Criminal Laws

Coffee break proves downfall for hatchet-carrying hitchhiker

2013-05-17 16:08:00

NEW YORK -- The hatchet-wielding hitchhiker known to his legions of Internet fans as Kai craved freedom, but he also craved coffee.� That helped police catch the one-time Internet sensation, Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 24, who is suspected of murdering a...

Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell gets third life sentence

2013-05-15 13:34:00

PHILADELPHIA — Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.” Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday of first-degree...

Orange County won't bill missing hikers for $160,000 search

2013-05-15 14:01:00

Orange County will not seek repayment of the $160,000 spent rescuing two Costa Mesa hikers who went missing Easter weekend in Trabuco Canyon, officials said Wednesday. Supervisor Shawn Nelson said the county does not have the legal authority to seek...

Abortion doctor guilty of killing 3 babies said to be born alive

2013-05-13 12:47:00

PHILADELPHIA� — A Philadelphia abortion doctor was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who authorities say were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy clinic, in a...

Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty

2013-05-14 14:35:00

PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...

Letters: No to more of the same on guns

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Re "Another kind of gun control," Opinion, May 5 David M. Kennedy's Op-Ed article saying that efforts to curtail gun violence should be focused on "hot" groups and areas, instead of on doomed legislation, was a refreshing moment of clarity in this...

A Mexican father's plea to two presidents

2013-05-02 00:00:00

President Obama has much to discuss with Mexico's new president, Enrique Pe�a Nieto, when they meet in Mexico City this week. No issue, however, is more urgent than the search for peace, justice and dignity for and between our peoples. For seven years,...

Simi Valley councilman defends sharing beheading video on Facebook

2013-05-09 12:25:00

Simi Valley councilman and veteran Los Angeles Police Department officer Mike Judge said the video of the woman’s murder in his Facebook news feed was unbelievably gruesome. The middle-aged woman in a blue sweater and blue jeans was being beheaded...

Jail deputy accused of abusing inmate informant

2013-05-02 20:53:00

Prosecutors are considering whether to file criminal charges against a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy accused of assaulting an inmate who was helping federal authorities investigate a suspected international drug trafficker, according to records...

3 in murder-suicide had Alzheimer's, chronic pain, relative says

2013-05-02 07:21:00

Three people dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Hacienda Heights were all suffering from long-term illnesses, said a relative of the victims. Jim Crabtree went to the home in the 15900 block of Ladysmith Street on Wednesday after seeing news...

Deputy accused of antagonizing inmate working as informant

2013-05-02 14:51:00

This post has been updated. Prosecutors are considering whether to file criminal charges against a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy accused of assaulting an inmate who was helping federal authorities investigate a suspected international drug...

Boston bombing: 3 to be charged with obstruction, officials say

2013-05-01 10:49:00

WASHINGTON -- The FBI has taken three people into custody in Massachusetts and prosecutors prepared to charge them with obstruction of justice and making false statements to investigators after the Boston bombing case, officials said, but authorities do...

This is the unfinished deck at the Salisbury Twp. home of Naomi Schachter and her husband David Dahan Wednesday. Naomi Schachter and her husband David Dahan sued contractor Kevin Drake of Lower Macungie who is facing criminal charges for allegedly not finishing projects like this one.

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Authorities: Man awaiting trial for murder faces new criminal charges

2012-11-28 00:00:00

An El Centro police car and a number of unmarked law enforcement vehicles park in front of a home on Commercial Avenue in El Centro. Police and other law enforcement agencies raided homes in El Centro on Thursday evening.

2012-10-11 23:47:00