By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Sports radio personality Craig Carton was arrested Wednesday on fraud charges alleging he and others used a Ponzi scheme and a concert ticket-selling scam for acts including Katy Perry to try to raise millions of dollars to pay off gambling debts. Conspiracy, securities and …
Police believe the suspect may have been inspired by serial killer John Wayne Gacy
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A Michigan man who supposedly said he was Jesus is behind bars for allegedly murdering his aunt and uncle. WJBK reports that Joseph Borowiak, 37, was arraigned on Tuesday in a Warren courthouse on two counts of murder. He’s accused of killing his uncle, Steven Collins, 67, and his aunt, Cindy Collins, 66. The victims were …
Police say the victim’s hand was nearly chopped in half
By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press CHINO, Calif. (AP) — Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s murderous followers, was granted parole by a California board Wednesday. Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson during a series of murders that terrorized Los Angeles over the summer of 1969, appeared before a parole panel …
A former Tennessee legislator who stole $20 million dollars in a gold coin Ponzi scheme was sentenced to prison on Tuesday. The Commercial Appeal reports that Larry Bates, 73, will spend 21 years in federal prison and pay $20 million to various victims affected by his scam, which entailed selling and purchasing silver and gold coins. Bates’ …
Five nurses in Denver, Colorado, were suspended for allegedly opening a body bag to view a deceased patient’s genitals. On Tuesday, Denver Health Medical Center spokesman Josh Rasmussen confirmed to KMGH that five nurses were suspended in May for three weeks. A tip to the local station alleged that the nurses praised the size of …
Rupert Tarsey has changed his name since he was accused of beating his prep school classmate with a claw hammer
The 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, restrained with zip ties, and assaulted for weeks in the home of a man twice her age
A Brooklyn, New York, man is accused of strangling and beating his wife to death after she refused to let him in the bedroom. The New York Daily News reports that Desmoulins Loiseau, 56, supposedly admitted to his landlord that he killed Marie Loiseau, 63, during an argument over money. In addition to choking Marie, Desmoulins …
