Police release sketch of suspect in horrific road rage execution of girl who just graduated from high school
Violent Crime
“What should be a time of great joy and celebration in a young person’s life has turned into a horrible tragedy.”
Kidnapping
July 1, 2017
Beloved female student visiting from China believed dead as Illinois man charged with kidnapping
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man was charged Friday with kidnapping in the disappearance of a visiting Chinese scholar who authorities believe to be dead after last being seen three weeks ago. Yingying Zhang, the daughter of a working-class factory driver from China, disappeared on June 9, just weeks after arriving at the …
Murder
June 30, 2017
At least two dead in NYC hospital shooting massacre; gunman hid weapon under lab coat
The gunman may have been a former employee at the hospital
Violent Crime
June 30, 2017
BREAKING: Gunman on the loose at New York City hospital, multiple people shot
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say at least two people have been shot at a New York City hospital and the gunman is still at large. The gunfire broke out at 2:50 p.m. Friday inside the Bronx Lebanon Hospital in the Bronx. Television images showed the hospital surrounded by police cars and fire trucks. Police …
Sex Crimes
June 29, 2017
Top advisor to Pope Francis faces multiple charges of ‘historical sexual assault offenses’
Cardinal George Pell: “I repeat that I am innocent of these charges. They are false.”
Trials
June 28, 2017
Wisconsin wants ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate to stay in jail
By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin attorneys asked a federal appeals court Monday to keep an inmate featured in the Netxflix series “Making a Murderer” behind bars while they fight a second ruling overturning his conviction. The state Department of Justice’s filing argues Brendan Dassey should remain in prison because his case …
Politics and Crime
June 28, 2017
Man destroys new Ten Commandments statue hours after it was placed at state Capitol
By JILL BLEED, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Capitol police arrested a man after Arkansas’ new Ten Commandments monument was smashed to pieces when someone rammed a vehicle into it early Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the 6-foot (1.8 meter) granite statue was placed on state Capitol grounds. Secretary of State’s Office spokesman …
Trials
June 27, 2017
Multiple jurors dismissed during “Pharma Bro” jury selection, some call him “snake” and “face of corporate greed”
One potential juror gestured as if wringing his neck
June 24, 2017
Lawyers fight to keep Aaron Hernandez murder conviction
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts prosecutors on Friday appealed a court ruling that erased former NFL star Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction in the 2013 killing of a semi-professional football player. Hernandez’s conviction in the fatal shooting of Odin Lloyd was voided after the former New England Patriots player killed himself in prison. Under a long-held Massachusetts …
Court
June 24, 2017
Is a Supreme Court justice about to retire?
Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish
June 23, 2017
RIDING HIGH: States where marijuana is legal have rising car crashes
P. SOLOMON BANDA, Associated Press DENVER (AP) A recent insurance study links increased car crash claims to legalized recreational marijuana. The Highway Loss Data Institute, a leading insurance research group, said in study results released Thursday that collision claims in Colorado, Washington, and Oregon went up 2.7 percent in the years since legal recreational marijuana …
Trials
June 22, 2017
Judges affirm ‘Making a Murderer’ confession was coerced, Brendan Dassey should be freed
State attorneys’ only recourse now is the U.S. Supreme Court.
