Tristan Balagtas is a Reporter at PEOPLE. He covers a range of topics primarily focused on crime and justice, including white collar crime, the judicial system, and healthcare, with a particular interest in juvenile justice and alternative medicine. Tristan's work has been featured in People Magazine, Headline & Global News, The Messenger, Enstarz, University Herald, IBT Media, and Latin Times.
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By: Tristan Balagtas
Officers Eric Heinze and Kristopher Hutchens were part of the 16-person U.S. Marshals task force assigned to execute an arrest warrant for 26-year-old Jamarion Robinson at an Atlanta apartment in August 2016, according to authorities. GoFundMe
A Scottish man who once served as a body double for Brad Pitt was sentenced to 16 years in prison.
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Gisele Pelicot looks down as she leaves the Avignon courthouse during the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on November 25, 2024. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images
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"This investor conference is a true windfall," Mangione allegedly penned in a handwritten notebook
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An Indiana man who zip-tied the neck of a child who reportedly suffered from mental health issues, then got "sidetracked" while playing video games was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the boy's death.
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Justin Ray Donaldson, 35, has been charged with breach of trust $10,000 or more, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Anderson County Sheriff's Office
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Before school shooter Natalie Rupnow carried out a killing spree at her Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, the 15-year-old seemingly had a fascination with death with what appears to be a membership on macabre website Watch People Die. Facebook
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Deonte Atwell was pronounced dead at the hospital, but investigators suspected he had been dead "for quite some time"
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Kevin Ray Underwood was the last lethal injection in America of 2024. AP
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De’Anthony Trice was 1-month-old when his father fatally struck him in the head in May 2019. GoFundMe
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