Carlee Russell, the Alabama woman who admitted to faking her own kidnapping, has been found guilty of two misdemeanor charges related to the case, according to CNN affiliates WBMA and WVTM. Russell had pleaded not guilty to one count of false reporting to law enforcement authorities…
A teenage Ohio girl was convicted of murder, accused of intentionally killing her boyfriend and his friend by crashing her car into a brick building going 100 mph. Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, was found guilty in a bench trial on 12…
A 13-year-old Michigan boy armed only with a slingshot, a marble, and a rock is being hailed a hero after hitting a 17-year-old suspect in the head and stopping his 8-year-old sister from being kidnapped. In a remarkable interview with…
A Rhode Island man jailed for 260 years in prison for producing child pornography involving prepubescent children fainted in court when the judge read out his sentence. Thomas Goodman, 45, was told his crimes showed “depravity beyond comprehension” by Judge John McConnell…
A 36-year-old mother in Texas accused of abusing her husband and physically and emotionally torturing her children — even trying to put one of them in a hot oven — was arrested this week following a standoff with a SWAT team. Lul N. Top…
MACHIAS, Maine (BDN) — In a case involving one of Maine’s worst-ever cases of police corruption, a former candidate for Washington County sheriff who worked as a police officer in eastern coastal Maine for nearly 20 years was sentenced to…
What began as a routine phone call quickly spiraled into a nightmare for Jurek Wasowski. “I am devastated,” Wasowski lamented, reflecting on the scam that upended his life. It was a summer day when Wasowski’s phone rang. “I never answer…
A shooting during the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade in Missouri has resulted in one fatality and 21 injuries, officials report. Among the injured, eight were in critical condition initially, with seven facing potentially life-threatening injuries. Notably, nine…
A 21-year-old Mississippi mother was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after she admitted to repeatedly slamming her 2-month-old daughter on the concrete in what the district attorney said was an “unexplainable and heinous crime.” Multiple…
A woman who made a series of false rape claims leading to 60 investigations has been jailed following work by specialist detectives. Cathy Richardson made a series of allegations against two men between January and May last year. These allegations…
