Mother, boyfriend are charged with beating boy, blaming hit-and-run crash
VERSAILLES, Mo. — A mother and her boyfriend are charged with fatally beating a toddler whose injuries initially were blamed on a highway hit-and-run crash. Thomas Presley, 21, and Jamie Litton, 25, both of Stover, face one count each of second-degree murder for the death of Litton’s 3-year-old son, Blake Litton. Litton also faces two [...]
Minutes before he fatally stabbed Shaun Wild in a Naperville nightclub, a belligerent Daniel Olaska threatened another patron with the same knife. The 24-year-old Wild, a popular second-grade teacher at Spring Brook School in Naperville, was stabbed to death when he tried to defuse an argument between a friend and Olaska at Frankie’s Blue Room, [...]
Wheaton College Professor Donald Ratcliff Arrested on Child Porn Charges by Carol Stream Police
Carol Stream police arrested Donald Ratcliff, 60, of 1N54 Falcon Trail in Carol Stream and charged him with two counts of aggravated child pornography after an investigation of at least two months. Police observed a user on Radcliff’s computer was trading child pornography on the Internet. Wednesday morning police executed a search warrant. Police seized [...]
Police raid ‘elaborate’ Florida meth lab and find scientist producing a ‘mellower’ version of the drug for personal use
Police raiding a methamphetamine lab found a scientist had been producing a ‘mellower’ version of the drug without the usual side effects for his own personal use. Investigators discovered that Seth Stanley had an arsenal of ammunition and guns, including an assault rifle, and napalm, a highly flammable gelling agent used in explosives, in his home [...]
Father who beat 16-year-old boy in Youtube brawl faces ten years in prison
A father who beat a 16-year-old boy in a YouTube video, smashing his face until his teeth broke through, has been found guilty of four counts related to that August beating. Gary Johnson of Palm Bay, Florida fainted moments after his verdict was read in court Friday, finding him guilty of battery, child abuse, contributing to [...]
Man arrested again after escaping from deputies
A Winlock man was arrested for the second time Friday after he escaped from deputies Thursday evening, 22-year-old Andrew Holmgren was taken into custody for the first time after crashing into two patrol cars during a chase near Centralia on Thursday evening. After Holmgren was taken to a hospital, authorities said he escaped from deputies. [...]
Dead baby ‘may have been murdered’ police say as mother is arrested on drugs charges
A baby found dead in his crib at a suspected drug house may have been murdered, police say. 17-month-old Patrick Nicholas Lerch was unresponsive when police found his body on Sunday night at a two-story home in the 500 block of St. Leger Avenue in the Goodyear Heights neighbourhood, Barberton. Patrick was taken to Akron [...]
The new life of stepfather who escaped justice after ‘stabbing lover and daughter to death in Brooklyn’
A suspected double murderer nicknamed ‘Russian Rambo’ has been allowed to cheat justice and start a new life because of chronic red tape between Washington and Moscow, the victims’ closest relative says. Nurse Tatyana Prikhodko, 56, and her glamorous daughter Larisa, 28, were stabbed to death in their New York home in April last year in [...]
Sketch shows man wanted in Yelm-area abduction attempt
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office has released a sketch of the man deputies said attacked and tried to kidnap a woman near Yelm last week. Investigators said he tried to force the 21-year-old woman into his pickup truck as she walked along Railway Road Southeast last Monday. The driver asked if she [...]
Mom and Others Charged with Child Neglect; Drugs Found in Home
An investigation into stolen properly leads Cabell County Deputies to arrest a mom and others on child neglect charges. At that house, deputies say they found three young children living in bad conditions. Deputies say they found several grams of marijuana near where the children were sleeping. According to the criminal complaint, deputies found pill [...]
Plumber who botched fitting of boiler leading to carbon monoxide death of ‘dazzling’ millionaire’s daughter found guilty of manslaughter
A gas fitter whose faulty boiler installation led to the carbon monoxide death of a millionaire’s daughter has been convicted of her manslaughter. Andrew Hartley fitted the new boiler into Zoe Anderson’s Bath home less than two weeks before she was overcome by gas fumes. The 37-year-old had already admitted a charge of breaching gas safety [...]
Mother who had sex with boys aged 13 and 14 as a reward for them smashing up a love rival’s car faces jail
A mother who had underage sex with two schoolboys as a reward for them vandalising her love-rival’s car is today facing jail. Davina Travi, 42, broke down in tears as she was ordered by a judge to sign on the sex offenders’ register after being found guilty of having illegal sex with the boys. The mother-of-five [...]