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Jesse Stone Sexually Assaults 91 YR Old Woman

Jesse Stone is a rapist from Florid who would plead guilty to the sexual assault of a ninety one year old woman

According to court documents Jesse Stone, who was fourteen years old at the time of the attack, would break into the home of a ninety one year old woman who he would attack and sexually assault after she caught him sneaking around her home late at night

Jesse Stone would ultimately be arrested and plead guilty to one count each of sexual assault by someone under 18 years toward a victim over the age of 12 and burglary of a dwelling with battery

Jesse Stone was tried as an adult and faces decades in prison when sentenced in December 2024

Jesse Stone Case

A teenage boy in Florida admittedly sexually assaulted a 91-year-old woman earlier this year, court records filed this week show

Jesse Stone, 14, broke into the home of the nonagenarian victim over the summer, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman woke up around midnight and saw someone “sneaking through her home,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

Then, the adolescent criminal brutally attacked his victim.

“In a cruel act of violence, she was beaten and sexually battered,” Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods said at the time.

The incident occurred on June 9, near the town of Reddick — a tiny town some 90 miles northwest of Orlando.

In the immediate aftermath of the shocking incident, law enforcement offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

By June 17, the assailant was in custody.

The sheriff offered a lengthy statement taking stock of the case:

I told everyone last week that we would find the person responsible, and we have. I’m very proud of the hard work that my detectives and forensics team have done on this case to bring about a quick closure. This type of unimaginable violence is still shocking to me after all of my years in law enforcement. The Reddick community has shown its resilience and support for us and their community through all of this. I also want to thank all of the citizens that sent in tips and leads in this case. It came as a shock that any individual would commit such an act on a 91-year-old, but it is truly disturbing when we see the young age of the arrestee. Although I firmly believe he should be held accountable for his crime, as a father, my compassion goes out to his family. Hopefully his arrest will lead to getting him help that prevents any further such acts.

A neighbor of the victim provided law enforcement with videos of Stone, the sheriff’s office said, according to Tampa-based NBC affiliate WFLA. Then, the neighbor saw the teenager riding his bike — wearing the same clothes he had on the night of the attack.

Investigators said they used DNA evidence and results from a rape kit to confirm Stone was, in fact, the culprit responsible for the crime.

“It’s a very meticulous, tedious process, but a lot of agencies don’t have that resource,” Marion County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Paul Bloom told the TV station. “A lot of their DNA is sent off and the results take a long time. We don’t want that. We don’t want time with this person out there to potentially attack another victim.”

During a subsequent interview with law enforcement, Stone allegedly admitted to breaking in, punching, and groping the woman.

The teenager was charged as an adult with one count each of sexual assault by someone under 18 years toward a victim over the age of 12 and burglary of a dwelling with battery, court records show.

He originally pleaded not guilty — but changed his plea on Nov. 7 before Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Lisa Herndon.

Stone’s sentencing hearing is slated for Dec. 19.

Jesse Stone Sentencing

A 14-year-old boy accused of attacking and raping a 91-year-old woman in her bed has received a lengthy prison sentence in Florida. Jesse Stone was prosecuted as an adult and sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges of sexual battery and burglary of a dwelling with battery on Feb. 7, according to records filed in Marion County

Stone’s attorney declined to comment on the case to McClatchy News. The home invasion and rape of the 91-year-old shook the small town of Reddick, with a population of fewer than 500 people, and Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the attacker. To many people’s surprise, the accused perpetrator was 14. The evening of June 8, the woman reported she woke up to see a “dark shadow” hunched over and coming down the hall toward her bedroom, according to an arrest affidavit filed in Marion County.

Then the person jumped on her in bed, and she tried to fight him as he repeatedly punched her in the face, McClatchy News reported. She said she prayed to God for help, but her attacker told her to shut up before he tore off her underwear and sexually assaulted her, according to deputies. He eventually ran out of the house, leaving the woman with no clear description of her attacker in the dark, deputies said. When investigators arrived at a hospital to interview her, they said they found her in a cervical collar with bruises on her arms and her face, which was still bloody.

