Category: Crime

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

MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court, a 37-year-old Colorado man pleaded guilty to scheming investors out of $7 million. Evan Matthew Flaxman, of Silverthorne, Colorado, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud

On Sunday, July 22, 2012 at approximately 3:34 AM, Waterloo Police patrolling in the area of E.4th Street and Adams Street heard several gunshots on Adams Street. As officers arrived in the

On Sunday, July 22, 2012 at approximately 01:34 AM, Waterloo Police responded to a shooting at Rumors Bar, 229 E.4th Street, Waterloo. Upon arrival officers found that a 39 year old male had

By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Joe Arpaio bills himself as a tough-talking lawman, but he turned down the volume in an Arizona court of law this week.

Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo. – A Roeland Park man facing child pornography charges chatted online with a Florida man about killing and eating children, according to court records filed

By Ed Meyer, Akron Beacon Journal – AKRON, Ohio — One of the five men accused by the federal government of plotting to blow up the bridge along state Route 82 over

By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder case on Wednesday released the names of six “secret” witnesses, all of

MINNEAPOLIS – Late last week in federal court, a 45-year-old man was sentenced for carjacking an Airport Taxi taxicab on January 29, 2011. On July 20, 2012, United States District Court Judge

By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun – BALTIMORE — Violet Ripken, the 74-year-old mother of Baltimore Orioles star Cal Ripken Jr., has returned home safely after being abducted at gunpoint from

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – On July 17, 2012, Jaime Richard Schieffer, age 48, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced in United States District Court in Council Bluffs, Iowa, upon his conviction for

By Steve Schmadeke and Andy Grimm, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Drew Peterson carefully appraised each prospective juror who took a seat in a Joliet, Ill., courtroom Tuesday, then later shook his

DAVENPORT, IA – On July 18, 2012, Dietrich Anthony Wilmington, age 23, from Davenport, Iowa was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Robert W. Pratt, having previously

By Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — For the first time since his arrest almost four years ago, William Balfour spoke out briefly in court as he was about to be

On Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at approximately 10:15 AM, Waterloo Police and Waterloo Fire Rescue responded to 1225 Meadow Lane, Apartment E, Waterloo on report that a seven (7) week old female

On Sunday, July 22, 2012 at approximately 3:34 AM, Waterloo Police patrolling in the area of E.4th Street and Adams Street heard several gunshots on Adams Street. As officers arrived in the

By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times – AURORA, Colo. — Christian Bale, star of the Batman trilogy of movies, paid a surprise visit Tuesday to injured victims of the recent shooting rampage

On 7/22/12, at approximately 0134hrs, officers responded to a shooting at Rumors bar located at 229 E. 4th St. Upon arrival, officers located a shooting victim and placed a suspect in custody.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Bobby Joe Rogers, 41, of Pensacola, pleaded guilty today to a federal grand jury indictment charging him with the New Year’s Day arson that destroyed the American Family Planning

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The last defendants have been sentenced in a case against nine members of the Vice Lords Gang indicted in October, 2009 for the commission of violent crimes in furtherance

MINNEAPOLIS – Yesterday in federal court, a 31-year-old felon was sentenced for possessing two nine-millimeter pistols. United States District Court Judge David S. Doty sentence Bryan Wallace Burford, of Big Lake, to

PHOENIX – On July 9, 2012, Daniel Munoz Perez, 26, of Blackwater, Ariz., was arrested when he attempted to enter the United States near San Diego, Calif. Perez is wanted in connection

MINNEAPOLIS – Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 42-year-old career criminal was indicted for possessing a .45-caliber, semi-automatic pistol. Michael Scott Canfield, of St. Paul, was charged with one

MINNEAPOLIS – Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, a 55-year-old career criminal was indicted for possessing a 20-gauge sawed-off shotgun. Samuel Westmoreland, of St. Paul, was charged with one count

MINNEAPOLIS – Earlier today in federal court in St. Paul, three Minneapolis men were indicted for the April 3, 2012, armed robbery of the West 7th Pharmacy in St. Paul. Ray James

By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times – FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Who is responsible for the death of Pvt. Danny Chen? Was it solely Chen himself, by a self-inflicted gunshot wound at

By Nicole Santa Cruz, Richard Winton and Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif.—Protesters were marching through the streets of Anaheim on Tuesday evening after clashing with police outside City

By Denise-Marie Balona, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Florida A&M University President James Ammons has maintained that he did not know until January about recommendations from two key officials

By Nicole Santa Cruz and Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times – ANAHEIM, Calif. — A recent uptick in officer-involved shootings in Anaheim has prompted outrage from residents concerned about police conduct. The

By Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday against eight people in connection with Britain’s phone-hacking scandal, including a onetime confidant of media baron Rupert Murdoch

By Greg Cote, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — There was an almost visceral satisfaction in hearing the NCAA president on Monday recite the severe punishment against Penn State and its shamed football

By Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A shortage of fingerprint experts at the Los Angeles Police Department has caused a large backlog of unanalyzed fingerprints, resulting in long

By John Byrne and Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — Chicago aldermen on Monday recommended paying more than $7 million to two men who say they were tortured by former Police

By Louis Sahagun and Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – CENTENNIAL, Colo. — James Holmes, the suspect in last week’s deadly shooting rampage in a suburban movie theater, made his first court

By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times – The suspect in the massacre at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater appears to have acted alone, the police chief said Sunday, adding that a computer

By Sam Quinones, Kim Murphy and Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times – AURORA, Colo. — Three days after the mass shooting at a Batman movie screening in Colorado, the profile of the

By Anne Blythe and J.N. Miller, McClatchy Newspapers – RALEIGH, N.C. — Frank Wetzel, considered one of North Carolina’s most notorious criminals after being convicted of killing two state highway patrolmen, fought

Matt Peterson, Austin Daily Herald, Minn. – A 27-year-old Austin man who reportedly punched his roommate, threw a beer bottle at him and hit him with a chair was convicted of felony

by Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A man was in custody late Friday in connection with the stabbings of three transients while they slept. The attacker left behind

By Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — Fred Willard reportedly has been offered the opportunity to avoid prosecution after being arrested Wednesday night in Hollywood on suspicion of lewd