Tahoe City man pleads guilty to smuggling illegal amphibians
A Tahoe City man accused of smuggling harmful amphibians into the United States pleaded guilty on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A Tahoe City man accused of smuggling harmful amphibians into the United States pleaded guilty on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Wilson was convicted of the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz
SASKATOON, Sask. — Madison is seven years old. She has undergone 50 medical procedures, loves numbers and sells lemonade.
Shocking video has emerged of a police officer appearing to 'stamp on a man's head' after tasering him at an airport. The video was filmed yesterday by a bystander at Manchester Airport - who said they "froze" when the witnessed the incident. The traveller - who does not want to be named and who filmed the video - said: "I wanted police to stop but just froze - I was worried they were going to start shooting." A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “Officers were called to reports of an altercation between members of the public in Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport. “Whilst attempting to arrest one of the suspects of the earlier altercation, three officers were subject to a violent assault, where they were punched to the ground. "A female officer suffered a broken nose and all three were taken to hospital for treatment. "As the attending officers were firearms officers, there was a clear risk during this assault of their firearms being taken from them. "Four men were arrested at the scene for affray and assault on emergency service workers. "We acknowledge the concerns of the conduct within the video, and our Professional Standards Directorate are assessing this."
A 76-year-old Connecticut woman was found dead at her home Wednesday, hours before she was to be sentenced for killing her husband and hiding his body for months while continuing to collect his paychecks. State police said they were investigating the “untimely death" of Linda Kosuda-Bigazzi after being called to her Burlington home for a welfare check shortly after 10:30 a.m. The cause of her death was under investigation, and police and her lawyer did not disclose any further details. Kosuda-Bigazzi had been scheduled under a plea deal to be sentenced at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hartford Superior Court to 13 years in prison for the 2017 death of her husband, Dr. Pierluigi Bigazzi, 84.
RICHMOND, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver have issued a public warning after a single victim reported losing more than $1.5 million in a fraud scheme.
A police informant whose testimony helped put Dean Daniel Kelsie behind bars says last week's decision to release the former Hells Angels hitman on day parole is a mistake.Paul Derry, who says he has known Kelsie since he was six years old, does not mince words when it comes to his assessment of his former friend."He will kill again and that's not me being scared of anybody or any vendetta against Deano," Derry said in an interview with CBC News.At a hearing on July 18, the Parole Board of Canad
Olandis Hobbs, 37, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for using false documents to take ownership of a $700,000 condo in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Years after two Ontario police officers got into a violent altercation in broad daylight that ended in one shooting the other 10 times, both have walked away with no convictions. Det.-Sgt. Shane Donovan, who was with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS), was acquitted this spring of perjury — the last charge linked to the six-year saga with Const. Nathan Parker that involved multiple police agencies, investigations and trials."The law is quite clear," Justice Joseph Nadel told a Hamilton c
Victim Brian Darby, 60, had enjoyed a night out with friends when he was mown down on a footpath.
Sgt Richard Heard faces three charges of rape and three of voyeurism against a female police officer.
Alex Alexidze's sophisticated government fraud scheme fell apart in January 2023 when he walked out of the Riverbend Co-op in Outlook, Sask., with $300 worth of stolen groceries.That misstep would eventually lead to the Russian national being convicted of defrauding the Saskatchewan government of more than $150,000.The Co-op's manager confronted Alexidze, who claimed he lived close by and had the receipt at home. The manager didn't force the issue, instead taking down the licence from the Ford E
Police said the suspect was charged with murder, rape, kidnapping and lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14 by force
It's no surprise that many conservation officers are outdoor enthusiasts who like to hunt or fish and watch videos of others doing the same.A Saskatchewan conservation officer (CO) wasn't looking for Wildlife Act violations when he clicked on a YouTube video of a bull moose hunt in the Hudson Bay area. But the officer noticed possible hunting infractions.The video set off a chain of events leading to physical evidence and a lengthy investigation resulting in a range of hunting violation charges
Megan Stack Sattizahn, 39, has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of her infant daughter, Samantha Sattizahn
An Iranian-born Norwegian man convicted of murder and terrorism over a deadly shooting rampage at an Oslo gay bar in 2022 has appealed his case, a lawyer for the victims said on Thursday. An Oslo court this month convicted Zaniar Matapour, 45, described by police as a radicalised Islamist with a history of mental illness, of murder and terrorism over the shooting during Oslo's annual Pride celebrations. "My clients are disappointed because they would hope to get closure of the legal aspect of the case," Hege Salomonsen, a lawyer for the victims, told Reuters on Thursday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Supreme Court overturned a death sentence Thursday for a man convicted of murdering a woman to stop her from testifying against him in a rape case.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court halted the immediate release Wednesday of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free.
During his first two months as a volunteer chaplain with Windsor, Ont., police, Hassan Rkie was accused of trying to get a victim to drop domestic violence charges in an ongoing case and has since been charged with obstruction, CBC News has learned.The 47-year-old was quietly charged in February. The Windsor Police Service didn't release the information publicly, though it often does when arrests are made.According to documents filed in the Ontario Court of Justice, it's alleged Rkie "did intent
Two people are dead and two others are badly injured after what police called a "gun battle" in Scarborough early Wednesday.The suspected shootout happened around 2:30 a.m. in a strip mall parking lot in the area of Ellesmere Road and Midland Avenue. Responding officers found four people with gunshot wounds. A male victim was pronounced dead at the scene, while a female victim was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital where she died a short time after arriving at the trauma centre.Two other males were a
Kelly Reilly was killed by the family’s bulldog inside her Coventry apartment, officials said