In a case straight out of a Lifetime movie, Alaskan woman Rachelle Waterman has been sentenced to three years in prison after she was found guilty of arranging to have two ex-boyfriends kill her mother.
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A Glasgow woman received two years probation for trying to strangle her boyfriend with a loofah rope in a fight over the remote. In case you're wondering, this is not a super-effective means of strangulation — says the BBC, "There was some degree of compression, but Mr McPherson managed to free himself and was left…
In a turnabout worthy of a 70's heist film, $25 million worth of jewels have been found stashed in a drain outside Paris. The 19 rings and three sets of earrings were part of an audacious 2008 heist in which 4 armed men — 2 dressed as women - stole 85m euros worth of merch from the Champs-Elysee Harry Winston. The…
The Lifetime original movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial has been highly controversial, with both Amanda Knox and Meredith Kercher's families protesting the ripped-from-the-headlines account. So, were their concerns justified?
Three Cincinnati teenagers tried to rob a woman Wednesday, choosing her as their victim because she was pregnant and therefore "vulnerable." One shot her in the hip, landing her in the hospital.
Hayden Panettiere has weighed in on the Amanda Knox case, saying of the controversial convict, "she didn't have any intention to do this." Why? Panettiere's playing Knox on Lifetime.
As news broke that Carlina White reunited with her family 23 years after she had been kidnapped, federal investigators have been trying to determine if the woman who raised Carlina was also her kidnapper. Also, where to find her.
It was Harold Martin Smith, in an attempted robbery. He killed himself before cops could question him. Beverly Hills police chief David Snowden says: "A lot of people [want] something more dramatic, but that's just the way it is."
Scooby, a Chicago Great Dane (and his owner) recently came to the rescue of girl being accosted. After they chased down the perp, they cornered him until police arrived. Owner Agustin Zamora adds that Scooby is usually friendly.
A young male model has apparently confessed to castrating and killing Portuguese journalist and gay rights activist Carlos Castro on Friday — in order, he says, to "get rid of [Castro's] homosexual demons."
Allen Robert Reyes, 31, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a woman in the face at a party. A tipster tells us that Allen Robert Reyes is the real name of pickup guru "Gunwitch."
A British "sex toy queen" has apparently been the victim of a plot by a disgruntled nanny, who repeatedly tried to poison her with things that are not poisonous.
The most horrifying sentence you may ever read: "The woman felt something inside of her. She believed the snake may have bitten her because she felt a very sharp pain and then they said, ‘Pull it out.'"
Shemicka McVey, 21, wanted to see the Facebook page of her boyfriend, Maurice Davenport, 22, but he didn't want her looking at it. He closed the lid of the laptop. An altercation ensued.
Not only did the notorious 40 Elephants gang have a name worthy of a great band; the group of tightly-organized smugglers and thieves "had a firm and pitiless grip on London" for nearly 200 years.
Carrie Harkness ruined $508 worth of food, was charged with criminal mischief, and summed up the incident on Facebook thusly: "wish I could take back friday night!!!!!"
First, it's important to note that all parties were drunk. Second, this report contains some of the most cringe-inducing words you will ever read.
Brittney Sykes and Emma Westhusing robbed a bank on Monday in Portland, but got busted: There was a tracking device hidden in the cash and instead of ditching it, one Googled it while the other hid it in her Hyundai.
Samantha Spiegel's a promising, San Francisco-based fashion student. So why has she "dated" a series of notorious criminals?
Karen Lueders had been "talking very fast and talking about spiritual things" in the days before she severed her husband's tongue with her teeth. Willard Lueders communicated to cops via written messages and doesn't blame Karen, but her "mental state."
Nineteen-year-old Tressa Amerson was jailed Friday night; cops say she and her boyfriend, Ronald Miner, "had been having ongoing relationship problems for the past week." But things got really bad on Friday.
Carolee Bildsten allegedly ate at a restaurant without paying. When a cop visited her apartment, she reached inside a drawer as if she were getting cash but pulled out a "clear rigid feminine pleasure device" and threatened him. Note T-shirt.
Remember Noah Smith? He was arrested
Meet Noah Smith. He allegedly burglarized a home in South Carolina on Saturday night. A scuffle with cops sent him to to emergency room, where a doctor noticed that Noah had a mouse in his rectum.
Melissa Lee Williams of West Virginia is facing assault and weapons charges after she showed up at her estranged husband's door with a knife and demanded of him and another man: "Eat my pussy."
19-year-old Jennifer Mee sobbed and hiccuped at a bond reduction hearing yesterday in Florida. She was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting during a botched robbery attempt, and Friday the judge will decide whether Mee will get bail.
Ola Mae Agee was convicted of selling crack cocaine to an undercover cop last week. The 87-year-old had set up a drug business from her home in Pensacola, Florida.
Over the weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska, 22-year-old Trevor Case accused his girlfriend of "spending time with another man." They argued. Then He waterboarded her.
As Chandra Levy's suspected killer, convicted rapist Ingmar Guandique, goes to trial, people want to know if it will help bring her parents, Robert and Susan Levy, "closure."
