Category: Crime

ATLANTA, Feb. 16 (UPI) — An Idaho man was charged with assaulting a minor after allegedly slapping a crying toddler on an airplane and calling the boy a racial epithet. Joe Rickey

On Saturday, January 19, 2013 at approximately 8:15 PM, Waterloo Police were sent to 153 Byron Avenue on report of a robbery. The victim, Dennis Fix, had been assaulted and there was

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (UPI) — The U.S. government Friday filed charges against former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. for allegedly misusing campaign funds. Jackson, who resigned from Congress in November, was said

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 15 (UPI) — A reveler who allegedly threw urine from a pre-Mardi Gras parade float has been banned from the event and is under investigation, New Orleans police said.

JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 (UPI) — Four former Israeli border guards have been convicted of beating and abusing a mentally disabled Palestinian man at a checkpoint in 2009, officials say. A Jerusalem court

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 15 (UPI) — Authorities in Florida said they arrested a man accused of making more than 1,200 calls to 911 since December of last year. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s

HUDDERSFIELD, England, Feb. 15 (UPI) — A man serving a sentence in a British jail for torturing and killing a 2-year-old girl has been found dead in his cell, officials said. Subhan

LOS ANGELES—Federal authorities have arrested 14 people named in two federal indictments that allege long-term schemes to manipulate stock prices that led to more than 20,000 investors losing over $30 million when

David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that EDWARD F. WILSON, 29, of Newtown, pleaded guilty today before United States Magistrate Judge Thomas P. Smith in Hartford

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 14 (UPI) — A razor was mistakenly given to jailed serial killer Israel Keyes, the Alaska Department of Correction admitted, who used the blade to commit suicide. “It was

SCHERTZ, Texas, Feb. 14 (UPI) — A Texas woman who admitted to slashing her 13-year-old daughter’s throat was found not guilty for the attack by reason of insanity, officials said. Christine Caldera,

COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 14 (UPI) — Two children, ages 1 and 3, and a 22-year-old man are dead following a stabbing incident Wednesday, the El Paso County, Colo., Sheriff’s Office said. The

GREENSBURG, Pa., Feb. 14 (UPI) — A western Pennsylvania man was convicted of capital murder Thursday for his part in the torture and killing of a mentally challenged woman. Jurors in Westmoreland

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 (UPI) — Fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner’s charred remains have been identified by dental records Thursday, authorities said. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said he

ACAPULCO, Mexico, Feb. 14 (UPI) — Six suspects who allegedly raped a group of Spanish tourists in Acapulco, Mexico, have confessed to the crime, officials said. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said

ROCKFORD, Ill., Feb. 14 (UPI) — A former comptroller for the city of Dixon, Ill., was sentenced Thursday to 19 years and seven months in federal prison for embezzling $53.7 million. Rita

CHELSEA, Ala., Feb. 14 (UPI) — A 21-year-old man has been arrested and charged for a hostage situation at a middle school in Alabama’s Shelby County, officials said. Ryan Matthew Sims has

SYDNEY, Feb. 14 (UPI) — An Australian man has been arrested and charged for allegedly beheading his father in southwest Sydney Thursday morning, officials said. Khoder Zahab, 42, was arrested Thursday after

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 13 (UPI) — A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who once accused a fellow justice of assaulting her says he has engaged in an “escalating pattern of abusive behavior.” Justice

ALAMO HEIGHTS, Texas, Feb. 13 (UPI) — U.S. Navy recruiter Juan Jose Pena was arrested at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston and charged with sexual assault, Alamo Heights, Texas, police said.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13 (UPI) — The brother and defender of Josh Powell, who killed himself and his two sons in a house fire after suspicions he killed his wife Susan, has committed

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) — A Southern California man faces up to 11 years in prison for fatally punching and kicking a New Jersey businessman who laughed at him in a

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, along with officers assigned to the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF), arrested

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, along with officers assigned to the Puerto Rico Crimes Against Children Task Force (PRCACTF), arrested

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13 (UPI) — Federal appellate judges in San Francisco Wednesday challenged a prosecutor’s assertion ex-big league slugger Barry Bonds misled the BALCO grand jury. Two of the three 9th

MONTGOMERY, AL—U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr., announced today that Kevin Darcy Golden, age 45, of Auburn, Alabama, was sentenced yesterday to 35 years in federal prison for producing child pornography. If

MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier in federal court in St. Paul, a 51-year-old Minneapolis man was sentenced for distributing child pornography. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Robert Andrew Gozola to 240 months

ATLANTA—Seven Metro Atlanta Police officers, two former DeKalb County jail officers, a contract officer with Federal Protective Services, and five others have been charged with accepting thousands of dollars in cash payments

MIAMI, Feb. 12 (UPI) — A Miami-area woman was sentenced to 55 years in prison Tuesday for abusing and kidnapping a foster child who vanished more than 10 years ago. Geralyn Graham,

PHOENIX, Feb. 11 (UPI) — Former Major League Baseball player Mark Grace reported to Maricopa County Jail Sunday to begin serving his four-month term for driving drunk. Grace, a first baseman for

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Feb. 12 (UPI) — Four members of Alabama’s national championship football team allegedly assaulted and robbed two university students on campus, police statements say. Depositions filed by campus police obtained

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 12 (UPI) — A Kentucky murder suspect is unable to find a lawyer to represent him at trial because he keeps threatening to kill them, the judge in his

OAKDALE, Minn., Feb. 12 (UPI) — Police in Oakdale, Minn., arrested a man accused of shooting at passing motorists, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring two women. Police said the 33- or

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 10 (UPI) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police said they have seized 27 pit bulls and a fighting arena in what could be the department’s largest dog fighting operation. Police said

RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) — A California man has been charged after an 8-year-old boy allegedly found his loaded handgun and accidentally shot another man in the head, police said. The

SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 10 (UPI) — Two fifth-grade boys were held on $100,000 bond each after being charged with conspiracy to commit murder at their school in Washington state, officials said. The

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10 (UPI) — Gunfire erupted on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities Saturday night, leaving two men and two women wounded, police said. A police spokesman said

CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (UPI) — A man jailed in Illinois on charges he raped an 11-year-old allegedly tried to hire someone to kill the girl and two of her family members, authorities

DES MOINES, IA—Des Moines area real estate developer Randal L. Walters was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for his participation in a bank fraud scheme. Chief Judge James

ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 10 (UPI) — Anaheim, Calif., police said a man allegedly driving drunk struck and killed three women pedestrians this weekend. Police Sgt. Bob Dunn said the driver of a