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May 10, 2013

Jogger Mauled by 4 Pit Bulls

Authorities in rural Los Angeles County were warning people to be on the lookout for four pit bulls suspected of killing a 63-year-old jogger. Sheriff's Lt. John Corina told reporters that a woman in a car saw the dogs attacking the female jogger. The witness called 911 and honked her horn to try to get the dogs to stop. Read more...

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May 07, 2013

Joe Francis Convicted of Assault

Legal problems continue to follow "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis. The 40-year-old video producer who has made a fortune exploiting young, drunk females, has been convicting of assaulting a woman he met at a Hollywood nightclub. Francis was found guilty of three counts of false imprisonment, one count of dissuading a witness from reporting, and one count of assault causing great bodily injury. Read more...

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April 29, 2013

Man Stabs 4 People at Catholic Church

Police say a 24-year-old man stabbed four people at a Catholic church in Albuquerque as a Sunday mass was nearing its end. Police spokesman Robert Gibbs says Lawrence Capener jumped over several pews at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church and walked up to the choir area where he began his attack. The injuries to the four church-goers weren't life-threatening. All four were being treated at hospitals. Read more...

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April 10, 2013

14 Hurt in College Stabbing Spree

At least 14 people were hurt in a stabbing spree at a Texas community college apparently carried out by a student who was later taken into custody, authorities said. At least two victims were in critical condition. The stabbing happened at the CyFair campus of Lone Star College, in the Houston suburb of Cypress. Law enforcement officials have identified student Dylan Andrew Quick, 20, as the suspected assailant, and the Harris County District Attorney's Office will soon file charges against him. Read more...

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April 02, 2013

28 Magnificent Mile Teens Arrested

Chicago's warmest day of the year quickly turned overheated as hundreds of youths went wilding in downtown Saturday — the latest example of this emerging, unfortunate rite of spring. "This was a planned attack," community activist Andrew Holmes said. "You had these many people down here and that many people just running from one side of the street, jumping on people on the east side, then they come back on the west side and jump on the people." Read more...

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April 01, 2013

Man Charged in Drive-By Shooting of 4-Year-Old

A Ferguson man on probation for illegal possession of drugs and weapons was charged in the shooting of a 4-year-old girl in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood. Nathaniel J. Pool, 23, was charged with seven counts of first-degree assault and seven counts of armed criminal action. Pool was being held in lieu of a $200,000 cash bail. Police said the girl and her mother were walking up the front steps of a home when Pool fired shots at them. Read more...

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March 28, 2013

FBI Looking at 3 Roadway Shootings

The FBI has joined Michigan and local police in investigating three shootings involving vehicles on southeast Michigan roadways. The shootings happened Monday evening in Washtenaw County within roughly 15 minutes of each other. Two were in Bridgewater Township and one was in nearby Pittsfield Township, about 40 miles southwest of Detroit. No one was injured. Pittsfield Township safety director Matt Harshberger said investigators think the shootings are related. Read more...

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Teen Charged in Videotaped Beating

A 14-year-old girl has been charged in juvenile court with an attack on a fellow Michigan high school student that was recorded on video and posted online. The teenager is charged with aggravated assault in connection with the March 12 altercation at Hartland High School. The video shows one female student arguing with another before grabbing her from behind by the hair, pulling her to the ground and punching her before an adult breaks up the fight. Read more...

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March 26, 2013

4 People Stabbed Inside Target Store

Police say at least four people have been stabbed inside a Pittsburgh Target store, and a suspect has been arrested. Officers were called to the store in the East Liberty section of the city shortly after 5:30 p.m. A man was arrested at the scene. Read more...

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March 20, 2013

2 Teens Threaten Rape Victim

A day after two high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl, authorities arrested two Ohio girls suspected of making social media threats against the accuser. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said the girls arrested posted threatening Facebook and Twitter comments on Sunday, the day the players were convicted in Steubenville. Steubenville police Capt. Joel Walker said the Jefferson County girls, ages 15 and 16, were being held in juvenile detention. Read more...

