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October 14, 2009
Mississippi teacher could face death for killing lover’s pregnant fiancé
A Mississippi middle school teacher could face the death penalty after she was found guilty Tuesday of fatally shooting and stabbing her lover’s pregnant fiancé in 2006.
Boy set on fire by teens trying to steal his custom bicycle
Police say robbery was the motive in the case of a teenager was set on fire in Deerfield Beach, Florida on Monday.
UPDATE: Second man arrested in New York hate assault
A second man was arrested Tuesday evening in the anti-gay beating of a man in Queens, New York, police said.
Florida child suffers severe allergic reaction to washing out “potty mouth” with soap
The traditional punishment of washing out a child’s mouth with has soap led to abuse charges against two a Florida couple. Adriyanna Herdener and Wilfredo Rivera were arrested by Palm Bay police after Herdener’s daughter suffered a severe allergic reaction after being forced to wash out her mouth with soap.
California Gov. Schwarzenegger signs new anti-paparazzi law
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new bill into law Sunday that will fine paparazzi for taking photos that invade a celebrity’s right to privacy. The law also targets media outlets who purchase the photos.
19 years later, child left for dead sees an arrest for the man who allegedly attacked her
Jennifer Schuett’s search for the man who snatched her from her bed when she was 8, sexually assaulted her and left her for dead on top of an ant hill ended Tuesday with the arrest of a suspect. Now begins another chapter in Schuett’s 19-year quest for justice. “This is a huge day for me,“ she later told CNN over the phone. “And I want to see this through the end. The rest will come out during the trial.“
“Going green” creates black market for stolen solar panels
Solar panels are a hot commodity as more homes and business go ‘green’. So hot, they’ve become a target of thieves. And one of the hardest hit areas? California’s wine country.
October 13, 2009
Texas man found asleep with corpse inside closet
A Houston man found asleep with a corpse inside a closet of a vacant home has been charged with misdemeanor drug offenses, authorities said Monday.
Sentencing set in Fla. gang rape case
Three people convicted in the gang rape attack on a woman and the beating of her young son will be sentenced.
Fake veteran, Richard Strandlof, faces ‘stolen valor’ charge
Richard Strandlof said he survived the 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon. He said he survived again when a roadside bomb went off in Iraq, killing four fellow Marines. He’d point to his head and tell people he had a metal plate, collateral damage from the explosion. It was all lies, and he faces a rare “stolen valor” charge.
October 12, 2009
NC man charged in South Dakota with $40,000 gold bar scam
Federal grand jurors in Pierre have indicted a 32-year-old Mount Airy, N.C., man on charges he received $40,000 for gold bars that didn’t exist.
Police recover knife after the stabbing of a female UCLA student
Investigators have found the knife believed to have been used in the stabbing of a University of California, Los Angeles student in a chemistry lab.
Suspect in 1968 hijacking at JFK is captured
A man accused of playing a role in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York to Puerto Rico was captured Sunday, federal officials said.
Coroner confirms that remains found on Wadmalaw Island are Kate Waring
Authorities are still piecing together clues, after the Charleston County Coroner confirms that remains found off a dirt road on Wadmalaw Island are that of Katherine Waring.
October 09, 2009
Gun-toting soccer mom, Melanie Hain, and husband found shot dead
Soccer mom Melanie Hain, who made national headlines last year by having a loaded, holstered handgun at her 5-year-old daughter’s soccer game, has been found shot dead in her home along with her husband, police said Thursday.
October 08, 2009
Economic crisis causes possible Al Capone hideout to go up for auction
Al Capone’s legend of bootlegging, gangland slayings and tax evasion lives on more than 60 years after the Chicago gangster’s death. Now comes a footnote that is a sign of the times: foreclosure.
Deadly home invasion rattles New Hampshire town
A small, rural town in the hills of New Hampshire was jolted by a home invasion over the weekend that left a mother dead and her young daughter severely injured. Two teens are charged with murder and two with robbery. Steven Spader, 17, allegedly killed and maimed the victims with a machete.
October 07, 2009
High court debates dog fighting videos
The Supreme Court voiced deep free speech concerns Tuesday about a law designed to stop the sale and marketing of videos showing dog fights and other acts of animal cruelty.
‘Horrorcore’ rapper suspected in Virginia killings
Richard Samuel McCroskey III, a 20-year-old “Horrorcore” rapper, has been arrested in the slaying of a Virginia pastor, his daughter, her friend and the pastor’s estranged wife. The victims were beaten or bludgeoned, police said, and the crime scene was so horrific, investigators won’t talk about it.
October 06, 2009
Method Man arrested on $33K tax charge
Rapper and actor Clifford Smith, better known to fans as Method Man, was arrested Monday and faces charges of failing to pay taxes.
Dogs sniff out wrong suspect; scent lineups questioned
A former sheriff’s deputy in Texas, who spent more than 25 years with the Sheriff’s Office, became subject of murder case due to sniffer dogs and this story of how a veteran law enforcement officer became a murder suspect is at the heart of a controversy over an investigative forensic tool called dog-scent lineups.
FBI: Terror suspect made video for bin Laden
Texas terrorism suspect Hosam Smadi recorded a seven-minute video message for al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden before his arrest on charges of plotting to blow up a Dallas building, an FBI agent testified Monday.
Bail granted for man accused of secretly taping ESPN reporter Erin Andrews
A magistrate judge on Monday granted bail for an Illinois man accused of surreptitiously taping sports reporter Erin Andrews in the nude and posting the videos on the Internet.
October 05, 2009
Two Florida Toddlers found wandering street after drunk mom passes out behind the wheel
A drunk mom with two toddlers in the back of her minivan was busted for a DUI in Cooper City, Florida after she passed out behind the wheel with her car running in the driveway.
October 02, 2009
Bloody print helps SC cops crack 2005 killing of Malverse O’Neil
Authorities in South Carolina say fresh interviews from a South Carolina cold case squad and a bloody palm print have helped solve a killing nearly four years ago.
New Study: Disabled more likely to be victims of violent crime
People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
October 01, 2009
John Couey, convicted of murdering 9 yr old Jessica Lunsford, dies in prison
A Florida death-row inmate convicted of abducting and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005 has died in prison.
Texas governor shakes up panel probing 2004 execution
Texas Gov. Rick Perry shook up the ranks of a state commission that is probing whether a man executed in 2004 belonged on death row. The move came two days before the scheduled testimony of an arson expert critical of evidence prosecutors used to convict Cameron Todd Willingham of murder in 1992.
September 30, 2009
American dad jailed in Japan for trying to reclaim his children
Had this played out in the US, Christopher Savoie might be considered a hero, snatching his 2 little children back from an ex-wife who defied the law & ran off with them. But this story unfolds in the Japan and here, Savoie charged with the abduction of minors. And his ex-wife, a US fugitive in the US, is considered the victim.
iPhone apps helps track sex offenders and spot crime
Since the iPhone launched more than two years ago, a handful of crime-fighting tools have emerged among the thousands of innovative apps. They give ordinary citizens the capability to sleuth and guard themselves against crime. Users can conduct a background checks or avoid walking through a high-crime area.
