A high school student and her mother are facing charges after they allegedly assaulted employees of the institution. Danazia Whitfield, an 18-year-old deaf girl, attends DuPont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky. On April 26, she was sent to the assistant principal’s office due to a dispute she had with…
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Drunk Couple Celebrating Nuptials Ends with Battery Charges
Within a few hours of their beach wedding ceremony, a Florida couple is facing charges after they became intoxicated and had a physical altercation. Davenport, Florida, couple 61-year-old Daniel Gillen, and his new bride, 49-year-old GeGee Riposta, had their wedding ceremony on Clearwater Beach on Sunday, April 29. During the…
Disruptive Airplane Passenger Tased 10 Times by Police
A man onboard a flight on Sunday night was removed from the plane by law enforcement, who had to employ a taser to get him to comply after he allegedly started an altercation with a couple seated near him and became unruly. A couple seated on American Airlines flight 2446…
Man Wounds Officers During Drug Possession Arrest
A South Carolina man reportedly attacked officers during a drug arrest causing one of them serious injury and harming another. He is facing several charges for the assault. Demetrius Lamont Jamison, a 26-year-old man who resides in Orangeburg, was walking home on Thursday around 4:30 p.m. He decided to walk…
Sisters Kidnap Neighbor and Beat Her with Cross During Exorcism
Two South Carolina sisters are facing charges after allegations that they abducted their neighbor in an effort to perform an exorcism on her based on the belief that she was the victim of a possession. Brittany and Tiara Jones, sisters who reside in Columbia, South Carolina, suspected that their 56-year-old…
Autistic Child Charged with Battery for Hitting Teacher
A second-grade special education teacher was allegedly hit in the face by a student with autism in her class when she removed his iPad from his possession and he became upset. The teacher has filed battery charges against the child in response to the incident. DJ, an 8-year-old boy who…
Nude Man Leaps into Bay After Stabbing Garden Tender with Hijacked Shears
On March 31, a Florida man allegedly approached a stranger who was tending to the landscaping at his home and attacked the man with the gardening shears he had been working with. Around 5:00 p.m. on Saturday while a man was gardening in his front yard he was reportedly caught…
Man Arrested for Using Toy Gun as Weapon Against Fellow Dog Owner
Authorities reported that they responded to an incident on Monday involving a plastic toy gun employed as a makeshift weapon in an alleged attack after a Florida dog owner used it against a man whose canine was bitten by his dog. Near 8 p.m. on March 12 31-year-old Thomas Phillips…
Fight between Teacher and Mother at Little League Practice Leads to Arrest
A Jacksonville, Florida, school teacher is facing charges for hitting another mother who was present at a youth baseball practice when the teacher allegedly took offense to the other woman’s choice of clothing. On February 23 at the Orange Park Athletic Association baseball field around 7:00 p.m. parents and spectators…
Childcare Workers Giving Melatonin at Naptime Facing Charges
After learning that they were allegedly providing melatonin in the form of gummy candies as a sleep aid for children at nap time, three day care center workers have been arrested on suspicion of endangering the life of a child. 19-year-old Jessica Heyse, 25-year-old Ashley Helfenbein, and 32-year-old Kristen Lauletta…