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March 18, 2013

Man Arrested For Stabbing Mother Twice

Police have arrested a Lodi man for allegedly stabbing his mother twice. At approximately 1:30 p.m., police responded to W. Locust Street where a 50-year-old woman was discovered with injuries at a neighbor's residence. Police surrounded the residence and ordered 24-year-old Chad Elliott out. Elliott complied and was taken into custody. Read more...

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March 04, 2013

Authorities End Fight Between 400 Inmates

An Arizona prison complex is on lockdown after a fight broke out among 400 inmates. Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman Bill Lamoreaux says the staff was able to quickly stop the fight that broke out at at the Whetstone Unit of the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson. Two prison staffers suffered minor injuries, while five inmates were brought to hospitals with injuries. The extent of the inmates' injuries wasn't immediately available. Read more...

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Man Charged With Stabbing 14-Year-Old Son

Baltimore County police say a Halethorpe man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder and other offenses in connection with the stabbing of his 14-year-old son. Police say Charles V. Palmer, 50, was in his attic in his home with his son. The two were looking at knives when Palmer stabbed the boy in the neck. Palmer dropped the knife and the boy picked it up and ran outside with it, police said. Read more...

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March 02, 2013

Woman Delivers Baby After Being Shot

Police say a pregnant Yonkers woman who was shot in the stomach has successfully delivered her baby and is in stable condition. The woman delivered her baby by emergency cesarean section and was recovering Friday at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. The victim's baby is also in stable condition. Cops are still searching for the gunman who shot the woman inside the vestibule of her apartment building. She was nine months pregnant. Read more...

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February 28, 2013

Teen Survives Being Shot 15 Times

An Atlanta teen who wanted to leave a street gang was shot more than a dozen times by members of the gang when he told them his intentions, police say. "Never since I've been in law enforcement have I seen someone shot 15 times and live," U.S. Marshal Eric Heinz said. "(He) told the other members of the gang, 'Hey, look, I want to go straight, be law-abiding,' and they weren't happy with it." The 19-year-old was shot and started crawling and moaning. The people who aided him are now in protective custody. The gang's motto is reportedly: You're in until you die. Read more...

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February 09, 2013

School Bus Beating Caught on Camera

A school bus beating in Florida was caught on video, posted on Facebook, and ultimately got two high school girls arrested. The confrontation happened Feb. 1 as students of Mitchell High School, in Pasco County, Fla., were being dropped off at home. Video captured on a cell phone shows a teenage girl dressed in all black running to the back of the bus and repeatedly punching 16-year-old Chase Cristia, who never retaliated. The instigator of the attack, who remains unnamed, is charged with misdemeanor assault and the teen that shot the video, Sandra, is charged with a lesser offense for knowing of the fight, but not intervening, the station says. Both are reportedly suspended from school. Watch video...

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February 02, 2013

4 People Wounded in Drive-By Shooting

Police say four people have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in Phoenix. Phoenix police say two of the victims are women and are reported to be in critical condition at a Phoenix hospital. They say a man and another woman suffered non-life threatening injuries. Police say a vehicle with four men inside fled the scene after the shooting. Read more...

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January 31, 2013

Seahawks Leroy Hill Arrested for Assault

Seattle Seahawks linebacker Leroy Hill was arrested after police say he assaulted his girlfriend and kept her in his home against her will. Hill was arrested on investigation of unlawful imprisonment-domestic violence and third-degree assault-domestic violence. According to King County Jail records, Hill was booked into the Seattle correctional facility. Read more...

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January 29, 2013

Woman Beaten on Her Way to Work

A homeless man was arrested after police accused him of beating an Indianapolis woman on her way to work. Police said Kimberly Barnes, 32, had just gotten off the bus near Delaware and Washington streets and was walking to her job at the nearby Steak 'n Shake restaurant in downtown Indy just before the attack. About 3:30 p.m., Barnes said a man approached her and began punching her in the face. Read more...

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January 24, 2013

Man Charged in Texas College Shooting

One of three men wounded in a shooting at a Houston college campus has been charged with assault. Detectives identified the alleged shooter as Carlton Berry, 22, and charged him with aggravated assault. Berry remains in the hospital and is being treated for a gunshot wound, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Shots were fired on campus of the Lone Star College causing the campus to go into lock down and some students to be evacuated, according to police. Read more...

