6+ hour, 53+ min ago (270+ words) Background: News footage of Virginia Smith in court on Dec. 2 (WOWK). Inset: Cheyenne Johnson (Facebook). A West Virginia woman who told police her boyfriend dumped the body of another woman down a well was sentenced for her role in the grisly crime. Michael Smith said that Johnson would not leave Virginia Smith alone, so he got a rifle from his car and threatened Johnson with it before shooting her in the head. During her testimony at Michael Smith's trial, Virginia Smith told the court that he ordered her to shoot Johnson. Prosecutors stated that a juvenile witness told members of law enforcement that they saw Virginia Smith shoot Johnson. More from Law&Crime: Man accused of ratchet-strapping woman into well after rifle headshot might be in deep himself after girlfriend turns on him After Johnson was shot, Michael Smith disposed…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago (380+ words) Inset: Rick P. Artis (Bexar County Adult Detention Center). Background: The area in San Antonio where Artis allegedly killed an infant (Google Maps). A 31-year-old man in Texas is accused of killing a 9-month-old girl earlier this year, beating the infant to death and then giving police a fake name because of an outstanding warrant for his arrest in connection with another young child who was brutally killed'several years ago. Rick P. Artis is facing one count of injury to a child with intent to cause serious bodily injury, court records show. Officers with the San Antonio Police Department and emergency medical personnel responded to a call regarding an unresponsive child at an apartment complex in the 6100 block of Ingram Road at about 10:43 a.m. on Jan. 25, local ABC affiliate KSAT reported, citing a probable cause affidavit. First responders found the unresponsive baby and…...

15+ hour, 36+ min ago (257+ words) Inset: Tamala Rudeseal (Maricopa County Sheriff's Office). Background: The Arizona apartment complex where Tamala Rudeseal allegedly attempted to kill her boyfriend by slashing his throat (Google Maps). An Arizona woman allegedly slashed her boyfriend's throat on Thanksgiving and then called 911 to report it, later telling cops "I hope he is dead" and "I planned on doing the other side and then stabbing him in the heart," according to court documents. "I did just try to murder you," Tamala Rudeseal recalled telling her boyfriend, according to court documents obtained by local CBS affiliate KTVK. "Today is my Independence Day," Rudeseal allegedly said. "God, I hope he is dead," Rudeseal allegedly told cops while being interviewed about the attack, which occurred at an apartment complex on South Country Club Drive. "It'd be a favor to me, his wife, and his children." More…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (437+ words) Left: Shawn Bolden Jr. (Chatham County Sheriff's Office). Right: Deanna Ellison (Lakes Dunson Robertson Funeral Home). A Georgia man faces life in prison after a jury took just 35 minutes to convict him of shooting his ex-girlfriend nearly a dozen times in front of their 5-month-old child. Shawn Bolden Jr. was convicted of malice and felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime in the 2021 death of 29-year-old Deanna Ellison, the Chatham County District Attorney's Office said in a press release. "Bolden emptied his 9mm revolver into Deanna, reloaded it and continued to shoot her lifeless body," prosecutors wrote. Prosecutors said Ellison left the relationship after Bolden slapped her on Mother's Day 2020 for inviting her mother over for dinner. Ellison was about three months pregnant at the time. Though they were no longer together, the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago (625+ words) Inset: Jordan N. Savoy (Charles County Sheriff's Office). Background: The block in Waldorf, Maryland, where Savoy allegedly killed his infant daughter (Google Maps). A 28-year-old man in Maryland is accused of killing his 4-month-old daughter, allegedly beating the infant to death while her mother was at work over the weekend. Jordan Nathaniel Savoy was taken into custody on Sunday and charged with first- and second-degree murder in the child's brutal slaying, authorities announced. Authorities also charged Savoy with counts of first-degree child abuse resulting in death, first-degree child abuse resulting in severe physical injury, first- and second-degree assault, and reckless endangerment. According to a news release from the Charles County Sheriff's Office, deputies and emergency medical personnel responded to a call regarding an infant who was not breathing at a home in the 300 block of Barksdale Avenue in Waldorf, Maryland, at…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago (317+ words) Inset: Glenn Brimmer (Brevard County Sheriff's Office). Background: The damage to Brimmer's Hyundai Veloster after he struck the victim (18th Judicial Circuit's Office of the State Attorney). A Florida man has learned his fate for driving his car with a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit and crashing into a bicyclist, killing him. Glenn Brimmer, 46, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison, the 18th Judicial Circuit's Office of the State Attorney announced on Monday. He was convicted of DUI manslaughter by a Brevard County jury in September. On March 2, 2018, at about 7:40 p.m., Brimmer was driving his Hyundai Veloster in the left lane on North Atlantic Avenue in Cape Canaveral. At the same time and on the same road, 66-year-old John Perrin was riding his bicycle. Then the collision happened. A sample of Brimmer's blood was collected, revealing a 0.23 blood alcohol…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (425+ words) Elliot Mack (Marion County Jail). A Florida man is behind bars after he allegedly beat his girlfriend with a speaker and a kitchen utensil holder as she slept, before he killed her dog that was trying to protect her. Elliot Mack, 52, is accused of domestic battery and cruelty to animals stemming from an incident that occurred Oct. 20 in Bellview, which is just north of The Villages. Cops wrote in a probable cause arrest affidavit that a 911 caller kept repeating "'he beat her' and that there was blood all over the walls." When officers arrived on scene, they saw the alleged victim "crawling" out of the home. She was suffering from bruises all over her body and was bleeding from the face and mouth. She was "hysterical and disoriented." The victim said Mack, her boyfriend, started beating her with a kitchen…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (336+ words) Left inset: Tyler Johns ((Henderson Police Department). Right inset: Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria (GoFundMe). Background: Body camera footage showing father Valente Ayala pleading with police after Tyler Johns allegedly shot and killed his son Brandon Dominguez-Chavarria during a road rage incident (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police). Body camera footage shows a'Nevada stepdad crying out in agony after a 22-year-old driver gunned down his 11-year-old stepson and then calmly told police, "I f'ing killed him," according to the video and cops. "I didn't know he had a kid in the back," Tyler Johns can be heard telling a responding officer, according to the bodycam footage, which was released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and shared online by local media outlets. "You shot at him?" the officer asks. "Yeah!" the father, Valente Ayala, says. "My kid is dead!" Johns allegedly admits on camera…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (510+ words) Left: Zarbab Ali (Ventura County District Attorney's Office). Right: Rachel Castillo (Simi Valley police). A California man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his estranged wife while he hid in her apartment and waited for her to come out of her bedroom before he pounced and stabbed her to death. Zarbab Ali, 28, was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the death of 25-year-old Rachel Castillo, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office. Ali will receive a mandatory life prison sentence during a hearing scheduled for Jan. 12. Castillo's family reported her missing on Nov. 10, 2022, after her sister came home to their Simi Valley apartment and found a large amount of blood. Rachel Castillo's phone, keys and vehicle were also left behind. Cops rushed to the scene to find "a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago (349+ words) Inset: Helena Little (Fairfax County Police Department). Background: The 2300 block of Dulles Station Boulevard in McNair, Va. (Google Maps). A woman in northern Virginia is accused of stabbing her mother in the neck, killing her, and then leaving her on the floor of her apartment while she left with their dog. Helena Little, 31, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of her mother, 79-year-old Norma Little. The suspect is being held in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, the Fairfax County Police Department announced. It was about 10 a.m. on Tuesday, and a caregiver for the older woman was coming to her home on the 2300 block of Dulles Station Boulevard in McNair, Virginia, to check on her. When the caregiver stepped inside the apartment, she made a startling discovery. Norma Little had stab wounds to her upper body, including her…...