8-Foot Python Slithers Through Residential NJ Yard: SPCA 8-Foot Python Slithers Through Residential NJ Yard: SPCA
8-Foot Python Slithers Through Residential NJ Yard: SPCA A resident in Freehold had quite the surprise in his backyard. An 8-foot Burmese python was found hiding under the floor of a shed, the Monmouth County SPCA said. A local contractor removed the floorboards and animal control officer gently unwound the snake so as not to cause injury, the SPCA said. The python was taken to the SPCA. An X-ray showed the python had eaten a large possum, the SPCA said. Fins and Feathers in Red Bank helped find a snake expert who will keep the snake safe until a permitted owner comes forward, the SPCA said.
Teen Girl Reached For Officer's Gun During Domestic Arrest, Police Say Teen Girl Reached For Officer's Gun During Domestic Arrest, Police Say
Teen Girl Reached For Officer's Gun During Domestic Arrest, Police Say She was already under arrest when police say things took an even more dangerous turn. A 16-year-old girl is accused of grabbing for an officer's holstered firearm while being taken into custody during a domestic dispute in Virginia early Thursday morning, authorities said. The incident played out around 12:40 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, when Prince William County police responded to a home in the 7800 block of Crescent Park Drive in Gainesville to investigate a reported domestic dispute. Officers determined the teenager had assaulted a family member and placed her under arrest, according to …
TikToker Accused Of Faking Cancer Has Died TikToker Accused Of Faking Cancer Has Died
TikToker Accused Of Faking Cancer Has Died Sydney Towle, a New England-born TikToker who has been documenting her battle with a rare cancer for three years, has died. She was 26 years old. Towle, who was raised in New Hampshire and graduated from Dartmouth, was diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer, in 2023. The New York Times featured her story last year after she became the target of online critics who accused her of faking her diagnosis or using her illness for financial gain. Her death was announced Thursday morning, Aug. 6, two days after her brother, Austin, announced she'd entered hospice c…
Best-Selling 'Life Coach' Convicted Of Child Sex Abuse After 'Spanking Fetish' Trial Best-Selling 'Life Coach' Convicted Of Child Sex Abuse After 'Spanking Fetish' Trial
Best-Selling 'Life Coach' Convicted Of Child Sex Abuse After 'Spanking Fetish' Trial A man who built an online following as a "life coach" and sales strategist has been convicted of sexually abusing a child over a period of years, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office announced on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Kyle Slaymaker, 39, was convicted following a two-day trial of felony indecent assault of a child under 13, felony unlawful contact with a child, felony endangering the welfare of a child, and misdemeanor indecent assault, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Testimony at trial showed Slaymaker repeatedly spanked a pre-teen child for his own sexual gratification over …
Missing Maryland Teen Taken To PA Hotel, Sexually Assaulted: PSP Missing Maryland Teen Taken To PA Hotel, Sexually Assaulted: PSP
Missing Maryland Teen Taken To PA Hotel, Sexually Assaulted: PSP A Maryland man is accused of taking a missing 14-year-old girl across state lines into Pennsylvania, where investigators say she was sexually assaulted at a hotel, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Jeremy Spikes Jr., 27, of Hagerstown, Maryland, allegedly took the girl from her home in Maryland before driving her into Pennsylvania in a blue Honda Accord with Virginia registration, according to investigators. The girl was forcibly raped at an unknown hotel in the 2300 block of Molly Pitcher Highway in Guilford Township, Franklin County, investigators wrote. Stat…
Victim Fired Back Before Dying, Prosecutors Say As Trevor Taylor Is Convicted Of Murder Victim Fired Back Before Dying, Prosecutors Say As Trevor Taylor Is Convicted Of Murder
Victim Fired Back Before Dying, Prosecutors Say As Trevor Taylor Is Convicted Of Murder A storm drain. A bullet-riddled Honda. A victim who fired back before collapsing.  Prosecutors say the evidence led a Harford County jury to convict Trevor Taylor of murder in the 2025 killing of Travis Davis. The case dates back to approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, when Aberdeen police were called to the intersection of Washington and Dorsey streets after 911 callers reported a man lying in the roadway despite the freezing temperatures. Officers found Davis unresponsive with two gunshot wounds to the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene despite lifesaving effo…
Two Hospitalized, Bedroom Buried After Ceiling Collapses In Harford County Townhouse (PHOTOS) Two Hospitalized, Bedroom Buried After Ceiling Collapses In Harford County Townhouse (PHOTOS)
