Category: Crime

By David Breen and Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood-watch volunteer who became the focus of national attention after he shot Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26,

By Arelis R. Hernandez, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Adam Johnson is one of seven men who died after being shocked by stun guns wielded by Orange County law enforcement in

Attached is the text of a letter from the President to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services and the Judiciary, the Chairman and Ranking Member of

By Jeremy Roebuck, The Philadelphia Inquirer – For months, others have spoken for a collection of young men whose accusations have brought Jerry Sandusky to grief. As prosecutors tell their stories, the former

(DES MOINES, Iowa)  A Polk County judge ordered a West Des Moines contracting company to reimburse dozens of customers more than $160,000, barred the company and its owners from future residential contracting

(DES MOINES, Iowa) A Polk County judge today sentenced Nebraska film and video producer Dennis Brouse to ten years in prison for his role in the Iowa Film Office tax credit fraud

By Alex Pavlovic, San Jose Mercury News – Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval faces possible charges in connection with an alleged sexual assault early Friday morning. The 25-year-old All-Star, who has been on

PHOENIX — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Phoenix Field Division Special Agent in Charge Thomas Atteberry today announces a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction

By Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — A man attacked alongside Bryan Stow testified Friday that the beating in a Dodger Stadium parking lot was completely unprovoked and came

By Adam Ashton, McClatchy Newspapers – TACOMA, Wash. — The Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who allegedly massacred Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province three months ago now faces charges that he used alcohol

By Jonathan Martin and Ken Armstrong, The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — A federal jury awarded $1 million Friday to the family of a mentally ill man who was killed by a

By Richard Simon, Tribune Washington Bureau – WASHINGTON — After more than 50 hours of deliberations over nine days, juror Sheila Lockwood just didn’t think there was enough evidence to convict John

By Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner, The Orlando Sentinel – SANFORD, Fla. — Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester has revoked George Zimmerman’s bond in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman now has

By Hector Becerra and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — The official record says that Charles Manson and his cult followers murdered eight people during their reign of terror across

By Elinor J. Brecher and Nadege Green, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Last weekend’s horror-movie episode on the MacArthur Causeway in Miami brought together two troubled men, one who was struggling to get

By Jeff Weiner and Rene Stutzman, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Typically adversaries, the state and defense in the George Zimmerman case agree on at least one point: Media coverage is

The Seattle Times – SEATTLE — A man described by his family as “angry toward everything” went on a deadly shooting rampage in Seattle on Wednesday, killing five people and critically wounding

By Karen Sudol, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – HACKSENSACK, N.J. — Tyler Clementi’s parents said Thursday that a 30-day jail and probationary sentence given to a former Rutgers student who spied on their

By Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times – The child sex-abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will begin with jury selection on Tuesday, with the real stars expected to

United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a McLaughlin man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for assault with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and

MINNEAPOLIS—Earlier today in federal court, a 47-year-old Red Lake man pleaded guilty to assaulting a Grand Rapids man with an axe handle. Joseph William Howard, Jr. pleaded guilty to one count of

McClatchy-Tribune News Service – The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times: Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003 hoping to contain a national epidemic. Nearly a decade later,

Robert Stanton, Houston Chronicle – A Houston man faces up to 160 years in prison if he is convicted of 16 counts of possession of child pornography, a Harris County prosecutor said. Charles

Mark Newman, Ottumwa Courier, Iowa – AGENCY — Authorities are being cautious in releasing information as they continue to investigate a fatal shooting that occurred southwest of Agency. Lisa Techel, 23,  was killed

Trish Mehaffey, CR Gazette – A man who attempted to jump over the railing on the top floor of the Linn County Courthouse after being convicted for kidnapping a woman last year

Friday, May 25 marked National Missing Children’s Day in the United States. In honor of that observance, the FBI has released a new version of its popular Child ID App for Android

On May 25, 2012, at approximately 12:30 p.m., a bank robbery occurred at the TCF Bank branch located at 1186 W. Broadway Street in Forest Lake, Minnesota. The robber approached a bank

WASHINGTON — A Wisconsin man was found guilty yesterday in the Western District of Louisiana for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, dedicated to the sexual abuse of

FRESNO, Calif. — A Delano man was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison on federal child pornography charges stemming from a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security

LAS VEGAS – A former Bosnian-Serb police commander wanted in his native country for genocide and atrocities against thousands of Bosnian Muslims was deported Wednesday, capping a successful effort by U.S. Immigration

Veniamin Gonikman, 56, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Ukraine, was sentenced today in federal court for his role in an international conspiracy to compel Eastern European women to work in exotic

By Peter Mayer – VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has been left “hurt” by the arrest last week of his butler on charges of stealing papal documents, the pontiff’s spokesman said

Peter Passi and Brandon Stahl, Duluth News Tribune, Minn. – Two men were arrested after an alleged assault at an abandoned gravel pit in New Independence Township shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday, according

By Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times – JERUSALEM — Two Israeli police officers were convicted Monday of negligent homicide for removing a suspected Palestinian car thief from a prison hospital and leaving him

By Janet Stobart, Los Angeles Times – LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended his relationship with media owner Rupert Murdoch during questioning Monday before a panel looking into the practices

By Daniela Guzman and Diana Moskovitz, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — Only the police tape, the bloodstain on the ground and a grotesque mystery remained after the brutal attack on the MacArthur Causeway

By Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press – DETROIT — Nick Fairley is in trouble again. This time, for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and attempting to elude police. Fairley, the

By Jason Meisner and Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune – CHICAGO — It was shortly before 2 a.m. on the eve of the NATO summit when the criminal-defense lawyer emerged from a West

By Frances Robles, McClatchy Newspapers – MIAMI — The fight between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin began with two people huffing and puffing in the dark, and then a brief exchange of

WASHINGTON – An Atwater, Calif., woman was charged today in a one-count indictment filed in the Eastern District of California for impersonation of an officer or an employee of the United States,