Category: Crime

Jeremy Pawloski, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. – A judge allowed suspended Capital Playhouse interim artistic director Troy A. Fisher to be released from custody on his own personal recognizance Monday after his arrest

By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors said they have ample evidence to show that a photographer charged under California’s new anti-paparazzi law with pursuing Justin

The Palm Beach Post, Fla. – A Boynton Beach mother and her son have been charged with animal abuse after a dog was found emaciated and tied to the bumper of an

By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times – NEW YORK — A 2-year-old girl was among six people shot when a car drove past a playground and sprayed it with bullets, the third

Jason Kotowski, The Bakersfield Californian – A former teacher who worked at several local schools was sentenced Monday to three years and one month in prison for possession of child pornography. Michael Scott

Vanessa Miller, CR Gazette – A 49-year-old Iowa City man who was arrested two years ago in connection with sexual abuse allegations stemming from a 2006 incident has been found not guilty.

By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times – CENTENNIAL, Colo. — James E. Holmes was formally charged Monday with 142 criminal counts, including 24 of first-degree murder, in connection with the shooting rampage

By Phil Trexler, Akron Beacon Journal – KENT, Ohio — A Kent State University student has been arrested after campus police say he Tweeted a threat last week promising to blow up

By Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune – NEWPORT, Ark. — The road leading to the women’s prison in this rural town is lined with crops as far as the eye can see. And

By Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — If Stacy Peterson hadn’t vanished, the past few years would have turned out much differently for her husband. It was her suspicious disappearance

McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: ——— As Americans speculate about why a young man in Colorado allegedly engaged in a nightmarish shooting rampage in

By Matt Stevens and Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif. — Tempers continued to flare in Anaheim on Sunday afternoon as a group of about 250 protesters stood directly in front

By Richard Winton and Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif.—Anaheim is bracing for more demonstrations this weekend after police opened fire on a burglary suspect Friday, the third officer-involved shooting

Negotiated Agreement Concludes Two-Year Investigation and Begins Federal Court Oversight of Police Department Reform – The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has entered into a comprehensive, cooperative consent

WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer Paulo Morales, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami to three civil rights offenses for sexually groping three

WASHINGTON – A Missouri man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for his role in the vandalism and arson of a biracial man’s home in Independence, Mo., the Department of

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Charles Cannon, 26, Michael McLaughlin, 41, and Brian Kerstetter, 33, were sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt in Houston for their racially motivated

Surge of Federal Law Enforcement Resources Aim to Reduce Gun and Drug-Related Crime – Attorney General Eric Holder and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter today announced the Department of Justice (DOJ) and city

By Josh Kegley, McClatchy Newspapers – LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington woman who has threatened to harm numerous presidents and politicians was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Friday for threatening

LAS VEGAS — A German man, wanted by law enforcement authorities in Germany for using his Florida financial firm to defraud numerous investors of more than $100 million in a pyramid scheme,

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – Investigators have been following the trail of Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes, 24, into the mountains north of Denver this week, searching for witnesses who

Jennifer Delgado and Ellen Jean Hirst, Chicago Tribune – Michael Haynes was set to leave his home in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood next week for Iona College in New York, a Division I

Peter Nickeas, Chicago Tribune – Six people were shot and five of them died during a bloody 12-hour period between 4 p.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Friday, according to Chicago police. Among the

Jennifer Delgado, Chicago Tribune – Chicago police said Saturday that they do not have a suspect in custody for the fatal shooting of South Side basketball prodigy Michael Haynes. But the 22-year-old Fenger

Ed Treleven, The Wisconsin State Journal – A Sun Prairie woman was convicted Friday of homicide by negligent driving after a jury found she was writing a text message when she slammed into

A Deputy Sheriff for the Starr County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office has been ordered detained by a federal magistrate judge in the Southern District of Texas on charges of conspiracy, federal programs bribery,

Phillip Oliver, 46, an inmate at the Muskogee County Jail (MCJ) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Muskogee, Okla., to one year and a day followed by one year of

WASHINGTON – Anthony Mangione, 51, of Parkland, Fla., pleaded guilty today to one count of transportation of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division,

Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 48, a resident of Leesburg, Va., was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for collecting video and audio recordings and

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times – AURORA, Colo. — Before the July 20 massacre in an Aurora movie theater, suspect James Holmes mailed a package containing a notebook to Dr. Lynne

By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla.—Shellie Zimmerman says she’s not guilty of perjury. Her new attorney, Kelly B. Sims, filed paperwork Friday, entering that plea on

By Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — A special commission appointed by Mayor McGinn to evaluate the Seattle Police Department, including its use-of-force policies and internal investigation procedures, will be

By Mike Carter and Steve Miletich, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — Days before it faced a federal civil-rights lawsuit, the city of Seattle has reached a tentative agreement with the Department

By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – Michael Marin, an outdoor enthusiast and former Wall Street trader, killed himself by swallowing cyanide in an Arizona courtroom moments after he was convicted of

By Josh Kegley, McClatchy Newspapers – LEXINGTON, Ky. — A University of Kentucky student pleaded not guilty Thursday to terroristic threatening, a charge that resulted after he allegedly sent a picture of

By Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif.—Federal officials have agreed to look into a recent officer-involved shooting in Anaheim after a meeting with the mayor Friday. The U.S. Department

By Jim Schaefer, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Raymond Highers, wearing bright yellow Wayne County Jail scrubs, folded his hands Thursday and clamped his eyes shut when it became clear what

By Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Criminal proceedings against University of California, Los Angeles chemistry professor Patrick Harran took a bizarre turn Thursday when the defense alleged in

WASHINGTON – Port Arthur Chemical and Environmental Services LLC (PACES) and its former president Matthew L. Bowman have been charged with conspiracy to illegally transport hazardous materials, resulting in the deaths of

WASHINGTON — A former financial institution employee pleaded guilty today for his participation in a conspiracy related to municipal bonds, the Department of Justice announced. According to the plea proceeding held today