POLK COUNTY, Fla. (TCN) — A high school football coach faces charges after allegedly making inappropriate sexual comments to teens, including to one victim he lured into a locker room under the guise of community service. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, on April 2, a parent reported “inappropriate conversations” Tyler Eden reportedly had with…
LAPEER, Mich. (TCN) — A man who escaped from custody while being transported from Montana to Michigan will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a woman at her relatives’ home. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office announced that a judge sentenced 44-year-old Chadwick Mobley on April 15 to life in prison without the possibility of…
In this episode of “True Crime News,” Chris Coleman had a busy job as the bodyguard for a famous televangelist, but it turns out he committed more than one sin — including murder. Plus, a new mom goes missing and is presumed dead after she tried to get away from her controlling boyfriend. © True…
In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Eric Faddis joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss evidence in Bryan Kohberger’s case that could suggest a second suspect in the University of Idaho slayings, key differences in Karen Read’s retrial after jury selection, and…
SUMTER, S.C. (TCN) — An elderly man stands accused of fatally shooting his wife before entering his neighbor’s residence and killing a young child. According to the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office, on the night of Wednesday, April 16, 80-year-old Reuben Leonard allegedly went into a home on Floyd Drive, opened fire, and fatally shot his 11-year-old…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ohio (TCN) — A 35-year-old man is accused of locking a toddler with special needs in a bedroom and leaving the child alone for hours. According to the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office, on April 8, Joshua Merz allegedly left a 2-year-old child alone for at least seven hours while he went to work. A…
In this episode of “True Crime News,” Shakeia Allen’s boyfriend, Amir Johnson, was caught on camera fatally shooting her in her apartment parking lot. Johnson fled the area following the cold-blooded killing, and Allen’s family wants information about his whereabouts so they can finally get justice. Plus, Dawn Bennett ran a sophisticated Ponzi scheme that…
EL PASO, Texas (TCN) — A 39-year-old man is in custody for allegedly killing his father, disemboweling him, and stealing his car. On April 12, El Paso Police Department officers went to a home on the 11700 block of Ronald McNair Drive for an unattended death situation and found 74-year-old Victor Gerado Contreras deceased. The Crimes Against Persons…
SARASOTA, Fla. (TCN) — A man currently serving time in an Oregon prison for sexually abusing a young girl is facing charges in Florida for allegedly plotting while behind bars to kill the victim and her family to make the charges against him disappear. In November 2023, a Multnomah County jury convicted Leland Harper of multiple crimes, including…
ST. MARYS, Ga. (TCN) — Two men will spend the rest of their lives behind bars for kidnapping, torturing, and killing a 29-year-old homeless man in a remote area known locally as “Gilligan’s Island.” The Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office announced April 16 that a jury found 56-year-old Frank Kennedy and 29-year-old Anthony Mistretta guilty of…
