Dozens arrested in Sac County child sex crimes sting operation
More than 20 agencies took part in a Sacramento County 3-day sting to find people setting up meetings with children under 13 to have sex
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People17-Year-Old N.C. Girl Reported Missing Friday Is Found Dead. Police Say Her Boyfriend Reported Death
Baylee Carver, 17, was found dead on Tuesday, May 14, four days after her boyfriend, Joshua Biles, 20, allegedly told police he disposed of her body
- The Daily Beast
‘Crying Little Sh*t’: Sparks Fly in Cohen’s Cross-Examination
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesThe long-anticipated, brutal cross-examination of Michael Cohen started Tuesday afternoon with pure fire and fury, as Donald Trump’s lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, prepared for battle.Blanche approached the podium, adjusted the microphone by pulling it down, and leaned forward with both hands forcefully gripping the edges of the wooden tabletop.“Mr. Cohen, my name is Todd Blanche. You and I have never spoken or met before, have we?” he
- People
How Alex Murdaugh, Convicted of Killing his Wife and Son, Hid His Secret Life for 11 Years
Behind Murdaugh's seemingly carefree life of parties, boating and hunting in South Carolina's Lowcountry, there was a crumbling facade he worked hard to protect
- HuffPost
Jake Tapper Immediately Fact-Checks Trump's 'Very Angry' Courthouse Rant
Donald Trump shouted about the case against him in remarks to reporters outside the Manhattan courtroom.
- LA Times
L.A.'s dirtiest cop: A mild-mannered traffic officer who moonlighted as a hit man
William Leasure, killer cop, still denies the big crimes, the ones that put him in prison: orchestrating the contract murders of a beauty shop employee and a jazz bassist.
- The Canadian Press
Saskatchewan RCMP say 32 children identified during sex-abuse investigation
REGINA — Mounties say 32 children, some as young as 18 months old, have been identified in an investigation of a man accused of sex offences in multiple communities in southern Saskatchewan. Richard Dyke, 47, was initially arrested in November after RCMP received a report of sexual assaults involving three boys under 12 in the mid-2010s. At the time, he was charged with 13 offences. Police said Dyke was living at a home where his partner was operating a registered daycare in Assiniboia, southwes
- Miami Herald
Elementary principal caught on camera assaulting student in classroom, Florida cops say
A teacher heard screaming coming from the classroom and saw the principal throw the child to the floor, deputies said.
- Associated Press
'The Fly’ has become notorious in France after a brazen escape. What's his criminal history?
A prisoner nicknamed “The Fly” has become notorious in France overnight after a daring and bloody escape from a prison convoy in Normandy in which two guards were killed. Mohamed Amra, 30, has a long and violent criminal history that has now culminated in a high-profile search. Known as “La Mouche” (The Fly), Amra has also been referred to by other aliases such as “Yanis,” “Momo,” and “Schtroumpf” (Smurf).
- WCPO - Cincinnati Scripps
Ohio man sentenced to death after killing wife, family members
Garry Hans, whose mother was one of the victims, said after the verdict was read he felt as if his mother and other family members were standing with them and saying thanks; another family member added that Gurpreet's conviction was the best Mother's Day present for Hans and the family.
- HuffPost
Chiefs Kicker Goes Wide Right In Blasting Joe Biden On Abortion In Graduation Speech
Super Bowl kicker Harrison Butker stuck his foot in his mouth railing against “degenerate cultural values” during a commencement speech.
- Associated Press
Austrian court says convicted rapist Josef Fritzl can be moved to prison from psychiatric detention
Austrian judges have ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times and fathered seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison, a court said Tuesday. The decision on Monday was the latest in a legal back-and-forth on Josef Fritzl's future. The state court in the town of Krems said in a statement that the 89-year-old can be moved as he no longer poses the kind of danger that requires keeping him in psychiatric detention.
- Miami Herald
Out-of-control truck on I-95 had 3 men brawling in front seat, cops say. It crashed
It went down an embankment near Greenwich, Connecticut.
- CNN
Boat found in search for vessel that fatally struck Florida teen, authorities say
Investigators have located a boat that may have struck and killed the 15-year-old granddaughter of a US diplomat near Key Biscayne, Florida, on Saturday, authorities said.
- The Canadian Press
Anti-abortion activist who led a clinic blockade is sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison
WASHINGTON (AP) — An anti-abortion activist who led others on an invasion and blockade of a reproductive health clinic in the nation's capital was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly five years in prison. Lauren Handy, 30, was among several people convicted of federal civil rights offenses for blockading access to the Washington Surgi-Clinic on Oct. 22, 2020. Police found five fetuses at Handy's home in Washington after she was indicted. A clinic nurse sprained her ankle when one of Handy's co-defend
- People
Author of a Children's Book About Grief Said Husband Would Be 'Better Off Dead' Before Killing Him: Prosecutors
Kouri Richins had fallen more than $3 million in debt by the time of her husband's death
- ABC News
2nd teen pleads guilty in Colorado rock-throwing spree that killed 20-year-old woman
On the night of April 19, 2023, Joseph Koenig, Nicholas "Mitch" Karol-Chik and Zachary Kwak allegedly threw large landscaping rocks toward cars, hitting seven vehicles, prosecutors said. Three people were hurt and one person -- Alexa Bartell -- was killed when her car was struck as she drove near Denver, prosecutors said. On Wednesday, Karol-Chik pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder and crime of violence, prosecutors said.
- CNN
Justice Department asks federal judge to start former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s prison sentence
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon should begin serving a four-month prison sentence now that a federal appeals court has upheld his contempt-of-Congress conviction, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday.
- Miami Herald
Man accused of stealing mail tries to run over trooper and is killed, Georgia cops say
The 51-year-old man died from his injuries.
- The Hill
Lawyer says Stormy Daniels wore bulletproof vest to testify in Trump trial
A lawyer representing Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress at the center of former President Trump’s hush money case, said his client wore a bulletproof vest up until she entered the Manhattan courthouse to testify in the trial. Attorney Clark Brewster said Daniels was “paralyzed” with fear in the lead-up to her testimony over what…
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Video shows Amazon warehouse guard shooting, missing supervisor before Ohio police fatally shoot him
Authorities say a security guard trainee at an Amazon warehouse in Ohio was fatally shot by police after he tried to shoot his supervisor and later shot an officer. The initial shooting occurred Sunday at the warehouse.