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Virginia Mother Charged With Murder Months After 11-Month-Old Son's Death In DC: Police Virginia Mother Charged With Murder Months After 11-Month-Old Son's Death In DC: Police
Virginia Mother Charged With Murder Months After 11-Month-Old Son's Death In DC: Police For nearly a year, 11-month-old Jacari Mills' death was a homicide without an arrest. Now, police say his mother, Aniqua Kristinia Mills, is charged with his murder. The Virginia woman has been extradited to DC after authorities accused the 32-year-old Newport News resident of killing her infant son, the Metropolitan Police Department announced Friday, June 26. The case dates back to Aug. 2, 2025, when officers responded around 1:37 p.m. to the 1500 block of F Street NE for a report of an unconscious child. When officers arrived, they found Jacari unresponsive inside the home. DC Fire an…
DC Man Charged With Murder Nearly A Year After Toddler’s Drug-Related Death: DOJ DC Man Charged With Murder Nearly A Year After Toddler’s Drug-Related Death: DOJ
DC Man Charged With Murder Nearly A Year After Toddler’s Drug-Related Death: DOJ A District man has been arrested and charged nearly a year after the death of a toddler in Southeast DC, authorities announced. The Metropolitan Police Department and the US Attorney’s Office for DC said 76-year-old Lawrence Perryman was arrested and charged in connection with the March 12, 2025, death of 17-month-old Quamir Johnson. Police were called at approximately 7:10 a.m. that morning to a residence in the 2600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, for a report of an unconscious child, MPD said. Officers arrived to find a boy unresponsive and not breathing. Despite…
Toddler Suffered Blunt Force Injuries, Broken Ribs Before DC Mom's Murder Conviction: DOJ Toddler Suffered Blunt Force Injuries, Broken Ribs Before DC Mom's Murder Conviction: DOJ
Toddler Suffered Blunt Force Injuries, Broken Ribs Before DC Mom's Murder Conviction: DOJ A mother from DC has been convicted of murdering her 16-month-old daughter Rhythm Fields, who was found lifeless and cold inside a Southeast apartment in 2017, federal prosecutors announced. Faneisha Scott, 39, was found guilty Wednesday, June 11, of murder and other offenses following an incident that claimed the life of Fields, according to the US Attorney's Office. Specifically, Scott was found guilty on Wednesday of first-degree murder, first-degree cruelty to children (willful maltreatment), and second-degree cruelty to children. The verdict came eight years after Scott’s daughter was…
DC Man Kicked Toddler Down Metro Escalator In Unprovoked Attack In DMV: DOJ DC Man Kicked Toddler Down Metro Escalator In Unprovoked Attack In DMV: DOJ
DC Man Kicked Toddler Down Metro Escalator In Unprovoked Attack In DMV: DOJ A man accused of kicking a stranger's 2-year-old child down a Metro escalator in an unprovoked assault is now facing serious felony charges, federal prosecutors announced. William Woodson, 26, of Southeast DC, was indicted on charges of first-degree child cruelty, assault with significant bodily injury against a minor, and an additional felony stemming from a separate adult incident the same day, according to the US Attorney's Office. The charges stem from a disturbing incident that unfolded around 11:20 a.m. on July 24, 2023, at the Mount Vernon Square Metro station. According to court do…
'Deranged' Man Attacks Nanny, Curses At Kids In Hoboken Park On Halloween: Police, Campaign 'Deranged' Man Attacks Nanny, Curses At Kids In Hoboken Park On Halloween: Police, Campaign
'Deranged' Man Attacks Nanny, Curses At Kids In Hoboken Park On Halloween: Police, Campaign A 31-year-old man was arrested after police say he was cursing at children and then attacked a nanny in a Hoboken park on Thursday, Oct. 31, Halloween, according to police and the nanny's family. Officers were called to Church Square Park around 12:30 p.m. where a man later identified Troy Timberlake had been cursing at children and elderly people, Hoboken City spokeswoman Marci Rubin. Timberlake then began hitting people, including a woman identified by a local family on a GoFundMe campaign as "B." "A deranged man assaulted her in broad daylight in front of many people and kids," the…
District Man Charged With Child Cruelty While On Pre-Trial Release For Shooting At Teen: Feds District Man Charged With Child Cruelty While On Pre-Trial Release For Shooting At Teen: Feds
District Man Charged With Child Cruelty While On Pre-Trial Release For Shooting At Teen: Feds A District man is facing new charges after he allegedly committed new crimes while awaiting trial or shooting a 14-year-old. Darnell Lamont Savoy, 24, is back behind bars less than two months before he was set to face a trial for shooting at a teen during a targeted attack, federal authorities announced this week. Savoy was charged with: Unlawful possession of a firearm; Possession with intent to distribute fentanyl; Carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense; Possession of a large-capacity feeding device; Second-degree cruelty to children. The charges contained in a …
Parents Charged For 11-Month-Old Fentanyl Overdose In Fairfax County: Prosecutors Parents Charged For 11-Month-Old Fentanyl Overdose In Fairfax County: Prosecutors
Parents Charged For 11-Month-Old Fentanyl Overdose In Fairfax County: Prosecutors Two parents in Virginia are facing charges for their alleged roles in the fatal overdose death of their infant daughter who found a suspect pill on the floor. Juan Oliva-Ruiz, 19, and Shantica Tillery, 23, of Alexandria, have been indicted by a grand jury on multiple felony counts or the death of their 11-month-old baby, who overdosed on fentanyl last summer, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano announced on Monday, March 20. Specifically, each was charged with: Involuntary manslaughter; Child cruelty resulting in serious injury; Child abuse and neglect. Officers from th…
NJ Couple Who Starved Children, Inflicted Years Of 'Extreme Punishments' Sentenced To Probation NJ Couple Who Starved Children, Inflicted Years Of 'Extreme Punishments' Sentenced To Probation
NJ Couple Who Starved Children, Inflicted Years Of 'Extreme Punishments' Sentenced To Probation A Morris County couple was sentenced to probation after they admitted to years of locking their home refrigerator and forcing their children to stand in a corner for up to eight hours at a time as a form of punishment. John Flanagan, 35 and his wife, Joanna, both of Netcong, were sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation for child cruelty and neglect by Judge Stephen Taylor, Daily Record reports. The two pleaded guilty in June to keeping food from John’s children, ages 11 and 13, as well as forcing them to stand in a corner for up to eight hours as punishment for “childlike behavior,”…
Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three
Prosecutor: Asbury Brothers Abduct Four Girls, Sexually Assault Three Two brothers from Asbury Park picked four underage girls off the street, plied them with pot, Ecstasy and booze and then sexually assaulted three of them, authorities charged. Wilson Cesaire, 21, and Wilfrid Cesaire, 28, approached the Millstone Township juveniles as they were walking and offered them a ride, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said. They brought the minors to a QuickChek in Manalapan and, eventually, to the home they share on Asbury Avenue, Gramiccioni said. After giving them all drugs and alcohol, the brothers sexually assaulted three of them, the prose…