Author: Maria Monroe

The man who, as a baby, was featured on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the former band members, the estate of Kurt Cobain and several others over the famous naked photograph. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Spencer Elden, now 30, alleges the band violated federal child pornography laws and claims that his parents never signed a release allowing Nirvana to use the photo, CBS Los Angeles reports.In a complaint filed in the Los Angeles federal court, Elden alleges his “identity and legal name are forever tied to the commercial sexual exploitation he experienced as a minor, which…

SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS — An elderly pastor was shot and killed on Sunday, January 3 morning when he reportedly confronted a fugitive hiding in his church following a police chase, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith said. Mark Allen McWilliams, 62, found 21-year-old Mytrez Deunte Woolen hiding in the bathroom of the Starrville Methodist Church shortly after 9 am, CrimeOnline reported. The pastor brought out his gun and ordered Woolen onto the floor but became distracted at some point, before “the suspect lunged at him and was able to take the firearm out of his hand,” Smith said. After grabbing the…

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed Tuesday that people who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 are 29.2 times as likely to be hospitalized because of the virus as fully vaccinated people.The study, which looked at infections among more than 43,000 people in Los Angeles from May through most of July, puts a clear number on something public health officials around the country have been broadcasting for months: People who are vaccinated against COVID-19 drastically lower their chances of suffering any serious symptoms from the virus.“These data remind us that if you are not yet vaccinated,…

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 24Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com.Forget a monkey’s uncle, this woman wants to be one’s wife.A monkey-loving woman has been banned from visiting a male chimpanzee at a zoo in Antwerp, Belgium, after officials declared their relationship unhealthy for the animal’s socialization with other chimps.“I love that animal and he loves me,” Adie Timmermans told Belgian channel ATV of her simian soulmate, according to LadBible.The heartsick woman had reportedly been visiting the male chimp, named Chita, on a weekly basis for four years in what she…

PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA: Over a year after a boy was found dead in a storage bin of his home’s basement, his parents have been arrested and slapped with charges. Roman Anthony Lopez’s remains were discovered on January 11, 2020, from his Placerville home in the 2800 block of Coloma Street. In connection to his murder, his parents – Jordan Piper and Lindsay Piper – were detained on February 3 and have been pressed with child abuse and torture charges, The Daily Mail reported. The pair have been taken into custody for allegedly torturing, poisoning and starving the 11-year-old.On Thursday, February 4,…

BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA: In a surprising turn of events, the Brooklyn Center City Manager, Curt Boganey, has been relieved of his duties after he publicly disagreed with Mayor Mark Elliott and his assertion of firing the police officer who fatally shot a Black man named Daunte Wright in the Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, April 11.Elliott confirmed the news of Boganey’s firing on Twitter and noted that the city manager is being “relieved of his duties” with immediate effect. He also shared that the deputy city manager, Reggie Edwards, will be taking Boganey’s position. RELATED ARTICLES Who is Kimberly Potter? Cop…

Jasmine Hartin, 32 allegedly smiled when addressed as the “first lady here to kill a cop” by an inmate who was locked up in a Belize jail cell adjacent to the socialite’s. The inmate, Jose, 38 claimed that she smiled at him when he congratulated her for the same. Jose further alleged that Jasmine Hartin, the partner of the British billionaire, Lord Michael Ashcroft’s son, was bloodied when she was brought into the San Pedro police station on May 28. Hartin reportedly even threw a tantrum when guards refused to allow her to smoke or access her ‘pills’. According to…

Update:  According to an update from the police, 3 people including an Arvada police officer have been announced dead in the shooting that took place in the popular dining and shopping district. Arvada police say the suspected shooter was among those killed. Their names have not been made public as yet. The third victim was described as a Samaritan. “There is no threat to the public at this point,” Brady said. “We’re not searching for anybody else,” the police confirmed. Arvada police initially said two suspects were possibly connected to the incident, but later specified there was only one. —–…

HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA: Briea Askew, 29, was charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of a patient, a 21-year-old woman, of Jamestown with cerebral palsy on Monday, August 23. According to cops, the caretaker left her patient unattended in a hot car. The incident took place on August 10. Authorities noted that the woman’s temperature rose to more than 110 degrees as she stayed in the car, which did not have air conditioning. There have been similar incidents involving caretakers in the past. A five-year-old girl in Georgia, Savannah Adams was allegedly murdered by her caretaker. A…

MONTANA: The body of 2-year-old Aiden Salcido from Oregon has reportedly been found in a remote area in Montana, according to the police. He had gone missing after his parents were killed in what looked like a murder-suicide. According to AP, the police in Montana reported that they had found a body on July 28 which they thought was Aiden that the Medford police were searching for. Aiden is the son of Daniel Salcido, 21, and Hannah Janiak, 24, who used to live in Medford earlier.  The parents had been found dead in Kalispell, Montana on July 24, They had…

