Three Delaware elementary school teachers are facing felony charges after an investigation allegedly revealed they abused special needs students. Police in Smyrna, which is about 15 miles north of Dover, began investigating in February when child abuse allegations surfaced at Smyrna Elementary School. A “long and detailed” probe in conjunction with the Delaware Department of...
A 76-year-old former corrections officer in Massachusetts has been acquitted in the murder of an 11-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a railroad yard more than 30 years ago. An Essex County jury this week found Marvin “Skip” McClendon Jr. not guilty of first-degree murder in the 1988 slaying of Melissa Ann Tremblay....
A 19-year-old mother in Arkansas was arrested for allegedly abusing her 6-month-old baby so severely that doctors said the child’s injuries were akin to being in a “major car accident.” Ryanne Elizabeth Foster was taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count of second-degree battery causing injury to a person under the age...
A township supervisor in Michigan was reelected on Tuesday — running uncontested against a pair of write-in candidates — just months after he was busted in a sting operation for allegedly sexting a minor. Democrat Ken Fletcher, 58, is currently facing felony charges of accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to...
An Iowa man is behind bars after he allegedly shot his ex-girlfriend’s parents, killing her mother and critically injuring her father, as they were moving her out of the home they shared following a breakup. It happened around 5:20 p.m. Friday in the 200 block of NW 51st Place in Des Moines. Cops arrested the...
A 51-year-old man in Michigan will be going to jail for killing three of his cousins, one of whom was pregnant, fatally shooting the trio during a summer cookout two years ago. Juan M. Mireles pleaded no contest on Monday to one count of manslaughter and one count of using a firearm to commit a...
A U.S. Army soldier in Texas has been charged for a crash that killed an engaged couple, with cops alleging he got drunk at a gender reveal and then tried to drive — while still wearing a baby blue wristband from the party and reeking of alcohol, according to his arrest affidavit. Dalia Olivas, 28,...
A 26-year-old man in Arizona has been arrested for allegedly killing his 2-year-old stepchild, beating the boy to death and explaining to authorities that the toddler was “a lot.” Hein Lwin was taken into custody in October and is currently facing charges of premeditated first-degree murder in the child’s slaying, authorities announced. According to a...
“We don’t have a son no more.” These chilling words allegedly came over in a voicemail from Alaska mother Cedar Sarten after she murdered her 5-year-old son and then called the boy’s father to tell him about it, according to police. “Robert this is really bad you seriously need to come over here right now,”...
A federal judge in Kentucky sentenced a man to 40 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of his girlfriend’s ex-husband after she decided to return to her spouse, records show. Freddy Gonzalez, 40, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as part of a conspiracy to commit a murder-for-hire in the death of 43-year-old Brian...