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  • Ind. woman who weighed 250 pounds more than foster son sentenced for sitting on boy, killing him

    VALPARAISO, Ind. (TCN) — A judge sentenced a 48-year-old woman to several years in prison after she pleaded guilty to killing her foster son by sitting on him, causing him to suffocate.

    WGN-TV reports Jennifer Wilson was ordered to spend six years behind bars with one year suspended about three months following her plea to reckless homicide in connection with the death of 10-year-old Dakota Levi Stevens.

    The incident began April 25, 2024, when Porter County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a home in Valparaiso regarding a child having a medical emergency. Not long before deputies arrived, Stevens reportedly went to his neighbor’s house and asked if they could adopt him. Wilson found Stevens and tried to take him home, but he started “acting up” and fell on the ground, according to WBBM-TV.

    Wilson sat on him for several minutes and contacted his caseworker. She reportedly asked Stevens, “Are you faking?” but when she saw that he was pale and unresponsive, she called 911.

    NBC Chicago reports doorbell video footage shows Stevens face-down on the ground with Wilson on top of his neck and head. The boy was reportedly screaming throughout the 20-second video. A nearly seven-minute video reportedly depicted Wilson atop the 10-year-old as his arms are above his head. He is not seen moving at all during that.

    Stevens died two days later due to homicide by mechanical asphyxia.

    Wilson’s license reportedly listed her weight at 340 pounds, while Stevens weighed 90 pounds.

    MORE:

    • Foster mom who killed 10-year-old Northwest Indiana boy sentenced to 5 years in prison – WGN
    • Indiana woman sentenced to 6 years killing 10-year-old foster son by lying on him for several minutes – WBBM
    • Foster mom sentenced to prison time in 10-year-old NW Indiana boy’s death – NBC Chicago
    • 10-year-old boy reportedly asked neighbor to adopt him minutes before foster mom allegedly killed him, 7/17/2024 – TCN
    • Death of 10-year-old Indiana boy in foster care ruled a homicide, 6/14/2024 – TCN

    Source: True Crime Daily

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    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Judicial Watch Statement on the Inauguration of President Donald J. Trump

    (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement on President Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States:

    The Left tried through lawfare and every other trick in the book to derail this electoral victory, but the voters essentially found Trump “innocent” of his political opponents’ fake charges. Trump persevered and triumphed in the courts, as well as in the court of public opinion. Let us hope that his success puts an end to the practice of lawfare for good.  

    Democrat-allied prosecutors and judges did their best to derail this presidency, but the people have spoken and now the reversal of the failed (and frequently unconstitutional) policies of the Biden administration are now being reversed. America has reason to hope again for a country that is led by the rule of law.

     President Trump’s first-day executive orders correctly address the border, rule of law, and constitutional crises created by the Biden regime. And his pardons and commutations related to the January 6 defendants are fair, just and brave. 

    Judicial Watch remains ready, willing and able to help (and sue) for government accountability as we continue our mission to ensure clean elections, secure borders, and transparency in government – and to thwart the Left’s attack on our constitutional republic through their censorship of free speech and abuse of power.

    Judicial Watch is pushing for accountability and transparency in Fulton County, GA, where the court recently issued an order granting “attorney’s fees and costs” in an open records lawsuit for communications Willis had with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee. Judicial Watch has also filed a motion asking the court to appoint a special master to oversee her search for records. 

    Judicial Watch is a national leader in voting integrity and voting rights. As part of its work, Judicial Watch assembled a team of highly experienced voting rights attorneys who stopped discriminatory elections in Hawaii, and cleaned up voter rolls in California, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, among other achievements.

    For instance, in response to Judicial Watch’s inquiries, Washington, DC, officials admitted that they had not complied with the National Voter Registration Act, promptly removed 65,544 outdated names from the voting rolls, promised to remove 37,962 more, and designated another 73,522 registrations as “inactive.” And in November, Judicial Watch filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court challenging the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the case filed on behalf of Congressman Mike Bost and two presidential electors from Illinois to prevent state election officials from extending Election Day for 14 days beyond the date established by federal law.

     In his new book Rights and Freedoms in Peril Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton details a long chain of abuses officials and politicians have made against the American people and calls readers to battle for “the soul and survival of America.”

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    Source: Judicial Watch

  • Md. man allegedly killed his girlfriend and placed her body in 'makeshift tomb'

    PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (TCN) — Authorities recently arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of fatally shooting his 29-year-old girlfriend in his home and trying to hide her body.

    On Jan. 18, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department notified the Prince George’s County Police Department regarding the disappearance of Alexis Schuler of Washington, D.C. The following day, officers executed a search warrant at the home of her boyfriend, Devontae Gray, in Capitol Heights, Maryland, where they located the victim’s remains. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later determined Schuler had been shot.

    According to charging documents reviewed by WTTG-TV, investigators obtained surveillance footage showing Gray entering and exiting his home between Jan. 12 and Jan. 13 with construction materials, including apparent cement, sheet rock, cinder blocks, chemicals, storage containers, and plastic bags. He was also reportedly seen wearing a construction suit with gloves in the video.