The woman said the day before the attack, a “neighborhood youth,” later identified as Jesse Stone, stopped by and had a conversation with her, deputies said. She described him as a “good” boy and said it had been awhile since he had come by, according to the report. Law enforcement began canvassing the area the day after the incident when Stone rode up to them on his bike and said his neighbor had something to show them, deputies said. On the neighbor’s surveillance video from the night of the break-in, a person is seen jogging wearing clothes similar to the ones Jesse Stone was wearing when he approached the deputies, according to investigators. They got permission from Stone’s grandmother, who was his guardian, to take DNA swabs, which came back as a match for DNA found on the woman’s underwear, deputies said.

He was taken into custody at his high school and told investigators he had entered the woman’s home and watched pornography on her iPad, then he assaulted her in the bedroom, deputies said. Jesse Stone initially pleaded not guilty to the charges before changing his plea in November, records show. He turned 15 in December. His attorney, Jonathan Mills, urged the judge for leniency, WOFL reported. “Mr. Stone had no criminal history,” the attorney said, according to the outlet. “His brain was nowhere near fully developed … and is still probably 10 years off from that being the case.”

According to Stone’s family and his attorney, the teen had a difficult upbringing without his parents’ involvement, and he developed a pornography addiction, WFTV reported. Reddick is about a 14-mile drive north from Ocala.

Brianna Moore Murders Newborn

Brianna Moore is an alleged teen killer from Florida who has been charged with the murder of her newborn

According to police reports Brianna Moore gave birth on the campus of the University of Tampa and would then dispose of the newborn. Her roommates would call campus security and report that they had heard a baby crying. When security showed up they reported finding blood in the bathroom however Brianna would tell them that it was from her period

The next day the discovery of a newborn in a trash bag would be discovered and reported to police. Brianna Moore would tell police that she did not know she was pregnant when she suddenly gave birth to the newborn. She claimed the newborn cried once then went quiet and when she checked for a pulse several minutes later she did not find one and disposed of the newborn

An autopsy of the newborn would reveal several cracked ribs and a lung hemorrhage. Brianna Moore would tell police she held the newborn tightly until it stopped crying.

Brianna Moore would be charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, child neglect with great bodily harm, failure to report a death, and unlawful storage and preservation of human remains

Brianna Moore News

The former University of Tampa student accused of killing her newborn child will be able to leave jail if she posts bonds of $262,500, a judge decided Friday.

After an hourlong court hearing, Hillsborough Chief Judge Christopher Sabella denied a request from prosecutors that Brianna L. Moore be held in jail while she awaits trial.

While noting that Moore is accused of a dangerous crime, the judge found that the state had not proven that she poses a danger to the community or that she was a flight risk.

“This is a very difficult case,” Sabella said. “It’s difficult because of how sad this case is and how egregious this case is.”

The judge ordered that if Moore bonds out of jail, she must remain in Hillsborough County while she awaits trial. She must wear a GPS ankle monitor so authorities can track her movements

A prosecutor mentioned that the 19-year-old was expelled from the university after the baby’s death in April, but a university spokesperson later clarified that she wasn’t expelled, but did not reenroll. Although she lives in Mississippi and has no ties to Tampa, the judge said her defense can ask permission from a different judge for her to return home

She is accused of aggravated manslaughter and other charges related to the baby girl’s death.

Brianna Moore shuffled into court with chains at her wrists and ankles, her long hair draping a red uniform emblazoned with the words “Hillsborough County Jail.” She gazed down through eyeglasses, avoiding the attention of news cameras as sheriff’s deputies escorted her to a defense table.

She sat quietly beside a public defender as Assistant State Attorney Lindsey Hodges presented testimony from Tampa police Detective Juan Ramos about the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s birth and death.

Brianna Moore attended the university on a biology scholarship. She lived at the time in a room in McKay Hall, with a view of downtown Tampa and the Hillsborough River. She shared her room with another student. They shared a bathroom with two other young women in an adjacent room.

Campus security officers came to the dorm the afternoon of April 27. The three women all reported that they’d heard what sounded like a baby crying in their bathroom between 7 and 9 a.m. At least one of the women said she wasn’t sure if the noise was something she heard in a dream. Someone else said they wondered if it was noise from a video or social media post being played.

