Domestic violence survivors and their pets now have added protections in Florida thanks to the passage of a new bill.
Crime rates decrease in Mid-Michigan with one exception
“Overall, when it comes to violent crime, we’ve kind of noticed a decrease in violent crime overall; however our domestic assaults and violence relating to couples, we’ve seen a little bit of a surge,” said Lansing Police Chief Daryl Green.
Texas Hospital Child Abuse Cases Rise In COVID-19 Outbreak
Doctors at a children’s hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, have sounded the alarm over concerns about a rise in alleged child abuse cases amid the coronavirus outbreak.
“We also saw similar types of things happen during the recession where, in our trauma department, the most common cause of trauma death in children was motor vehicle collisions. During the recession, that changed to abusive head trauma, and I don’t want to see that again,” Coffman noted.
Column: Trapped at home: Coronavirus could be disastrous for domestic violence victims
Where can they go in the age of coronavirus?
Man ‘filmed himself beating his girlfriend to death’ and then called an Uber to take her to hospital
According to a cell phone video obtained through police warrants, Nicholas Forman, 23, from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, could be seen beating his girlfriend Sabrina Harooni, 22, on his lawn, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Woman Found Stabbed To Death In Simi Valley Apartment, Man Arrested
A woman was stabbed to death and her mother was wounded Thursday morning after a possible domestic dispute in a Simi Valley apartment.
Mom found guilty of murdering boyfriend seeks lighter sentence under new law
In a matter of weeks, Poughkeepsie mom Nikki Addimando could become the first person in New York state to receive a lighter murder sentence under a new law that shields survivors of domestic abuse.
In April, a jury found Addimando guilty of second-degree murder of 29-year-old Christopher Grover — her live-in boyfriend and the father of her two children.
NSW man charged after death of unborn baby
A man has been charged with multiple domestic violence offences following the alleged assault of his pregnant teenage partner and the death of her unborn baby in NSW’s central west.
Police were called to Orange Health Service on Tuesday after a 19-year-old woman – who was 21 weeks pregnant – had allegedly been assaulted and lost her baby.
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer says she’s never been sexually assaulted ‘because I would never put myself in that position’
The lead defense attorney in Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault trial said in an interview that she has never been sexually assaulted “because I would never put myself in that position.”
A group of ‘furries’ stopped a domestic violence assault and helped police make the arrest
Several members attending a furry convention in California on Friday helped restrain a man who was assaulting his girlfriend until police arrested him, according to officials.
Robbie Magasiva posts cryptic photo about brother, Pua, who abused his wife before killing himself
The brother of Power Rangers star Pua Magasiva who died in a suspected suicide a month after he was sentenced for abusing his wife has broken his silence. Wentworth actor Robbie Magasiva posted a cryptic Instagram post about his brother on Tuesday.
Mum almost killed by online date in a vicious baseball bat attack when she broke up with him
A single mum has revealed how she required 52 surgeries after her skull was brutally belted by her ex with a baseball bat up to 50 times in a new anti-domestic violence campaign.
Woman accused of boyfriend’s murder had bite on her nose previously, court told
Inga Ozolina has pleaded not guilty to murdering Audrius Pukas, claiming self defence.
Defence witness describes ‘lovebirds’ at Beckett murder trial
The final defence witness for a former New Zealand politician accused of drowning his Canadian wife while on a B.C. vacation in 2010 described the couple on Monday as “lovebirds” and the alleged victim as a troubled woman hesitant to accept help.
