One of Francisco Alejandro Chale’s sexual assault victims stood before him in court Friday and listened as her sister read a statement on her behalf. “I went out that night to spend time with my best friend,” she said. “He went out that night to hurt someone.” Chale, 29, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty to […]
Four people in Johnstown are accused of assaulting a woman and her kids repeatedly for more than a year. NBC affiliate WJAC reports Nellie and Charlie Crouse, Jeffrey Blystone and Anthony Mariani are all charged in the alleged attacks. Court documents say the victim endured brutal beatings, she was hit with boards and her hair […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A woman is facing assault charges after Oklahoma City Police say she threatened and scratched a Sonic Drive-In employee with a pocketknife. An affidavit for Jailyn Tyner’s arrest says the incident happened June 7 at a Northeast 23rd Street Sonic Drive-In location. LOCAL NEWS: ‘Still against the law’: OKCPD issue reminder to […]
(KRON) — On Thursday, the Redwood City Police Department arrested, booked, and charged Shante Barden, an East Palo Alto resident who robbed and assaulted an Uber driver before stealing store merchandise from two Redwood City businesses on Thursday. Police said the robbery happened at approximately 12:09 p.m. Officials responded to reports of a robbery and […]
A man was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot, California officials said. The victim told police the man rode up to her on a bicycle in a Santa Ana market’s parking lot and sexually assaulted her, according to a June 5 Facebook post by the police department. The […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It seems like there has been a shift in the reporting of sexual assaults. While there had been a steady increase in the number of reports being filed, advocates said it means more people are coming forward to report them. The Sexual Assault Center has been in Nashville for over 40 […]
A retired NASCAR driver and his son were arrested Wednesday and charged along with two other Pennsylvania men for allegedly assaulting police during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Tighe Scott, 75, and his son Jarret Scott, 48, face two felony offenses each as well as […]
A professional rock climber who assaulted a woman three times during a weekend hiking trip to California’s Yosemite national park in 2016 has been sentenced to life in prison. Charles Barrett, 40, had been accused of using his fame as a rock climber to lure the woman to the park, and then making hundreds of […]
Four women, at times tightly holding hands, could barely contain their cries of relief as a Sacramento federal judge sentenced a prominent professional climber and guidebook author to life in prison for sexually abusing women and wielding his authority to threaten victims if they came forward. Charles Barrett, 40, snatched away freedom and ability to […]
Former Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly punched two men and dragged one of them along the ground in an “unprovoked” New Year’s Eve attack, a court has heard. Connolly, 36, with an address at Collinswood in Beaumont, was accused of assaulting Stephen Grimes and Stephen Kiely at Shantalla Road in Santry, Dublin, on December 31st, […]
A Hammond man got 33 years Tuesday in connection with a 2021 home invasion and sexual assaults of a relative and her daughter. A jury delivered a split verdict on April 4 for Valentine Torrez, now 50. They convicted him of rape, a Level 3 felony; child molesting, and criminal confinement. He was acquitted of […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police said they were called to a Mexican restaurant in the airport area Thursday night after a woman armed with a serving tray and pocketknife began attacking people. At least two people were stabbed outside La Cocina Mexicana Bar & Grill, and several others were assaulted, but no one was seriously hurt. […]