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Married couple gets lengthy prison sentences for producing child porn

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A married couple from northwest Florida was sentenced Monday on federal charges of conspiring to produce child pornography. The sentences resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs…

MN Man Sentenced for Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender

ISMARCK—U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on June 17, 2013, Ira Plenty Chief, 26, Cannonball, North Dakota, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge…

Report: Amanda Byrnes allegedly lunged at man, demanded his iPhone

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., June 17 (UPI) — Amanda Bynes allegedly lunged at a man and demanded his iPhone after she saw him try to take her photo in a New…

Woman faked cancer to get out of jail

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 18 (UPI) — A Swedish woman who tried to get out a prison sentence by faking terminal cancer will serve an additional two months, authorities said. The…

Former BBC host, 83, sentenced to indecent assault on girls

LONDON, June 17 (UPI) — A London Court sentenced ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall, 83, to 15 months in prison after he admitted to committing sexual offenses against young girls. Before…

Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Deer Poaching Charges

OSCEOLA, Iowa – A Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to four counts of illegal taking of a whitetail buck over a four year period in Iowa. Bradley A. Slawson, Jr.,…

Montreal mayor arrested on 14 criminal charges, including fraud

MONTREAL, June 17 (UPI) — Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum was arrested early Monday on 14 criminal charges, including fraud and municipal corruption, officials said. Quebec’s anti-corruption police arrested Applebaum, Jean-Yves…

Police: Man held baby while selling heroin

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., June 17 (UPI) — Authorities in New York state said a man was holding his 8-month-old daughter when he was arrested for allegedly selling heroin. Suffolk County…

Pilot admits flying drunk during cargo flight

TAMPA, Fla., June 14 (UPI) — An air cargo pilot who admitted Friday he was drunk when he flew from Greensboro, N.C., to Tampa, Fla., faces a long term in…

6 dead, 36 wounded in Chicago’s most violent weekend this year

CHICAGO, June 17 (UPI) — Six people age 16 to 40 were shot to death and at least 36 people were wounded in Chicago’s most violent weekend this year, authorities…

California man confesses to more than 30 slayings

DECATUR, Ala., June 17 (UPI) — A 52-year-old California man confessed to killing more than 30 men for a Mexican drug cartel, authorities said. Jose Martinez made the confession after…

Mother, godmother charged with murder of autistic teenager

CHICAGO, June 16 (UPI) — Prosecutors in Illinois say the mother and godmother of a 14-year-old autistic boy tried to take their own lives after killing him. Dorothy Spourdalakis, 50,…

Rifle used in rampage was pieced together

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 15 (UPI) — The semiautomatic weapon used in last week’s Santa Monica shooting attacks was put together from various parts, law enforcement officials said. John Zawahri,…

Supreme Court isolates plea deals from judges’ error

WASHINGTON, June 15 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday unanimously threw out an appeals court ruling that said a judge’s advice to plead guilty was a harmful error. The…

Baseball coach pleads to attacking little league umpire

NEWARK, N.J., June 15 (UPI) — A former New Jersey little league coach has pleaded guilty to assaulting an umpire with whom he had argued about calling a game, officials…

Six Afghan policemen killed in apparent insider attack

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 15 (UPI) — Six Afghan policemen were found shot to death at their checkpost in Helmand province Thursday in what authorities said appeared to be an insider…

Police investigate four deaths in Darien, Ill., murder-suicide

DARIEN, Ill., June 15 (UPI) — A murder-suicide in Darien, Ill., in which four members of a family died, has DuPage County authorities seeking a motive, they said. The county…

Four killed in shooting at St. Louis business building

ST. LOUIS, June 14 (UPI) — A shooting inside a business center in St. Louis Monday left two men and two women dead, police said. The shooting happened at about…

FBI accused of misdeeds in mob investigation

BOSTON, June 14 (UPI) — The FBI undercut state investigators trying to nail reputed mobster James “Whitey” Bulger, a former head of the Massachusetts State Police testified in Boston. Thomas…

Former Mafioso says Mafia tested drones before the U.S.

PALERMO, Italy, June 13 (UPI) — A former Mafioso says Sicily’s Cosa Nostra Mafia was testing drone bomber planes before the United States was. While testifying Tuesday during a trial…

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