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January 14, 2013

Woman Found in Car Trunk After Chase

A person of interest in a Prince George's County homicide was arrested Friday night after a police chase ended in a crash and the discovery of a woman inside a trunk. Police were called to a home for a report of a fight. When they arrived, they found the body of Jamal Rami Martin, 34, inside the house. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Medical Examiner ruled his death a homicide by strangulation. Read more...

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Florida Man Dragged Behind Truck

Two women and a man are facing attempted murder charges after authorities say they shocked a Florida man with a stun gun and beat him before tying him to a truck's bumper and dragging him a half-mile down a road. Jeannette Morris, 61, her brother, 63-year-old Harold Anderson, and 46-year-old Joan Hobart are also charged with aggravated battery and conspiracy to commit murder in the incident in Samsula, Volusia County Sheriff's Office officials said. Authorities say Morris, Anderson and Hobart were drinking vodka with Morris' ex-husband in the home she shares with him when the three attacked the ex-husband. Read more...

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January 04, 2013

Woman Charged After Attack on Roommate

Orlando Police arrested a 35-year-old woman after her male roommate suffered life-threatening injuries in an apartment in the Rosemont community. Shameca Shanta Brewster was charged with attempted second-degree murder with a weapon. Police spokesman Sgt. Vincent Ogburn said officers arrived in response to a domestic-violence incident and an unidentified man was rushed to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Police don't expect him to survive. Read more...

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December 26, 2012

Three Teens Charged in Home Invasion

Three teenagers were arrested and charged with burglary after making an armed home invasion on Christmas Eve. Dylan Cadorette, 17, of Bennington; Austin Cadorette, 17 of Antrim; and Isaac Lyons, 17 also of Antrim forced their way into a basement-level bedroom where one of the intruders brandished a shotgun. A 17-year-old who was sleeping in the room, confronted the intruders but was tackled and hit over the head with the butt of the shotgun by an intruder several times. After the victim referred to the intruders by name, they fled the home. Read more...

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Andruw Jones Arrested for Battery

Andruw Jones was arrested early Christmas morning for battery outside of Atlanta, as reported by Capitol Avenue Club. Jones, a 17-year MLB veteran outfielder with 10 Gold Gloves and five All-Star appearances, was arrested by the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department at around 3:50 a.m. The circumstances surrounding his arrest are unclear. The Curacao native had played the first 12 years of his career for the Braves. Read more...

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December 24, 2012

Couple Accused Of Slapping Elderly Employee

An East St. Louis couple is charged with beating an elderly employee at a Metro East Best Buy. It's considered normal procedure by most to be asked for your receipt while leaving a busy store like Best Buy with expensive items. But Latoya Greenwood, 38, didn't take kindly to the request. Police say she began shouting obscenities at the 61-year-old Fairview Heights Best Buy employee at the exit door. Her husband got into the act and smacked the man across the face, sending him down to the ground while his wife didn't flinch and kept the curse words flying. Read more...

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December 21, 2012

Teen Gets 11 Years for Burning Attack

The alleged ringleader of a 2009 attack in which his South Florida middle school classmate was doused with alcohol and set on fire has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Eighteen-year-old Matthew Bent was sentenced for an aggravated battery conviction. Two other teenagers are already serving prison time for their roles in the attack on Michael Brewer, who was then 15. Read more...
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December 20, 2012

Cell Phones Drop Crime Rates?

Researchers for the Institute for Law and Economics have released a new paper that draws a correlation between mobile phone adoption and a dramatic drop in crime in the 1990s, especially instances of rape and assault. In the paper, researchers speculate that the ability of mobile phones to allow victims to more quickly report crimes acts as a deterrent for criminals, who faced more risk in the 1990s as mobile technology became more widespread. Read more...

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December 03, 2012

Teens Arrested in Farmers Market Shooting

Five Lakeland teens have been arrested and accused of taking part in the shooting of a 79-year-old man at the Lakeland Farmers Market. The Polk County Sheriff's Office are searching for two other teens who officials said were identified as being part of the group involved in the shooting. Bernardo Copeland, 18; Khalid Preston, 17; D'ante Morris, 15; Ladarius Johnson, 16; and Dwight Martin, 16, were each charged with attempted murder and armed robbery. Read more...

