Category: Crime

NOGALES, Ariz., Jan. 23 (UPI) — What U.S. officials are calling the biggest marijuana shipment ever smuggled from Mexico has been seized at a border crossing in Arizona. Some seven tons of

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23 (UPI) — A Philadelphia doctor found hogtied and burning in her home’s basement apparently had been strangled with a rope, authorities say. No arrests had been made in the

SALEM, Ore., Jan. 23 (UPI) — An Oregon man who told officers he had anger issues has been arrested after deputies said he put his grandmother’s dog in the oven when the

ELYRIA, Ohio, Jan. 22 (UPI) — An Elyria, Ohio, man pleaded no contest to assault charges for beating two children with a belt at a birthday party at his home, court records

FORT BRAGG, N.C., Jan. 22 (UPI) — U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair deferred entering a plea Tuesday at his Fort Bragg, N.C., arraignment on charges including fraud and forcible sodomy.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A Canadian man who served an eight-year prison term for sexually abusing his stepson was acquitted after the stepson confessed he lied. The Alberta Court of

WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 21 (UPI) — Prosecutors in North Carolina say they made a plea deal with a teacher charged with having sex with a student after learning she had married him.

KITCHNER, Ontario, Jan. 21 (UPI) — An Ontario women’s prison is being investigated for allegedly allowing a problematic inmate to choke herself to death as guards idly stood by. Ashley Smith, 19,

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 21 (UPI) — A Nevada state lawmaker has been jailed after allegedly threatening a fellow lawmaker with physical violence, police said. Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks, 40, a Democrat from

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 21 (UPI) — Five people were hit in a drive-by shooting in New Orleans Monday, police said. The shooting occurred near where the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day

CHILLIWACK, British Columbia, Jan. 22 (UPI) — A Canadian truck driver convicted of killing a teenage runaway was sent to prison Monday, joining his son, who was convicted of the same crime.

WATERLOO – On Friday, January 18, 2013, at approximately 9:50 AM, Waterloo Police were dispatched to the area of West 8th Street and Randolph Street reference a shots fired called. Officers found

TORNILLO, Texas, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A pit bull was shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies in Texas after the dog bit off a 70-year-old woman’s thumb, officials said. The attack happened

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A man took his pickup truck on a wild ride across a military base in Alaska, evading gunfire from security during an 8-mile chase before fleeing,

ALBUQUERQUE, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder Sunday after five people were found slain in Albuquerque, law enforcement officials said. The charges came just hours after police

CLEVELAND, Jan. 20 (UPI) — A Cleveland man was arrested after his 6-year-old daughter shot herself in the face, officials in Ohio said. Neveah Benson was shot at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday,

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 19 (UPI) — A Catholic priest now facing federal drug charges in Connecticut had resigned last year amidst allegations of sexual misconduct, officials say. The (Bridgeport) Connecticut Post reported

DETROIT, Jan. 21 (UPI) — Soon-to-retire Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway has been charged with bank fraud by federal authorities. Detroit’s WXYZ-TV reported the charge filed in U.S. District Court Friday

MALIBU, Calif., Jan. 19 (UPI) — Los Angeles police said a call to police that someone had been shot inside the Malibu, Calif., home of the celebrity Kardashian family was a hoax.

United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Kimberly A. Bivens, age 46, was sentenced today in Omaha by Chief United States District Judge Laurie Smith Camp to 37 months in federal

A 22-year-old Des Moines, Washington man will spend 32 years in prison for the January 2012 beating of a prison guard and for the forced labor of two juveniles in the sex

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (UPI) — Los Angeles County’s district attorney has charged Hulk Hogan’s ex-wife, Linda Hogan, with two counts of drunken driving after an October arrest, officials say. Linda Hogan,

NOTTINGHAM, England, Jan. 19 (UPI) — An English couple whose 2-year-old son died from drinking methadone were convicted Friday of manslaughter. A jury in Nottingham Crown Court deliberated for only four hours

MINNEAPOLIS—Last week in federal court, a 39-year-old Faribault man pleaded guilty to writing 127 fraudulent checks to himself. Ronald Leo Schaeffer pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud in connection to

ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Mark F. Giuliano, Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway, and Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter announce the return of fugitive Christian Vasquez to Gwinnett County, Georgia. Christian

CHICAGO—A Joliet man is facing an agreed maximum 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty today to a federal civil rights crime for setting fire to the home of an African-American family on

FORT MYERS, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Edwin Carroll Snyder (39, Fort Myers) was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. According to court

COLUMBUS—Todd L. Smith, 50, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of coercion and enticement of minors for sexual activity. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18 (UPI) — A Marine recruit was taken into custody after attempting to flee boot camp by running across the runway at San Diego’s Lindbergh Field, officials said. The

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (UPI) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office says actor Robert Wagner has rejected several requests for interviews about the 1981 death of actress Natalie Wood. The investigation

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Wanblee woman convicted of felony child abuse and neglect was sentenced on January 3, 2014, by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken.

SCRANTON, PA—Joseph J. Ostrowski, 29, of Wilkes-Barre, pleaded guilty this week before senior U.S. District Court Judge Edwin M. Kosik to producing and attempting to produce child pornography, interstate extortion, and cyberstalking,

A criminal indictment was unsealed this week charging Toledo resident Richard Schmidt with a variety of crimes related to his possession of 18 firearms, body armor, and more than 40,000 rounds of

KANSAS CITY, MO—Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, announced that a Kansas City, Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court this week to child

MINNEAPOLIS—A federal indictment unsealed earlier this week charges a 33-year-old Red Lake man with endangering the health of a baby. On January 8, 2013, Chad Joseph Sumner was charged with one count

WASHINGTON—Ira Isaacs was sentenced today to serve 48 months in prison for engaging in the business of producing and selling obscene videos and distributing obscene videos, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.

NEWPORT NEWS, VA—Randell Lamont Woods, 24, of Hampton, Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 66 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Neil H. MacBride,

ATLANTA—A pain clinic owner, an office manager who was the wife of the owner, and two doctors have been indicted for the illegal sale and distribution of pain killers to addicts and

NEWARK—A former Citibank employee was convicted today of stealing more than $1.3 million from William Salomon, a 98-year-old former managing partner of Salomon Brothers, which was later acquired by Citibank, U.S. Attorney

BOISE—Lisa Rochel Samayoa, 45, of Boise; Darin Scott Melton, 44, of Twin Falls, Idaho; Nina Ann Lucas, 32, of Pocatello, Idaho; and Omar Riveroll-Hernandez, 32, of Long Beach, California, pleaded guilty today