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November 20, 2009
Murder and rape charges added in case of Shaniya Davis
A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her.
November 11, 2009
Texas polygamist gets 10 years for sexual assault
A polygamist sect member arrested following last year’s raid of a west Texas ranch was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl, authorities said.
Family: Missing SC infant found unharmed in bag
Authorities say a 2-week-old South Carolina infant missing overnight has been returned unharmed to his mother.
Upstate mother and son injured in shooting over video game
Authorities in South Carolina say a mother and her son have been shot and injured in a fight between family members over a video game.
PA man in jail after victim beaten repeatedly following bar dispute
Raw: Beating On Tape - Police say the suspect’s mother became unhappy with the victim in the bar, and her son attacked the man outside.
November 10, 2009
Oklahoma City police: House fire where bodies found was intentional
Oklahoma City police say a fire that swept through a home where four people were found dead was intentional.
UPDATE: Gunman at NY school surrenders to police
A state government official says a former student has surrendered to police after taking a school administrator hostage at an upstate New York high school.
Wash. Lt. gov’s son wounded in workplace shooting
A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen’s sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said.
Man wears “Scream” mask during an armed robbery of a Berkeley County store
Berkeley County deputies are on the lookout for a shooting suspect this morning…after an armed robbery turned into a shooting.
November 09, 2009
Ex-SC teacher faces sex charge with student
A former South Carolina high school teacher and coach has been arrested after police say he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old female student.
NC police search for man in killing of girlfriend
Authorities say they are looking for a North Carolina man who shot his girlfriend at his parents’ home after police were called to break up an argument.
1 Va. man dead and 2 wounded in NC nightclub shooting
Authorities say a 37-year-old Virginia man is dead and two other people injured in a shooting outside a North Carolina nightclub.
2nd trial begins for SC death row inmate, Stephen Stanko
A man already on South Carolina’s death row for killing his girlfriend is going on trial again in another death penalty case. Opening statements are expected Monday in Stephen Stanko’s second trial. A judge ruled he was competent to stand trial last week.
High court to look at life in prison for juveniles
The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.
November 06, 2009
Fort Hood: Another victim of shooting rampage dies
A military official says one more person has died after being injured during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas. The toll now stands at 13 dead and 30 wounded.
November 04, 2009
Police: NC father killed wife, 2 children and self
North Carolina police say a real estate developer known as an active member of his church shot and killed his wife and two teen children and then committed suicide in their Fayetteville home.
10 bodies discovered at Ohio rapist’s home and search for more victims will continue
Investigators will continue their grisly dig Wednesday after finding that the Cleveland, Ohio home of a convicted rapist had been turned into a tomb holding at least 10 bodies.
UPDATE: CA teen charged with murder in the death of a 4-year-old found in a dryer
Prosecutors have filed murder and other charges against a 14-year-old central California boy accused in the death of a 4-year-old neighbor boy, whose body was found in a clothes dryer at the teen’s home
November 02, 2009
4-year-old California boy’s body found in dryer
Authorities say the body of a missing 4-year-old California boy was found in the clothes dryer of a neighbor’s home and a 14-year-old boy from the house in Mendota has been arrested on suspicion of the killing.
Murder trial begins for the man accused of killing Ark. TV anchor, Anne Pressly
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in Little Rock in the trial of Curtis Lavelle Vance. He has pleaded not guilty to capital murder, rape and burglary.
Man suspected of killing 4 in NC arrested in Va.
A man suspected in the fatal shootings of four men at a North Carolina television shop has been captured in Virginia.
October 30, 2009
Accused Miley Cyrus stalker due back in Ga. court
A 53-year-old Georgia man accused of trying to stalk teen pop star Miley Cyrus is expected in court just two days after a grand jury refused to indict him.
‘Big Brother 9’ winner due in court in drug case
Adam Jasinski of Delray Beach, Fla., is charged with attempting to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills. He is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court in Boston Friday.
Italian prosecutor releases execution video in attempt to find killer
Seeking to identify the man who shot dead another man outside a store in Naples, Italy, in the spring, an anti-mafia prosecutor distributed on Thursday a video showing the execution.
UPDATE: Sixth person arrested in Cal. homecoming gang rape
Police arrested another teen Thursday, the sixth suspect jailed in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl on a northern California high school campus.
October 29, 2009
Fla. teen accused of stabbing brother in squabble
Two teenage brothers were home alone in their suburban neighborhood when an argument over loud music spiraled out of control, police said, leaving one brother dead from a knife to the chest and the other accused of killing him.
UPDATE: Suspect in Georgia Cracker Barrel beating is out of jail on bail
A Georgia man accused of screaming racial slurs while beating an African-American female Army reservist outside a restaurant was released from jail on bail Wednesday, Clayton County, Georgia, authorities said.
UPDATE: Five arrested in alleged gang rape; juveniles being charged as adults
Police investigating the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl have arrested five people, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
Lake Erie perch fishermen robbed by pirates
The Coast Guard investigative unit is looking for two suspects who robbed a Euclid, Ohio fisherman on Lake Erie. The boating community has been buzzing about the perch fisherman who was robbed at gunpoint on the lake by two men.
October 28, 2009
Police: Philadelphia area woman offered up sex for seats at World Series
People will do all sorts of things to see the World Series, including hooking—at least that was the case for one Philadelphia area woman. Susan Finkelstein allegedly offered sex for World Series tickets on Craigslist, said the cops who busted her gig.
