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Mar 9, 2011 12:01 AM CST

18 Busted in Rape of Texas Girl, 11

Cops discover crime when rape videos are passed around Texas town

(Newser) - Eighteen men and teens have been arrested in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Texas. The victim told police that as many as 20 males attacked her, and the assaults were videotaped on cell phones by some of her attackers, Cleveland police say. Investigators first learned of the...

Van der Sloot
Will Plead
Guilty to
Killing Date

Mar 8, 2011 1:20 AM CST

Van der Sloot Will Plead Guilty to Killing Date

He could be out in 20 months for 'fit of rage' attack

(Newser) - Natalee Holloway murder suspect Joran Van der Sloot plans to plead guilty to killing a date in a "fit of rage" during a night of drinking and gambling last year in his Peruvian hotel room. The Dutch playboy, 23, will admit to involuntary manslaughter, reports ABC News . Van der...

Aaron Thomas Arrested in 'East Coast Rapist' Case

Cops Nab 'East Coast Rapist'

UPDATED

Mar 5, 2011 6:00 PM CST

Cops Nab 'East Coast Rapist'

Connecticut man Aaron Thomas arrested in 14-year-old case

(Newser) - US Marshals descended on a Connecticut home yesterday and emerged with the man they say is responsible for at least 17 rapes over 14 years up and down the East Coast. New Haven police today said DNA confirmed Aaron Thomas, 39, is the East Coast rapist; investigators reportedly got his...

Woman Survives Hubby's 100 mph Ride Clinging to Van

Wife Survives 100mph Ride Clinging to Hubby's Van

Mar 3, 2011 1:00 AM CST

Wife Survives 100mph Ride Clinging to Hubby's Van

She tumbles off Christopher Michael Carroll's car 40 miles later

(Newser) - Talk about a domestic spat. A Northern California woman survived a harrowing 40-mile ride clinging to the hood of a speeding minivan driven by her furious husband. The swerving car reached speeds of 100mph, and the night-time ride was so cold that the wife had to be treated for hypothermia...

Boy, 12,
Held in
Parents'
Killings

Mar 3, 2011 12:43 AM CST

Boy, 12, Held in Parents' Killings

He was the 'sweetest kid,' says church member

(Newser) - A home-schooled 12-year-old Colorado boy described as "the sweetest kid" is in police custody following the fatal shooting of his deeply religious parents and the stabbing of two younger siblings. Stunned police are trying to piece together the bloody rampage inside the boy's home in the quiet community of...

SEC Lawyer
Linked to
$1.5M in
Dirty Madoff
Money

Feb 23, 2011 2:40 AM CST

SEC Lawyer Linked to $1.5M in Dirty Madoff Money

Maybe that's why SEC was 'asleep at the swtich,' says critic

(Newser) - The mother of the chief lawyer for the Securities and Exchange Commission reaped $1.5 million in dirty money from Bernie Madoff, court documents are revealing. Attorney David Becker has been named in a clawback lawsuit seeking funds to repay investors ripped off in Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. The...

Hersha Howard Jailed After Brawl Over Girl Scout Cookies

Woman Jailed After
Girl Scout Cookie Brawl

Feb 22, 2011 8:27 AM CST

Woman Jailed After Girl Scout Cookie Brawl

What can you say? She must really like her Thin Mints

(Newser) - Everybody loves Girl Scout cookies, but not everybody loves them this much: A Florida woman is in jail on charges of beating up her roommate Sunday in a dispute over Thin Mints. Hersha Howard, 31, is accused of bursting into Jasmin Wanke’s room while she slept and accusing Wanke...

Stepmom
Charged in
Death of
Zahra Baker

Feb 21, 2011 5:34 PM CST

Stepmom Charged in Death of Zahra Baker

NC officials allege Elisa Baker had 'history of abuse'

(Newser) - North Carolina today charged Elisa Baker with second-degree murder, alleging that she alone brutally killed and dismembered her freckle-faced stepdaughter, Zahra Baker. Autopsy results released today show the 10-year-old died of "undetermined homicidal violence," and the Charlotte Observer reports that several bones had not been recovered, including her...

Movie Fan Killed for Eating Popcorn Too Loudly

Feb 21, 2011 2:35 AM CST

Movie Fan Killed for Eating Popcorn Too Loudly

Gunman goes round the bend during Black Swan

(Newser) - Don't mess with Black Swan fans. A moviegoer was shot dead in Latvia on Saturday night for eating popcorn too loudly during the film, according to witnesses. A 27-year-old Latvian was busted in the fatal shooting of the 42-year-old victim. The conflict erupted as the credits rolled, reports the Telegraph...

