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Caregiver accused of stealing $37K worth of jewelry from 83-year-old woman

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  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Memphis caregiver is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry from her elderly patient. Jasmine Durham , 32, is charged with felony property theft and financial exploitation of an elderly or vulnerable person . On December 12, 2025, the Memphis Police Department responded to a call about expensive jewelry that disappeared from the apartment of an 83-year-old woman living at Trezevant Manor Assisted Living Facility on Highland Street . The woman told police that she requires a caregiver due to her declining health. The woman’s family hired Durham as her caregiver on September 19, 2025. The victim told police that during Durham’s nearly three-month tenure, seven pieces of jewelry valued at $37,857 came up missing. Two weeks after the police were called, an investigator discovered via online records that Durham had pawned rings in late October. Investigators later learned that she sold several pieces of jewelry to local pawn sho...

Wisconsin dad threw 8-month-old baby at wall in rage because he was losing video game

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  A Wisconsin dad has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars after he admitted to throwing his 8-month-old son against a wall because he was losing at a video game. Jalin A. White, 22, pleaded guilty to one count each of physical abuse of a child and neglecting a child on Monday as part of a plea agreement in relation to the incident, which happened last year. On November 5, 2024, Milwaukee police officers and detectives responded to Children's Wisconsin Hospital to investigate a child abuse complaint. Earlier that day, White had been watching his son in a room he and the baby's mother rented in her parents' house, according to a criminal complaint. The father and baby were alone in the room, and the baby was in good health when the mother left to buy some marijuana, authorities said. It comes after  a disturbed mom pushed her son on a swing for 44 HOURS until he died . When White's son's mom returned home, she found the baby boy in his playpen "makin...

‘It was good’: Kentucky man shoots woman after she confronted him about eating her kids’ snacks

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  A dispute over food took a violent turn last weekend, leaving a woman hospitalized with a gunshot wound and a 57-year-old man behind bars. Kenneth Beals remains in custody at the Louisville Metropolitan Detention Center following his arrest Sunday. He faces charges of second-degree assault and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon after Louisville Metropolitan Police say he shot a woman who confronted him for eating snacks she had purchased for her children. According to the arrest report, officers were called to the University of Louisville Hospital around 7:00 p.m. Sunday, where the victim had arrived with a gunshot wound to her left arm. She told investigators the altercation began at a residence earlier that evening when her aunt witnessed Beals eating the food intended for the victim's kids. When the woman crossed paths with Beals as he was leaving the home, she asked him about the missing food. Police say Beals’ response was blunt. "Yes, I ate your snack, ...