LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Federal prosecutors say a deported Israeli mobster helped enforce debts from an underground network of $20,000 buy-in poker games attended by celebrities and athletes in Los Angeles — using death threats, arsons, and violence to collect what players owed. Assaf “Ace” Waknine, who was deported from the U.S. in 2011, is…
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — An Ohio man accused of dragging a woman and her child out of a car and threatening to kill them stunned the court this week when he asked for a low bond, saying he deserved leniency because he’s “about to be a dad.” 25-year-old James Blackwell faces two counts of kidnapping and…
NORTH VERNON, INDIANA — A young Indiana couple has been arrested after police say they starved and neglected their 8-month-old daughter, locking her in a room for up to 10 hours at a time “so they could sleep.” 25-year-olds Benjamin Joseph Tackett and Kayla Therese Thompson now face multiple felony neglect charges after investigators found…
MOBILE, ALABAMA — A court in Mobile fell silent Wednesday when a mother on trial suddenly learned that her 7-year-old son had died — a tragic revelation made during her own bond hearing for allegedly causing the crash that killed him. 34-year-old Delyshia Molette is charged with manslaughter and multiple felonies after police say she…
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury found him guilty of stabbing his girlfriend 217 times and dumping her body in a marsh north of Boston. 48-year-old Bruce Maiben was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 40-year-old Sherell Pringle, whose body was…
HIBBING, MINNESOTA — A Minnesota man wearing a Deadpool sweatshirt has been charged with murder after police say he shot a man he’d just met at a party, then laughed while talking to investigators about the killing. According to the Hibbing Police Department, 30-year-old Daniel James Dale is charged with intentional second-degree murder for the…
DELAND, FLORIDA — A Florida woman who vowed her ex-boyfriend was “going under the ground” before shooting him to death has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to court records, 31-year-old Jasmoray Baugh was convicted of manslaughter last month in the fatal shooting of her ex-boyfriend, Korey Woulard, during a late-night confrontation in…
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, OHIO — A mother from Ohio has been sentenced to the maximum 15 years in prison for the horrific starvation and abuse of her adopted 16-year-old son, who was found chained and emaciated in the family’s basement. According to court records, 53-year-old Tamara Moore pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment in…
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI — A University of Missouri student has been banned from campus and is facing serious charges after police say he strangled another student twice in separate incidents — the first time because the victim blocked him on Snapchat. According to court documents, 18-year-old Maxwell Warren was arrested on Tuesday and is being held…
SUNMAN, INDIANA — Two men have been arrested for allegedly running a backwoods “fight club” called Hillbilly Boxing, where teens — including minors as young as 14 — fought inside a makeshift metal cage set up in a rural field. According to the Dearborn County Prosecutor’s Office, Nolan Roberts and Damien Foster are accused of…