Cops suspended over wedding brawl
Thirteen Galveston, Texas, police officers have been disciplined in connection with a brawl last year between officers and wedding guests. Nine were suspended, four written up. Among the people arrested durng the brawl was Astro’s pitcher
ID thieves after tax refunds, stimulus checks
Thousands of taxpayers across the country aren’t getting their refund or stimulus checks because criminals have stolen their Social Security numbers in an identity theft scam, CNN has learned.
Drug cartels thrive in Atlanta ‘burbs
Oscar Reynoso owed his bosses $300,000, and he was running out of time.
Dad guilty of throwing 4 kids off bridge
After deliberating for only 45 minutes, a jury convicted an Alabama man Thursday of throwing his four children off a Gulf Coast bridge in January 2008, according to prosecutors.
Tot in coma nearly buried alive; parents held
A 3-year-old Bolivian girl whose parents thought was dead and were preparing to bury remained in a coma but was improving Friday, while her mother and stepfather were being held on abuse charges, a hospital official said.
Charles Manson spends his days alone
In his latest mug shot, Charles Manson’s wild-eyed stare is gone, as is most of his hair. Except for the swastika he carved into his brow during his Los Angeles murder trial, he could be any gray-bearded senior citizen. One of history’s most notorious killers spends most of the time alone.
Crime and Shoplifting on the Rise
There have been numerous reports in recent months of an increase in crime due to the recession the economy is currently experiencing. Shoplifting has increased systematically along with the growth in unemployment and many predict it will become much worse as the expectations for a depression loom in 2009. At the same time, cities like New York City are seeing crime drop, although the murder rate did increase there slightly by 5.2% to 501 in 2008. Read more
