A 24-year-old Ukrainian policewoman was “starved, beaten and abused” as a prisoner of war by Russian forces, her mother said as she was released after two years in captivity. Maryana Checheliuk, an investigator with the National Police of Ukraine, was taken prisoner after being caught up in the siege of Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works. Her […]
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Flagstaff father convicted of first-degree murder after 6-year-old son starved in closet
Anthony Martinez was convicted Thursday of the 2020 murder of his son after authorities say he deprived his two children of water and food and kept them locked in a closet. Coconino County jurors found the death of 6-year-old Deshaun Martinez was caused by his father locking the boy in a bedroom closet in their […]
Flagstaff father convicted of first-degree murder after 6-year-old son starved in closet
Anthony Martinez was convicted Thursday of the 2020 murder of his son after authorities say he deprived his two children of water and food and kept them locked in a closet. Coconino County jurors found the death of 6-year-old Deshaun Martinez was caused by his father locking the boy in a bedroom closet in their […]
South Carolina sex trafficker who beat, starved and tattooed women sentenced to 40 years
A Newberry man who ran a violent sex and human trafficking ring in the Midlands and Upstate South Carolina has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. Eric Rashun Jones controlled every aspect of the women that he forced to prostitute themselves, prosecutors said in court Thursday. He transported them around the state, tattooed […]
Mom’s boyfriend starved, burned 2-year-old girl in ‘heinous’ abuse, Hawaii cops say
A 31-year-old was arrested after being accused of abusing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter, Hawaii officials said. The live-in boyfriend of the toddler’s 23-year-old mother, is accused of “heinous” abuse consisting of denying the little girl food, water and physically abusing her, according to a news release by police. The girl was taken to the Hilo […]