Woman in Pet Torture Case Held on $100K Bail
A judge has ordered a New York woman involved in a pet torture case to be held on a bail of one hundred thousand dollars. Prosecutors showed evidence that some of the forty-two dead animals in her back yard had been tortured before being killed. Some of the animals had duct tape around their mouths, [...]
Woman Says She Lied About Being Tortured by Whites
An African-American woman who was at the center of a torture case in 2007 says she lied about being a victim. The case raised many questions about racism in West Virginia at the time. Attorney Byron L. Potts said that Megan Williams will be attending a Wednesday afternoon news conference, during which Potts and Williams [...]
Mom Charged with Locking Teenage Son in Closet
The mother of a fourteen-year-old boy in Oklahoma has been charged with twenty-nine counts of child abuse for illegally torturing and imprisoning her son. The boy says that he was repeatedly locked in apartment closets over the course of four years. Prosecutors also allege that LaRhonda McCall, thirty-seven, and her friend Steve Hamilton, thirty-eight, repeatedly [...]