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Sheborah Thomas Gets 40 Years For Killing 2 Kids

Sheborah Thomas is a woman from Texas who was just sentenced to forty years in prison for the murders of her two children. According to court documents Sheborah Thomas would drown her two children, 5-year-old daughter Kayiana Thomas and 7-year-old son, Araylon “Ray Ray” Thomas. After killing her two children Sheborah Thomas would hide the bodies underneath her neighbors home. Sheborah Thomas would tell a friend that she killed her children and had to leave town. After the friend would learn where the bodies were located the police were called and Sheborah Thomas would be arrested

After seven years in jail Sheborah Thomas would eventually plead guilty to two counts of murder and would be sentenced to forty years in prison.

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A Houston, Texas mother pleaded guilty on Monday to drowning her two children in 2016, in exchange for 40 years in prison.

Harris County district attorney Kim Ogg announced the plea agreement made with Sheborah Latrice Thomas on Tuesday, nearly seven years after the crime occurred.

Sheborah Latrice Thomas pleaded guilty on Monday to drowning her two kids, Kayiana and Araylon Thomas, in 2016. (Harris County and FOX 26 Houston )

“This mother knew what she was doing, she knew it was wrong, and we vowed to seek justice for these two children,” Ogg said. “This plea agreement means that family members will not have to testify, and this woman cannot appeal her conviction or the sentence

The DA said Thomas first drowned her 5-year-old daughter Kayiana Thomas in the bathtub of their home in southeast Houston on Aug. 12, 2016.

Once Kayiana was dead, she placed her body on a bed, Ogg said. Thomas then called her 7-year-old son, Araylon “Ray Ray” Thomas, to the bathroom and drowned him.

Sheborah Latrice Thomas pleaded guilty to drowning her two children, 5-year-old Kayiana Thomas and 7-year-old Araylon Thomas. (FOX 26 Houston)

The next day, Thomas stashed the children’s bodies in a trash can behind the house and went to her place of employment to get her paycheck early.

The DA also said Thomas was unable to leave town, so she dug a hole in the ground for the bodies, which was not big enough. So instead, she rolled the bodies of her children under a neighbor’s house.

Thomas began packing up the house and throwing things out when she told a friend that she drowned her children and needed to leave town.

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According to Ogg, the friend said he thought Thomas was joking, but when he realized she was not joking, he asked more questions, and she showed him where the bodies could be found.

Thomas’s friend notified the police about the incident.

In 2001, Houston mother Andrea Yates drowned her five children ranging in age from 7 years to 6 months in the bathtub of her family’s home. She was eventually found not guilty by reason of insanity in July 2006 and sent to a state mental hospital.

Texas mom who drowned her kids in bathtub, hid bodies under neighbor’s house sentenced to prison – Globe Echo

Myrajah Rankin Charged With Kidnapping Toddler

Myrajah Rankin is a woman who is or was on the track team at the University of the Incarnate Word has been charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault. According to police reports Myrajah Rankin would kidnap a three year old and stab the child’s mother with a screwdriver. Thankfully the Texas student was caught by witnesses as she attempted to flee with the three year old boy, Myrajah Rankin would be arrested and has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police arrested a University of the Incarnate Word freshman track athlete Thursday after she allegedly stabbed a woman with a screwdriver and kidnapped a three-year-old boy from outside a Northeast Side apartment complex.

Myrajah Deshjonae Rankin, 19, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

It happened at about 2 p.m. on Thursday at an apartment complex in the 3200 block of Nacogdoches Road.

Police said the child’s mother noticed a stranger with her child. The stranger was later identified by police as Rankin.

The woman said she told Rankin to get away from her child, but Rankin grabbed the boy and tried to carry him away, police said.

When the mother tried to grab her child from Rankin, the suspect stabbed her forearm twice with a screwdriver and she lost her grip on the boy, police said.

Two people witnessed the crime, including a worker who grabbed the child out of Rankin’s arms, according to SAPD.

Omar Ortega said Rankin ran into his apartment through a sliding door. His wife and mother-in-law were inside at the time.

“The cops came in, and they were like, with their handguns, like saying, ‘You need to leave. We want to help you. Come out with your hands up,’” Ortega said.

Rankin was later found by police hiding in a closet.

Ortega said he’s thankful no one in his family was hurt, but the stress of watching it through a video feed was intense.

“Not being there, it’s very stressful. It’s like — you wish, like, every car disappeared at the moment, and you’re the only one driving,” he said.

Rankin was arrested and booked into the Bexar County Jail with bonds totaling $150,000.

Police were not able to provide a motivation for the alleged crimes but said the investigation continues and Rankin could face additional charges.

According to Rankin’s profile on UIW’s website, she is a freshman from Round Rock who competed in track meets as recently as last weekend.

