Alberto Morales, 42, who allegedly stabbed a Florida detective multiple times during transportation, disappeared and authorities initiated a manhunt which began Monday. Early Saturday, authorities located the escaped prisoner in Grapevine near Dallas, nearby a home where someone stole jewelery and men’s clothing. He was shot and killed. Morales was…
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Olympian Osar Pistorius charged for the murder of jamaican model girlfriend
Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp who was shot inside his home in South Africa. Pistorius was a national hero known as the Blade Runner for his high-tech artificial legs. Steenkamp was a Jamaican model who graduated from law school in…
Family lawyer accused of murdering his client and her daughter
An Illinois family lawyer is being tried for the 2009 murder of his former client, Nova Henry, whom he represented in a child-support case against a former Chicago Bulls basketball player, Eddy Curry. Subsequent to an agreement to represent Henry, the defendant-lawyer began an intimate relationship with her which lasted…
Teenager nearly dies from using synthetic drug
Emily Bauer, 16, was recently hospitalized for weeks due to the adverse effects that synthetic marijuana had on her brain. Although there is no MRI of her brain before the injuries and thus, doctors are unable to determine how long ago she began to use synthetic marijuana, her family believes…
Former 49ers and Raiders player faces felony charge
Kwame Harris, a 30-year-old former 49ers and Raiders offensive lineman faces domestic violence charges for the injuries on an ex-boyfriend. In altercation took place int he parking lot of a Menlo Park restaurant after an argument occurred. Harris was present in San Mateo County Superior Court on Monday to meet…
Teen who murdered his family of 5 confesses he would’ve killed others
Nehemiah Griego, 15, suspected of murdering his parents and three siblings in their New Mexico home told authorities he planned to subsequently kill more people in a “populated area.” Griego expressed his wishes to continue killing others after killing his family and then be gunned down while exchanging bullets with…
Woman who sets up charity fraud is indictment Tuesday
On December 14, 2012 a 20-year-old gunman shot and killed 26 persons, 20 of which were students between the ages of 6-7, at Newtown’s Sandy Hook Elementary School. The gunman subsequently kill himself. Nouel Alba, age 37, is being accused of a charity scam in connection with the Connecticut school…
The Colorado shooter’s arraignment has been delayed
The judge presiding over James Holmes case, the gunman who opened fire in a Colorado movie theatre, has agreed to delay arraignment — a formal reading of charges by the court and, oftentimes, the entering of a plea by the defendant — in the case to allow defense attorneys more…
Mother of 4 young children abandoned in hotel while mom is partying
Kimberly Lightsey, a mother of four children between the ages of one and 11 years old, abandoned her children in a hotel room in Winterhaven, Florida to go out partying. In return for avoiding five years in jail, Lightsey agreed not to have any more children. This plea bargain was…
Sacramento shooting killed two and injured three
A shooting occurred during a New Year’s Even fireworks show in Sacramento, California. Two people were fatally shot and three people were wounded. A 22-year-old unnamed man was in custody as a suspect for the Sacramento shooting. The shooting occurred among about 40,000 people, including families with young children. Police…