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A man who had strangled his girlfriend to death later died while trying to dump her body in the woods. Daniel Robbins, 44, of Georgia, killed his girlfriend Jessica Folds, 47, of Alabama sometime in early June. "He died of a heart attack while doing it," 5th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Mike Segrest said, according to Al.com. "Their bodies were right there together." Robbins and Folds had been in a relationship prior to her death. The couple was found together on June 10 at about 12:20 p.m. after Chambers County sheriff's deputies were called to a wooded area along County...

47, on June 10 in Chambers County, Alabama, about 125 miles from his home in Macon, Georgia. The autopsy and investigation showed that “the female victim was strangled, and it appears the male was attempting to dispose of the body in a remote location,” Mike Segrest told Al.com. “He died of a heart attack while doing it,” Segrest said. “Their bodies were right there together.” Authorities believe Folds’ murder was the result of a domestic dispute, but it was not known where the strangulation took place. The bodies were found just a few miles from where the murdered mom lived.

A South Florida woman was arrested after she went on a nearly $90,000 spending spree on her company credit card, including personal purchases from multiple airlines, Uber and a cruise line, authorities said. Lindsay Ann Mariani, 37, of Hollywood, was arrested Thursday on charges including grand theft and fraudulent use of a credit card, Miami-Dade jail records showed. According to an arrest report, Mariani had been working for a company based in Naperville, Illinois, since July of 2023 as an assistant to the chief of staff. Mariani had been issued a credit card for work expenses but an internal audit...

A 43-year-old man who fled across multiple states to avoid prosecution has been sentenced to three life sentences for sexually assaulting children in South Texas. Benjamin Alan Molodecki was found guilty on three counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child following trials in June 2026. Judge Janna Whatley imposed the maximum sentence for each offense – two counts in Live Oak County and one in Bee County. The case began in July 2020 when an arrest warrant was issued for Molodecki following allegations of child sexual abuse in Live Oak County. Rather than face the charges, he fled the...

The New York Knicks winning the NBA Finals was a tremendous accomplishment for the organization and its players, while also bringing a joyous end to the team's long championship drought for fans. It was also an excuse for those same fans to engage in some, well, typically New York behavior in the aftermath and celebrations. Particularly during the celebratory parade that went down the city's "Canyon of Heroes" corridor on June 18. Fans climbed atop cars, garbage trucks and just about any elevated surface for a better view. But nobody attracted more attention than a woman who spotted a Knicks-colored...

A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City’s Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident, The Post has learned. Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle...

Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is facing yet more scrutiny after archived social media posts surfaced containing graphic remarks, controversial political statements, and comments about military veterans. The posts, recovered from Platner’s former Reddit account and reviewed by multiple outlets, remained accessible through internet archives despite efforts to remove much of his online activity. Among the material drawing attention was a response Platner posted in 2014 to an online discussion asking users to share offensive jokes. Under the username P-Hustle, Platner responded to a Reddit prompt asking users to share “the most f*cked up, jaw-dropping, offensive joke you know?”...

More than 450 alleged fraudsters — including 90 doctors and medical professionals — were busted for bilking at least $6.5 billion in fake Medicare and Medicaid claims, with one greedy nurse splashing her ill-gotten gains on an $865,000 Bulgari necklace, $594,000 Ferrari and a $4.6 million Philippines beach resort, authorities said. The colossal crackdown, which spanned 45 US states and territories, was announced Tuesday by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who called it “the greatest combined federal and state effort combating health care fraud in history.” In total, 455 people were netted — including alleged con artists who blew the...

A gunman who allegedly obsessed over the Columbine school massacre before shooting two people dead in a Northern California library has been identified. Cops released a mug shot for Bradley Scott Sayer, 18, the morning after he was accused of bursting into Butte County Library and opening fire. The teenager had only just graduated from Chico High School, with a video from the day showing him looking miserable as he got his diploma before shaking his head as he walked off the stage. Sayer allegedly killed two people at the library late Monday and also left a child injured. Police...

Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico once lavished praise on a self-described “TransQueer, Latinx” activist theologian as a major source of inspiration for his left-wing philosophy. “When you started following me on Twitter, I couldn’t contain my inner fan boy, because I read your book last year and it continues to inspire me and y’all’s work continues to inspire me,” the state lawmaker told Roberto Henderson-Espinoza during a March 2021 podcast appearance. “I told you I was a boring, straight, cis white man, and I added ‘Presbyterian’ to spice it up,” Talarico added. “My imagination is also just limited by...

