Additional information regarding the horrific death of a 7-year-old child who was starved and tortured by several family members is provided by recently made public court filings in Oklahoma. According to court documents seen by Law&Crime, the victim’s aunt and uncle, David Yonko and Tiffany Mitchell, as well as her parents, Anthony Yonko and Lisa...
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‘He entered with a mission’: Son bursts through hunting cabin door, kills father ‘execution style,’ cops say
A long-standing family dispute turned deadly when aMinnesotaman allegedly broke into a hunting cabin and killed his father execution style as two other men looked on horrified. The Pine County Sheriff s Officeresponded around 8:45 p.m. Fridayfor a shooting at a cabin in Hinckley, which is about 80 miles north of Minneapolis. The 911 caller...
‘We got him’: Arrest made in connection with murder of 22-year-old woman tortured with bleach and burned alive in car
A man was recently arrested inTennesseein connection with the death of a youngArizonawoman whose body was found after she was tortured and burned alive in the back seat of a car. Mercedes Marianna Vega, 22, died under mysterious circumstances in April of last year. AsLaw&Crime previously reported, her body was found after the Maricopa County...
‘Fatherless for the rest of my life’: Man who called 911 for help during home invasion shot dead by responding police
Brandon Durham feared for his life when a woman he knew entered his home with a knife. He called 911 for help, and by the end of the night, he was dead allegedly at thehands of the police. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department held apress conferenceand released astatementoutlining the reported events of Nov. 12,...
Man who ‘crushed’ girlfriend’s skull with hammer, left body in trash at Mother Goose-themed park learns his fate
A judge inOhiothrew the book at a 27-year-old man who savagelykilledhis 24-year-old girlfriend, beating her head in with a hammer, wrapping her body in plastic, and dumping her in a trash can at a local park named after an iconic fictional voice behind countless children s stories. Stark County Common Pleas Court Judge Frank Forchione...
Election judge charged with felonies for allegedly letting 11 unregistered voters cast ballots
An election judge inMinnesotahas been charged with two felonies after allegedly allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast their ballots in the2024 election. Timothy Michael Scouton, the head election judge in Badoura Township Precinct in Minnesota s Hubbard County, allegedly instructed the voters not to fill out new voter registration forms, instead telling them that signing...
Infant ‘wedged’ between mattress and couch cushion suffocates, parents face murder charges
The parents of an 8-month-old girl inGeorgiaare accused ofkillingtheir daughter, who suffocated to death after allegedly becoming wedged between a couch cushion and mattress inside of a filthy home that was covered in animal feces and insects. Miguel Badillo, 24, and Kiara Davis, 27, were taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count...
Man wakes up from surgery after stabbing wife at hospital and says he also murdered his mother: Cops
ACaliforniaman murdered his mother at a Vallejo home and then went to a hospital where he stabbed his wife before turning the knife on himself, cops say. Vallejo police said in apress releasethat its officers responded around 8:43 a.m. Saturday to Kaiser Permanente hospital for a stabbing. When they arrived, medical personnel were treating two...
‘Dumbest criminal’: Inmate tries to put out hit on gang member using code words on jail phone, cops say
A Florida man already behind bars is facing even more jail time after he allegedly tried to put out a hit on a fellow gang member. Jebea Johnson, 22, has been in the Flagler County Jail since June on burglary and attempted robbery with a deadly firearm charges. About a month ago, deputies became aware...
‘What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’: Politician pleads guilty to sexual assault days after being elected to office while on house arrest
A county commissioner in Indiana pleaded guilty to sexual assault in Nevada just days after he was elected to a new position. According to the Greenfield Daily Reporter, Hancock County Commissioner John Jessup was accused of sexual assault in Las Vegas back in January. Despite the allegations, he remained in office as a commissioner and...