crime – News Stories About crime - Page 26

Fetish Videos Pay Homeless $50 for Beatings: Lawsuit

Homeless Paid $50
to Get Beat Up in
Fetish Videos

Apr 13, 2011 2:40 AM CDT

Homeless Paid $50 to Get Beat Up in Fetish Videos

Dominatrix films violate Florida hate crime laws, suit charges

(Newser) - Owners of a Florida Internet company are being sued for paying homeless men $50 to be filmed while women punched and kicked them in dominatrix fetish videos, according to court documents. The company sells "beatdown videos" of women attacking men for up to $900 on its site at Shefights....

Arab Military Officer Busted
for Rhode Island Slave

Apr 13, 2011 2:20 AM CDT

Arab Military Officer Busted for Rhode Island Slave

Colonel kept Filipino woman confined in US home as he attended school

(Newser) - A naval officer from the United Arab Emirates has been busted for keeping an unpaid servant while living in a tony Rhode Island neighborhood. Col. Arif Mohamed Saeed Mohamed Al-Ali was nabbed as he attempted to board a flight out of New York's JFK airport. He pleaded guilty last week...

Berlusconi Admits
Giving Teen $63K

Apr 12, 2011 5:45 AM CDT

Berlusconi Admits Giving Teen $63K

But it was for salon 'hair removal' equipment, not sex, he says

(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has admitted paying $63,000 to the erotic dancer he's charged with bedding when she was a minor. But he insists it wasn't for sex. He merely wanted to help her equip her planned beauty salon with hair removal equipment, says the 74-year-old leader. "...

Are There 2 NY Killers?

Apr 12, 2011 5:41 AM CDT

Are There 2 NY Killers?

Cops wonder if another murderer is using beach as dumping ground

(Newser) - The mounting trove of bones discovered on an isolated strip of Long Island beach now has cops wondering if there could be more than one killer operating in the area. The body count is now up to 10 , all women except for a single toddler . "Now the question is...

Man Blows Nose, Goes to Jail

Apr 6, 2011 9:31 AM CDT

Man Blows Nose, Goes to Jail

Of course, it didn't help that he allegedly punched a cop...

(Newser) - All Alfred Murphy wanted to do was blow his nose, and he ended up in jail. The problem? The paper towels Murphy chose to use Monday afternoon came off a maintenance cart at an Atlanta subway station. A MARTA police officer who spotted Murphy told him he couldn't take the...

Grim Sleeper
Suspect Tied
to 8 More
Victims

Apr 6, 2011 1:00 AM CDT

Grim Sleeper Suspect Tied to 8 More Victims

18 likely murders and still counting, say cops

(Newser) - Los Angeles investigators believe they've tied eight more victims to "Grim Sleeper" serial killer suspect Lonnie Franklin. Evidence of some of the women have been found in Franklin's South Los Angeles home, and one missing woman's photo was found inside his refrigerator. The fridge "appears to be his...

FBI Wants You to Crack
Code in 12-Year-Old Murder

FBI Wants You to Crack Code in 12-Year-Old Murder

They're hoping amateur puzzle fans can solve notes found on St. Louis man

(Newser) - The FBI’s best cryptanalysts haven’t been able to crack a mysterious code found in the pocket of a murder victim 12 years ago—so they’re hoping you can do it. Ricky McCormick, 41, was found dead in a Missouri field in 1999, and the bizarre notes in...

New Bones Found on
'Serial Killer' Beach

Mar 31, 2011 1:00 AM CDT

New Bones Found on 'Serial Killer' Beach

Cop spots remains from Long Island highway

(Newser) - A police officer has found a fifth set of bones that may be linked to a serial killer on a lonely Long Island beach. The Suffolk County cop spotted the remains as he drove along a highway past Gilgo Beach in Copiague. Four murdered prostitutes have been found in burlap...

Cops: Would-Be Ivy Leaguer Pistol-Whips Mom for Car

Mar 29, 2011 5:30 AM CDT

Cops: Would-Be Ivy Leaguer Pistol-Whips Mom for Car

Now mom doesn't want to jeopardize daughter's scholarships

(Newser) - Don't mess with a wound-up teen obsessed with a car. A Florida high school honors student accepted into Ivy League schools pistol-whipped her mom when the mother refused to sign a car loan for her, according to cops. Rachel Hachero, 17, called her mom from a Fort Myers car dealership...

Mom Streamed
Sex Abuse of
Daughter, 2

Mar 25, 2011 12:11 AM CDT

Mom Streamed Sex Abuse of Daughter, 2

Mother sent images to Brit boyfriend

(Newser) - A woman who sexually abused her own toddler daughter while streaming it live over the Internet was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison. "I never meant to hurt anyone in my family, and I have regretted it ever since," said Maine mom Julie Carr, 33. She was...

