A Mississippi mother and her 10-year-old daughter allegedly formed a “suicide pact” and decided to take several pills. But only the girl followed through, police say. And it nearly cost the girl her life. Now the mother, Brittney Leigh Hensley, is behind bars. She’s charged with aggravated child abuse. The Ocean Springs Police Department responded...
An Arizona teenager walked out into a field with his mother, killed her, then faked her kidnapping, police in the Grand Canyon State say. The timeline of events appears to be what led law enforcement to believe the 18-year-old defendant was the culprit in the homicide case. On Wednesday morning, a jogger discovered the body...
A 52-year-old grandmother in Minnesota has been arrested for allegedly getting drunk and leaving her infant grandchild in a roadside ditch while it was cold, rainy, and windy outside. Anastasia E. Vaughn was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one count of child endangerment — placing a child in a situation that could...
A Florida day care worker was arrested after she allegedly shook a playhouse so violently that a 4-year-old boy fell headfirst to the ground. De’Neishia Garner, 30, is charged with aggravated child abuse, records show. The Alachua Chronicle obtained an arrest report that detailed the incident, which occurred shortly before noon Monday at O2B Kids...
A 61-year-old man in Florida driving around with his adult grandson on Monday was gunned down in broad daylight — taking four bullet rounds to his back after being thrown down in the street — during an “execution-style” road rage shooting, police say. “A Sunday afternoon turned into a nightmare that cost a life, leaving...
A Florida bail bondsman is behind bars after authorities say they uncovered a yearslong scheme where he would pay to get women out of jail in exchange for sex. Russell “Bruce” Moncrief, 75, of Moncrief Bail Bonds is facing charges of racketeering and human trafficking, according to the Central Florida based Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation...
A 49-year-old woman in Indiana is facing years behind bars after admitting to her role in killing her 10-year-old foster son by sitting on the boy’s midsection for several minutes after he had asked a neighbor to call 911 because he was being abused. Jennifer Lee Wilson on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of...
ALT: Mom filmed wrapping her crying 1-year-old’s ‘entire body’ in ‘blankets and duct tape,’ blamed baby’s near suffocation on eating ‘shellfish’ A 28-year-old mother in Indiana will spend more than a decade behind bars for physically abusing her 13-month-old son, nearly killing the child by wrapping him in blankets and duct tape. Floyd County Superior...
A police sergeant in Colorado is facing domestic violence and child abuse charges, including accusations of torture and making repeated death threats against his ex-wife — allegedly going so far as to talk about his murder obsession with their two children, who have been allegedly sleeping with baseball bats at night for protection, according to...
A 51-year-old former Republican congressional candidate in Indiana was arrested this week for allegedly stealing ballots during a public test of the state’s ballot card voting system. Larry Savage Jr., an elected precinct committeeman, was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one count of felony destroying or misplacing ballots and one count of...