N.C. law: Woman can’t back out of sex once underway
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published June 22, 2017. An investigative collaboration of 11 news organizations led by Carolina Public Press and reporting on sexual assault convictions in...
View ArticleTexas sheriff tracks down the Florida deputy that changed his life
A Lake County, Fla., deputy changed a little boy’s life when he arrested the man who was abusing the child’s mother.It was 1985.Fast forward 34 years and that little boy, Robert Chody, is now sheriff...
View ArticleTexas bars chaplains from inmate execution chambers
Chaplains will no longer be allowed in the rooms in which Texas death row inmates are executed, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced Wednesday.All chaplains and spiritual advisers will...
View ArticleFlorida man threatens to bring terror with an army of turtles
On seven occasions last weekend, a phone call was made to the police about a man disturbing the peace at Orlando-area Starbucks Coffee, Surfanista Cafe and Sassy Granny’s Smoothies locations.The man...
View ArticleTexas sheriff’s commander asked deputies to have sex with 'Live PD' producer,...
A Texas sheriff’s commander allegedly challenged his deputies during a staff meeting to have sex with a “Live PD” television show producer, according to a grievance filed this month.Attorney Robert...
View ArticleShamed, schooled, shocked: A day in Florida county's class for johns
Loneliness. Trauma. Sex addictions. Whatever led more than two dozen people to engage in prostitution, they ended up together Friday at the West Palm Beach, Fla., Police Department, listening to...
View ArticleTexas sheriff’s commander reprimanded over comment about sex with 'Live PD'...
A Texas sheriff has orally reprimanded a member of his command staff for a sexual comment he made about a producer for the show “Live PD.”Cmdr. Steve Deaton was the subject of a complaint this month by...
View ArticleIllinois mobile home fire that killed five was intentionally set, authorities...
A mobile home fire that killed five people earlier this month near Goodfield, Ill., was started intentionally, authorities said.The deaths are considered homicides. An unidentified juvenile is being...
View ArticleWoman who served as the face of campaigns against drunken driving dies at 40
Jacqueline Saburido, who became the face of campaigns against drunken driving after she was severely burned in a wreck 20 years ago, died Saturday of cancer in Guatemala, according to her family.She...
View Article2 charged with beating disabled Mass. man after allegedly threatening to eat...
Two Massachusetts men are being held without bail after a 57-year-old disabled man alleged they threatened to eat his dog while he was on a walk with his wife Wednesday afternoon, then beat him with...
View ArticleFlorida high-schoolers find 22 pounds of pot while picking up trash
A group of Monroe County students doing volunteer beach clean-up during a field trip to Islamorada in the Florida Keys found more than just trash. They found a 22-pound bale of marijuana, the Miami...
View ArticleFlorida man fined $30,000 for tall grass. Now the city is foreclosing on his...
Letting your grass grow too high might cost you — or at least it did for one Florida man.The city of Dunedin’s Code Enforcement Board moved to foreclose the home of Jim Ficken, 69, Tuesday after he...
View ArticleCalifornia woman who tried to flush newborn baby gets probation
A California woman who authorities say tried to flush her newborn baby down a toilet in a McDonald's bathroom will serve no jail time.TV station KFDM reports that Sarah Lockner was on the clock,...
View ArticleVideo camera caught caretaker striking patient at Texas dementia facility,...
A video camera captured a caretaker assaulting a patient at a facility in Georgetown, Texas, for people with Alzheimer’s disease, according to an arrest affidavit.Nicholas Francis, 29, of Killeen,...
View ArticleGreat-grandma arrested at Disney for CBD oil to sue Disney
The 69-year-old great-grandmother who was arrested for carrying CBD oil while visiting Disney World last month has planned to sue both Disney and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orlando TV station...
View ArticleElderly man dies after woman shoves him off Las Vegas bus, police say
Police in Las Vegas have charged a woman with murder after she allegedly shoved a 74-year-old man off a city bus, causing injuries that led to his death.According to TV station KLAS, Cadesha Bishop,...
View ArticleBaby ripped from womb of murdered Chicago teen clinging to life
A baby ripped from the womb of a murdered Chicago teen is clinging to life, officials said Friday.The baby, Yadiel Yovany Lopez, is in critical condition after suffering from a lack of oxygen in the...
View ArticleOhio middle-schoolers investigated over report of urine, semen in crepes...
Felony charges could be filed against at least two Ohio middle school students who allegedly shared video of themselves putting bodily fluids into food eaten by several teachers.The incident took place...
View ArticleBaby ripped from dead mom's womb opens his eyes for the first time
A baby ripped from its dead mother's womb has reportedly opened his eyes for the first time.Yadiel Yovany Lopez still, however, remains in grave condition at a Chicago-area hospital, TV station WOAI...
View ArticleWATCH: Texas sheriff's deputy survives after patrol car was hit by a train
A Texas sheriff's deputy is lucky to be alive after his patrol car was hit by a train this week.Several passersby caught the dramatic crash on video.In those videos, two Midland County sheriff's...
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