Berlusconi Gave
Teen Stripper
These 24 Gifts

Feb 21, 2011 2:06 AM CST

Berlusconi Gave Teen Stripper These 24 Gifts

Fur stole, diamond jewelry, Rolex watches among 24 presents

(Newser) - What a generous guy Silvio Berlusconi is. He claims he didn't have sex with an underage stripper, yet he showered her with some $300,000 in gifts, according to prosecutors. Diamond and amethyst (her favorite) jewelry by Bulgari and Tiffany, two Rolex watches (which she didn't like), a fur stole,...

Cops: Mom Showed Us Pic... of Tot Duct-Taped to Chair

Feb 18, 2011 2:57 AM CST

Cops: Mom Showed Us Pic... of Tot Duct-Taped to Chair

Girl, 2, is being placed with relatives

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania mom has been arrested after showing a photo of herself posing with her toddler daughter gagged and bound to a chair with duct tape ... to police. The photo—which shows the mom smiling and her baby clad only in a diaper—first surfaced on the Mediatakeout website. The...

Trucker:
I Fathered
Stepdaughter's
8 Kids

Feb 17, 2011 12:08 AM CST

Trucker: I Fathered Stepdaughter's 8 Kids

'German Fritzl' faces 350 counts of child sex abuse

(Newser) - A German trucker on trial for 350 counts of sexual abuse of his children has admitted in court that he fathered his stepdaughter's 8 children—but insists he never abused her. The 48-year-old father, known as Detlef S., began sexually abusing his stepdaughter and her twin brother at the age...

Border Vigilante Who Killed
9-Year-Old: I'm Not Sorry

Feb 15, 2011 3:43 AM CST

Border Vigilante Who Killed 9-Year-Old: I'm Not Sorry

'I'm not sorry because I'm innocent,' says Shawna Forde

(Newser) - The Arizona border vigilante convicted of killing an American dad and his 9-year-old daughter said that "people with children shouldn't deal drugs" when asked if she sympathizes with the mother of the murdered girl. Camouflage-clad Minutemen American Defense member Shawna Forde burst into the family's home with a gunman...

Facebook
Plea for
Missing
Twins

Feb 10, 2011 2:41 AM CST

Facebook Plea for Missing Twins

Girls, 6, last spotted sobbing on Corsican ferry

(Newser) - A heartsick Swiss mother has turned to Facebook in a plea to the public to help find her young twin daughters, missing since they were snatched by their suicidal father. Alessia and Livia Schepp, both 6, were last spotted crying on a ferry to Corsica with their dad after he...

Man Hid Drugs in Penis: Cops

Feb 9, 2011 2:19 AM CST

Man Hid Drugs in Penis: Cops

What will cons think of next?

(Newser) - Youch. Kentucky cops have busted a guy carrying a stash of cocaine under the foreskin of his penis, according to authorities. They became suspicious when they found a small bag of crack tied to the waistband of Antoine Banks' boxers as they patted him down for processing into jail on...

Dead Baby Found in
Bedroom of Girl, 14

Feb 8, 2011 4:06 AM CST

Dead Baby Found in Bedroom of Girl, 14

Teen hid pregnancy, police investigating

(Newser) - Police are investigating what caused the death of a newborn found in the bedroom of a 14-year-old girl who had kept her pregnancy hidden. The girl's mom rushed her daughter to a local hospital when she began bleeding heavily. The doctor reported an apparent birth, and police arrived at...

2 Busted in Ohio
Frat House Killing

Feb 7, 2011 4:00 AM CST

2 Busted in Ohio Frat House Killing

Cops still seeking motive in party shooting

(Newser) - Two Ohio men have been busted in the shooting death of a 25-year-old student at a Youngstown State University fraternity house. The gunmen opened fire at an early morning party in a clash that also injured 11, including 6 students, said police. One of the injured is in critical condition,...

Hunt on for Missing Twins

Feb 7, 2011 2:35 AM CST

Hunt on for Missing Twins

Father tells wife he can't live without them

(Newser) - European police are frantically searching for 6-year-old twin girls who disappeared after their father was found dead. Matthias Kaspar Schepp, 43, of Switzerland, apparently committed suicide after taking his daughters in the midst of a marital dispute, according to investigators. He threw himself in the path of an oncoming train...

'Cartel Queen'
Gets Botox in
Mexican Prison

Feb 3, 2011 2:59 AM CST

'Cartel Queen' Gets Botox in Mexican Prison

Trying to look her best in cocaine smuggling biz

(Newser) - Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into a beauty treatment received by a suspected drug cartel queen while cooling her heels in prison. Sandra Avila Beltran—facing charges of cocaine trafficking to the US, money laundering and conspiracy—was given a Botox injection by a doctor last month in an...

Teens Tape
Beating of
Schoolmate

Feb 2, 2011 3:02 AM CST

Teens Tape Beating of Schoolmate

'It's America bullying at its worst,' says police superintendent

(Newser) - Seven teenagers have been arrested for beating up a screaming schoolmate in a Philly suburb and taping the attack on a cell phone. The victim is dragged on the ground, kicked and punched, stuffed up a tree and finally hung from a metal fence by his jacket. "They could...