Category: Crime

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Dupree, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Alisa Knight, age 29, was indicted by a federal

BISMARCK—U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on May 22, 2013, Paul A. Yellow Hammer, III, 42, of Fort Yates, North Dakota, was found guilty by a federal jury in U.S. District

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., May 28 (UPI) — Bernard Kerik, former head of the New York City police and police in Iraq, returned home Tuesday to northern New Jersey after a sentence in

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Dennis Mallow, age 47, of Black Hawk, South Dakota, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on May 14, 2013, and

MINNEAPOLIS – United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a St. Francis, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for aggravated sexual abuse of a child, aggravated

STARKE, Fla., May 29 (UPI) — Florida executed Elmer Carroll Wednesday for the 1990 rape and murder of 10-year-old Christine McGowen, the state Department of Corrections said. Carroll, 56, was put to

CHANDLER, Okla., May 28 (UPI) — Oklahoma prosecutors say they have added three new criminal charges against a former judge who was indicted three times in April. Craig S. Key now faces

MADISON, Wis., May 27 (UPI) — Police in Wisconsin said a local man known as “Thong Cape Scooter Man” is not breaking any laws by riding his motorized scooter wearing only a

TOKYO, May 27 (UPI) — The mayor of Osaka, Japan, apologized Monday for suggesting U. S. troops in Okinawa should make use of Japan’s legalized sex industry. Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who co-leads

CLEVELAND, May 28 (UPI) — More than a dozen Ohio restaurants are offering free burgers for life to Cleveland kidnapping hero Charles Ramsey. The restaurants — including Cleveland’s AMP 150 and the

FORT HOOD, Texas, May 28 (UPI) — U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, charged with gunning down 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, wants to act as his own lawyer, military officials

NEW YORK, May 28 (UPI) — New York police said they have arrested a pint-sized 15-year-old who younger boys said mugged them, demanding $1 bills. The suspect allegedly approached younger boys in

CORIGLIANO CALABRO, Italy, May 27 (UPI) — A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Italy for allegedly killing his 16-year-old girlfriend by stabbing her, then setting her on fire, police said Monday. Investigators

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 27 (UPI) — A registered sex offender was arraigned in Alaska Sunday, charged with killing an elderly couple and sexually assaulting their 2-year-old great-granddaughter. Bail was set at $1.5

LONDON, May 26 (UPI) — Two British nationals have been charged with endangering an aircraft after a Pakistani airliner was forced to divert to an airport in Britain, officials said. A British

WEST ALBANY, Ore., May 26 (UPI) — Oregon police said a 17-year-old student accused of planning to bomb his school was inspired by the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton,

PHOENIX, May 26 (UPI) — Prosecutors will ask a Phoenix judge to sentence the former head of the Fiesta Bowl to prison for his role in a campaign-finance scheme, court documents said.

LONDON, May 27 (UPI) — Three more suspects were arrested Saturday evening in the hacking death of a British soldier in London. Counter-terrorism officers took the trio, ages 21, 24 and 28,

BUFFALO, N.Y., May 26 (UPI) — A 42-year-old New York state man has admitted trying to scam the Internal Revenue Service out of $217,520 in refunds he sought in the names of

NEW YORK, May 26 (UPI) — Actress Amanda Bynes said a police officer sexually assaulted her while arresting her for allegedly throwing a bong out the window of her New York high-rise.

WASHINGTON—Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as “Piolin,” 32, pleaded guilty today to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special

MINNEAPOLIS, May 26 (UPI) — Two people in Minnesota and two in Florida are accused of filing more than 1,000 fake tax returns claiming nearly $7 million in refunds, federal officials said.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., May 26 (UPI) — A California family said they are “devastated” by the loss of the four French bulldogs and an English bulldog stolen from their yard. Miriam Juarez

OGDEN, Utah, May 26 (UPI) — A man awaiting trial in Utah in the death of a police officer during a January 2012 drug raid has died in his cell by hanging,

PHILADELPHIA, May 24 (UPI) — A Philadelphia judge ordered a couple detained because others might “harbor” them from prosecution for the death of their baby after he was denied medical care. Catherine

TORONTO, May 25 (UPI) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who was fired Wednesday as football coach at Don Bosco Catholic Secondary School, said Friday he does not use crack cocaine. Ford —

SANFORD, Fla., May 24 (UPI) — Pictures and texts from Trayvon Martin’s cellphone show a different side of the teenager a Florida man is accused of killing unprovoked, defense attorneys say. Mark

MARIETTA, Ga., May 24 (UPI) — A Georgia couple are pleading with thieves to return a stolen silver box containing the ashes of their stillborn son. Jody and Haley Hughey were at

CHICAGO, May 24 (UPI) — Six men who charge they were victims of former priest Donald McGuire have settled a sex abuse lawsuit against Chicago Jesuits for $19.6 million. The payout averaging

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 23 (UPI) — Police in Charlotte, N.C., said a woman called authorities and had her juvenile son arrested for stealing her Pop-Tarts. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers responded to the

NEWARK, N.J., May 24 (UPI) — A New Jersey federal judge has ruled that news of the Boston Marathon bombings did not affect sentences handed down later that day for two would-be

HOUSTON, May 22 (UPI) — The mother of a Texas girl who was gang raped when she was 11 says she was upset when she found her daughter, now 14, is pregnant.

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 22 (UPI) — Santa Clara County, Calif., agreed to settle for $15 million a suit stemming from a car crash triggered by a police officer eating a hamburger

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 22 (UPI) — The Catholic Church in Missouri faces more lawsuits brought by alleged victims of a priest who has admitted producing child pornography. The Diocese of Kansas

WOODLAND, Calif., May 22 (UPI) — A California defendant in a hearing on an assault charge said the words he hurled at the gay man he allegedly beat up did not make

NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) — A 12-year-old New York girl had a near miss when a bullet ricocheted off a fire escape and came through her bedroom window, police said. The

NEW YORK, May 22 (UPI) — A nanny charged in New York with killing two children in her care will get a chance to challenge a finding she is sane enough for

WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) — A member of Congress who led an investigation into the BP oil spill in 2010 expressed outrage that a judge threw out a charge against a former

CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 21 (UPI) — It took scores of investigators to track down a South Carolina man accused of masterminding the theft of more than $600,000 from Walmart stores, officials said.

BALTIMORE, May 21 (UPI) — A burglar broke into the suburban Baltimore home of Ravens running back Ray Rice, Baltimore County police said. Surveillance video shows a man entering Rice’s Reisterstown house