A superintendent of an Indiana school district has been accused of insurance fraud after she reportedly brought a student for medical treatment and said he was her son so that she could use her insurance to cover the services. Casey Smitherman is the superintendent of a school district just outside…
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Suspect in Stolen Car Found With Almost an Ounce of Flakka
A man who was stopped for allegedly driving a stolen car was reportedly found carrying drugs and $1200, leading the authorities to believe that he was selling the product. Tallahassee police were patrolling when they spotted a car that they believed matched the description of an automobile that had been…
Homeless Man Pelted With Paintballs by Teenagers
A man was allegedly assaulted by paintballs that he believed had come from inside a passing vehicle of teenagers in the vicinity of where he was walking. When a man who was reported as homeless was walking to his place of employment around midnight he cut through a church parking…
Suspect Strips While Livestreaming Burglary
On Sunday in the San Francisco Valley, a woman allegedly let herself into someone’s home and proceeded to take off her clothes while recording and livestreaming the events of the purported burglary onto the internet. Around 3:30 pm, a woman allegedly entered a residence without an invitation, and unknown and…
Man Says He Stole Dogs For Therapy Reasons
A man who allegedly stole two dogs from their owner’s property reportedly said that he took the animals because they provided him with therapeutic benefits. A 73-year-old dog owner and resident of Pasco County recently found that his two dogs were taken from their pen at his residence. When the…
Hit-and-Run Suspect Didn’t Know She Hit a Person
A woman who has been accused of hitting a teenager with her car that was crossing the street and then leaving the scene allegedly stated that she thought she had struck a pole and not a person. 62-year-old Harrisburg resident Joyce Smith was reportedly driving her vehicle on the evening…
Cops Spot Driver Amid Sex Act and Crack Use
The police allegedly saw a driver while he was in the middle of receiving fellatio and smoking what they believe was crack while stopped at a red light. Detectives in an unmarked car were driving within two blocks of the police station when they reportedly stopped at a red light…
Sex Abuse Suspect Said 11-Year-Old’s Baby Result of Semen on Clothing
A 33-year-old man who fathered the child of an 11-year-old girl is facing felony charges for sexual abuse, but he denies that the birth was the result of a sexual encounter between the two. New York resident Robert Cronin, his fiancée, and their 5 children live together in a home…
Man Seen Punching Child in Viral Video Disputes Charges
Video footage from outside a North Carolina mall depicting a group-altercation involving a 51-year-old man and several preteen girls has resulted in the man facing charges for assault of more than one of the young girls. David Steven Bell and his family were at the Asheville Mall together when the…
KFC Worker Accused of Chicken Battery
An employee of KFC allegedly had an unpleasant encounter with a drive-thru customer resulting in accusations that she threw food at the man out of frustration. 30-year-old Shade Simmons was working her shift at KFC when she had a drive-thru customer who watched through the window while she prepared his…