Crime
APNewsBreak: Coast Guard deserter to be confined
A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains. A military judge sentenced him to more than six months confinement ...
Minnesota news in brief at 7:58 p.m. CDT
Minn. session '13: What got done, what didn't ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota state lawmakers promised when the legislative session began that their top priority was setting a new state budget. To that end, they produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners ...
Pa. man appeals conviction in porn rival murder
A Virginia man convicted in the murder of a rival in the gay porn business in northeastern Pennsylvania is seeking a new trial, arguing that his co-defendant committed the murder. Thirty-one-year-old Harlow Cuadra of Virginia Beach, Va., was convicted in of first-degree murder in the 2007 slaying of 44-year-old Bryan ...
Family of Calif. woman shot by Border Patrol sues
The family of a San Diego County woman is suing the U.S. Government and the Border Patrol agent who shot her after she hit him with her car. The husband, parents and five children of 32-year-old Valeria "Munique" Tachiquin Alvarado filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court. It names the ...
Knife in purse gashes woman; thought she was shot
The woman who limped into a downtown Seattle coffee shop said she'd been shot in the leg — a statement that brought police cars and fire trucks rushing to the scene. Traffic was shut down on a nearby street Tuesday afternoon as police searched for a shooter, although no one ...
Police investigate attempted carjacking of woman
Delaware State Police are investigating an attempted carjacking of an elderly woman in Newark. Police say the 82-year-old woman was finishing her shopping at the Fox Run Shopping Center on Tuesday afternoon. When she returned to her car, she found a man in the backseat. The suspect told the woman ...
25-year-old charged in shooting of 2 officers
A 25-year-old man is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after being charged in the shooting of two Visalia police officers last week, Tulare County prosecutors said. Luis Avilez was rolled into a Tulare County courtroom in a wheelchair Monday, and he pleaded not ...
Teen who smirked gets maximum sentence in slaying
A South Bend teenager who angered a judge by smirking during his sentencing for killing a 16-year-old boy has received the maximum time behind bars allowed under a plea agreement. St. Joseph Superior Court Judge Jane Woodward Miller chastised 18-year-old Damontray Lovelady during Tuesday's hearing to determine his punishment for ...
Indiana county sued by arrested Occupy protesters
Two Occupy protesters filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against sheriff's officers in a central Indiana county who they say shoved one of them roughly into a wall and arrested them as they tried to enter the county courthouse. The two Occupy Kokomo demonstrators were arrested in January 2012 after the ...
Lawyer: Feds investigating Susan Powell case
The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case — a claim that was denied by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Salt Lake City. ...
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