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Police, FBI search for evidence in 2003 disappearance
Police, FBI search for evidence in 2003 disappearance

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police and FBI agents searched a rural Tennessee property on Wednesday, Aug. 12 for any evidence of a girl who disappeared 17 years ago. Tabitha Tuders was 13 years old when she left her East Nashville home sometime after 7:30 a.m. on April 29, 2003, to catch a school bus […] More

August 18, 2020

Golden State Killer faces his victims in 1st day of hearings
Golden State Killer faces his victims in 1st day of hearings

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Killer, a former police officer in California who eluded capture for four decades, faces his victims in court Tuesday on the first of four days of hearings before he is sentenced to life in prison. The scope of Joseph James DeAngelo’s crimes “is […] More

August 18, 2020

White driver denies antagonizing biracial man who shot girl
White driver denies antagonizing biracial man who shot girl

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police heard conflicting stories of the moments that led up to a biracial man opening fire at a pickup truck on a Georgia highway, killing a white teenage girl in the back seat, a detective testified in court Tuesday. Marc Wilson, 21, of Sharpsburg, has been […] More

August 18, 2020

2 men charged in ’02 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay
2 men charged in ’02 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay

By JIM MUSTIAN, MICHAEL BALSAMO and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two decades after the slaying of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, federal prosecutors said Monday they have solved one of New York City’s most enduring mysteries, charging two men from his neighborhood with murder and suggesting that the hip-hop artist […] More

August 17, 2020

South Carolina man accused of trying to kidnap WWE star
South Carolina man accused of trying to kidnap WWE star

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A South Carolina man who stalked a 26-year-old WWE star for years and spent eight months planning to kidnap her was arrested Sunday after breaking into her home near Tampa, sheriff’s officials said. Phillip A. Thomas II, 24, of Cordesville, South Carolina, was arrested early Sunday for attempting to carry out […] More

August 17, 2020

California’s Golden State Killer faces life prison sentence
California’s Golden State Killer faces life prison sentence

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., a former police officer, faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for 13 rape-related charges and 13 murder counts stemming from crimes in the 1970s and 1980s across six California counties. He pleaded guilty in June and is set to be sentenced […] More

August 17, 2020

Over $700K raised for slain boy’s funeral in North Carolina
Over $700K raised for slain boy’s funeral in North Carolina

WILSON, N.C. (AP) — More than $700,000 has been raised for the funeral service expenses of a slain 5-year-old boy in North Carolina whose death has captured national attention. The donations poured into a GoFundMe page organized by Gwen Hinnant, who identifies herself on the website as Cannon Hinnant’s grandmother. “This family has faced unimaginable […] More

August 17, 2020

Sentencing date set for NY self-help guru in sex slave case
Sentencing date set for NY self-help guru in sex slave case

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group in upstate New York who was convicted last year on charges that he turned some of his followers into sex slaves will face sentencing on Oct. 27, a judge said Friday. In a conference call, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis told lawyers for Keith […] More

August 14, 2020

R. Kelly’s manager charged with phone threats to theater
R. Kelly’s manager charged with phone threats to theater

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly’s manager has been arrested on charges that he threatened a shooting at a Manhattan theater two years ago, forcing an evacuation and the cancellation of the screening of a documentary addressing allegations that the singer had sexually abused women and girls. Donnell Russell, 45, […] More

August 14, 2020

Suit: LA officer fondled dead woman, showed video to others
Suit: LA officer fondled dead woman, showed video to others

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles police officer accused of fondling a dead woman was sued Tuesday by her family, court documents show. The lawsuit accuses Officer David Rojas of fondling Elizabeth Baggett’s breasts and “feeling her nipples, without limitation,” as well as showing the body camera video of […] More

August 13, 2020

College bribery scheme tipster sentenced for financial fraud
College bribery scheme tipster sentenced for financial fraud

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles financier who tipped authorities to the college admissions cheating scheme was sentenced to prison Wednesday for trying to cheat stock investors out of $15 million. Morrie Tobin, 57, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison by a federal judge in Boston who acknowledged his “extraordinary” […] More

August 13, 2020

Woman sentenced for intentional crash that killed daughter
Woman sentenced for intentional crash that killed daughter

MENTOR, Ohio (AP) — A woman who intentionally drove into the path of a semitrailer on an interstate, killing her 10-year-old daughter and severely injuring her 6-year-old son, has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. Kia Ferguson, 38, of South Euclid, will also have her driver’s license suspended for life under the […] More

August 12, 2020

North Carolina woman accused of trying to poison family
North Carolina woman accused of trying to poison family

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A woman accused of trying to poison her husband and stepson was caught on video spiking a drink with paint thinner and cleaning products, prosecutors said Wednesday. Susan McNair, 72, was arrested by Wilmington police on Tuesday on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and two counts of contaminating food or […] More

August 12, 2020

Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend balks at prison conditions
Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend balks at prison conditions

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The reaction of federal prison officials to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide last year is to blame for onerous conditions a British socialite faces in jail while awaiting trial on charges that she procured teenage girls for Epstein to abuse a quarter-century ago, her lawyers said Tuesday. Through […] More

August 11, 2020

Feds seek more time to mull Boston Marathon bomber ruling
Feds seek more time to mull Boston Marathon bomber ruling

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Monday that they need more time to decide whether to ask an appeals court to reconsider the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentence was thrown out over concerns over about the jury selection process. The U.S. Justice Department urged the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of […] More

August 11, 2020

Money offered for info on former ‘Tiger King’ star husband
Money offered for info on former ‘Tiger King’ star husband

By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida man who disappeared in 1997 and who appeared on the hit TV series “Tiger King,” has hired a lawyer and is offering $100,000 in exchange for information to help solve the case. Attorney John Phillips held a news conference in […] More

August 10, 2020

Judge orders release of body camera video in Floyd case
Judge orders release of body camera video in Floyd case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge ordered the release of body camera footage recorded by former officers charged in the death of George Floyd. Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday the that videos from the body cameras of Thomas Lane and J. Kueng taken on the night Floyd died will be made publicly available, though it […] More

August 10, 2020

Lori Vallow-Daybell waives preliminary hearing in Fremont County
Lori Vallow-Daybell waives preliminary hearing in Fremont County

An Idaho woman charged in the concealment of her children’s remains has waived her preliminary hearing. Lori Vallow-Daybell was scheduled to stand before the court in Fremont County on August 10th and 11th. According to court documents, Vallow-Daybell signed the waiver on July 17th. However, the waiver wasn’t filed until two days after her husband, […] More

August 8, 2020

Comedian Andy Dick sues man who punched him in New Orleans
Comedian Andy Dick sues man who punched him in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Comedian Andy Dick has filed a lawsuit in New Orleans against the man who punched him last year outside a French Quarter nightclub. Documents in the July 30 lawsuit were made public Thursday, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported. Dick, 54, said the punch by David Hale, 47, caused “serious, permanent and disabling […] More

August 7, 2020