QUEENS-Alexander Figueroa, shot and killed the mother of his two children, Giummia Villa at her job at a pharmacy with a bouquet of flowers before killing himself, police say. The New York Daily News reports: Villa, 32, was at the register at Crescent Chemists on 34th Ave. in Long Island City when Figueroa, 38, walked […]
Miami – Three children were hospitalized Tuesday, just days after they became the victims of a violent murder-suicide that claimed the life of their mother at the hands of her boyfriend, Mark Glinton. Family members said Quentin Jack, 13, who was shot twice and is paralyzed from the chest down, jumped in the way as […]
Nebraska (TheSmokingGun)–Tressa Amerson a 19-year-old woman from Lincoln, Nebraska is being charged with domestic assault after her boyfriend, Ronald Miner, claimed that she attempted to cut a tattoo off his neck that had her name. Miner said Amerson “grabbed a knife and attempted to cut the tattoo of her name off his neck.” A cop […]
Krystal Gardner, a woman in Farmington, Michigan is accusing Westland police of physically abusing her while she was in jail. The Grio reports: Krystal Gardner is suing two male officers and the Westland Police Department, for $2 million over the assault she alleges happened Aug. 18. The 25-year-old Wayne woman was in custody after being […]
October is recognized as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month”. It can happen to anyone, yet the problem is often overlooked, excused, or denied. This is especially true when the abuse is psychological, rather than physical. Emotional abuse is often minimized, yet it can leave deep and lasting scars. Noticing and acknowledging the warning signs and symptoms […]
Mario, the Baltimore born R&B song famous for his songs “Just A Friend” and “Braid My Hair” was arrested for assaulting his mom in the Baltimore apartment they share, according to The Baltimore Sun. There are few details at the moment, but court records show Mario — whose full name is Mario Dewar Bennett — […]
TMZ has the court documents regarding the domestic violence allegations that Floyd Mayweather Jr’s ex-girlfriend and the mother of his three children. Josie Harris went to court yesterday and filed a request for a restraining order against Mayweather — and in the docs she states that Floyd came into her Las Vegas home Thursday morning […]
From NYTimes.com: The retired judge investigating Gov. David A. Paterson’s intervention in a domestic violence case involving a former top aide will not recommend any charges against the governor, according to a person with knowledge of the case.
