A New Jersey gym teacher was jailed after a former student detailed their sexual relationship that spanned his high school career. Former Bridgewater-Raritan High School teacher Lydia Pinto, 38, was charged Nov. 8 with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and two counts of second-degree sexual assault. She was arrested without incident. …
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A nearly 10-year-old wine bar shuttered months after the restaurant’s owner warned rising crime was scaring customers away and threatening businesses across the city. The Pursuit Wine Bar & Kitchen in Washington, D.C., announced earlier this month that it would close Sunday, marking the second restaurant on the H Street …
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An Alabama couple was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison after being convicted of abusing their foster child, who suffered a skull fracture and brain bleed, a prosecutor says. Russell County District Attorney Rick Chancey said the life sentences were handed down against April and John McDowell, both 32, of …
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Despite multiple failed drug tests, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors Thursday to revoke the bond of the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher in Virginia as she awaits sentencing on a federal weapons charge that she used marijuana while possessing a firearm. U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas …
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A Florida man arrested by authorities is accused of trying to kidnap a child from a Lehigh Acres Walmart store on Friday. Pablo Pintueles Hernandez was charged with false imprisonment of a child 13 years old and under, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. Police say that Pintueles Hernandez …
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MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week, attorneys said Tuesday. Hadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie as the author was being …
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Newly released Idaho State Police documents reveal that killer Bryan Kohberger once voiced support for capital punishment during a classroom discussion, telling fellow students that “the victim’s family should have a say” in whether the death penalty is imposed. The comment was disclosed in a police interview with one of …
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Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers didn’t want prosecutors to describe him as a “psychopath” or in other specific terms if his case went to trial – but the criminology Ph.D. student turned mass murderer regularly searched for the phrase, according to digital forensics experts who dug into his phone and computer. “On …
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A retired NYPD homicide detective told Fox News Digital that significant cultural and policy shifts in 2020, including bail reform and George Floyd backlash, are contributing to low homicide case clearance rates across the United States. According to the Murder Accountability Project, which tracks unsolved homicides, the homicide case clearances …
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The senseless slaying of a beloved retired dean of Vermont State University devastated everyone who knew her, especially her family. Police are scouring the area for the gunman. Dr. Honoree Fleming, 77, was fatally shot during a late Thursday afternoon stroll on the D&H Rail Trail, about a mile from …
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