Jodi Arias Trial: Dismissed Juror Says It Was a ‘Great Experience’
ABC News(PHOENIX) — A juror in the Jodi Arias trial who was dismissed after listening to four months of proceedings called his time on the jury a “great experience.”
Police in Gilbert, Ariz., said when Daniel Gibb was arrested last Saturday night, he …
LivingSocial Hacked: Cyber Attack Affects More Than 50 Million Customers
ASTRID RIECKEN For The Washington Post(NEW YORK) — Online deals site LivingSocial said its computer systems were hacked on Friday, which may have compromised the personal data of more than 50 million of its customers.
Hackers gained access to custome…
FBI Arrests Suspect in Ricin Mailing Case
iStockphoto(TUPELO, Miss.) – The FBI announced Saturday that it has arrested the man who allegedly sent ricin laced letters to President Obama and other high-ranking officials.
James Everett Dutschke was at approximately 12:50 a.m. on Saturday at…
Mom Allegedly Tells 9-Year-Old Son he has Fatal Cancer as Part of a Scam
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(PENNSAUKEN, N.J.) — A New Jersey mother faces arrest for an alleged scam in which she told her 9-year-old son, family and friends that the boy had stage three cancer.
Susan Stillwaggon, 35, of Pennsauken, N.J., has been ch…
Woman Impersonates Nurse to Steal Drugs from Seattle Hospital
ABC News/KOMO(SEATTLE) — Dressed in slacks, a blue blouse and fluent in medical terminology, an unidentified woman walked into the rooms of two patients at the Swedish Medical Center, posing as a nurse. She then cut the tubes connecting them to their …
Gang Leader Impregnates Four Female Prison Guards
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BALTIMORE) — Four female correction officers were impregnated by the reported leader of a Maryland prison gang, which used a network of female prison guards to help launder money, run drugs and smuggle contraband into state dete…
Accused Cyberstalker Claims to Be Former Romney Campaign Intern
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(GREAT NECK N.Y.) — A man who claims to be a former intern for the Romney presidential campaign has been arrested and charged with cyber stalking and Internet extortion after he allegedly obtained nude pictures of 15 women illega…
Retail Surveillance Assists Authorities with Crimes Outside Stores
FBI(NEW YORK) — Retail surveillance cameras are doing more than just capturing shoplifters, as authorities turn to businesses who keep a digital eye on their storefronts.Surveillance footage played a critical role in helping authorities identify the t…
Gov. Hopes Bomb Suspect ‘Survives’ to Answer Questions
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Investigators were unable to grill the surviving Boston Marathon bomb suspect today because he is so badly injured that he is unable to communicate.
Gov. Deval Patrick indicated the severity of suspect Dzhokhar Tsa…
James Holmes’ Prosecutors Want to Use Jail Video and Audio at Trial
RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post(ARAPHAHOE, Colo.) — The prosecution seeking the death penalty against James Holmes in the Aurora theater shooting case want to see what he’s been doing in jail so that they can possibly use it against him during the penalty…
Republicans Calling for Tsarnaev to be Held as an Enemy Combatant
United States Congress(WASHINGTON) — Four Republican lawmakers are calling for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be held as an enemy combatant.
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John McCain (R-AZ) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Congressm…
Kidnapped 89-Year-Old to Captors: ‘You Got to Be Kind to Other People’
ABC News(MILFORD, Del.) — An 89-year-old woman who spent two days locked in her car trunk thinking she’d never be found has a message for her teen captors.
“You got to be kind to other people if you want somebody to be kind to you,” Margaret Smith sai…
Airport Baggage Handler Accused of Stealing $84,000 Worth of Belongings
iStockphoto(MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — A Minneapolis-St. Paul airport baggage handler was busted this week after prosecutors say he was caught on tape stealing valuables from the bags of passengers.
David Vang, 23, allegedly walked away with $84,000 worth …
Miss. Detective Fatally Shot by Suspect in Interrogation Room
Comstock/Thinkstock(JACKSON, Miss.) — A detective was shot and killed in a police interrogation room when a murder suspect overpowered him before turning the gun on himself, according to investigators.
Det. Eric Smith, 40, was shot by the suspect, 23-…
Texas Sheriff’s Office ‘Taking Precautions’ to Protect Elected Officials After District Attorney, Wife Slain
Hemera/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — After the second murder of a prosecutor in the past two months in Kaufman County, Texas, the sheriff said his department was “taking precautions” to protect elected officials, but stopped short of saying he believed they we…
Texas DA, Wife Found Shot to Death in Their Home
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — The Kaufman County, Texas, district attorney and his wife were found shot dead inside their home on Saturday, police said, nearly two months to the day that the county assistant district attorney was murdered in …
Victims, Gunman in Quantico Marine Base Identified
Comstock/Thinkstock(QUANTICO, Va.) — The Naval Criminal Investigative Service identified the victims and the shooter in the Thursday night shooting at Quantico Marine Base.
Sgt. Eusbio Lopez, 25 of Pacifica, Calif., allegedly gunned down Lance Cpl. Sa…
Missing Milwaukee Girls Found, But Questions Remain
Comstock/Thinkstock(MILWAUKEE) — Two Milwaukee girls who went missing on Saturday night were dropped off at a police station on Sunday afternoon.
The parents of the two sisters, aged 9 and 4-years-old, told police that the girls went missing shortly a…
Two Teens Arrested in Georgia Baby Shooting
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Two teenage suspects, one as young as 14, have been arrested in the shooting death of a 1-year-old Georgia boy, who was killed as his mother pushed him in a stroller, police announced Friday. Chief Tobe Green o…
Two Teens Arrested in Georgia Baby Shooting
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Two teenage suspects, one as young as 14, have been arrested in the shooting death of a 1-year-old Georgia boy, who was killed as his mother pushed him in a stroller, police announced Friday. Chief Tobe Green o…