A former Emory University professor who used the school’s Wi-Fi to download more than 8,000 images of child porn was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison on Wednesday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Kevin M. Sullivan, 61, was also fined $15,000 and will be placed under seven years of supervised release after …
Authorities recently created a facial reconstruction photo of a female found dead in Houston last month. Although dozens of tips have poured in, she hasn’t been identified yet, and police are asking the public for assistance. The Houston Chronicle reports that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) created the picture to help Harris County, …
A man reportedly escaped custody at a Dallas, Texas, hospital early Thursday and managed to steal a police cruiser—leading cops on a half-hour chase. Luis Olivo Alarcon Jr., 25, was at the Parkland Memorial Hospital around midnight, set to be transported to jail following a possession of narcotics charge. After an officer got him out …
Michael Jackson’s mother signed sworn statement alleging that her nephew, who has worked for 15 years as her driver, abused her, stole her money and isolated her from friends and family. The shocking allegations are in a Los Angeles court filing obtained by Crime Online. Trent Jackson denies the charges and accuses several of Katherine …
A Rio Grande Valley, Texas, veteran who was beaten severely by a Honduras national died on February 24. Authorities are expected to upgrade the charges to capital murder. KRGV reports that on January 30 at 12:29 a.m., Andres Roberto Ortiz beat Jose Luis Oviedo so severely that he ended up in the hospital fighting for his …
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is punishing CEO Marissa Mayer and parting ways with its top lawyer for the mishandling of two security breaches that exposed the personal information of more than 1 billion users and already have cost the company $350 million. Mayer won’t be paid her annual bonus …
A judge will soon decide if a retired police captain was within his rights to shoot to death a man who threw popcorn at him during an argument over cell phone use in a movie theater. It is the latest controversial case involving Florida’s “stand your ground” law. Curtis Reeves testified this week that he …
A 78-year-old Brooklyn woman found dead in a pool of blood Monday night was beaten in the head with a hammer before being strangled, officials said. Though authorities originally suspected that Edna Pierre-Jacques was beaten to death with a hammer since the broken weapon was recovered near her body, a Medical Examiner determined yesterday the …
A Greenville, Michigan, official reportedly claimed he was arrested for drunk driving because of chicken nuggets. Jeremy Miller was stopped early on December 18 after an officer with the Greenville Department of Public Safety clocked him going 58 mph in a 30 mph zone. He was taken into custody after failing an initial breathalyzer test, …
A Friday altercation in an El Cajon, California, store, caught on cellphone video by a customer who posted the fight on Facebook, went viral. ABC 15 reports that Ibrahim Ahmed was buying lottery tickets at the El Cajon Safeway store when a female customer and what looks to be a store employee started arguing. The customer, …
PAUL ELIAS Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people at a Florida nightclub is not dangerous and will be released from jail ahead of her trial on charges of aiding the attack, a federal judge in California ruled Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu also said …
The Oregon man’s freedom was short lived — for good reason