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November 26, 2012

2 Shot Over Walmart Parking Space

Authorities believe a disagreement over a parking space led to two people being shot and wounded outside a Walmart in Tallahassee, Fla. Police say officers responded to the shooting shortly after noon on Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year. A man and a woman -- discovered at the store's outdoor garden center -- were taken to a nearby hospital with wounds that were not considered life-threatening. They were expected to make a full recovery. Read more...

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November 23, 2012

Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho Is Brain Dead

Hector "Macho" Camacho, the famed Puerto Rican boxer, is clinically "brain dead," a doctor said. A gunman shot him in the face two days ago while he was seated in a black Ford Mustang in front of a bar in his hometown of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Camacho, a former lightweight and junior lightweight champion, was in the passenger seat of the car, sitting next to a man who was shot twice and killed, police said. Read more...

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November 14, 2012

Police Search for Girl Who Was Dragged Away

Police climbed up and down undeveloped hills east of downtown Los Angeles in a massive search for a teenage girl or woman after witnesses reported seeing a man drag her away by the hair. Searchers on foot and horseback combed 455 acres of the El Sereno hills while others flew overhead in a helicopter and dog handlers deployed bloodhounds. The apparent victim, described as 13 or older -- and possibly a small woman -- was reported kidnapped near a recreation center during an argument with a young man who may be 16 to 18, police said. Read more...

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Woman Runs Down Husband for Not Voting

An Arizona woman, in despair at the re-election of Democratic President Barack Obama, ran down her husband with the family car in suburban Phoenix because he failed to vote in the election, police said. Holly Solomon, 28, was arrested after running over husband Daniel Solomon following a wild chase that left him pinned underneath the vehicle. Daniel Solomon, 36, was in critical condition at a local hospital, but is expected to survive, Gilbert police spokesman Sergeant Jesse Sanger said. Read more...

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November 13, 2012

Attorney General Blocks Man's Release

David Montgomery was jubilant when a judge ordered his son freed from prison, exonerated after the woman who accused him of molesting her admitted the story was a fraud. But that abruptly turned to agony when Montgomery learned Virginia's attorney general was keeping his son behind bars. "It was just another twist of the knife," Montgomery said in a telephone interview Monday. "They need to release my son." Read more...

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Off-Duty Marine Fatally Shot

Palm Springs police fatally shot an off-duty Marine who allegedly ran over an officer during a confrontation in a parking structure, authorities said. The incident began when two officers on bike patrol saw the Marine driving a black Chrysler with another man in the passenger seat. The two men allegedly began shouting derogatory remarks at the officers, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Read more...

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November 10, 2012

Shooting Spree Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

A man arrested in a shooting spree that targeted motorists in southeastern Michigan has pleaded not guilty to eight counts of attempted murder. Raulie Casteel was charged in Oakland County, where many of the 24 random shootings occurred last month. The 43-year-old geologist has been in jail since his arrest Monday. He was first charged in a shooting in Livingston County. Read more...

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November 07, 2012

Mysterious Michigan Highway Shooter Arrested

Police have arrested a 43-year-old Michigan man in connection with dozens of shootings that terrorized commuters across metropolitan Detroit and resulted in at least one injury, authorities said. Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said officers executed a search warrant late Monday night in Wixom, the Detroit suburb where the shootings began last month. Read more...

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November 05, 2012

Police Seek Gunman Who Wounded 7 at Fair

Police in Georgia are hunting for at least one gunman who opened fire and wounded seven people at a crowded fair in Savannah. Savannah-Chatham County police spokesman Julian Miller said that nobody was killed in the shooting at the Coastal Empire Fair. But seven people ranging in age from 14 to 36 were taken to area hospitals with gunshot wounds. Read more...

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November 01, 2012

Michigan Police Search for Possible Sniper

Officers have begun pulling over and questioning drivers in four Michigan counties in the hopes of catching a man suspected of shooting at other motorists nearly two dozen times over the past two weeks, including one driver who was wounded over the weekend. Officers are searching for anything out of the norm during their traffic stops in Oakland, Livingston, Ingham and Shiawassee counties, where the suspect is believed to have fired on 22 other vehicles since Oct. 16, said Lt. Mike Shaw, of the state police post in Brighton. Read more...