A man has been sentenced to nine months in prison for tweeting a photo revealing one of James Bulger’s killers. 51-year-old Anthony John Wixted defied a ban on exposing the identity of Jon Venables by posting his picture on social media before revealing an alias purportedly used by the killer as well as the prison in which he was being held at the time, Daily Mail reports. Wixted, who hails from south London, admitted contempt of court after breaching a 2001 injunction which banned the publication of anything purporting to reveal the identities, appearance or whereabouts of Venables and Robert…

A 25-year-old daycare worker from Florida was charged with child neglect after four toddlers under her supervision suffered broken legs on the same day, according to reports. The woman, identified as Christina Marie Curtis of Fort Walton Beach, was arrested in July for the alleged incidents at Kids Discovery Learning Center in Valparaiso, Florida. Reports state that the four boys, who were between the ages of 13 and 21 months, were all fine on the morning of May 21, 2019, when they were dropped at the facility, however, they later had difficulty standing or walking, according to the Panama City…

Multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein, 66, was visited by Attorney General William Barr after he was found unconscious in his jail cell with injuries to his neck just a few weeks before he died, claimed a New York mafia informant.   Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was being held in a cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) and was set to go to trial on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York before he was found dead in his jail cell in the early hours of Saturday, August 10. Following his death, Barr, whose jurisdiction the…

The mother of Sabrina Lekaj, the medical student who was stabbed to death by her own father, has claimed that her husband’s action came “completely out of the blue” and that he was not an “evil person.” Sabrina, 20,  was found dead in the front seat of her Mercedes-Benz sedan car seat just a few meters away from her family home in Kidman Park, Adelaide at around 11:30 pm on July 21. Her father, 49-year-old Petrit Lekaj, was also found beside her with a stab wound. Officers reportedly had to smash the vehicle’s window to drag the father out of…

FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS: Instead of helping a woman who had accidentally driven herself into floodwaters in getting out of the ordeal, a 911 dispatcher lectured her and told her to “shut up” moments before she drowned. In the early hours of August 24, Debra Stevens found herself in the rising floodwaters while delivering newspapers, which caused her SUV to swerve off the road. Since she was stuck in her car, the only way she could call for help was with her cell phone. After making a quick call to her mother-in-law, who was also delivering newspapers in the neighborhood, Stevens…

Brooke Skylar Richardson, the cheerleader who buried her baby in the backyard after giving birth in secret, was found not guilty of murder, manslaughter, and child endangerment on September 12. The 20-year-old, if convicted of all charges, would have faced life imprisonment. Richardson was also charged with tampering with evidence. However, the judge removed the count during the trial. The jury, after three hours of deliberation, found Richardson not guilty of murder, but she was convicted of gross abuse of a corpse and now faces a maximum prison sentence of one year.  The cheerleader broke into tears after her verdict…

A woman who left her three-year-old daughter alone in a car for about three hours while working at a strip club in Lauderhill was arrested Tuesday morning. 23-year-old Manouchika Daniels, of Miami, faces one count of child neglect, WPLG reports. Dispatch received a call shortly before 2 am Tuesday reporting a little girl who was crying and roaming around the Vegas Cabaret parking lot in the 5400 block of North University Drive, according to an arrest report. Responding officers said the toddler had no adult supervision and appeared to be confused. But she led police to a black Toyota Corolla…

FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA: A West Virginia mother pleaded guilty to charges stemming from her locking her three-year-old son in his room, torturing him, and depriving him of food to the point that his buttocks had not formed properly.  Brittany Nicole Lippincott, 29, of 106 Monongah Heights, was arrested on May 9, after the Marion County Sheriff’s Office assisted the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) in conducting a home check at her apartment following an anonymous tip that she was distributing illegal drugs with children in the residence, according to the Times West Virginian. On arrival, deputies…

 A Queens woman was stabbed to death by her suicidal husband on November 8 night before he reportedly hung himself about one and a half miles away from their home. The man, whose body was found in Spring Creek Park, south of the Belt Parkway, is yet to be identified, “but it appears to be him,” said a police source. According to the New York Daily News, suspect, identified as 33-year-old Dineshwar Budhidat, reportedly killed his 27-year-old wife at their home in Ozone Park. The suspect, after reportedly stabbing his wife repeatedly texted her cousin to let her know that…

A ‘selfish’ woman from Greater Manchester has admitted to child cruelty at Minshull Street Crown Court as she left three teenage boys fighting for their lives after they took the ‘cannibal zombie’ drug Flakka. The incident happened last year in January when the boys were staying at Julie Birtwistle’s home in Bury, Greater Manchester. The teens – aged 14 and 15 – started taking the synthetic Alpha PVP pills while Birtwistle was asleep. They found the ecstasy-like pills in Birtwistle’s son, Bricklayer Williams’, stash in a shoebox in the lounge. Birtwistle admitted to child cruelty but escaped with a 16-month…