ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly […]
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — A Tickfaw man who’s accused of breaking into a Covington home and sexually assaulting a child has been indicted. The Office of District Attorney Collin Sims reported that 34-year-old Zachary Lepine was indicted on charges of first-degree rape of a child under […]
An Erie woman who worked as a business manager for an eye doctor in the city is accused of stealing over $100,000 from the practice by writing herself checks and making unauthorized purchases, city police allege in a criminal complaint filed on Tuesday. Carol A. Harrington, 62, was released on $100,000 unsecured bond following her […]
The principal of a central Florida elementary school was arrested this week and accused of holding a child in a room for 40 minutes, putting him in a chokehold and hitting him with a charging cable. Dontay Akeem Prophet, 33, who had been principal of Destiny Leadership Academy in Ocala, was arrested Saturday on charges […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Las Vegas man is accused of pushing his girlfriend out of a moving vehicle and later crashing into a parked Metro patrol vehicle while having two children in the backseat and under the influence, according to an arrest report. Kyle Banks, 38, of Las Vegas faces charges of child abuse, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The man accused of killing a Santaquin police officer after hitting him with a semi-truck on May 5 appeared virtually in court on Wednesday. Michael Aaron Jayne, 42, attended the May 15 hearing virtually from the Utah County Jail in Spanish Fork. He could be seen wearing a neck brace […]
SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY) — Two people are accused of shoplifting nearly $700 in merchandise from a Benns Church Boulevard Family Dollar Tuesday, Smithfield Police said. Police seek to identify two people captured in photographs that allegedly shoplifted merchandise valued at more than $687. Police said the incident took place around 5:15 p.m. Anyone with information […]
CHESTER, SC (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Alex Scott wore a suit jacket for his second day in court and he continued to take extensive notes while testimony continued in his 2020 double murder trial. The former military soldier is accused of shooting and killing his grandfather, 61-year-old Gene Rogers, and great-grandmother, 78-year-old Billie Rogers, Gene […]
JOPLIN, Mo. — A Joplin man is charged in federal court on child porn charges. Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted Russell Myers, 44, on two counts of producing child porn. According to court documents, Myers used two young children to produce child porn from January 1 to February 20 of this year. Myers is […]
Rex Heuermann “doesn’t congregate” with other prisoners “because of the crimes he’s accused of,” Suffolk County Sheriff Dr. Errol D. Toulon Jr. tells PEOPLE James Carbone-Pool/Getty Images It’s been almost a year since Rex Heuermann’s life went from purported Long Island family man to alleged serial killer. Today, the former architect sits in a 60-square […]
Editor’s note: This story references sexual crimes against children. Resources have been included. A Fort Collins man has been arrested after law enforcement officials say he was in possession of thousands of child sexual abuse images and videos. In October, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office was notified by the National Center for Missing and Exploited […]
A Texas man accused of kidnapping a 10-month-old girl at a New Mexico park after fatally shooting her mother and another woman had previously threatened to “start killing people and children,” according to federal investigators. A federal criminal complaint against Alek Isaiah Collins alleged that he called the FBI twice last year and made threatening […]