    When searching Gray’s home, officials allegedly noticed a “weird” smell but initially believed it to be caused by the “dirty” condition. When officers searched the residence again on Jan. 19, they reportedly found a gun, as well as fresh drywall, acetone, lemon ammonia, and other cleaning and construction materials. According to WTTG, authorities removed the drywall to discover a “makeshift tomb” and found a human foot believed to be Schuler’s.

    Police said they arrested Gray at the scene, and he admitted to killing his girlfriend. Investigators determined the shooting occurred during a dispute. Gray has been charged with first-degree murder and other related offenses.

    MORE:

    • News Release – Prince George’s County Police Department
    • Maryland man killed girlfriend, hid body in ‘makeshift tomb’: police – WTTG

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • POLL: Do you believe Jonathan Crews died by suicide by shooting himself in the heart?

    Twenty-seven-year-old Jonathan Crews seemed to have everything going for him: an impressive job, his own apartment, and a new girlfriend. So why would he allegedly shoot himself?

    Crews began dating Brenda Lazaro after his sister introduced them. The couple’s relationship went from loving and doting to Lazaro apparently demanding that Crews not see his best friends anymore because he gave his female friend a hug. Lazaro allegedly gave her boyfriend an ultimatum: his friends or her.

    Crews told his family he wanted to break up with Lazaro, and on the night he planned to do it, the friend he hugged received a text from him saying, “I want to die.” Minutes later, Lazaro called 911 and said Crews shot himself in the heart to prove to her that he loved her.

    What do you believe happened? Did Jonathan Crews pull the trigger? Share your thoughts in the poll below.

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Pa. mother allegedly handcuffed her 11-year-old to oil tank while she went to work

    LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. (TCN) — A 33-year-old mother faces charges for allegedly locking her children in a utility room and handcuffing one to an oil tank while she was away at work.

    According to the Lebanon County Regional Police Department, on the evening of Jan. 11, officers responded to East Kercher Avenue, where they learned Chazzity Candelario allegedly handcuffed her 11-year-old child to an oil tank in the basement. A complaint reviewed by WGAL-TV claims the child told an officer he was able to escape but accidentally handcuffed himself to the bed.

    The boy reportedly said Candelario had restrained him for up to two hours at times.

    According to WHTM-TV, the victim’s mother admitted to locking her children up because she has trouble controlling them.

    The Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office announced that Candelario was arraigned on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, false imprisonment, and unlawful restraint. She was booked into the Lebanon County Correctional Facility on $100,000 bail.

    MORE:

    • News Release – Lebanon County Regional Police Department
    • North Lebanon Township Woman Charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child and Related Charges – Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office
    • Police: Lebanon County mother admits to handcuffing 11-year-old to oil tank, locking him in utility closet – WGAL
    • Lebanon County mother allegedly handcuffed child to oil tank – WHTM

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Former Arkansas football coach who was 'into some taboos' and his wife sentenced for enticing minor

    FAYETTEVILLE (TCN) — A 30-year-old former minor league football coach and his 26-year-old wife will spend over 30 years in federal prison combined for trying to arrange to meet with a minor to engage in sexual activities.

    The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas announced that on Jan. 15, Benjamin Coney received a sentence of 210 months, or 17 1/2 years in prison, followed by 25 years of supervision, and Emily Brinley was sentenced to 168 months, or 14 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervision. Coney and Brinley were indicted in May 2024 and pleaded guilty to online enticement of a minor months later.

    According to federal prosecutors, the FBI worked with the Benton County Sheriff’s Office and went undercover to find online predators in November 2023. Coney and Brinley reportedly messaged an undercover FBI officer posing as a mother of two young girls and arranged to drive from Conway to Bentonville to meet with them to participate in sexual acts. The U.S. Attorney’s office said the couple “detailed their intended abuse of the two young girls.”

    Court documents reviewed by KFSM-TV say Coney told the undercover officer that he was “into some taboos.”

    Coney and Brinley went to a pre-arranged meeting location, where law enforcement officers took them into custody. Authorities found sexual aids and lubricant in their vehicle.

    Court records show Coney also faces charges out of the state of Arkansas for rape, internet stalking of a child, and 30 counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing child sex abuse material. Brinley faces charges of rape and internet stalking of a child.

    Coney reportedly worked as a coach for a minor league football team, the Arkansas Punishers. According to KFSM, the Punishers said in a statement on Dec. 1, 2023, that Coney was no longer with the organization.

    MORE:

    • Conway Man and Woman Sentenced to More Than 30 Years Combined for Online Enticement of Minors – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas
    • Former Arkansas football coach, wife sentenced for online enticement of a minor – KFSM
    • Arkansas State Court Records

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • 2 teens accused of 'brutal, heinous, vicious' beating and stabbing of missing 13-year-old

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (TCN) — Police announced the arrests of two juveniles they allege fatally beat and stabbed a missing 13-year-old, then set an unoccupied residence on fire.

    According to Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, the Columbia Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Cardamom Court. Thirty residences in the area are occupied while 72 are vacant, and the fire had been set in one of the unoccupied units. Firefighters made entrance and found a deceased female inside.