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October 24, 2012

Man Stabbed Outside Planned Parenthood

A confrontation outside a southern Oregon Planned Parenthood health center on Tuesday ended with a protester stabbing another man, police said. Earlier in the day, a woman argued with the demonstrator outside the health center. She returned later with a man who then attacked the protester, Grants Pass police Lt. Dennis Ward said. The man was stabbed multiple times in the abdomen and at least once in the neck, police said. Read more...

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October 23, 2012

Woman Claims 3 Men Set Her on Fire

A 20-year-old black woman told police she was set on fire by three men who wrote the initials KKK and a racial slur on her car in northeastern Louisiana. Louisiana State Police spokeswoman Lt. Julie Lewis says Sharmeka Moffitt was found with burns on more than half of her body when police responded to her 911 call. Read more...

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October 22, 2012

Someone Is Shooting at Motorists in Michigan

Police are teaming up to track down a suspect in 16 shootings near the Interstate 96 corridor outside of Detroit. A newly formed task force met for more than three hours behind closed doors Friday evening to pore over dozens of tips that could lead to a suspect. "Know that we are coming for you," Wixom Public Safety Director Clarence Goodlein said. "It's only a matter of time. We're coming for you." Read more...

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October 18, 2012

Flavor Flav Arrested on Assault, Battery Charges

Former rap star Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with assault with a deadly weapon and battery in a case involving his fiancee of eight years, police said. Police were called to their house on the city's south side at 3:30 a.m., according to a domestic battery report issued by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Read more...

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October 11, 2012

Teen Arrested in Sucker Punching of Teacher

A teenager who sucker punched a schoolteacher in a downtown alley -- an attack caught on surveillance video -- apparently picked the victim at random, police and school officials said. The surveillance video, which Pittsburgh police used to make an arrest, shows the 15-year-old suspect walking with several other youths past 50-year-old James Addlespurger. Addlespurger, who teaches English at an arts high school, was walking in the other direction and did not appear to interact with the youths in any way. Read more...

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September 24, 2012

Stranger Tosses Acid on Woman at Laundromat

San Diego police have arrested a man suspected of tossing a chemical on a woman, causing second-degree burns to her arms and back. Police said the woman was walking into a laundromat Saturday when a man got out of a BMW, confronted her and threw the liquid substance at her. About 20 minutes later, officers responding to reports of a man causing a disturbance at a gas station determined that he matched the description of the woman's attacker. Read more...

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July 17, 2012

Broncos' Dumervil Arrested for Felony Assault

Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil has been charged with aggravated assault with a firearm in Florida. Court records show the 28-year-old is facing the third-degree felony charge in Miami-Dade County. Det. Vivian Hernandez said Dumervil and another man were arrested in Miami Beach, but that no further details were immediately available. Read more...

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July 10, 2012

Teen Assault Suspect Surrenders in New York State

A 17-year-old accused of using a Ford-150 pickup to run over another youth after a fight has surrendered to authorities, the Paulding County Sheriff's Office said. Diante Andre Rosado surrendered to authorities in Beacon, N.Y. over the weekend, according to Cpl. Ashley Henson. He is facing a felony aggravated assault charge in Paulding County. On July 1, Rosado and a 15-year-old boy got into a fight on Hope Drive in the Twelve Oaks Subdivision off East Paulding Drive, Henson said. Witnesses told deputies that when the fight was over, Rosado got into the truck and ran over the other teen before leaving the area. Read more...

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July 09, 2012

Vikings' Peterson Charged With Resisting Arrest

Minnesota Vikings star running back Adrian Peterson was arrested on a charge of resisting arrest in Houston. Peterson was released from jail on a $1,000 bond and is due in court July 13. Police said it took three officers to subdue Peterson after he had pushed an officer at a nightclub. Peterson, 27, had been asked repeatedly to leave the club around 2 a.m. because it had closed, police said. Read more...

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July 02, 2012

Family's Home Hit in 30-Bullet Assault

Anthony Bennett was sitting on a couch in his Dallas home Saturday when he heard a car pull up and someone open fire. Police say the more than 30 bullets that ripped through the home came from an assault rifle. The rounds flew through the window, the side of the house and even pierced Bennett's car radiator. Read more...

