Category: Crime

LONGMONT, Colo., March 3 (UPI) — A Colorado man was stun-gunned and then arrested for allegedly charging at Boulder County sheriff’s deputies with a broom, officials said. John Sena, 56, was stun-gunned

NEW YORK, March 3 (UPI) — A New York City man was arrested and charged with faking being kidnapped to avoid telling his girlfriend why he was gone for two weeks. Rahmell

ZACATECAS, Mexico, March 2 (UPI) — The body of a 13-year-old admitted hitman was found with those of five other young people along a highway in northern Mexico, police said. Investigators said

NEW YORK, March 2 (UPI) — A New York man charged with killing his mother and cutting up her corpse photographed himself holding her head, police say. A police source told the

FORT MEADE, Md., March 2 (UPI) — Military prosecutors say they plan to try U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on the most serious charges that could put him in prison for the

SANFORD, Fla., Feb. 28 (UPI) — A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly told her son he would have to sleep in the woods as punishment for a fight she had

HYVINKAA, Finland, Feb. 28 (UPI) — A teenager who opened fire from a rooftop in suburban Helsinki, Finland, killing two people and injuring seven, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday. Eero

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Seventeen Texas prison guards have been charged with smuggling cellphones into prison that allowed inmates to organize murders and sell drugs, officials say. The guards

FORT MEADE, Md., Feb. 28 (UPI) — The U.S. Army private accused of leaking sensitive data to WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty to 10 charges Thursday and agreed to serve 20 years in prison.

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (UPI) — A young New York man was charged Wednesday with killing his mother, cutting up her body and dumping the remains in the Bronx. A friend, William

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that an Eagle Butte, South Dakota woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for child abuse. Alex White Eyes, age 23, was indicted

TRENTON, N.J., Feb. 28 (UPI) — As a New Jersey inmate’s hunger strike enters its second year, officials who have gone to court to keep him alive say they are now fearful

FORT HOOD, Texas, Feb. 28 (UPI) — A military judge Thursday set July 1 as the trial date for Nidal Hasan, who is charged in the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas.

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Ammar Harris was arrested and jailed in Los Angeles Thursday in a shooting that claimed three lives on the Las Vegas Strip last week, police said.

NOTTINGHAM, England, March 1 (UPI) — Two young men were convicted Thursday of killing a retiree in eastern England after torturing him with boiling water to get him to turn over his

ATLANTA, Feb. 28 (UPI) — Former women’s basketball star Chamique Holdsclaw has been charged in Georgia with assaulting WNBA player Jennifer Lacy. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said a grand jury

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J., Feb. 27 (UPI) — A male New Jersey nurse was convicted Wednesday of performing oral sex on a quadriplegic man who is unable to speak. Jurors spent only 90

MILTON, Fla., Feb. 27 (UPI) — A Florida woman whose toddler drank drain cleaner allegedly used in making methamphetamine faces criminal charges. Victoria Lauren Cain, 27, was arrested after her 3-year-old son

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 27 (UPI) — A Canadian hockey coach captured on video tripping a young player has been sentenced to 15 days in jail, officials say. Martin Tremblay, 48, had

FOREST LAKE, Ill., Feb. 27 (UPI) — Chicago Bears offensive tackle J’Marcus Webb is facing a marijuana possession charge, authorities say. KFVS-TV, Cape Girardeau, Mo., reported Webb was arrested by a sheriff’s

MIAMI, Feb. 27 (UPI) — A Miami Beach man has been sentenced to 15 years in a Florida prison for using physical violence on a woman he forced into prostitution. Robert Burton,

BALTIMORE — A man from Parkville, Md., was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for conspiracy to produce child pornography and for transporting a minor

DAVENPORT, IA – On February 25, 2013, Fred Carl Chapman, age 30, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge

NEW ORLEANS — A convicted felon Honduran national was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a felony charge of illegally re-entering the United States following

A sex offender who failed to update his registration was sentenced February 12, 2013, to 41 months in federal prison. Howard Sawyer, age 39, from Black Hawk County, received the sentence after

TAMPA, Fla. – A St. Petersburg man was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison for using his computer to solicit and arrange for sex with a 4-year-old child. The sentencing

LAREDO, Texas – Two Mexican nationals were sentenced to prison Monday for their roles in attempting to smuggle 652 assault rifle magazines into Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney, Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of

BALTIMORE, Feb. 26 (UPI) — A teenage Maryland boy has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for shooting a student in a high school cafeteria last fall. Robert Gladden 15, was

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) — A U.S.-born Nigerian alleged to have stolen $44 million from U.S. banks in a fraud scheme has been captured after four years on the loose, the FBI

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 25 (UPI) — A Tennessee school bus driver accused of stealing and selling a school bus is no longer approved to drive for the school district, officials said. The

DANIA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 25 (UPI) — The Florida Highway Patrol said a man seen releasing a dozen heart-shaped Mylar balloons with his girlfriend was charged with a felony. The patrol said

BROCKTON, Mass., Feb. 23 (UPI) — A 10-year-old Massachusetts boy got a stern lecture from police after calling 911 because he didn’t like his mother’s order for an 8 p.m. bedtime. Dan

TRENTON, N.J., Feb. 24 (UPI) — A Bloods gang member was arrested after New Jersey police allegedly found 100 bags of heroin hidden in his anus, police said. Rasoul Speight, 32, was

VISTA, Calif., Feb. 24 (UPI) — A fight in a California taco shop Sunday resulted in at least two men stabbed and others injured, police said. An argument involving more than 20

MILPITAS, Calif., Feb. 24 (UPI) — The woman who made up a story about finding a finger in her chili at Wendy’s is again facing a charge for lying to police in

MANITOWOC, Wis., Feb. 24 (UPI) — Police took a Wisconsin teen’s idea of a joke seriously when he listed a baby for sale for $1,000 on Craigslist. The ad, which was brought

CHICAGO, Feb. 24 (UPI) — Chicago police said they arrested 19 rowdy youths who shook things up in a Chicago mall Saturday before heading outside to jump on cars for no apparent

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Feb. 24 (UPI) — Four current and former priests in Scotland have accused Catholic Cardinal Keith O’Brien of inappropriate acts, The Observer reported Saturday. The three current priests and one