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Homicide
December 30, 2018
Man allegedly shoots and kills his girlfriend, her two kids and mother before shootout with cops
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis-area man shot to death his girlfriend, her two young children and her mother in the home they all shared, authorities said Saturday. He exchanged gunfire with officers as he fled and was captured several hours later in a convenience store, covered in blood and wounded. Prosecutors filed …
Celebrity Justice
December 27, 2018
Kevin Spacey: Details emerge in court about actor’s alleged groping of 18-year-old man
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who says he was groped by Kevin Spacey at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016 caught part of his encounter with the actor on video, according to court records. The then 18-year-old man sent a video via Snapchat to his girlfriend that allegedly showed Spacey touching the front of his …
Fraud
December 26, 2018
‘Money Mules’: FBI warns you could be part of widespread money laundering scheme without even knowing it
By ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The email caught the executive at a small company by surprise one morning in 2016. The company’s owner, or so he thought, was requesting a money transfer to pay for supplies from a new vendor. It wasn’t until that night when the executive, hours after …
Juveniles
December 26, 2018
Medical checks ordered on every child after 8-year-old immigrant boy dies in Border Protection custody
HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection have ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency’s care this month. The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over …
December 24, 2018
Secret Santas: Charity buys and erases past-due medical debt
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Philip Sasser had a familiar, sinking feeling when he saw the yellow envelope in his mailbox. He figured it was another past-due medical bill, but it turned out to be quite the opposite. “I opened it up and it said these bills had been paid off,” said Sasser, of Milton, Florida. …
Jail Breaks
December 22, 2018
Unlucky inmate breaks free only to be picked up by cop while hitchhiking along nearby highway: Reports
GREENUP, Ky. (AP) — A jail inmate who escaped from authorities and tried hitchhiking along a highway didn’t enjoy freedom for long because the motorist he flagged down was a law enforcement officer. Greenup County Jailer Mike Worthington told The Independent that 31-year-old Allen Lewis was being transported on Tuesday to face charges in another …
Police
December 21, 2018
FBI agent avoids jail after shooting bar patron during botched dance move
DENVER (AP) — A dancing FBI agent who accidentally shot a man in the leg after doing a backflip at a Denver bar will avoid jail time after pleading guilty Friday to third-degree assault. Chase Bishop, 30, struck a plea deal with prosecutors and was sentenced to two years of probation, The Denver Post reported …
Child Abuse
December 21, 2018
Pediatrician molests more than 30 kids; most were his patients [UPDATE]
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Nearly two decades after Pennsylvania state regulators let him off the hook, a former pediatrician admitted in court Thursday that he sexually assaulted 31 children, most of them patients. Dr. Johnnie Barto of Johnstown pleaded guilty to sexually abusing two family members and admitted to sexually assaulting more than two dozen …