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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 …

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 …

Woman charged with harassing ex-boyfriend on social media so severely, he committed suicide

Mandie Rose Reusch, 35, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and charged with one count of aiding suicide, a felony, and one count of harassment, a misdemeanor, for her involvement in the death of 37-year-old Keven Metzger. This arrest was the result of a two-year investigation led by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Westmoreland District Attorney’s Office. The charges against Reusch are due to her relationship with Metzger, who took his own life on …

7-year-old kidnapped walking to the store leads to massive manhunt

Law enforcement is on the hunt for a perpetrator following the abduction of a 7-year-old girl in Dallas, Texas. Lillie May Anderson was with her 9-year-old sibling, walking to a shop on Sunday when they were approached by a stranger in a car. The man proposed to give them a ride to the store, and they agreed to get in. When they arrived at the Family Dollar store, the suspect asked the boy to check …

Teen kills a father on the front lawn in front of his mother and child

The Miami-Dade Police Department is requesting the public’s help in locating Monico Galban, a 19-year-old man who is suspected of murdering 27-year-old Jose Guarjardo. According to authorities, the fatal shooting occurred in the 500 block of NW 3rd Avenue in Homestead, Florida. On May 29th, Guarjardo was outside his home with his mother and 1-year-old son when Galban allegedly approached on foot and opened fire multiple times. Despite the efforts of first responders, Guarjardo passed …

Man drowns on honeymoon in Hawaii, and thieves steal their belongings from the beach

Steven Phan, a newlywed from California, tragically drowned during his honeymoon with his wife Brittany in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 1. The couple had only been married for three months. According to a GoFundMe page set up in memory of the couple, Steven was pulled from the ocean by a spear fisherman and bystanders began CPR until first responders arrived. Shockingly, thieves took advantage of the situation by stealing the couple’s belongings, including their cell …

I-95 collapse, at least one vehicle trapped in rubble

On Sunday, at least one vehicle remained caught beneath enormous amounts of debris from the collapsed part of I-95 in Philadelphia, while officials alerted that it would take numerous months to reconstruct the destroyed overpass. Authorities declared there were no casualties or injuries due to the tanker explosion that caused the overhead section of the vital interstate highway to collapse. Governor Josh Shapiro stated during a briefing at the site that, “At least one vehicle …