May 2012
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Cops Giving Drugs To Kids?
Occupy protestors in Minnesota are alleging that police gave drugs to young people as part of an ‘impairment study’ that helps officers identify the symptoms of drug use.
In a video , activists claim that for three weeks, law enforcement officers have been picking up volunteers to participate in a program called “Drug Recognition Expert.”
The footage shows alleged...
Mother And Son Die Hours Apart In Separate Car...
WEST ALLIS, Wis. — A Wisconsin woman and her adult son were killed in separate accidents just hours apart in a Milwaukee suburb.
West Allis police say 45-year-old Mary Moore was struck and killed while lying in the street about 1 a.m. Sunday. The driver that hit Moore fled from the scene.
Then, Moore’s 22-year-old son, Thomas Olson, died in a car crash as he rushed to the hospital...
Mystery Behind Man Found Dead On Platform With...
This black and white inmate booking photo released by the New Hampshire Department of Corrections shows William P. Coyman, of Boston, who had been sentenced to prison for theft and drug possession.
NEW YORK — The mystery began with a heart attack, a man with a past, and a bag of money that federal authorities now want to keep.
In August, a retired Teamster from Boston stepped off an Amtrak...
Tenn. Man Arrested For Paying With Real $50
Tennessee police are apologizing after arresting a man for using a $50 bill they thought was fake but that turned out to be real. Police in Shelbyville thought the bill was counterfeit after a convenience store clerk called them. The clerk said a marker used to detect false money didn’t show the bill was real.
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee police are apologizing after arresting...
Cops: Woman Had Sex With 16-Year-Old Biological...
Mistie Atkinson is accused of having sex with her 16-year-old biological son several times, and videotaping the crime.
A Calif. woman faces incest charges after she allegedly had sex with her 16-year-old biological son.
Police said they found Mistie Atkinson with the boy in a hotel room in March as they were serving a warrant, the Napa Valley Register reported.
Atkinson pleaded not guilty...
Capone's Suburban Hideout For Sale For $2 Million...
In this Jan. 19, 1931 file photo, Chicago mobster Al Capone is seen at a football game in Chicago (left). The eBay photo of the Mineola Hotel and Marina, Capone’s old hideaway.
The northern Illinois historic hotel that previously served as a hideout for notorious mobster Al Capone is now up for auction on eBay.
The Mineola Lounge and Marina, located in Fox Lake, Ill., was listed...
Husband Accused Of Stuffing Wife's Body In Well...
John Heath pleaded not guilty on May 1, 2012 to the 1984 murder of his wife Elizabeth.
A 68-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to killing his wife, who vanished days after he filed for divorce three decades ago.
Elizabeth Gough Heath went missing in 1984 at age 30. Her remains were discovered stuffed into a well under a Connecticut barn in 2010, the News-Times reported.
Her husband John...
Police Seeing Red Over Mom Who Put 5-Year-Old In...
Patricia Krentcil allegedly brought her daughter in an artificial tanning booth, allowing the girl to get burned.
UPDATE MAY 2: A New Jersey mom denies that her 5-year-old daughter’s sunburn was caused by a trip to a tanning salon. Patricia Krentcil told NBC that she brought her child along to the salon, but the girl was never exposed to UV rays in the booth.
“I tan, she...
Forgotten Man In Holding Cell Files $20 Million...
Daniel Chong, the student who spent 5 days in a DEA holding cell without food or water, seeks $20 million from the federal agency.
Daniel Chong, the 23-year-old UC San Diego student who spent nearly five days behind bars without food or water, wants $20 million from the Drug Enforcement Administration for the epic “accident.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that Chong — who...
Woman Gets Two Life Sentences For Raping Infant...
CLAYTON, Mo. — A judge sentenced a Missouri woman to consecutive life prison terms for sexually assaulting her infant daughter along with a California man she met online.
Vanvlerah pleaded guilty in January to incest, statutory sodomy and statutory rape in the attacks against her daughter, who is 3 but who was 5 months old when the pair first attacked her. The woman who fostered and...