    Columbia Police arrived at the scene and determined the victim “suffered traumatic injuries to her face and body, and had been severely burned.” The victim, however, did not have any identification on her. Investigators met with officials from the Richland County Sheriff’s Office and learned Ka’Niyah Baker’s mother reported her missing on Jan. 12. Holbrook said Baker was “similar in size and age to our victim,” and they ultimately positively identified the victim as Baker.

    Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford explained that due to the trauma on Baker’s body, the teen’s missing person description “did not match up at all with what we had in front of us.” The sheriff’s office ran DNA from dental records and some of Baker’s clothing found at her foster home, which ultimately led them to positively identify Baker.

    Rutherford said Baker had been “bludgeoned, stabbed, and burned.” Her listed her manner of death as “a horrible homicide.”

    Holbrook called Baker’s killing “brutal, heinous, vicious, gruesome, monstrous, and disturbing.”

    Police arrested two juveniles they allege played a role in Baker’s death. The first suspect is a 16-year-old runaway female with a history of disorderly conduct, malicious injury, throwing bodily fluids, and other charges. She was reported missing Jan. 12 and was wanted by the Department of Juvenile Justice for cutting her ankle monitor off on Jan. 12. She was last enrolled in high school in January 2024 but dropped out.

    According to Holbrook, the second suspect, 15, also dropped out of high school and is known as a frequent runaway.

    Like the two suspects, Baker “has a history of running away.” She was originally from Sumter, South Carolina, but had recently been in foster care in Columbia.

    Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson said his office expects to petition the family court in order to prosecute the two suspects as adults.

    Holbrook shared, “We’ve got some work to do with our system. We’ve got some work to do with our young people. There’s too much despair, and we’ve got to change that.”

    MORE:

    • Arrests Made in Cardamon Court Murder Investigation – Columbia Police Department

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • N.Y. tenant allegedly killed super and put his body in garbage bags after failing to pay rent

    NEW YORK (TCN) — A woman faces multiple charges after allegedly killing her building’s 55-year-old superintendent and trying to dismember him.

    According to the Queens District Attorney’s Office, on the morning of Jan. 14, Jose Portillo went to Sandra Coto-Navarro’s apartment to collect unpaid rent on behalf of the landlord. Portillo’s co-workers called law enforcement later that day after he failed to answer his phone.

    Responding officers spoke with Coto-Navarro, who claimed Portillo went to her home, and she paid him $23,000 before he exited. Police obtained and reviewed surveillance footage that didn’t show Portillo leaving the apartment.

    According to prosecutors, police returned to Coto-Navarro’s residence, where they discovered Portillo’s body wrapped in clothing and trash bags under a bed. Officers also noticed a “strong odor of bleach and observed a mop and what appeared to be blood near the bottom of the bed and by a dresser in the bedroom.”

    Investigators determined Portillo suffered multiple blunt force injuries to his head, and Coto-Navarro allegedly put a bag over his head, causing his death. The district attorney’s office said the victim also sustained sharp force injuries to his neck and leg after he died. Police arrested Coto-Navarro at the scene.

    Coto-Navarro appeared in court for her arraignment on Jan. 16 on charges of second-degree murder, two counts of tampering with physical evidence, and criminal possession of a weapon. She faces up to 25 years to life if convicted.

    Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz called it “a gruesome murder,” adding, “As alleged, the defendant not only murdered the superintendent trying to collect rent, but attempted to dismember the lifeless victim, wrapped his body in black garbage bags and tried bleaching the area. Now, a life has been lost and a family is in upheaval because the defendant allegedly chose to resolve a rent dispute with violence.”

    MORE:

    • Tenant Charged with Murder of Building Superintendent Who was Trying to Collect Unpaid Rent – Queens County District Attorney’s Office

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Calif. man accused of killing girlfriend in hotel room with shards of glass

    THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (TCN) — A 30-year-old man has been charged with murder for allegedly killing his girlfriend in a hotel room this month.

    On the evening of Jan. 6, Uriel Gamboa called the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office and said he killed his girlfriend, Aliya Pitts, inside of a hotel room and that he “was feeling suicidal.” Deputies went to the scene and found Pitts deceased and Gamboa injured. Medics took Gamboa to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for his apparent self-inflicted injuries. The medical examiner ruled Pitts’ death a homicide.

    Gamboa left the hospital on Jan. 10, and was booked into the Ventura County Jail. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced Jan. 15 that they were charging Gamboa with murder and special allegations including use of a deadly weapon, crime committed with great bodily injury, and crime involving great violence.

    According to the Ventura County Star, Pitts’ cause of death was listed as sharp and blunt force injuries with probable strangulation.

    Prosecutors reportedly wrote in court documents that Gamboa allegedly killed Pitts with “broken bottle/shards of glass” sometime between Jan. 4 and Jan. 6.

    The district attorney’s office said Gamboa is in custody without bail.

    MORE:

    • Palm Garden Homicide – Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
    • Thousand Oaks Man Charged with Murder for Killing at Hotel – Ventura County District Attorney’s Office
    • Murder charge filed for slaying at Thousand Oaks hotel – Ventura County Star

    Source: True Crime Daily