AR mortician pleads guilty to selling boxes of body parts stolen from cadavers
A former mortuary worker in Arkansas pleaded guilty Thursday to selling 24 boxes filled with body parts stolen from corpses at a medical school to a Pennsylvania man for nearly $11,000. She was one of several people recently charged in what prosecutors called a nationwide scheme to steal and sell human body parts from an […]
California ex-teacher Michelle Solis pleads no contest for sex with 14-year-old
A former California teacher has pleaded no contest after being arrested last year for having sex with a 14-year-old boy in a locked classroom on graduation day, prosecutors announced. The Butte County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday that Michelle Christine Solis, 46, entered a plea to sexual charges related to a 2021 incident involving one […]
Fired Philadelphia cop pleads guilty to murder in 12-year-old’s shooting
A fired Philadelphia police officer pleaded guilty Friday to murder for fatally shooting a 12-year-old boy as he ran away, but prosecutors say the boy was on the ground and unarmed when the officer opened fire. He announced that he was there. Edsaul Mendoza also pleaded guilty to possession of criminal tools as part of […]
Alaska Airlines Passenger Pleads Guilty To Touching Woman On Plane To ‘Arouse His Sexual Desire,’ DOJ Says
A Washington state man pleaded guilty Thursday to serious assault after touching a woman on a plane, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. Desmond Bostic, 25, pleaded guilty in a Seattle courtroom and could be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. On an […]
Denise Lodge, wife of ex-Harvard Medical School morgue manager, pleads guilty in body part selling scheme
The wife of a former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School has pleaded guilty to shipping human body parts stolen from the Ivy League school’s mortuary to buyers across the country. Dennis Lodge, 64, pleaded guilty Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to a charge of interstate transportation of […]
NOLA courtroom brawl erupts after man pleads guilty to killing his 3 children
A fight erupted in a New Orleans courtroom Thursday after a man pleaded guilty to killing three children in a house fire last year. New Orleans news outlets reported that Joseph Washington has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the attack on a woman related to his children. Louisiana man who allegedly killed toddler and […]
Alleged NYC subway cellist attacker Amira Hunter pleads guilty
On Wednesday, a woman accused of attacking a subway cellist with a bottle tried to plead guilty, but her plea was reversed in a bizarre scene in a Manhattan courtroom. Amira Hunter, 23, was charged in Manhattan Supreme Court with assault for punching cellist Ian S. Forrest in the head during a performance at the […]
Melody Felicano Johnson pleads guilty to poisoning Air Force husband coffee maker
An Arizona mother has pleaded guilty to poisoning her U.S. Air Force husband after he was caught pouring bleach into her coffee maker on cameras hidden throughout their home. Melody Felicano Johnson was charged with two counts of drug poisoning for allegedly putting a deadly chemical into Robbie Johnson’s coffee machine on July 11 and […]
Wife Pleads Guilty To Poisoning Military Husband’s Coffee With Bleach, Caught On Hidden Camera
An Arizona woman pleaded guilty Monday to trying to poison her husband by putting bleach in his coffee, Law & Crime reported. Melody Felicano Johnson, 40, pleaded guilty to trying to poison her estranged U.S. Air Force husband by adding bleach to his coffee. Her attempt was recorded on her hidden camera. She was charged […]
Former Atlanta chief financial officer pleads guilty to stealing money from city for trips and guns
ATLANTA (AP) – The city of Atlanta’s former chief financial officer pleaded guilty Monday to stealing money from the city for personal travel and guns and attempting to defraud the federal government of income taxes. Jim Beard, 60, pleaded guilty in federal court in Atlanta to one count of federal program theft and one count […]