Woman Accused Of Cutting Kids' Throats, Setting...
Tanicia Goodwin is arraigned in Salem District Court on 2 counts of armed assault with intent to murder, 2 counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and 1 count of arson on Monday, March 19, 2012 in Salem, Mass. Goodwin is accused of slashing the throats of her 8-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter and deliberately setting her apartment on fire on Sunday, March 18, 2012. Goodwin,...
April 2012
Student's Eyewitness Account Of Car Sex May Shed...
Enrique Cervantes, a college student in El Cajon, Calif., had an experience with the daughter of murdered Iraqi refugee Shaima Alawadi that may shed new light on the investigation.
When college student Enrique Cervantes wrote an essay about seeing two people having sex in a car in front of his house, he never expected that it might shed light on a murder investigation.
However, that...
Judge Tosses Death Penalty Over Racist Prosecution
Marcus Robinson, convicted in 1994 of killing teenager Erik Tornblom, disputed his death sentence through the Racial Justice Act, which allows inmates to challenge execution rulings if race was a significant factor.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A condemned killer’s trial was so tainted by the racially influenced decisions of prosecutors that he should be removed from death row and serve...
Young Mother Dies From 2-Gallon-A-Day Coca-Cola...
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Experts say a New Zealand woman’s 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola habit probably contributed to her death, a conclusion that led the soft-drink giant to note that even water can be deadly in excessive amounts.
Natasha Harris, a 30-year-old, stay-at-home mother of eight from Invercargill, died of a heart attack in February 2010. Fairfax Media...
Newborn Baby Killed, Dismembered By Family Dog....
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — A 2-month-old child was killed and dismembered by a dog in his family’s South Carolina home Friday as his father slept, authorities said.
Aiden McGrew’s mother called 911 when she got home around 11 a.m. and discovered the boy’s leg was severed by a retriever mix the family had taken into the home a few weeks earlier, Dorchester County deputies said.
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One In Two College Grads Can't Find Work
WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work.
A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.
Young adults with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage jobs – waiter or waitress, bartender, retail clerk...
Cockfight Shooting Believed To Be Sloppy Hit
McALLEN, Texas — Frantic calls to emergency responders described a chaotic scene with people frightened, wounded and fleeing in all directions after masked gunmen opened fire on a Texas cockfight near the Mexico border.
Authorities believe the wild shooting that left three dead and eight wounded early Thursday was a sloppy hit on two brothers.
Three people were charged with...
FBI: Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.
Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago...
Experts Say Nicki Minaj And Lady GaGa Are Using...
It’s an age-old saying in Hollywood that sex sells, but with consumers finding themselves over saturated with sexual imagery, today’s top acts are turning to something even more sinful to get our attention: Satan. Performer Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” is getting a lot of buzz this month, due in large part to her infamous Grammy performance earlier this year, where she acted...
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Nurse Admits Shooting Mom, Stealing Newborn...
Members of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department work the crime scene where a mother was killed and her baby was kidnapped Tuesday, April 17, 2012, in Spring, Texas. A newborn boy was abducted from his screaming mother after she was repeatedly shot outside a suburban Houston pediatric center on Tuesday, according to investigators searching for the suspected shooter who sped off with...
Woman Allegedly Caught Throwing Baby Into Ocean:...
Lydia Chako is accused of child abuse by Clearwater, Fla. police.
A Florida mom tried to drop her 3-month-old baby into the ocean because she claimed it was possessed by demons, and covered in lizards and snakes.
That’s what Clearwater police are saying about Lydia Chako, 39, who was arrested on Tuesday when she was found allegedly half naked and dangling the baby over a sea wall,...
Man Slashes Wrists, Throat, Stomach In Front Of...
Julie Zalinski, a woman from Reading, Berkshire, England, was traumatized when her boyfriend, 53-year-old Adrian Rowland killed himself while talking with her via Skype, the Mirror reports.
Zalinski told the paper she and her friend watched in horror as Rowland slashed his wrists and slit his throat and stomach while on a business trip in New Delhi, India.