“That baby was born alive,” Hodges told the judge. “That baby was breathing. She cried loud enough and long enough for the suite mates and roommates to be awoken by it.”

One of the women got up at about 8 a.m. to get ready for work, court records state. She tried twice to get in the bathroom, but the door was locked. The second time, she heard Moore call out “sorry.”

Shortly thereafter, Moore’s roommate went into the bathroom and saw blood on the floor. The sight was so alarming she took a video of it and sent it to their suite mates.

Two of the women would tell campus security officers that they had suspected for two or three months that Brianna Moore might be pregnant, according to court records. Her roommate sent Moore a text message, asking if she was OK. Moore replied that she was just having a heavy menstruation, the records state, and “wasn’t feeling good this morning.”

They told campus police they were concerned a baby might have been born. Officers searched the area around McKay Hall but found nothing.

The next day, Moore’s roommate was with a friend in the dorm room when they noticed a bloody towel in a trash can, the records state. The friend used a Styrofoam container to touch the towel and felt something hard inside it. The friend then removed the trash bag from the can and brought it outside to look for campus security.

When officers arrived, they opened the bag and found the newborn dead.

Tampa police later interviewed Brianna Moore. She admitted she’d lied to the security officers the previous day, according to court records. She described the child’s birth in detail, the records state. She said she woke up feeling unwell, went to the bathroom and was surprised to find that she was pregnant and in labor. She said she may have been in denial.

She delivered the baby on the bathroom floor. She told detectives she cut the umbilical cord with one of her fingernails.

As the baby cried, she held her tight against her chest, the records state. When the crying stopped, she said she placed the child on a towel.

She took a shower and afterward touched the baby’s chest. She felt no heartbeat. She washed the child, then wrapped her in a towel. She went back into her room, laid the bundle on the floor and went to sleep.

About an hour later, she got up and checked the baby again. She rewrapped her body and placed it in the trash.

A medical examiner found the child had multiple rib fractures along her spine, according to court records. Her cause of death was deemed to be asphyxia. The manner of death was homicide.

In court, Ramos said it would have taken between 45 seconds and four minutes for the baby to die. He said Moore was inconsistent about how long she said she held the child.

Brianna Moore was arrested Oct. 18 in Mississippi and was extradited to Tampa this week.

A future court date has not been set.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/crime/2024/11/01/university-of-tampa-baby-death-arrest-brianna-moore-ut

Channel Yonko Murders Toddler In Texas

Channel Yonko is an accused killer from Texas who is charged with capital murder of her seventeen month old daughter Hannah Yonko

According to police reports officers were called to a disturbing scene outside of a hotel in Galveston Texas where they would find seventeen month old Hannah Yonko on the sidewalk. The little girl was rushed to the hospital where she would pass from her injuries

Police would soon learn that the child was allegedly thrown from the third floor balcony of the Beachfront Palms Hotel by her mother Channel Yonko. Surveillance cameras would capture the moment Hannah Yonko fell from the balcony

The sister of Channel Yonko would tell police that her sister was pushing a stroller however Hannah did not appear to be in it

An immediate examination of Hannah Yonko would show injuries consistent from a fall and also a number of puncture wounds to the seventeen month’s old back

Police would find a garbage bag containing a hotel key and a knife nearby

Channel Yonko would be arrested and has been charged with capital murder

Channel Yonko News

Galveston homicide detectives returned to a hotel Thursday as they continued their investigation into the death of 17-month-old Hannah Yonko.

Channel Yonko, 30, of Houston, remains jailed without bond on capital murder charges in her daughter’s death.

Court documents reveal heartbreaking new details about the final hours of the toddler found on 59th Street next to the Kroger on Seawall Boulevard Wednesday morning. When officers arrived, they found Hannah unresponsive and bleeding. She died at the hospital.

According to the Galveston Police Department, Yonko intentionally threw her daughter from the third-floor balcony of the Beachfront Palms Hotel. Surveillance video from the Beachfront Palms Hotel captured the moment the baby could be seen falling.