DNA Results May Give
Hope to Amanda Knox

Mar 24, 2011 12:50 PM CDT

DNA Results May Give Hope to Amanda Knox

There's not enough DNA on alleged murder weapon to test

(Newser) - Finally, some good news for Amanda Knox? Two forensic scientists have re-examined the alleged murder weapon and found that it doesn't have enough DNA on it even to conduct another test, report the Telegraph and Daily Mail . The knife was one of the key pieces of evidence used to tie...

US Steels
for Fallout
From 'Afghan
Abu Ghraib'

Mar 22, 2011 2:39 AM CDT

US Steels for Fallout From 'Afghan Abu Ghraib'

Publication of 'repugnant' body photos are bound to infuriate community

(Newser) - US officials are bracing for protests in Afghanistan in the wake of the publication of gruesome photos taken by a renegade "Kill Team" of American soldiers posing with a civilian corpse. Twelve members of the group face court martial charges linked to civilian murders. Three of some 4,000...

Sportswriter Turns
Pimp After
Pay Cut

Mar 22, 2011 1:57 AM CDT

Sportswriter Turns Pimp After Pay Cut

Set up 'side operation' prostitution ring to supplement dwindling wages

(Newser) - A New Hampshire sportswriter whose pay was slashed decided to try his hand at moonlighting. But cops say he should have stuck to baseball games instead setting up a prostitution business. Former New Hampshire Union Leader reporter Kevin Provencher, 52, has been sentenced to more that two years in prison...

Bank Robber Left His ID
With Teller

DUMB CRIMINAL

Mar 21, 2011 5:52 PM CDT

Bank Robber Left His ID With Teller

...and got into 2 car accidents, 1 DUI, after leaving crime scene

(Newser) - It wasn't the crime of the century: Pennsylvania police say Daniel Rahynes handed over his driver's license to a bank teller in order to open an account, but whoops!, said he changed his mind and was actually there to rob the bank. The 35-year-old made off in a getaway car...

Lindsay's
'Crime Wave'
Costs California
Millions

Mar 21, 2011 2:22 PM CDT

Lindsay's 'Crime Wave' Costs California Millions

Experts estimate that taxpayers are footing a giant bill

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's "one-woman crime wave," as some in LA's legal community have called it, seems like little more than the stuff of tabloids. But there is a dark side, Fox News points out: Experts estimate that the former actress' legal foibles are costing cash-strapped California millions of dollars....

GOP Fundraiser Indicted
in $200M Ponzi Scheme

Mar 17, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

GOP Fundraiser Indicted in $200M Ponzi Scheme

Timothy Durham allegedly defrauded more than 5,000 people

(Newser) - Prominent GOP fundraiser Timothy Durham was arrested early this morning on allegations that he’d defrauded more than 5,000 people out of more than $200 million in a giant Ponzi scheme, the New York Times reports. The 48-year-old West Hollywood man also donated more than $800,000 to the...

Middle-Schoolers
Suspended for
Oregano
Possession

Mar 17, 2011 5:09 AM CDT

Middle-Schoolers Suspended for Oregano Possession

A 'travesty of justice,' argues one dad

(Newser) - Four Virginia middle-school boys have been suspended for passing around a plastic bag of oregano that looked like marijuana. "Maybe it was pizza day," chortled Gawker. The school called it an "imitation controlled substance," which is prohibited. But one of the boys' dads, the appropriately named...

Woman Guilty in Murder of NFL Star's Pregnant Lover

Mar 16, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Woman Guilty in Murder of NFL Star's Pregnant Lover

Marni Yang faces mandatory life sentence

(Newser) - Former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle's real estate agent and sometime lover has been found guilty in the 2007 murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Prosecutors said Marni Yang used nasty anonymous letters to try to drive off other women involved with Gayle but her jealousy turned murderous when she learned Rhoni...

'Blame the Victim' Cries Emerge After Girl's Rape

Mar 11, 2011 12:37 PM CST

'Blame the Victim' Cries Emerge After Girl's Rape

Town meeting turns ugly in Texas

(Newser) - Ever since 18 men and boys were busted in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl , there have been hints of a “blame the victim” mentality emerging—and last night, some residents crossed from hints to explicitly blaming the 11-year-old girl. “She lied about her age. Them boys...

Teen Busted
in Hamster
Murder

Mar 10, 2011 1:59 AM CST

Teen Busted in Hamster Murder

She faces up to two years in prison if convicted

(Newser) - A Brooklyn teenager has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty for slamming her little brother's pet hamster to the floor, killing it instantly, according to authorities. Monique Smith faces up to two years in prison if convicted of the charges. Anti-cruelty laws apply to creatures of all sizes, noted...