“He walked into the kitchen,...
Man Stomped On Pregnant Girlfriend's Stomach,...
Kenneth Turner allegedly assaulted his pregnant ex-girlfriend, stomping on her stomach in an attempt to kill her unborn baby.
A Minnesota man is charged with attempted murder of an unborn child and domestic assault for allegedly stomping on the stomach of his pregnant on-again, off-again girlfriend.
Kenneth Turner has been arrested at least twice for felony-level domestic assault,...
Rapper Mystikal Headed To Jail. WHEN THE...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Rapper Mystikal will be going back behind bars for three months because of a probation violation.
Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was released from a Louisiana prison in 2010 after serving six years for sexual battery and extortion. He’ll be returning to jail May 14.
On Monday, state District Judge Tony Marabella added the extra time as a...
Cruel Hoax Costs Family Of Missing Woman Their...
A promising lead about the whereabouts of Phoenix Coldon turned out to be a cruel hoax, causing the missing Missouri woman’s family additional pain, their entire life savings and their home.
“Unfortunately, we will now be losing our family home,” the missing woman’s mother, Goldia Coldon, told The Huffington Post. “We have tried to explain the situation...
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Why Wouldn't This Trespasser Get Out Of Hot Tub:...
Torey Leonard told a Florida county judge that he was just warming up when cops found him trespassing in a hot tub.
Torey Leonard may need a new place to relax.
The accused hot tub trespasser recently told a Florida judge that he was just warming up when authorities caught him taking a dip at a luxury apartment building where he didn’t belong, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel...
19-Year-Old Arrested After Father Killed, 2 Beaten...
Cops arrested a 19-year-old Michigan man and another person after the teen’s father was found dead and two others were found injured early this morning.
Tucker Robert Cipriano, of Farmington Hills, was taken into custody today after the 2:50 a.m. incident, in which Cipriano’s father was beaten to death with a baseball bat, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Toy Company Allegedly Laundered Drug Money.
LOS ANGELES — Five people were arrested Monday in a money laundering scheme that allegedly funneled millions of dollars in Colombian and Mexican drug money through an American toy company, federal officials said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the two owners of Industry-based Woody Toys, Jia Hui Zhou and Dan Xin Li, and three company employees were arrested on charges of evading...
Tupac Returns, Takes Coachella Stage. THEY PLAY...
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9-Year-Old Alerted School Officials His Mom,...
A 9-year-old boy told school officials that his mother and sister were dead in their West Las Vegas home.
LAS VEGAS — A 9-year-old boy arrived at school Monday with a grisly story: His mother and sister were dead at their home four blocks away.
Minutes later, police found the bodies of a 10-year-old girl and her mother – along with a blood-covered father and an unharmed 4-year-old boy –...
Ohio Woman Held Over Knife-Point Rape Of Teen Boy
Jamie Nichole Phillips is accused of raping a 14-year-old boy.
An Ohio woman has been charged with kidnapping, assault and rape after a 14-year-old boy reported she forced him into her home at knife-point and sexually assaulted him, authorities said.
Jamie Nichole Phillips, 20, faces up to 31 years in prison for the alleged crimes, which police say occurred April 7 at her Eastwood Drive...
Woman Admits Killing Kids When Burning Boyfriend's...
Bobbie Kugler allegedly told investigators that she started the fatal fire that killed four of her children when she burned photos of her boyfriend.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An upstate New York woman charged with arson and manslaughter in connection with a fire that killed four of her children reportedly told investigators the blaze started when she set pictures of her boyfriend on fire...
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Kidnappers Kept Abducted Boy Out Of School For...
Krystle Tanner faces charges of kidnapping and injury to a child in the disappearance and recovery of 8-year-old Miguel Morin.
SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas — Krystle Tanner and her mother, Gloria Walker, for years had successfully concealed the true identity of the boy that authorities say they kidnapped from Houston in 2004 when he was just 8 months old.
They hid him in homes in Central and East...