A spokesperson for UIW issued the following statement on behalf of the University:

“The University of the Incarnate Word is aware of an off-campus incident involving student-athlete Myrajah Rankin. As this is an ongoing San Antonio Police Department Investigation, the University will have no further comment at this time.”

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/02/17/uiw-track-athlete-accused-of-kidnapping-toddler-outside-apartment-stabbing-mother-of-child-with-screwdriver/

Hayim Nissim Cohen Charged With Sexual Abuse

Hayim Nissim Cohen is a man from Texas who made news when he adopted nine Jewish boys and now he is making news after one of them called a podcast to tell them he had been repeatedly sexually assaulted. According to court documents Hayim Nissim Cohen was the adoptive father of nine boys. One of the boys would call a podcast to say that he and his brothers had been repeatedly sexually assaulted over the last year. Police would investigate and Hayim Nissim Cohen would be charged with continuous sex abuse of a child and sexual assault of a child under 17 years old. Police are still investigating to determine if other boys in his care were assaulted.

According to one of the boys Child Protective Services (CPS) had conducted eight investigations however nothing has ever come from it. Hayim Nissim Cohen has previously been charged with indecency with a child back in 2019 and was currently out on bond. The victim in that case is suing Hayim Nissim Cohen and the agency that placed him in the home

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An adoptive father of nine boys is behind bars in Harris County after being accused of sexually assaulting at least one of his sons for years, and it is not the first time he’s faced child sex allegations.

Hayim Nissim Cohen, 38, was arrested Friday and charged with continuous sex abuse of a child and sexual assault of a child under 17 years old. Both charges stem from incidents involving the same son.

Charging documents state Cohen’s 17-year-old son called into a podcast and admitted to the abuse he and his brothers faced at the hand of their adoptive father.

The 17-year-old told the podcaster that he was “smart enough” to use a burner phone and Wi-Fi to communicate with her, according to a charging document.

The teen said he and his brothers were being sexually abused by their adoptive father and used the term “rape.”

He said Child Protective Services (CPS) had conducted eight investigations into the family, but nothing ever came of it.

A spokesperson with CPS told Eyewitness News that six of the boys have been removed from the home and are in foster care. Their ages are 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, and 17. The spokesperson added that current cases are confidential, and the agency could not comment.

The teen told the podcaster, according to records, that “every time that CPS is involved that (Cohen) bribes or scares him and his brother.”

According to the teen, one of his brothers ran away at one point to get away from the abuse but was brought back by deputy constables. The teen told the podcaster that the Children’s Assessment Center interviewed him and his siblings, and they all spoke against their brother.

The teen was hesitant to give any identifying information during the podcast and was waiting until he was 18 years old to speak out, according to the charging document. He said he feared that no one would believe him since he had previously told CPS there was no abuse, despite the fact that it started two weeks after he was adopted at 11 years old.

It is unclear who contacted CPS following the podcast confession, but investigators got involved in the days following.

The teenage boy at first denied any abuse to the investigator when she expressed concerns. The investigator noted, when she played the podcast, he “became visibly scared, shaking, and held his head down” and admitted to calling in to vent.

He told the investigator he was “not brave enough to say anything,” according to the charging document. He also said Hayim Nissim Cohen told the brothers that it would be “one person’s word against the rest of them.”

Hayim Nissim Cohen was out of jail on bond for a 2019 case of indecency with a child. He was accused of having sexual contact with a foreign exchange student from Spain who was living with him. That student, who turns 20 next month, made an outcry to the staff at Sharpstown High School in 2019. He is suing Cohen and the organization that placed him.

“There were so many red flags,” Sherry Chandler, the attorney representing the exchange student, told ABC13. “We all suspected (Cohen) is a pedophile. You don’t just start one day. We all suspected the other kids were getting abused.”

Charging documents on the current cases go into detail about what the 17-year-old and his brothers were reportedly forced to do to their adoptive father and to each other.

The teen also told investigators that “everything (Cohen) does is fake.”

“The (teen) stated that (Cohen) only uses his wheelchair when people come over or when he is in public,” according to the charging document. “The (teen) stated that (Cohen) has six oxygen tanks and does not use them and that (Cohen) only coughs uncontrollably when he is in court.”

Hayim Nissim Cohen has been in the media in the past, touting his family’s unique situation, and has a blog dedicated to their lifestyle.

The 38-year-old’s next scheduled court appearance is Feb. 23. Bond has not been set in the current cases.

https://abc13.com/hayim-nissim-cohen-arrested-adoptive-father-charged-sex-abuse-against-children-teen-reports-alleged-rape-on-podcast/12820861/

Rapper Yung Corleon Gets 27 Years In Prison

Houston rapper Yung Corleon has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for sex trafficking. According to court documents Yung Corleon, whose real name is Aryion Jackson, kept a house filled with 12 women who were ordered to earn a thousand dollars a day through sex work. One of the women in the home was a fourteen year old runaway. Yung Corleon would be convicted of sex trafficking minors, forced fraud, and coercion. The rapper would plead guilty and would be sentenced to 27 years in prison. Yung Corleon has a previous criminal record

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Reports have confirmed that Houston rapper Yung Corleon has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars for his role in a sex trafficking ring that involved twelve women, including minors.

