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Harvard Medical School employee charged with stealing human body parts

The manager of the morgue at Harvard Medical School, Cedric Lodge, 55, has been accused of stealing organs and body parts from cadavers between 2018 and 2022 and selling them online with his wife Denise Lodge, 63. According to the federal complaint, Cedric Lodge is said to have taken “heads, brains, skin, bones and other human remains,” and took them from the morgue in Massachusetts to his home in New Hampshire. He is also said …

Man drinking his morning coffee mauled to death by bear

On Friday, a devastating event occurred in Arizona when an unsuspecting man, Steven Jackson, was fatally mauled by a black bear. The 66-year-old Tuscan resident was sitting outside drinking coffee on his Groom Creek property when the attack happened without warning. Witnesses reported that the large male bear grabbed Jackson and dragged him around 75 feet down an embankment, where it began to viciously maul him. Neighbors desperately tried to intervene by making noise, but …

Man sneaks into hospital, raping three patients before he was confronted

A Wichita, Kansas man is facing charges for allegedly entering Ascension Via Christi St. Francis hospital and sexually assaulting three powerless female patients. Wichita police spokesperson Juan Rebolledo shared on Friday that 28-year-old Miguel Rodela was able to enter the facility somehow on Thursday. Furthermore, Rebolledo reported that Rodela got into a physical altercation with security guards and injured two before police arrived, with officers responding to the call at 2 AM after receiving a …

28-year-old arrested for posing as teen and attending high school for entire year

Last month, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office was alerted when Hahnville High School began investigating a potential case of fraud involving a woman in her mid-20s posing as a 17-year-old teenager. Following the investigation, Martha Jessenia Gutierrez-Serrano, 28, and her mother, 46-year-old Marta Elizeth Serrano-Alvarado, were arrested after authorities determined that Serrano-Alvarado had enrolled her adult daughter in the school with a fraudulent passport and birth certificate from Honduras. According to the police statement, …

Award-winning Penn State professor accused of molesting dog to ‘blow off steam’

This week, Themis Matsoukas, a 64-year-old professor of chemical engineering at Penn State University and recipient of the 2017 Premier Teaching Award from the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society, was arrested after a new trail camera in a Pennsylvania state park allegedly captured him walking around naked, masturbating, and performing sexual acts on his pet dog. According to court records viewed by Law&Crime, he was charged with one count each of sexual intercourse with an …

15 dead after bus collides with semi-truck

Tragedy struck the rural town of Carberry, located 105 miles west of Manitoba’s capital of Winnipeg, when a bus heading for a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck. The crash killed fifteen people, most of them senior citizens, and left ten injured. The bus had been carrying around 25 people from and around the city of Dauphin and had been travelling south. RCMP Supt Rob Lasson stated that the bus was required to have a …

Man Kills Pregnant Woman in Car

Prosecutors in Seattle have stated that they are reviewing charges against a man suspected of killing a pregnant woman in downtown Seattle. The suspect is being held in custody and is facing charges of murder, assault, and unlawful possession of a firearm. On Wednesday, the police released a report stating a video captured the suspect shooting into the car of the 34-year-old victim, Eina Kwon, at Fourth Avenue and Lenora Street in the Belltown neighborhood …

Teen killed by classmate during Senior trip

An 18-year-old man, Blake William Linkous, is accused of strangling his former girlfriend, Natalie Jane Martin, in a hotel room located in South Carolina while they were attending a senior trip to the Myrtle Beach area. According to the redacted incident report, Horry County authorities responded to Madison Drive on June 7 and EMS confirmed the victim’s death. An investigation commenced due to suspicious circumstances. Linkous, who is from Blue Rock, Ohio, is currently detained …

Deadly shooting at movie theater

A deadly shooting at a movie theater in Kent, Washington, occurred Tuesday morning as patrons were watching the new film “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.” According to police, the incident began around 12:30 a.m., and the shooting appears to be aimed at an individual. Additional law enforcement personnel were dispatched to look for the alleged perpetrator, reportedly a “dark-skinned man of about five feet and eleven inches tall, wearing a ski mask.” Although no suspect …

Man fakes death to teach family a lesson, then shows up at funeral in a helicopter

In a prank of a lifetime, David Baerten, a 45-year-old Belgian man, faked his own death and made an unexpected appearance at his funeral in a helicopter. Along with his wife and children, Baerten planned the stunt to test who genuinely cared about him. His daughter took to social media to spread the news, writing a tribute to her father saying, “Rest in peace, Daddy. I will never stop thinking about you.” The fake funeral …