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Michael Jordan's Son Arrested at Hotel

Yes, he's smiling in his jail mug shot. Perhaps that's why Central Florida basketball player Marcus Jordan was described as "very animated, intoxicated and uncooperative" by police when he was arrested in Omaha following a disturbance outside a downtown hotel. Police responding to a call at the Embassy Suites found hotel security trying to subdue Jordan, who was having an argument with two women in the hotel driveway at 2:11 a.m. Read more...

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June 25, 2012

Fast-Food Worker Stabs Complaining Customer

Authorities say an employee at a fast-food drive-thru window in Southern California stabbed a customer after a dispute over his order. The man complained about his order to 28-year-old Gabriel Villalba, who worked at Del Taco in Hemet. The confrontation escalated until Villalba stabbed the customer in the abdomen with a knife. Read more...

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June 20, 2012

Teen Guilty of Battery in Flame Attack

A Florida teenager was convicted Tuesday of aggravated battery in a horrific 2009 attack on a middle school classmate who was drenched in rubbing alcohol and set on fire. Matthew "Zeke" Bent was accused of orchestrating the attack on Michael Brewer and charged with second-degree murder. The six jurors, who deliberated for just over a day, had the option of finding him guilty of a lesser offense. Read more...

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June 15, 2012

Judge Sets October Trial for FAMU Hazing Suspects

A judge has set an October trial date for 11 people charged with felony hazing in the death of a Florida A&M drum major. An attorney for one of the people says the trial likely won't start until next year, though, because of the number of defendants and witnesses who need to be interviewed. Circuit Judge Marc Lubet set the Oct. 8 date during an arraignment. Only defendant Shawn Turner was in court because he had not hired an attorney. He was appointed a public defender. Read more...

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June 05, 2012

Shoplifting Suspect Dies While Detained at WalMart

Police say a suspected shoplifter died at a Southern California Walmart store after a fight with store security workers who caught him in the parking lot. Covina police Lt. Holly Francisco says when police arrived they found the suspect, who had attempted to steal clothing and body wash, restrained by store security and appearing to need medical help. Officers called paramedics and the suspect was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Read more...

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May 29, 2012

Woman, Baby Survive After She Was Set on Fire

A pregnant Michigan woman and her unborn child miraculously survived a brutal attack where the mother was set on fire and then shot in the back, MyFoxDetroit reports. The 22-year-old woman, who was not named by police, was reportedly grabbed from behind by an unknown assailant. The attacker bound her hands and feet with duct tape, forced her into her car and drove her to Detroit. The attacker then stopped in a vacant lot, doused the woman with lighter fluid, and lit her on fire. She was also shot in the back. Read more...

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May 24, 2012

6 Arrested for Torturing Roommate

Six people in Utah who allegedly tortured their roommate for hours -- including stapling his lips together and drilling him with a power tool -- have been arrested. Jennifer Moses, 30, Lee Carl Moses, 26, David Masters, 55, Paula Masters, 43, Brandon Haggard, 20, and Tracy Jordan, 45, allegedly kidnapped Thomas Chapman, 41. According to police, the six -- who all live in the same house in Magna, west of Salt Lake City -- took Chapman at gunpoint to the basement and handcuffed him, bound his feet with tape and tortured him. Read more...

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May 17, 2012

Pastor Marvin Winans Assaulted, Carjacked

Popular Detroit pastor and gospel singer Marvin Winans has been assaulted and carjacked at a gas station on the city's west side. Detroit police say the suspects fled in Winans' SUV after taking an unknown amount of money. The 54-year-old minister said four or five young men followed him from inside the gas station and attacked him while he pumped gas into his vehicle. Read more...

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April 30, 2012

Vikings RB Caleb King Arrested for Assault

Vikings running back Caleb King, a rookie who spent most of last season on the practice squad, was arrested in Minnesota on suspicion of committing assault in the third degree that might have left a 22-year-old man with a serious brain injury. The man supposedly kidded King about his resemblance to a celebrity. King allegedly followed the man to a car and hit him in the face. Read more...

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