbing of 38-year-old Amber Spradlin, found dead in the dentist’s home more than a year ago. Michael McKinney III, 24, is charged with murder and multiple counts of tampering with evidence and is being …
A Florida mother has been charged with the murder of her 4-year-old son more than a decade after the boy was found dead in her apartment. Destene Simmons faces one count of murder and one count of aggravated child abuse, WFOR reported. The Broward State Attorney’s Office has not explained why it waited eleven years …
DNA from a 34-year-old marijuana joint helped identify the suspect in a 1989 hit-and-run death in Charlotte, North Carolina. The News & Observer reports that on December 29, 1989, Ruth Buchanan, 52, was crossing the street in a crosswalk at North Tryon Street and Fifth Street when she was struck by a driver who ran …
An adjunct professor from Touro University, who faces charges of sexually abusing a patient will return to class next month in a course focused on ethics. The New York Post reports that Professor Menachem “Mendy” Kiwak is scheduled to teach two classes in the upcoming fall semester. Kiwak is listed in the online class list …
A New York mother was taken into custody following a collision that killed her 9-year-old son, while she was on drugs and driving against traffic on a highway, according to state police. ABC News reports that Kerri Bedrick, 32, is accused of driving her SUV the wrong way on the Southern State Parkway in Suffolk …
Police in Florida have arrested an Amazon delivery driver for a hit-and-run this week that sent a 30-year-old Miami mother and her infant son to the hospital. The incident took place Thursday morning when the woman was pushing her child in a stroller while walking her dog. A vehicle struck the mother and child, knocking …
A graveside argument turned deadly last weekend when a Colorado man shot and killed a member of a group of friends who had gathered to remember a dead man on his birthday. The group of family and friends arrived at Crown Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County at about 8 p.m. on August 17 at the …
A Florida public school teacher was arrested this week and accused of abusing a special-needs student in a classroom. Beatriz Rapisarda, 41, faces charges of child abuse and false imprisonment for the incident at Sunrise Elementary School, the Palm Bay Police Department said. Investigators say Rapisarda was seen by several witnesses pushing the student and …
