Elderly sisters robbed, knocked down in Boca Raton, incident caught on surveillance video
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Two sisters were shopping at a Publix store in Boca Raton Thursday, April 12, when they were victims of a purse snatching caught on video, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. After the sisters went shopping, they went outside to wait for a bus. A surveillance video shows the [...]
High school student, 18, ‘plotted Columbine-style attack with points system for shooting teachers and pupils’
A high school student has been charged after he was found with a journal where he outlined a ‘Columbine-style’ attack on his school. Sean Ivaldi, 18, was being held by police after jottings he made in his journal, including a points system for his kills, was discovered by a teacher. The system he had scribbled [...]
Teens hospitalized after drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk
Six California teenagers have been hospitalised with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer, sparking concerns that this dangerous method of getting drunk will become an alarming trend. Bottles of sanitizer contain 62 per cent ethyl alcohol, are inexpensive and accessible, and distillation instructions are readily-available on the internet. Teens have been using salt to remove [...]
Kentucky Inbreed Steals Gas from Cop Car, Posts Picture on Facebook, Goes Directly to Jail
APRIL 18–A Kentucky man is facing a misdemeanor rap after he siphoned gasoline from a police car, a theft that came to the attention of cops after the perp posted a Facebook photo memorializing the crime. As seen in the above photo, as Michael Baker, 20, was swiping the gas last month from a Jenkins [...]
Teen sentenced to six months in youth prison for ‘trying to blow up his high school inspired by the Columbine shootings’
A boy was sentenced on Tuesday to six months at a secure youth center after pleading guilty on charges that he organized a plot to blow up his high school. Police say Joshua Hoggan, 16, a Roy High School student in Utah and an older classmate, Dallin Morgan, 18, had a detailed plot, school blueprints and a plan to fly away [...]
Mother and teen son ‘shot dead by boy’s friends’ for $370 cash
A mother and son who were found shot dead in their Florida home were killed for less than $400 by a pair of teenagers. Police have revealed robbery as the motive for the deaths of the Amy Ann Lorah and her 16 year old son William Haley. Their alleged killers were friends with Haley and [...]
Jury hears how 4-year-old girl ran out screaming after 11-year-old boy shot dead his father’s pregnant fiancée
A jury heard how a 4-year-old girl came out of her house screaming after she was allegedly shot by her 11-year-old would-be brother. Jordan Brown, now 14, is charged in the February 2009 shotgun deaths of his father’s pregnant fiancée Kenzie Houk and her unborn child. The judge closed the trial to media and all [...]
Man stabs parents, kills father at mobile home park
PORTLAND, Ore. – Police arrested an 18-year-old man who they said stabbed his parents and killed his father Tuesday night. Jacob James Simon killed his father, 61-year-old Peter Anton Simon, and injured his mother, 58-year-old Sheryl Lynn Simon, police said. Sheryl Simon was treated and released from an area hospital, police said. Officers responded to [...]
Pictured: Boy, 13, who ‘shot dead his mother, 37, with a hunting rifle after attempting to sexually abuse her’
Police continue to look for a possible motive in the shooting death of Gretchen Crooks, allegedly by her 13-year-old son Noah. Police responding to the Crooks home, in Osage, Iowa, on Saturday night, found the woman shot multiple times after her teenage son – the alleged shooter – called 911. There was no history of [...]
Two 16-year-old girls face murder charges after ‘stabbing taxi driver to death for $39′
Two 16-year-old girls have been charged with murder for their roles in a North Carolina taxi driver’s slaying. Consandra Nicole Tyree and Emily Katherine Starnes are accused of being involved in the brutal stabbing death of Yellow Cab Company driver Adam Williams in a Hickory parking lot in August. The girls join three men between [...]
She’s drinking WHILE driving! Woman’s daughter, 15, phones 911 from car with drunk mom
A mother was busted driving almost three times over the drink drive limit when her teenage daughter called police to report her – while she was a passenger in the car. The 15-year-old dialled 911 to report that her mother, Lori Anne Becicka, was ‘impaired’ behind the wheel and stated that her mother was drinking [...]
‘I do not ask y’all to forget, but I do ask y’all to forgive,’ says white teen as he is given life sentences for race-hate murder of black man he ran over in pick-up truck
A white teenager who pleaded guilty to murder and a hate crime for killing a black man by running him over in his pick-up truck, apologised to his victim’s family in court today. Deryl Dedmon, 19, spoke of his remorse before he received two life sentences for the June 26 death of James Craig Anderson, [...]