Law & Crime

Bernard Madoff beaten by fellow inmate; Prison officials deny incident

Bernard Madoff, who is currently serving a 150-year jail sentence in North Carolina for running a fraudulent investment operation, known as Ponzi scheme, which cost investors billions of dollars, was beaten up by another inmate in December, three ...

Nitinkumar Patel

A man who is said to have been urinating on women at a bus stop in Journal Square, Jersey City, was arrested on Wednesday.


Father tries to sell 4-year-old son for $5000 on Craigslist

Washington's Spokane County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Craigslist ad on Feb. 28 that offered a four-year-old boy for sale.

Ohio man arrested for tattooing a 1-year-old

An Ohio man could face a minimum of 5 years in jail for allegedly tattoing a one-year-old girl, FOX8 News reported.


Detroit city employees banned from wearing scented products

Detroit city is planning to ban its employees from wearing scented products as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed by a city planner in 2008 and settled last month.

Student stabbed 16 times with steak knife at New York City high school

A 15-year-old student was stabbed 16 times with a steak knife at the George Washington High School campus in Washington Heights, Manhattan on Friday, authorities said.


Fugees video director accused of raping 5 daughters, fathering 6 with them to save bloodline

Award-winning video director Aswad Ayinde, aka Charles McGill, said to believe that only he and his offspring would survive the end of the world is charged with raping 5 of his daughters and fathering six children them.

Cellphone user stabs complaining moviegoer with meat thermometer

A man, who complained about someone sitting near him talking on a cellphone during a movie screening at a Lancaster movie theater, was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer.


California aims to be the first US state to register animal abusers

California lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require the registration of individuals convicted of felony animal abuse. The Golden State would be the first to establish such a record.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

A new test explosion shows the bomb that a Nigerian passenger hid in his underpants in order to bring down a U.S. Christmas Day Detroit flight, would have still let the plane land safely, even if it had exploded successfully.


81 students, including 51 Thai nationals, arrested in Florida for student visa fraud

A Florida language school helped foreign nationals illegally obtain student visas without ever attending classes. F1 visa requirements stipulate full-time study, according to the laws enacted after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Man arrested by US Secret Service swallows flash drive to destroy evidence

A New York City man, suspected of ATM skimming, grabbed a flash drive and swallowed the data storage device during an interrogation by Secret Service agents.


Texas to award first-even posthumous pardon to army veteran jailed innocently

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has suggested to award posthumous pardon for a U.S. Army veteran, who served 13 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit, dying in prison in 1999.

Utah Bill Would Make Seeking Illegal Abortion a Crime

Under a new Utah bill, a woman guilty of criminal homicide of her fetus could be punished by up to life in prison. The legislation was approved by lawmakers and is now awaiting the governor’s signature or veto.


Video Shows Pentagon Employee Selling Secrets to Chinese Spy

An FBI videotape received by CBS News' "60 Minutes" programme shows a U.S. Defense Department employee selling secrets to a Chinese spy for cash.

Anthony Stancl

A 19-year-old teenager who pleaded no contest blackmailing his classmates for sex through Facebook was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison.


NY gov. aide allegedly assaults woman. Paterson calls her. Woman fails to show up at court hearing. What is your first thought?

An unnamed woman testified at a Bronx court last year that she had been violently assaulted by a top aide to New York Gov. David A. Paterson, and sought a restraining order against the man.

Donna Louise Greenwell

A Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to selling a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl for a cockatoo and $175. Her attorney called her case an adoption attempt that went wrong.


Viktor Bout

Alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout, might face another extradition trial in Thailand after new charges were filed against him in New York.

Kamikaze pilot crashes plane into federal tax agency building in Austin, Texas

An enraged software engineer went on a suicide mission yesterday by flying his small plane into an Internal Revenue Service office building in Austin, Texas.



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