Category: Public Health and Safety
Maryland high school shooting victim declared brain dead, removed from life support
(Updated) Jaelynn Willey, a 16-year-old victim from Tuesday’s shooting at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, was declared brain dead by her family on the evening of March […]
Nursing assistants accused of having sex with runaway psychiatric patients
Two licensed nursing assistants working at the Prairie View Management Facility – a psychiatric facility and substance abuse treatment center in Fayette, Iowa – are accused of having sexual relations […]
Bogus job applicants rip off Florida business for a forklift and more than $1M in goods
In a heist story that sounds like it could been ripped from the latest “TV Movie of the Week” script, the Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) provided a release yesterday reporting […]
College student Haley Anderson murdered in Binghamton, suspect sought
Family and friends of a beloved 22-year-old Binghamton University nursing student are devastated after authorities in upstate New York found Haley Anderson of Westbury, Long Island, dead in her off-campus […]
Maryland man arrested for possessing and distributing child porn
A man from Carroll County, Maryland, was arrested and charged in the early morning hours of March 7, after a Maryland Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigation developed evidence […]
Florida science teacher arrested and charged after having sex with 8th grader
A married, female teacher from New Smyrna Beach Middle School in Florida was arrested, “on charges that she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student and sent him nude […]
FBI paid Best Buy’s Geek Squad employees as undercover informants
Documents recently released after the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show that the FBI and Best Buy’s Geek Squad have been working closely […]
Brain surgery mix-up: Hospital staff performs brain surgery on wrong patient
We’ve all heard jokes about someone going to the ER with the flu and then leaving two days later after having a perfectly good kidney or appendix removed due to […]
Jailhouse brawl caught on video inside Cook County Jail’s maximum-security tier
A night-time brawl that broke out in Chicago’s Cook County Jail on February 16 was caught on video and shared by the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The fight started around […]
Former ‘Teacher of the Year’ facing life in prison for soliciting minor online
A former teacher from Westminster West Middle School in Carroll County, Maryland, has been in custody since his September 13 arrest and being charged with four counts of solicitation of […]
