A corrections officer from New Jersey who watched two separate attacks on inmates in an officer’s quarters by fellow inmates and a colleague during a “going away party” is going to prison. Joshua Hand, 35, was sentenced on Tuesday to 20 months — more than a year and a half — in prison, followed by...
An argument between a Florida photographer and her client devolved into violence when the upset client shot the woman to death in a murder captured on Facebook Live, authorities say. Savon Chantay Tyler, 35, is accused of killing 34-year-old Lauren Ashley Martin on Tuesday in Sanford, which is about 20 miles north of Orlando. A...
A Pennsylvania man murdered his girlfriend — stabbing her multiple times “throughout her body” with a kitchen knife — after she got a new haircut that he hated, according to police. Benjamin Garcia Gual, 49, is accused of killing 50-year-old Carmen Martinez-Silva at her brother’s mobile home in East Hempfield Township on Sunday, Nov. 3,...
A Nigerian national who went by various versions of the name “Giovanni” on dating websites defrauded several women out of more than $3 million, saying he needed money for various bogus reasons such as his father’s funeral and son’s tuition, authorities said. Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, 40, was indicted on 14 counts of wire fraud, charges...
An Indiana man is behind bars for killing his own brother over a paltry amount of money, according to police in the Hoosier State. Caleb Xavier Ingram, 21, stands accused of one count of murder, according to Madison County Sheriff’s Department records. The defendant is believed to have almost immediately regretted the argument and the...
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...