Investigators say Hannah had injuries consistent with a fall and several puncture wounds in her back. A trash bag containing a knife and hotel room key were found nearby. The bag found in the hotel’s parking garage also contained plastic sand toys, unused diapers, and unopened kids’ snacks.

“This is a horrible crime. All children deserve to feel safe when around loved ones, especially with their own mother,” GPD Chief Doug Balli said. “The Galveston Police Department is committed to bringing justice for Hannah and ensuring the safety of all children in our community.”

Investigators said they interviewed the suspect’s sister at the police department. She told them that she, her sister and her niece were sharing a room at The Beachfront Palms Hotel.

The sister told investigators that Channel Yonko had come to Galveston to visit her. On Wednesday morning, they began checking out of the motel. The sister left to meet her fiancé at The Victorian Hotel and left her sister and niece at the Beachfront Palms Hotel.

The sister said Channel Yonko eventually showed up at The Victorian pushing a stroller. The sister told them she didn’t see Hannah in the stroller, but had no reason to believe she was not in it.

The sister told Channel Yonko that she could not find her fiancé and that they should just go back to their hotel room to pick up their luggage. That is when Channel Yonko told her not to go back to their room.

Balli said witnesses and surveillance video led them to quickly identify Yonko as the suspect. She was arrested at a nearby restaurant.

We’ve learned Yonko has a history with the Department of Department of Family and Protective Services, which investigates child abuse and neglect cases. They couldn’t release any details.

Strangers gathered Wednesday night at a vigil for the pretty baby girl with the big brown eyes.

On Thursday, a memorial filled with stuffed animals, flowers and candles continued to grow near the scene where Hannah was found.

Michael and Katie Harris felt compelled to stop and pray for the child.

“We know this baby girl went to heaven, Lord,” Michael said as the couple prayed. “We just want to pray over this child, Lord – and honestly praying for her mother.”

They don’t understand how an innocent child could die such a horrible death.

“I just can’t imagine – like, I don’t know man – just feel really sorry for the baby,” Michael told us.

Neil Debran, of Texas City, also stopped to pay tribute to Hannah.

“At my age, I’ve seen things like this happen before, but for some reason, this one didn’t sit right with me,” he said. “I figured I’d come down and pay my respects, you know?”

Pediatric nurse Jasmin Hernandez told us Hannah was on her mind all night at work.

“I see stories like this, cases like this all the time,” she said.

The memorial was her first stop after clocking out.

“Put some flowers there and a little doll there just so she knows that we all love her,” Hernandez said.

Another woman who stopped by appeared to be a family member, but she declined an interview.

https://www.khou.com/article/news/crime/baby-found-in-galveston-texas-kroger-seawall-boulevard/285-c87abc1f-fe2b-42a1-bcd0-447237fb5352

Seth South Murders 2 Brothers

Seth South is an accused killer from Washington State who has been charged with the murders of his two stepbrothers

According to police reports 911 received a phone call from Seth South saying that one of his stepbrothers had slit his own throat. Before the operator could get more details the phone call went silent with fighting heard in the background

When officers arrived at the scene they would find the bodies of Sebastian and Scotty Bass, aged just 16 and 17 years old. Seth South was not in the home.

After interviewing family members one of them would tell officers that Seth South had admitted to killing the two teens

When officers went to arrest Seth South he would be taken taken into custody however once at the station South would attack a detective and attempted to escape

Seth South has been charged with two counts of murder and once count of third degree assault

Seth South News

A Washington man is accused of killing his half-brothers inside a home before allegedly attacking a sheriff’s detective after being apprehended.

Seth South is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and one count of third-degree assault, according to a Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post.

South allegedly called 911 on Wednesday, Oct. 9, and told the dispatcher that his half-brother had slit his own throat, according to charging documents obtained by KIRO, Fox 13 and the Kitsap Sun.

A dispatcher reportedly told police that the phone went silent before fighting was heard, according to the documents.

When deputies arrived at the home, they found two “young adult” victims who had been killed, the sheriff’s office said in its Facebook post. A warrant for South’s arrest was subsequently obtained.

The reported documents allege that detectives interviewed South’s family members, one of whom alleged that South had admitted to killing “the boys,” according to KIRO, Fox 13 and the Sun.

