Chris Harris

A recently engaged Wisconsin woman will spend the next six years in prison after allegedly admitting to kissing an 11-year-old boy in her classroom — and later sending him 35,000 explicit text messages. Madison Bergmann, 26, was working as a fifth grade teacher at River Crest Elementary School in Hudson, Wisconsin, until the victim’s father […]

Authorities in North Carolina continue to investigate the death of a 6-year-old girl, allegedly at the hands of her court-appointed guardian, Us Weekly has learned. Susan Lee Robinson, 61, was arrested on Saturday, December 20, and formally charged with one count of intentional child abuse resulting in serious physical injury, a felony, and four counts […]

A Connecticut woman and her boyfriend — who are already accused of murdering her 11-year-old daughter — now face additional criminal charges after officials discovered the pair allegedly lied about the girl’s death in order to continue receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Authorities believe Jacqueline “Mimi” Torres-Garcia was killed during September of 2024. […]

A female serial killer has admitted in open court to killing four men by intentionally causing them to overdose on fentanyl, Us Weekly has learned. Rebecca Auborn, 36, was indicted in October 2023 for the intentional and ultimately fatal overdoses of four men as well as the attempted overdose of a fifth man. Initially, Auborn […]

A South Carolina pastor who allegedly harassed his estranged wife in the months leading up to her suicide has been accused of hiring a private investigator to track her movements. John Paul Miller, 46, has been formally accused of cyberstalking his wife, Mica Miller, who was 30. Miller died on April 27, 2024, from what […]

A Philadelphia man now charged with murder has been accused of being responsible for the horrific death of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter, Us Weekly has learned. The tragic incident unfolded on December 8. An emergency was reported inside a home in the city’s Fairmount neighborhood, and when police arrived, they found an unresponsive Key’Monnie Bean-Walls, […]

As he was speaking with investigators, a Texas man allegedly offered up a haunting explanation for why he stabbed his mother to death: It was simply “something I needed to do.” Police in Houston allege that those were the words spoken by Gerren Miles Crosson, 34, soon after he was charged with murdering his 71-year-old […]

A Michigan man was so intent on evading child support payments, he enlisted a look-alike friend to help him try to cheat on a paternity test — and now, both of them men are facing criminal charges and serious prison time. In a statement on the men’s arrests, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter J. Lucido said […]

Months after he told police that his wife died after taking a fatal fall, cops in Columbus, Ohio, have arrested her 39-year-old husband, charging him just this week with her murder. Austen Medek has now been formally accused by investigators of killing his wife and the mother of his three children, 41-year-old Michaela Medek, who […]

The body of Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene was reportedly found with “some injuries” last week inside his New York City apartment, according to reports. Law enforcement sources alleged on Thursday, December 18, that the actor’s body exhibited “injuries but it’s undetermined what caused the injuries,” reported TMZ. An official cause of death has not […]

Police down in Florida claim they’ve arrested a real-life “Grinch” for allegedly stealing a box of donated toys. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of Cecilia Josephine Milano, 64, on Thursday, December 18. Cops claim that Milano is the person who allegedly swiped an entire box of toy donations on Friday, December 12, […]

After an extensive manhunt that lasted five days, a man suspected of opening fire inside a Brown University classroom, killing two students and wounding nine, has been found dead. The Associated Press reported that the suspect was found deceased in a New Hampshire storage facility on the evening of Thursday, December 18, according to a […]

A children’s pastor who was once a televangelist for PTL Network — the American evangelical Christian television network originally founded by Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker — has been arrested on child sex abuse charges. Former Pentecostal preacher Joseph Lyle Campbell, 68, has been charged with one count of first-degree rape and one count of […]

Authorities in Texas have arrested a 23-year-old day care worker on child endangerment charges after they allege she was caught on surveillance video dragging and then throwing a little boy. Beneta Wallace has been fired from her job at Star Kiddos Childcare Center in west Houston, according to a report from ABC13. Houston Police first got […]

A Kansas mother who has been formally charged with killing her 4-year-old son appeared to have a physical reaction to the allegations during a court appearance Wednesday, December 17. Tyne Blunt, 27, gasped for air and clutched at her chest as the judge outlined the first-degree murder and two counts of child abuse charges she […]

Two Nevada men who stole a car and then giggled as they filmed themselves mowing down two bicyclists, killing one of them who was a retired police chief, learned their fates on Tuesday, December 16. The footage they shot themselves and was recorded in August 2023 showed Jesus Ayala, 20, and Jzamir Keys, 18, intentionally […]

UPDATE — 12/18/25 at 12:05 p.m. ET: Brian Walshe was sentenced on Thursday, December 18, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife, Ana Walshe  UPDATE — 12/15/25 at 12:10 p.m. ET: Walshe was convicted of his wife Ana’s murder on Monday, December 15. The jury of six […]

As she was being approached by a throng of cops, bodycam footage of accused child abductor Debra Newton‘s arrest shows a neighbor jokingly telling her, “They’re coming for you, Sharon.” And indeed, they were coming for her — but Sharon was her assumed name. Newton, 66, was arrested in Florida on November 24 by deputies […]

A private investigator has claimed he found a 55-pound burn cage inside the former Hollywood Hills rental home of David Burke, better known as beleaguered singer D4vd. On Tuesday, December 16, California P.I. Steve Fischer took to X with a claim that he was hired by the rental property’s owner and allegedly found the incinerator, […]

Authorities in New England are investigating the brutal assassination of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology nuclear science and physics professor who was gunned down in his own home, Us Weekly has learned. Law enforcement sources confirm Portugal native Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 48, died on Tuesday, December 18, after being shot the night before. Police started […]

Police have arrested a British teenager for allegedly causing a 9-year-old girl’s death. The Avon and Somerset Police issued a press release on the killing of Aria Thorpe, who died in a house in Somerset on Monday, December 15. Authorities said they have charged the suspect, a 15-year-old boy, with murder, the statement confirms. The […]