A Level 3 sex offender wanted in multiple rapes and sexual assaults in Boston and on the Boston University campus is in custody, Boston police said. Warrants for Edwin Fantauzzi, 33, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, were issued, charging him with rape, assault with intent to rape, and assault and battery. Police said he was arrested Wednesday.Sources … Read more
Police are seeking to locate a man wanted in connection with an assault investigation in Toronto. In a press release, Toronto police said, on May 13, a man allegedly assaulted a woman. Police said the man and woman were known to each other. Officers said the man was last seen in the Kingston Road and … Read more
Former Raiders player Curtis Scott has walked free from a Canberra court, cleared of an assault charge, after he punched a man at a city nightclub last year. Key points: Magistrate James Lawton found prosecutors had not proved Mr Scott was not acting out of self-defence Mr Scott had a history of PTSD and was … Read more
WARNING: Some details in this story may be disturbing to readers. Discretion is advised. More than 100 people braved the rain on Sunday to hold a rally and vehicle convoy in support of a 15-year-old Cloverdale girl who was brutally beaten in an assault filmed by her bullies. The event was organized by an online … Read more
Vancouver police are seeking witnesses to an apparent random assault on a 15-year-old boy in the Pacific Centre Mall. The incident, which took place shortly before noon on May 8, was captured on security video. Read more: Rash of unprovoked assaults spurs public forum in Vancouver In the video, the suspect can be seen approaching … Read more
Police are looking for a stranger who allegedly whacked a 22-year-old woman with a mop handle multiple times in a possible bias case in Brooklyn earlier this year. The attack happened in late March and though it’s not clear why police are just releasing the details now, they say the suspect is still at large. … Read more
A 54-year-old bodega worker on Staten Island was repeatedly bashed in the head with a glass bottle and choked unconscious by a robber who took $2,000 from the register and ran off, authorities said Wednesday. According to police, the attacker walked into the Victory Boulevard store around 5 a.m. Tuesday and started beating up the … Read more
Police are looking for two suspects who flashed guns and punched a 36-year-old food delivery worker, then stole the food and $5 before fleeing the Brooklyn scene over the weekend, authorities say. The victim was delivering food to a building on Lefferts Avenue around 9:20 p.m. Saturday when the two suspects cornered him in the … Read more
Canberra prosecutors have laid a new charge of sexual assault against a man already charged with knocking an 11-year-old girl off her bike as she rode home from school and strangling her until she was unconscious. Key points: Anthony Kenyon was arrested after he allegedly attacked an 11-year-old girl in Fadden Pines The court heard … Read more
Warning: The details of this story may be upsetting to some. This week, actor Amber Heard took the stand and tearfully told jurors that she knew she should leave Johnny Depp the first time he hit her, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. “I knew I couldn’t just forgive him, right, because that … Read more