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Serial bank robber hits two more banks just days after prison release

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ORLANDO, FL – A man from Florida, labeled as a “habitual bank robber” by law enforcement, is once again facing incarceration after committing the same offense just a day after his release from prison. The Department of Justice reports that Timothy Jones, 60, is returning to prison after robbing two banks in the Orlando area within days of his release. Court records indicate that Jones was freed from Putnam County Correctional Facility on June 1, …

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True-crime author charged with helping convicted murderer in extortion scheme

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LINCOLN, NE – Samantha Al-Rekabi, a celebrated true-crime writer, is now the subject of a real-life crime story. Al-Rekabi has been charged with felony theft by extortion, accused of assisting a death row inmate in Nebraska, Aubrey Trail, in a scheme to extort $25,000 from a prison nurse. Trail, a 56-year-old convicted murderer, was sentenced to death for the brutal killing and dismemberment of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe in 2017. The pair had connected via the …

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Mother who stabbed newborn baby found dead in prison

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A tragic case has come to light as Rachel Tunstill, a mother in England who stabbed her newborn baby to death, has been found dead in prison. Tunstill, 32, committed the heinous act shortly after giving birth alone in her Burnley apartment in January 2017. Her partner was unaware of the horrifying incident as he was engrossed in playing Xbox in the adjacent room. Tunstill had been convicted of murder twice, with the second sentence …

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South Carolina man pleads guilty to killing best friend during altercation

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A man in South Carolina has pleaded guilty to the killing of his best friend during a violent altercation in 2021. The incident occurred when 21-year-old Dylan Bryce Painter got into a fight with the mother of his child, leading to a tragic chain of events. Painter was arrested after shooting and killing his best friend, Mason Davis, who had been called to the scene to help calm the situation. The case has left both …

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Mom and son plead guilty to brutally murdering a man over $350

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A mother and son from Valley Stream, Long Island, have been handed lengthy prison sentences for the brutal killing of a man in Queens over a dispute involving $350 in car repairs. Avita Campbell, 40, and Raymond Jackson, 25, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. This plea was made in relation to the fatal shooting of Lasaaun Lawrence, 27, in Far Rockaway in September 2020. The judge sentenced Jackson, …

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Man Charged With Murder After Shooting Young Girlfriend to Death Inside Hotel

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Salt Life co-founder Michael Troy Hutto pleaded guilty to manslaughter after being charged with the death of his 18-year-old girlfriend in 2020. Court records show that Hutto fatally shot Lora Grace Duncan in October of that year and claimed it was an accident. He received a 12-year prison sentence. Duncan was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the stomach on October 29, 2020. Her father found her in a room at the Hilton …

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Man Faces Five Life Sentences For Holding A Woman Captive In Basement

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A 40-year-old man from Excelsior Springs, Missouri, named Timothy M. Haslett, has been charged with nine counts of serious crimes, including rape, sodomy, kidnapping, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child. The charges were brought against him after a grand jury indictment was announced by Clay County Prosecuting Attorney, Zachary Thompson. Haslett is currently being held at the Clay County Detention Center with a $3 million bond. If he is found guilty of the …

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Murder-for-hire husband nearly dodges death row over a lawsuit

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The execution of former police officer Robert Fratta nearly got delayed after being convicted of killing his wife in a murder-for-hire plot. Fratta was convicted in 1994 of hiring two men to kill his estranged wife during a custody battle. In 2009, he was given a retrial and sentenced to death after a stint of maintaining his innocence. Since then, the guilty verdict has not changed, but a separate case had a chance of delaying …

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Foster Parents Both Found Guilty Of 4-Year-Old’s Brutal Murder

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One-time foster mother Latrisha Greene, whose husband Dequan Greene was convicted of killing her 4-year-old foster child Charlie Garay, has been charged with perjury herself. Schenectady County district attorney officials announced these charges on Tuesday. Officials said Latrisha Greene, 27, of Rotterdam, was arrested this week on five counts of first-degree perjury, felonies, and two misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Despite being charged with multiple offenses, she pleaded not guilty to …

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A Prison Transport Guard Sexually Assaulted A Detainee

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The guard sexually assaulted a female detainee on the way between Washington and Minnesota in 2020, according to a federal court in the Western District of Missouri. In court on Tuesday, Rogeric Hankins, 37, confessed to sexually assaulting the detainee. According to U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore for the Western District of Missouri, “A private prisoner transport officer abused his position of trust and authority by sexually assaulting a detainee who was in his custody while …

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