An Oregon appeals court ordered Wednesday that a couple’s loud dogs must undergo “debarking,” a controversial medical procedure that entails cutting a canine’s vocal cords, according to The Washington Post. The Oregonian reports that Debra and Dale Krein sued neighbors Karen Szewc and John Updegraff in 2012 after being fed up with the noises made by their many Tibetan …
In-N-Out Burger is taking Smashburger to court, after claiming the “Smashburger Triple Double” too closely resembles their famous “Double-Double” burger. In their trademark infringement lawsuit filed Monday, In-N-Out claimed that Smashburger’s newest item will “likely confuse and mislead the consuming public,” into believing the two fast food chains and their products are affiliated, The Orange …
Apparently, former health sciences teacher Tad Cummins is trying to get out jail by claiming he’s not allowed to talk privately with his lawyer. Prosecutors said that Cummins’ allegation is simply not true. Tennessean reports that Cummins, 51, and his lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Dumaka Shabazz, filed a motion last Friday that claimed they’ve been denied …
The family of a Wisconsin girl who survived a stabbing said the plea deal made with one of her attackers provides “closure.” On Monday, Anissa Weier, 15, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree homicide as a party to a crime with use of a deadly weapon in the May 2014 attack on Payton Leutner, then 12. Under the …
A federal judge in Tampa, Florida, denied prosecutors’ request to delay a trial due to Monday’s total eclipse. The Washington Post reported that a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) agent wanted to postpone court proceedings because he had prepaid for an eclipse trip. However, Judge Steven Merryday ruled that the trial, surrounding a felon …
A California court has sent a woman to prison who admitted to being drunk when she struck and killed a toddler. She was sentenced to 6 years behind bars, according to Daily Breeze. A Los Angeles County judge handed down the sentence immediately after Donna Marie Higgins, 72, pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter. On September …
An Oregon woman is suing the hospital where she gave birth to her first child after medical staff allegedly drugged her up and brought her newborn son to her for a breastfeeding while she was extremely groggy. Oregon Live reports that Monica Thompson, 42, gave birth to her son Jacob in on Aug. 2, 2012 at …
An Illinois woman found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2010 stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter said she is sane and is ready to be released. Marci Webber, 50, slit Magdalene “Maggie” Webber’s throat and used the girl’s blood to write “Divine Mercy,” “Satan,” and “evil” on the bathroom walls of her …
Ohio police have indicted a woman on felony charges after she allegedly hit and killed two teens while texting as she drove, as reported by WHIO. As Crime Online previously reported, authorities believe Natasha Boggs, 24, was distracted when she fatally struck Taylor Galloway, 14, and Amber Thoma, 14. A 15-year-old boy was severely injured …
Former teacher Tad Cummins will remain a former teacher, at the least in the state of Tennessee. New York Daily News reports that the Tennessee State Board of Education took Cummins’ teaching license away indefinitely and refused any discussion on the matter. The license revocation comes three months after Cummins was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a …
By ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing four new abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say would effectively require a partner’s consent before a woman could get an abortion. U.S. District Court …
By CAROLINE SPIEZIO, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The parents of critically ill baby Charlie Gard wept as they dropped their legal bid Monday to send him to the United States for an experimental medical treatment, acknowledging that the window of opportunity to help him had closed. Charlie’s mother, Connie Yates, hugged her husband Chris Gard …
