Category: Crime

DALLAS – A former National Football League player, Samuel George Hurd III, 27, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a superseding indictment charging conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a

OKLAHOMA CITY – Thirty-four individuals and 23 entities have been indicted and accused of operating an illegal sports bookmaking business that solicited more than $1 billion in illegal bets. U.S. Attorney Sanford

Defendant committed racketeering offenses, murdered two men, and assaulted a detention guard DEL RIO, Texas – A gang member with the Mexican Mafia in Uvalde, Texas, was sentenced Wednesday to three consecutive

ST. PAUL, Minn., April 11 (UPI) — Four men and a woman have been arrested in Minnesota and accused of prostituting eight women and girls between the ages of 15 to 40,

LINDEN, N.J., April 11 (UPI) — Police in New Jersey said someone stole a shipping container filled with $100,000 worth of hamburger patties. Linden Police Capt. James Sarnicki said the refrigerated container

ORLANDO, Fla., April 11 (UPI) — Gladys Zimmerman, mother of Florida neighborhood watch shooter George Zimmerman, is criticizing media and prosecutors on the anniversary of her son’s arrest. George Zimmerman is charged

From Waterloo police: At approximately 5:27pm on April 11th 2013, Waterloo Police responded to 703 W. Mullan Avenue, Apartment #3, on the report of a stabbing. When Officer’s arrived, they found a

NASHVILLE, April 11 (UPI) — A Nashville teenager shot Thursday morning while waiting at a bus stop has died, hospital officials say. The victim, believed to be about 16 or 17, was

GLOSTRUP, Denmark, April 11 (UPI) — A Danish court has dismissed a rape charge against a man who said he was asleep when he molested two teenage girls. A judge in Glostrup

KAUFMAN, Texas, April 11 (UPI) — Erleigh Wiley, tapped by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to replace slain Kaufman County prosecutor Mike McLelland, said she can do the job “and not be scared.”

MINNEAPOLIS, April 10 (UPI) — A Norwegian pilot is facing charges he tried to fly a New York-bound commuter jet from Minneapolis-St. Paul airport while intoxicated. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

MINNEAPOLIS, April 10 (UPI) — Minneapolis authorities said they have arrested a 54-year-old ex-felon for allegedly biting off a police officer’s finger. The name of the injured officer, who is listed in

HOUSTON, April 10 (UPI) — The 20-year-old student accused of stabbing 14 people at a Texas college said he fantasized about killing people and planned the attack, officials said. Dylan Quick was

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 10 (UPI) — A Saudi judge never considered paralysis as a punishment for man who paralyzed another man, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice said. The Saudi Gazette, an

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, April 10 (UPI) — The mother of a teenage girl in Nova Scotia who committed suicide said her daughter was raped and photographed by four boys before her death.

DES MOINES – A Sioux City man was apprehended on several counts resulting from the alleged illegal shooting of a wild turkey north of Pisgah, in Monona County. Phuoc Nguyen, 42, pleaded

Waco, TX – The United States Marshals Service’s Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is pleased to announce that on April 2, 2013, an abducted child from Robertson County, TX, was found near

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Rosebud, South Dakota man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for abusive sexual contact. Laun Leroy McCloskey, age 19, was indicted

LLUCMAJOR, Spain, March 28 (UPI) — A German national living in Spain has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing three children and for selling them to other adults

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 7 (UPI) — Former porn star Jenna Jameson said Sunday she’s innocent of a battery charge brought against her after an incident at a home in Newport Beach,

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 7 (UPI) — An Army soldier will face assault and murder charges in a military court for the shooting death of a civilian employee at Fort Knox, Ky., officials

LOS ANGELES, April 7 (UPI) — Los Angeles police said they are investigating last week’s particularly large number of “swatting” calls — hoax 911 calls — involving celebrities’ homes. The residences of

WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) — A Washington, D.C., man was arrested and charged for allegedly trying to rob two banks with a note that confused the tellers, officials said. The alleged attempted

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 7 (UPI) — Former porn star Jenna Jameson said Sunday she’s innocent of a battery charge brought against her after an incident at a home in Newport Beach,

FORT WORTH, Texas, April 7 (UPI) — Officials in Texas said they can’t charge a flight instructor who was married to two women at the same time with bigamy due to the

LOS ANGELES, April 6 (UPI) — Violent crime in Los Angeles was down 14 percent for the first quarter of 2013 from the same period last year, police said. Police have recorded

LOS ANGELES, April 6 (UPI) — A lawyer for singer Chris Brown accused Los Angeles prosecutors of fraud for saying he submitted defective documentation of his court-ordered community service. Prosecutors accused Brown

MINNEAPOLIS, April 5 (UPI) — Two inmates serving time for fraud when they fled from a federal prison in Duluth, Minn., were caught Friday at a hotel near Minneapolis, officials said. The

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 5 (UPI) — Police in Florida said someone took items valued at $479,000 in a burglary at the home of the Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh while he was

ATLANTA, April 4 (UPI) — A 50-day campaign to curb U.S. youth violence began Thursday, the anniversary of the slaying of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., organizers said. The anti-violence

NEW YORK, April 4 (UPI) — Grand jury indictments unsealed in New York City Thursday charge 63 members of three gangs with waging a years-long war of retribution. The indictments released in

DAVENPORT, IA—On April 1, 2013, Eric Martin, age 35, was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment for armed bank robbery, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and being a

RAIPUR, India, April 4 (UPI) — A man described as “reportedly mentally unstable” allegedly killed nine girls and women with an ax Thursday in India, authorities said. Pandu Nageshia, 35,was jailed in

SIOUX CITY – Two Iowa men who conspired to rob a South Sioux City, Nebraska, business pled guilty March 26, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City. Terrence Miles, age 20, from

SAINT PAUL, Minn., April 4 (UPI) — Police in St. Paul, Minn., are looking into Facebook posts made by a man accused of killing his wife. Investigators looking into the disappearance of

DAVENPORT, IA—On April 1, 2013, Michael Saad, age 49, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, followed by six months’ home confinement, for willfully overvaluing property for the purpose of influencing a federally

RICHMOND, Va., April 3 (UPI) — Virginia’s anti-sodomy law should be allowed to stand because it protects minors, state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says. A 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel

CHICAGO, April 3 (UPI) — A bank robber was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for holding up two banks in Chicago in 2007 and killing a teller at one of them.

WILLIAMSON, W.Va., April 3 (UPI) — Mingo County, W.Va., Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot and killed Wednesday and police shot a suspect as he tried to get away, authorities said. Crum was

KAUFMAN, Texas, April 2 (UPI) — A federal law enforcement official says investigators are looking at a former local official as a person of interest in the slaying of two Texas prosecutors.