Corleon, whose real name is Aryion Jackson, pleaded guilty in a federal court to sex trafficking minors, forced fraud, and coercion. Prosecutors allege that Corleon beat and drugged his “captives,” including a 15-year-old still missing. He ran his business from a Houston home, forcing the women to earn him $1K daily.

The cause behind the 24-year-old’s 27-year sentence has been controversial in Houston, as many locals pushed for the defendant to get life behind bars rather than the bare minimum for the alleged crimes

Houston Rapper Yung Corleon Hit With 27 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Charge

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A Houston rapper has been charged with sex trafficking.

Authorities say Aryion Jackson is charged with aggravated promotion of prostitution.

Prosecutors say the 21-year-old housed up to 12 girls and women inside a northeast Houston home.

Jackson has a lengthy criminal record. He was arrested on an unrelated charge in Jefferson County.

We found a sample of his music on Soundcloud and video of him rapping on his Instagram account.

It’s the same account that’s part of a lengthy charging document in which Jackson is accused of forcing girls into prostitution.

The women would work a strip of road along Bissonnet, selling their bodies for anywhere from $100 to $300 per act. One woman alleges Jackson ordered them to bring in $1,000 a day or face consequences. One of the girls was as young as 14 years old.

One woman claims he pulled a gun on her at this recording studio and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t do as he told her.

He is currently being held in the Jefferson County Jail.

https://abc13.com/houston-rapper-aryion-jackson-sex-trafficking-underage-girls/5731896/

Sarah Hartsfield Charged In Husbands Death

Sarah Hartsfield is a woman from Texas who has been charged with her husband’s murder and its not the first time a loved one died under mysterious circumstances. According to police reports Sarah Hartsfield would phone 911 saying her husband Joseph Hartsfield due to a medical problem. Joseph Hartsfield would be rushed to the hospital where he remained in a coma before passing away. After an investigation it was learned that Joseph Hartsfield glucose monitor was going off for hours before she finally called 911. The story Sarah Hartsfield told investigators and the actual investigation did not line up and Sarah was charged with murder.

Now five years ago Sarah Hartsfield shot and killed her boyfriend David Bragg and in that investigation it was determined that Sarah had acted in self defence. With the death of Joseph Hartsfield investigators are going back and taking a closer look at the death of David Bragg

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A woman who fatally shot a Garfield, Minnesota, man in 2018 has been charged with killing her husband in Texas.

Sarah Hartsfield, of Chambers County, Texas, is being held on a $5 million bond after the death of her husband, Joseph Hartsfield. It has been reported that he was her fifth husband.

In the Garfield shooting five years ago, Sarah Hartsfield was not charged in the death of her boyfriend, David Bragg. An investigation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office determined that she was acting in self-defense.

According to a report from ABC13 Eyewitness News in Houston, on Jan. 7, 2023, Sarah Hartsfield made a 911 call due to a medical issue with her husband.

Officials said that Joseph Hartsfield, who was 46, had diabetes, adding that his insulin levels were extremely high in the four to six hours that preceded the 911 call, the report read

A glucose monitor sounded an alarm “for quite some time” before action was taken, the report read.

Joseph Hartsfield was in a coma for a week before he died, the report read.

“The story that the wife gave the hospital, the deputies, the detectives (does) not match up to the forensic evidence,” Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said in the report.

Sarah Hartsfield has been in custody since at least Monday, when the report was filed.

In 2018, Sarah Hartsfield, whose last name was Donohue at the time, said she shot and killed Bragg after he discharged a handgun at her during a domestic violence incident, according to a 2019 report from Douglas County Attorney Chad Larson.

A limited trajectory analysis of a bullet hole at the scene was performed, and found to be consistent with Bragg discharging his firearm at Hartsfield as she was ascending the stairs, Larson’s report read.

The report read that Hartsfield was “justified in shooting Mr. Bragg as a matter of self-defense as she was facing lethal force and had no reasonable possibility of retreating from the threat.”

Hartsfield was ultimately not charged in the shooting death of Bragg.

Douglas County’s investigation into the 2018 shooting is now considered active again following the receipt of some new information, an email from Larson to the Echo Press read.

“Our investigation is considered ‘active’ again because we are following-up on new information that our sheriff’s office received on Tuesday (Feb. 7) regarding the 2018 shooting,” Larson said. “For that reason, I’m unable to process data requests from the media and I am unable to comment further at this time pursuant to Minnesota law.

https://www.echopress.com/news/former-douglas-county-resident-charged-in-husbands-death-in-texas