Kitsap County officials confirmed in their Facebook post that South was related to the victims, but did not identify the victims. The reported documents said South was the victims’ half-brother.

South was arrested by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. Body camera footage of the arrest viewed by PEOPLE shows a brief standoff before deputies pulled South out of his vehicle and cuffed him on the ground.

When South was brought in to be interviewed by Kitsap County detectives, Pierce County authorities alleged in a Facebook post he assaulted a detective who tried to re-handcuff him. Pierce County authorities said the detective was injured and the interview room was damaged in the alleged “attempt to escape custody,” leading to the assault charge.

According to the reported charging documents, police found blood inside South’s vehicle.

It is not immediately clear if South has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

https://people.com/washington-man-accused-murdering-two-brothers-8727061

Torilena Fields Charged In Cannibal Case

Torilena Fields is a woman from Kentucky who has been charged in a gruesome case

According to police reports officers would go to a home in Robertson County Kentucky when maintenance workers made a gruesome discovery in the backyard which consisted of pile of hair, a bloody mattress, and drag marks. When the workers continued to look around they would find human remains

When they called the police arrived at the residence Torilena Fields refused to come out. Eventually with the use of tear gas and a police robot the woman would be extradited from the house

When officers entered the home they would find body parts cooking on the stove

So far Torilena Fields has been charged with obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.

It is believed that the body found in the backyard is that of Torilena Fields mother.

Torilena Fields News

Torilena Fields, 32, stands accused of one count each of obstructing governmental operations, tampering with physical evidence, and abuse of corpse, according to Bourbon County jail records.

Law enforcement says multiple indices of occult practices came up during the so-far brief investigation into the macabre crime scene.

Early Wednesday afternoon, maintenance workers arrived at a residence on Brierly Ridge Road in Robertson County, Kentucky, to “work on a building for the property owner,” according to a citation obtained by Cincinnati-based NBC affiliate WLWT.

After receiving no response at the front door, the workers walked around toward the back of the residence, according to a police release cited by Cincinnati-based ABC affiliate WCPO. There, they allegedly found a pile of hair, a bloody mattress, and drag marks. Then, they followed upset grass until making an even more grim discovery.

At around 12:26 p.m., one maintenance worker called 911 after allegedly finding human remains behind the house — presumably those that belonged to the owner of the house. Kansas State Police arrived and found what the document terms a “dismembered body.”

Along with those human remains, state troopers allegedly found a “blood-stained mattress” as well as tell-tale “blood on the back porch” and on the “threshold of the back door,” according to the citation. Additionally, investigators said they found a blood-stained stick near the back porch — and another bloody mattress there.

State troopers also described “drag marks” in the grass — starting from the residence and ending where the body had been dumped.

The workers said Wednesday was at least the second time they had visited the property owned by Trudy Fields this week.

The maintenance men said he had been to the Fields property the day before where they encountered the defendant “casting spells on them and being confrontational,” according to the citation.

A special response team eventually arrived at the residence and attempted to extricate Torilena Fields. The younger woman allegedly refused — leading to a lengthy standoff that only dissipated at around 11 p.m. after the use of tear gas and a police robot, authorities said.

Troopers wrote in the citation that when the defendant finally left the house, she “appeared to have blood on her face, hands and clothing.”

“This is going to be a long night for our guys,” Kentucky State Police Trooper David Jones told Lexington-based Fox affiliate WDKY.

Inside, the crime scene was revealed to be even more gruesome.

The victim’s body had its arms, legs and head removed with the torso and spine “severed in half and the organs removed,” according to the citation. Investigators also said they found body parts that “appeared to have been cooked” in a steel pot inside the oven.

“The pot was still warm to the touch,” the citation reads.

A spokesperson for the Kentucky State Police told Law&Crime the agency would be confirming the identity of the victim on Friday morning following an autopsy.

The defendant is currently being detained at the Bourbon County Detention Center without bond.

State police said additional charges could be filed pending the results of the ongoing investigation.

‘Casting spells on them’: Woman arrested after body parts ‘cooked’ in a steel pot and dismembered human remains allegedly found spread throughout home