Two Hospitalized, Bedroom Buried After Ceiling Collapses In Harford County Townhouse (Photos) What started as an ordinary day in Maryland ended with a bedroom buried under a mountain of insulation after the ceiling inside a townhouse suddenly gave way. Two people suffered minor injuries in the collapse at a home in the 1600 block of Meadowood Court in Edgewood, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company.  Both were taken to area hospitals — one by Harford County Department of Emergency Services and the other by Kingsville Volunteer Fire Company EMS. Photos from the scene show nearly the entire bedroom floor blanketed in pink insulation, with a large section of the …
Felon Charged After Officers Find Active Drug Manufacturing Operation In Virginia Home: Police Felon Charged After Officers Find Active Drug Manufacturing Operation In Virginia Home: Police
Felon Charged After Officers Find Active Drug Manufacturing Operation In Virginia Home: Police He wasn't just hiding drugs. Police say he was making them. A drug investigation ended with detectives in Virginia catching a convicted violent felon they say was actively manufacturing illegal narcotics inside his home. The months-long investigation led Fredericksburg Police detectives to the 1000 block of Myrick Street, where officers executed a search warrant on Wednesday, July 30, with help from the department's Special Equipment and Tactical Team. According to investigators, Ernesto Courtney, 52, of Fredericksburg, was actively manufacturing illegal narcotics when officers entered the…
The Man Behind The Ransom Cartel Finally Faces Justice In Virginia The Man Behind The Ransom Cartel Finally Faces Justice In Virginia
The Man Behind The Ransom Cartel Finally Faces Justice In Virginia An international ransomware operation that terrorized companies around the world has officially come to an end in Virginia. Maksim Silnikau, 40, a Belarusian national who created and led the notorious "Ransom Cartel" ransomware operation, was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 5, to 16 years in federal prison after prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia secured his conviction in one of the district's latest high-profile cybercrime cases. US District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. handed down the sentence in Alexandria after Silnikau pleaded guilty to:  Conspiracy to commit offenses again…
Maryland Teen's Robbery Plot Turned Into Attempted Murder, Prosecutors Say Maryland Teen's Robbery Plot Turned Into Attempted Murder, Prosecutors Say
Maryland Teen's Robbery Plot Turned Into Attempted Murder, Prosecutors Say It was supposed to be a robbery. Instead, prosecutors say it became an attempted murder that nearly claimed a young woman's life. A Calvert County judge has sentenced Jasier Isai Aparicio, 16, of Lusby, to life in prison with all but 18 years suspended for shooting a woman in the back during a planned robbery in Southern Maryland. The sentence was handed down this week by Calvert County Circuit Court Judge Mark S. Chandlee, more than a year after the violent attack in the White Sands community of Lusby. According to prosecutors, Aparicio conspired with two other people to rob 24-year-old …
Teen Hurt After Gun Suddenly Goes Off Inside Maryland Apartment, Police Say (DEVELOPING) Teen Hurt After Gun Suddenly Goes Off Inside Maryland Apartment, Police Say (DEVELOPING)
Teen Hurt After Gun Suddenly Goes Off Inside Maryland Apartment, Police Say (Developing) What first appeared to be a shooting quickly took a different turn. Maryland investigators say a teenage boy was accidentally shot inside an apartment in Glenarden on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 5, and is expected to survive. Prince George's County Police said the shooting happened inside an apartment in the 3000 block of Roland Kenner Loop, where officers responded after reports of a shooting at the Glenarden Hills Apartments. The preliminary investigation indicates a firearm was accidentally discharged, striking the teen, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. The vict…
Justice Finally Catches Up 9 Years After Killing Of Off-Duty DC Metro Sergeant In Maryland Justice Finally Catches Up 9 Years After Killing Of Off-Duty DC Metro Sergeant In Maryland
Justice Finally Catches Up 9 Years After Killing Of Off-Duty DC Metro Sergeant In Maryland Justice took nearly nine years to catch up with the man who gunned down an off-duty DC Metro Police sergeant as he sat in his car on a Baltimore street. Dion Thompson was sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 5, to life in prison plus 33 years after being convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy and related charges in the November 2017 killing of Sgt. Tony Mason Jr., Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates announced. Mason, a husband, father and veteran Metropolitan Police Department sergeant, had just finished a night out with a woman he had been dating for about a month when the ambush unfolde…