So yeah, the former mayor’s defense team was really fighting an uphill battle here.
And Roberts either wasn’t offered a plea deal, or she didn’t accept the terms.
After being found guilty of two felony charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with a juvenile, Roberts is facing 17 years behind bars.
She stepped down as mayor of DeRidder shortly after her arrest in 2024.
Sadly, this is just one of many high-profile stories about abuse of minors in recent weeks.
We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.
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But when Kynath William Terry Jr. allegedly marched into the hospital maternity ward and murdered his wife and then himself, he also created an orphan — and two grieving families.
This is a senseless horror.
Families are scrambling to explain what happened. And the hospital is looking into preventing this from ever happening again.
24-year-old Precious Johnson had just given birth when her husband, Kynath Terry Jr., allegedly shot her to death before taking his own life. (Image Credit: WVTM 13)
On Sunday, March 1, a horrific shooting took place at Homewood, Alabama’s Brookwood Hospital.
The victim was a patient at the hospital’s Women’s Center.
24-year-old Precious Johnson had just given birth. She was the victim, police say, of a murder.
She was the only victim. But she was not the only target of gunfire.
Authorities report that her husband, 19-year-old Kynath William Terry Jr., also died — having shot his wife multiple times before turning his weapon on himself.
Hospital maternity wards are not necessarily common sites for a murder-suicide.
However, it appears that the couple had been having marital difficulties.
Johnson reportedly did not want her husband or in-laws present for the delivery.
It reportedly came to a surprise to the aforementioned in-laws that Kynath was violent.
Similarly, it is unclear if this murder-suicide was the first incidence of violence or simply the final escalation. In most cases (about 75%) of spousal murder-suicides, it is the latter.
After his murder-suicide, Kynath Terr Jr.’s family appears to have shared photos that remind the world that their loved one was more than just a monster. (Image Credit: WVTM 13)
Naturally, in addition to grieving (and bewildered) family members and loved ones, a man shooting his wife multiple times and then killing himself has shaken the hospital.
Danne Howard is the president of the Alabama Hospital Association.
She spoke to multiple outlets, including WVTM and WBRC, following this senseless act of violence.
“There are a few places in our world where we should feel safe — at church, our hospitals, and our homes,” Howard told WBRC.
“Unfortunately, things happen and we do not feel safe anymore,” she acknowledged.
This news footage shows the outside of the hospital on the fateful night of the murder-suicide. (Image Credit: WVTM 13)
“We want to assure the public that our hospitals and our health care providers consider safety just as important as providing quality health care,” Howard emphasized.
WVTM conducted a walkthrough of the hospital’s maternity area the day after the shooting.
The reporter and camera operator were not stopped or challenged during their route, despite the presumably heightened sense of alert.
It is possible or even likely that a reporter with a camera operator were noticed but not flagged as suspicious amidst a breaking news story. (That, in and of itself, can be a security concern.)
We can also point out that a casual walkthrough will likely become more difficult in the future, as a direct result of this unthinkable crime.
Kynath William Terry Jr. had finished his National Guard certification prior to his murder-suicide. (Image Credit: WVTM 13)
Additionally, maternity ward murder-suicides are generally less likely to spawn copycats than other forms of shootings.
The terror of murdering your partner is different than the terror of slaughtering a room full of strangers, even if the two crimes famously overlap at times.
People who murder their partners are often motivated by a sudden change or loss of control, coupled with a fear of how their image or reputation will change.
Was Johnson planning to leave her husband? Had she already left?
Perhaps the investigation will turn up answers. For now, we’re heartbroken for her, her newborn, and for her entire family that she was unable to leave that marriage alive.
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Rock legend Billy Idol is the subject of a new documentary, and during his current press tour, he’s made some shocking revelations about his personal life.
Sure, we all knew Billy was a partier.
But until this week, we didn’t know that he kicked his heroin addiction by substituting it with a good old-fashioned crack habit.
Billy Idol attends An Evening With Billy Idol & Steve Stevens at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on October 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Idol made that revelation during a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast.
“Once you’re trying to get off heroin, what do you go to? You go to something else. I started smoking crack to get off heroin,” Idol remarked.
“Did you really?” Maher asked, prompting Billy to reply, “It worked. It worked.”
This, of course, is not the first time that Idol has admitted to major substance abuse issues.
But it’s the first time that he spoke about basically using crack as a DIY Ozempic in order to curb his other bad habits.
Billy Idol performs at An Evening With Billy Idol & Steve Stevens at GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live on October 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
It’s not a strategy that we would recommend to anyone at home — but we’re glad it worked for Billy!
According to early reviews the doc — aptly titled Billy Idol Should Be Dead — contains many such revelations.
“I had it all, and I lit it with butane,” the rock legend remarked in a recent interview with the New York Times.
“There’s a point in my life where I was very drug addicted,” he added, before acknowledging that he’s lucky to be alive.
“I’m lucky that I’ve kept the brain I’ve got, because some people went brain-dead, and some people ended up in jail forever. Or dead,” he told the outlet.
Billy Idol attends the “Billy Idol Should Be Dead” Premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 10, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
“Imagine if it was today. If I was doing what I was back then today, I would be dead because I would have run into fentanyl.”
In the interview with Maher, Idol revealed that on at least one occasion, he nearly died from snorting heroin:
“I kind of, eventually we did pass out and then when people, other people in the room came too, I was going blue,” Idol said.
Maher was puzzled by the fact that Idol turned blue, prompting the singer to provide a grimly hilarious explantion:
“If you’re dying, you’re gonna start turning blue,” he said.
Obviously, Billy made some bad decisions over the years — but at least he still has his sense of humor (and a lot of good stories).
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June “Mama June” Shannon has an update on her health.
The Here Comes Honey Boo Boo alum revealed that she has experienced some medical issues in the last year.
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