Two teachers were stabbed during an assault that involved students during dismissal at a Harford County elementary school Tuesday. Deputies responded to Roye-Williams Elementary School around 3:30 p.m. after a call for assistance from staff. Deputies arrived to find the two victims suffering from stabbing injuries. Evidence found at the scene was consistent with an attack. No students were hurt during the incident.

A Cazenovia man was arrested on Thursday following a joint investigation into explicit communications involving a child. The New York State Police arrested Travis Longo, 46, following a law enforcement referral received by the Troop D Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Oneida. Investigators determined that Longo allegedly engaged in a pattern of sexually explicit communications with a child under the age of 12. Longo faces four counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, which is a class A misdemeanor. The arrest was the result of a collaborative investigation conducted by members of the Troop D Bureau of Criminal Investigation,...

The sicko who raped a dead man for more than 30 minutes aboard a Manhattan subway last year will spend five years behind bars — after he sat speechless during his sentence Wednesday. Felix Rojas, 44, was slapped with prison time for the heinous assault and robbery of Jorge Gonzalez, 37, on an R train near the Whitehall Street station in April 2025. Gonzalez boarded the R train, lost consciousness and died on a bench inside the subway car nearly three hours before Rojas showed up and violated him. Rojas, of Brooklyn, first noticed Gonzalez was motionless, before deciding to...

A detransitioner revealed that as a teenager he was encouraged to keep using puberty blockers by a pediatric urologist who was later arrested for possessing child pornography. In a declaration submitted in the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) on Wednesday, Jonni Skinner recounts the time Dr. Bryan Sack told him that hormone therapy was not to blame for his reddening urine. The detransitioner went on to note that years later, in February, “Dr. Sack was arraigned on six felony charges related to possession of ‘child sexually abusive material.'” Skinner maintains that...

One of 15 Minnesotans charged with conspiring against ICE officers turned herself into officials Wednesday morning. Federal officials arrested most of the defendants Tuesday and they had their first appearance in court for efforts to “violently oppose immigration law enforcement." U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen had called the defendants yet to be detained "fugitives at-large." But one of them, Natasha Rakotz, denies the charges — and the label. “I think all of this is absolutely ridiculous. I am not a violent person. I've never been violent. I've never had trouble with the law,” she said. “The only thing I did was...

A homosexual who sexually and physically abused and murdered the baby boy he adopted with his partner was jailed for life without parole on Thursday. English high school teacher Jamie Varley, 37, was convicted on Monday of murder, two counts of assault by penetration, five counts of cruelty to a child, sexual assault of a child, and multiple accounts of related to child abuse material. John McGown-Fazakerley, his homosexual partner, was found guilty of two counts of child cruelty, the sexual assault of a child, and causing or allowing the death of a child. Varley told police that Preston Davey,...

A woke Colorado woman who stormed out of a local barbecue restaurant because it was playing the national anthem says she will never return. Autum Trayler, 24, filmed her horrified reaction to the patriotic tune blaring inside Mission BBQ in Arvada. 'I'm not doing none of this,' said Trayler in the June 9 clip, which racked up nearly 8,000 views on TikTok. 'Help me,' she whispered as she gestured to the camera with a fist and mimicked choking herself out of disgust. Trayler, of Denver, also wrote in her caption that she was not in a safe space and added...

A teacher who murdered and sexually abused a 13-month-old baby boy he was adopting was given a whole life order in prison today. Jamie Varley, 37, a former head of year, will die in jail for the killing of Preston Davey during sexual abuse in July 2023. His partner, 32-year-old sales manager John McGowan-Fazakerley, who was complicit in Preston's death, was sentenced to 25 years.

Denver Public Schools board members voted unanimously May 20 to dismiss a 50-year-old foreign language teacher following a district investigation and an independent review into student complaints about a class assignment. The board voted 7-0 after meeting in executive session to consider the firing of Jennifer Honka. Honka taught French Language and Culture at Northeast Early College for all of her eight years with the district. Officially, Honka was fired for incompetence and neglect of duty. There was no public debate among the board members prior to the vote. Honka's classroom instruction first came into question during the 2023-24 school...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 41-year-old mother of four pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to punching a Florida Highway Patrol trooper and kicking an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer and will now face sentencing. News4JAX tried to speak to Jennifer Cruz as she exited the courtroom, but she had no comment. Back in January, Cruz pleaded not guilty to the charge and despite arguments from federal prosecutors that Cruz posed a flight risk because of connections to Mexico, a federal judge ruled Monday that she can be released on an unsecured $50,000 bond -- meaning she won’t have to pay...