CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA — A 21-year-old Little Caesars employee is behind bars after allegedly shooting a customer through the restaurant’s drive-thru window, claiming the man was staring at him, police said. The suspect, Jahtique Farmer, has been charged with malicious wounding following the violent incident that took place Thursday evening at the Little Caesars on…
KILLINGLY, CONNECTICUT — A 65-year-old woman is behind bars after allegedly walking into an entertainment room and fatally shooting a man in the chest while he watched Toy Story with a 12-year-old child, then calmly going back to bed, authorities said. According to the Connecticut State Police, Michelle Yeagher faces charges of murder, carrying a…
FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE — A Tennessee couple has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after investigators discovered their two adopted daughters were malnourished, starved, and forced to sleep on plastic storage totes in a cold basement as punishment for bed-wetting. Jason Klimp, 45, and Jessica Klimp, 43, pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse and…
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE — A Tennessee mother accused of starving her 13-year-old son with cerebral palsy until he died weighing just 35 pounds is now on trial for first-degree murder and aggravated child neglect, prosecutors said this week. 35-year-old Cheyenne Maddox allegedly deprived her son, Kadaris Maddox, of food and medical care, leaving him “just skin…
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE — A 26-year-old Memphis man is accused of hiding in his ex-girlfriend’s bedroom closet armed with an AR-style rifle, waiting until she fell asleep beside her new boyfriend and 5-year-old child before bursting out and threatening them at gunpoint, according to police. Authorities say Corwyn Winfield was arrested on October 28 and faces…
KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA — A 39-year-old Pennsylvania woman accused of hiding the bodies of four newborns throughout her home allegedly gave police a chilling, step-by-step account of how each infant died and was concealed, investigators testified this week. Jessica M. Mauthe was arrested last month after her landlord discovered a baby’s remains wrapped in garbage bags…
MACON, GEORGIA — A Georgia man who admitted he was drunk after plowing his speedboat into a pontoon boat full of friends — killing a 22-year-old and injuring several others — has been convicted of homicide by vessel and multiple related charges, officials said. The Bibb County jury found 61-year-old Eric Head guilty of first-degree…
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — A 20-year-old Walmart employee will spend the next two decades in prison after getting drunk during his lunch break and then running down a co-worker in the store parking lot, killing her, according to prosecutors. Authorities said Gabriel Rosas was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison — the maximum penalty…
VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA — A first date between two Facebook acquaintances took a terrifying turn when a 33-year-old Illinois man allegedly tried to run the woman over — twice — with a stolen car, according to police. Authorities say Alexander Lee Dennis Jr. drove from Illinois to meet the victim in the small Iron Range city…
MIAMI, FLORIDA — A 29-year-old Florida mother is facing serious charges after allegedly beating her 9-year-old son daily, abandoning him with a stranger she met online, and leaving her two other children — including a 3-month-old baby — alone at home for hours, according to police. Authorities identified the suspect as Anni Gomez, who was…