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Georgia man sentenced after assaulting hotel guests and officer while nude and high

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ACWORTH, GA – A man from Georgia has been convicted and sentenced for assaulting several individuals, including a law enforcement officer, while under the influence of drugs and unclothed. Kelly Holcomb, 37, was reported to have entered a room at Deerfield Lodge in Acworth, Georgia, on December 17, where he assaulted a man and woman. The Acworth Police Department received reports of a nude man attacking people. Officer Taneisha Palarche was the first to arrive …

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Mother sentenced for killing her two daughters after drugging them with melatonin gummies

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MCLEAN, VA – Veronica Youngblood, a 38-year-old Virginia resident, was handed a 78-year prison sentence on Friday for the horrific murder of her two daughters. Youngblood was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, as well as wo counts of felony firearm use in March. In a chilling incident in August 2018, Youngblood administered melatonin gummies to her daughters, 15-year-old Sharon Castro and 5-year-old Brooklynn Youngblood, before shooting them while they slept in their …

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Indiana man receives 85-year sentence for murder caught on voicemail

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BRAZIL, Indiana – A man in Indiana has been handed an 85-year sentence after inadvertently recording the murder of his mother’s boyfriend in a voicemail. Cody Allen Wade, 33, was found guilty last month of the 2020 killing of Carl Haviland and received his punishment on Wednesday. The shocking incident occurred when Wade left a voicemail on his mother’s phone just moments before stabbing Haviland four times. Tragically, his mother was present and witnessed the …

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Husband sentenced in gruesome nail gun murder

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CYPRESS, TX – A 65-year-old Texas man, Lam Ngoc Tran, has been handed a 40-year prison sentence after being found guilty of murdering his wife using a nail gun. The gruesome incident took place at the couple’s residence on Peralta Springs Lane in Cypress, Texas, on January 10, 2022. The victim, My Thai Dang, aged 49, was attempting to escape an abusive relationship, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. Ogg emphasized the severity …

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Utah man gets maximum sentence for execution of 16-year-old girlfriend

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In a shocking case that has rocked Utah, 18-year-old Francisco Daniel Aguilar was handed a life sentence on Monday for the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Jacqueline “Jacky” Nunez. The presiding judge, Marvin Bagley, was visibly taken aback by Aguilar’s apparent lack of remorse for his actions. Aguilar, who was 17 at the time of the crime, shot Nunez in the head after injuring her on a deserted road. He told the court that his …

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Man sentenced to 60 years for brutal murder of girlfriend

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A Texas resident, Dantravias Jamal McNeil, 35, has been handed a 60-year prison sentence after confessing to the brutal murder of his girlfriend. McNeil was convicted for the killing of Katy Houck, 47, whom he stabbed 27 times in a motel in Baytown, Texas, on August 17, 2020. The couple had checked into the motel on Garth Road on the night of the incident. A few hours later, the Baytown Police Department received reports of …

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Gunman sentenced to over 30 years for fatal shooting of 12-year-old boy

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A Hennepin County Judge has handed down a sentence to Jeremiah Grady, the gunman convicted in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old London Bean in 2021. Grady has been sentenced to 367 months (30.5 years) in prison for second-degree murder and 183 months (15.25 years) for attempted second-degree murder. The shooting took place on September 8, 2021, in the Sumner-Glenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis. According to court records, the shooting broke out around 3:40 p.m. near the …

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Amazon employee stole nearly $10 million from company

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A former Amazon operations manager from Georgia has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud against the tech giant. Kayricka Wortham pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, leading a scheme that defrauded Amazon of over $9.4 million. Alongside her alleged co-conspirator, Brittany Hudson, Wortham used the stolen funds to purchase luxury items, including expensive real estate and high-end vehicles. Kayricka Wortham, a former Amazon operations manager from Georgia, …

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California woman faces life in prison for killing boyfriend with hammer

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A woman in California has been found guilty of brutally killing her boyfriend with a hammer, and she is now facing a lifetime behind bars. The incident occurred in 2018, and the victim was discovered unresponsive in a trailer. The defendant initially claimed that her boyfriend had been assaulted elsewhere, but investigators soon uncovered inconsistencies in her story. The evidence ultimately led to her confession of kicking and beating the victim with a hammer. The …

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