Assault

The suspect, Logan Smith, 18, confessed that he intended to kill his victim for sexual satisfaction after being exposed to several movies, including “Scream,” which portrays very violent acts of murder and other homicidal scenes, according to police.

A former cop and firefighter serving southern West Virginia may be hit with a life sentence after he was indicted on several offenses, including using a dead paramedic’s name to groom a 16-year-old underage girl while at a memorial service last year.

An Egyptian woman reportedly offered a divorce and pleaded for her alleged drug-addicted husband to spare her life before she was mercilessly beheaded and slaughtered in their family home in Dubai. 

Two women in Florida have been arrested on Monday after they broke into a man's house and glitter-bombed him multiple times, with police scratching their heads as to why.

An Inkster, Michigan woman has been arraigned on child abuse and intent to murder raps after allegedly slitting her children’s throats with a knife in a gruesome New Year’s Day attack.

A DoorDash delivery person in California pleaded no contest to an assault case after he threatened to kill a store clerk who asked him to put his mask on properly.

Police nabbed a deranged Utah man, who is accused of staging a hostage drama, where he held a woman captive for several weeks in sheer desperation to force her to fall in love with him. 

Marlaina Lucas from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was arrested on Monday after she emptied a bottle of bleach on an 11-year-old's face and then assaulted the girl's mother by punching her in the head.

Sex offender Darryl Phelps, who was recently paroled after spending 23 years in prison for attempted rape, was arrested on Wednesday for raping and assaulting a woman in a construction site in New York.

An ex-deputy has been charged in connection with several instances of alleged child sexual assault, including telling an 8-year-old abuse victim that the boy "could be a pornstar someday."

A 19-year-old Bloomington man, who eluded jail for some time after attacking a 13-year-old girl when he was 17, has been accused of trying to get a cellmate to torture, disable, and kill 14 people, including his victim's parents. 

Three teenagers from Texas were arrested on Friday after they were linked to the brutal assault of 16-year-old Cole Hagan, who ended up in the ICU after being found beaten on the street and bleeding from his ears.

A Utah man, who allegedly held his wife captive, tortured, and raped her in their home, is also accused of the gruesome murder of his 99-year-old grandmother, according to charging documents filed Wednesday.

Johnny Martinez, a man who works for a Nashville parking company, found himself assaulted on Monday by a man who racially profiled him for being in the parking space.

A convicted killer serving a 100-year sentence at Montana State Prison for the murder of his wife in 1983 has confessed to the killing of a 19-year-old Helena woman in 1968, the Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Friday.

A new police bodycam video was released showing Atlanta Braves player Marcell Ozuna choking his wife minutes before his arrest on May 29.

A Gwinnett County mother is facing increased charges for the murder of her autistic 8-year-old daughter after police found her lifeless body in DeKalb County days after her reported disappearance.

The video footage of the violent assault shows Zac Stacy hitting Kristin Evans on the head and throwing her across the room.

Former NFL player Zac Stacy is facing charges for assaulting his ex-girlfriend in front of his son. The attack was captured on video with the female victim seeking a restraining order from the court for her and child's safety.

Frank Towers, a 44-year-old man from Minneapolis, has been arrested at an airport after threatening to kill TSA agents and attempting to assault them. He was caught on camera later masturbating in the airport.

A New Jersey mother has been arrested last week amid allegations she subjected her 14-year-old daughter to years of recurring abuse. The revelations came after the child ran away from home.

Michigan State Senator John Bizon is being charged with misdemeanor assault on Monday after he allegedly touched a nurse practitioner inappropriately.

A serial rapist was thrown to jail facing a slew of charges after police uncovered that he held a woman against her will since Nov. 1, torturing her in increasingly deranged ways, including forcing her to drink WD-40, a chemical that removes rust and penetrates oil. 

Gabriela Casarez, a foster mother in Los Angeles, has been arrested on Friday for child abuse and assault after beating her foster child so much that he went into a coma.

A Washington state father is facing murder charges after being accused of killing his juvenile daughter's boyfriend amid speculations the man sold her to a sex trafficking ring for $1,000.

An Indiana woman is behind bars facing a slew of felony charges after an alleged threesome set up on a dating app turned into the horrific rape and murder of her two victims, one of whom was declared “deceased and beyond help” after being brutally beaten to death.

A Texas nurse has been convicted on capital murder charges on Tuesday following the death of four patients he had intentionally injected with air after their respective heart surgeries. The conviction came more than three years following his arrest.

A Vermont man may rot in jail for life after admitting he paid for the services of a Venezuelan woman, instructing her to kidnap a "slave” and take a sick video of the victim while he was being beaten, tortured, and suffocated to death.

Genie Exum, a 22-year-old Instagram model, has been arrested on Monday after she knifed her boyfriend in the back and arm, causing him to bleed out before being taken to a hospital.

An Indian man reportedly brutally assaulted his wife, son, and mother-in-law for serving him a smaller piece of fish for dinner.