Wife Charged For Allegedly Shooting Elderly...
Police say that Barbara Scott allegedly killed her husband and buried him in her herb garden.
A Florida woman was arrested on Tuesday after a grand jury indictment for allegedly shooting her 77-year-old husband in the head and hiding his corpse in the backyard, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced.
Investigators discovered Benny Scott’s body on March 27 behind his Lake...
Man Coerced Mom To Molest 9-Year-Old While He...
Micheal Ledee was convicted Wednesday for instructing a woman to molest her 9-year-old daughter while watching via webcam on Yahoo! Messenger.
A New York man was convicted Wednesday of coercing a woman to molest her underage daughter while he watched via a webcam.
Brooklyn resident Micheal Ledee, 29, was found guilty in federal court of conspiracy to sexually exploit a child, sexual...
Exorcist Wanted In Saskatoon.
A case of what is being called possible demonic possession in Saskatoon has prompted local church officials to consider the need for an exorcist.
CBC News spoke with a Catholic priest involved in the case, which arose in March, and agreed not to identify participants in order to protect their privacy.
According to church officials, a priest was called to a Saskatoon home by a woman who said...
Man Flees After Woman Makes Unusual Demand
We’ve all been there.
Agence France-Presse reports that a German man in Munich allegedly had to flee to the police after a woman demanded too much sex.
After several amicably agreed upon rolls in the hay, the man reportedly tried to leave the woman’s apartment. But she wouldn’t let him exit and instead allegedly insisted on more sex. That’s when the man ran to the...
Gunman Opens Fire At Ohio Cracker Barrel. THIS WHY...
CLEVELAND — A man whose wife had just told him she was leaving him shot and killed her and one of their daughters, who was celebrating her birthday, inside a crowded Cracker Barrel restaurant in a Cleveland suburb, then was killed by police as he fled.
Kevin Allen came into the restaurant in suburban Brooklyn on Thursday night with a shotgun and, witnesses said, “selectively”...
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Giant Company Allegedly Hid Risks Of Drug That...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary downplayed and hid risks associated with the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, a jury determined Tuesday in Arkansas’ billion-dollar lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel’s office is seeking fines of at least $1.2 billion for the 250,000 Risperdal prescriptions the state’s...
Federal Fund Meant To Help Struggling Homeowners...
A federal housing program funded with taxpayer money left over from the government’s bailout of the banks and auto companies is failing to deliver on its promised relief to struggling homeowners.
The Hardest Hit Fund, a $7.6 billion initiative established by the federal government in February 2010 to help families in states most crippled by the collapsed housing market, has...
Man Who Allegedly Killed Girlfriend And Relatives...
Anthony Garrett, accused of murdering his mother, stepfather, and girlfriend, climbed a 300-foot cellphone tower and fell to his death on April 7.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — Authorities say a man killed his mother, stepfather and girlfriend at their Mississippi home before he climbed a cellphone tower and plunged about 300 feet to his death.
No motive has been disclosed in the...
TSA Agent Arrested In Child Porn Crackdown
An agent with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been suspended from his job after he was arrested for allegedly having and sharing images of child pornography.
NECN reports that Jose Salgado, a TSA screener at Logan airport in Boston, was collared as part of a massive child pornography crackdown in Massachusetts.
“These people are your neighbors,” Marian...
Strip Club Owner Plotted To Kill Mayor In Texas
This undated photo provided by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office shows Flashdancer men’s club co-owner Ryan Walker Grant, who has been arrested as the FBI investigates what an affidavit describes as a murder-for-hire plot against two unidentified Arlington city officials.
A Texas strip club owner attempted to hire Mexican hit-men to murder two city officials, according to an FBI...
George Zimmerman has been charged with...
Authorities on Wednesday announced that George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
After turning himself in, Zimmerman arrived at the county jail in Sanford, Florida late Wednesday. He will appear in court on Thursday, according to the AP, where he is expected to plead not guilty.
Zimmerman has said that he shot Martin out of self defense, a...