SPD dash-cam video shows questionable conduct by officers
In the blink of an eye, what began as a routine police check turned into a chaotic scene. The dash cam video, exclusively obtained by KOMO News, shows more questionable conduct by Seattle police. The footage shows two dock workers waiting for work get handcuffed. One is hit with a Taser, and both are arrested [...]
Heartless Cunt
A nine-year-old girl whose tragic battle with Huntington’s disease captured the nation’s sympathy after she was taunted about her suffering on Facebook by a neighbour died last night. The girl hit the headlines 15 months ago when Jennifer Petkov, a neighbour of her grandmother Rebecca Rose, posted nasty images on Facebook that made fun of [...]
Amish Beard Cutting Attacks: Defendants Plead Not Guilty
Twelve members of an Amish splinter group in Ohio pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a spate of beard- and hair-cutting assaults last fall on other Amish. The 10 men and two women were indicted on seven counts, including federal hate crime charges, for their part in the unusual attacks, which began [...]
Father beat six-week-old baby boy until he was blind and brain damaged
A father, who was driven ‘mad’ by the crying of his baby son, beat and shook the six-week-old so viciously that he was left blind and brain damaged. Nicholas McRoberts, 27, has been jailed for eight years – the maximum permitted – after admitting the attack on tiny Devin McRoberts. After the brutal beating, McRoberts [...]
Teen admits murdering neighbor, 9, ‘because she wanted do know what it felt like to kill’
A Missouri teenager who told authorities she wanted to know what it felt like to kill pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday, telling a judge that she strangled her 9-year-old neighbor with her hands and then slashed her throat with a knife. Alyssa Bustamante, who will turn 18 on January 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree [...]
Eagle Scout who ‘preyed on women’: Man ‘hacked woman to death with hatchet at remote lake and disemboweled another victim’
An Eagle Scout has been accused of hacking a young woman to death and disemboweling another. Quintin P O’Dell, 22, will stand trial for murder and assault following the alleged incidents in Missouri. He denies both charges. The body of Alissa Faye Shippert, who he worked with at a convenience store, was found in a [...]
Rickie La Touche Found Guilty Of Murder: Man Strangled Wife After She Smashed ‘Star Wars’ Toys
A 30-year-old British man was found guilty of murder for strangling his wife, whom he said had damaged his extensive collection of “Star Wars” toys. Rickie La Touche, also known as Rickie Nehls, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 12 years, The Telegraph reports. La Touche confessed to killing [...]
Man who ‘stabbed out room mate’s eyes with a steak knife and car antenna’ laughs in court
A man who stabbed his victim in the eyes with a steak knife and car aerial laughed at a judge when he appeared in court. Eugene Dase swore and laughed when he faced assault and robbery charges. His behavior outraged judge Bernie Bouchard who told him: ‘You’re not going to see light of day for [...]
First executed murderer of 2012 goes to his death chanting prayers to Odin, Norse god of war
A convicted murderer who tried but failed to kill himself three weeks ago in prison was put to death by lethal injection on Thursday in Oklahoma in the country’s first execution of 2012. Before his execution, Gary Roland Welch acknowledged ‘my brothers’ and offered prayers to the Norse god of war Odin. Welch, who was [...]
Germaphobe ‘body slams woman who was coughing on his flight’
Patrick White had a serious problem with the woman coughing on his American Airlines flight to Jacksonville International Airport in Florida. The 31-year-old Georgia man spend the plane ride harassing the sick 19-year-old, according to police. Unsatisfied that he had made his point, as passengers were getting off the plane last week, he began calling [...]