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| Two men found guilty in New York kidnap fetish case Friday, Mar 14, 2014 07:27 PM PDT A federal jury in New York found a mechanic and a former librarian guilty on Friday of conspiring to kidnap women in order to satisfy sexual fetishes for rape and murder that they originally nursed online via Internet message boards. Michael Van Hise, 23, and Christopher Asch, 61, were convicted in U.S. District Court in Manhattan of planning to abduct Van Hise's wife, sister-in-law and nieces in a case that hinged on defining the point where violent fantasy can slip into criminal intent. Van Hise fought back tears as he looked toward his trembling grandmother, who raised him from infancy and testified in his defense during the two-week-plus trial. Van Hise, a mechanic from Trenton, New Jersey, and Asch, a onetime high school librarian from Manhattan, each faces a maximum penalty of life in prison when sentenced. Full Story | Top |
| Judge: Enough evidence to convict bin Laden kin Friday, Mar 14, 2014 06:28 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — There is more than enough proof that would allow a jury to decide to convict Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and al-Qaida spokesman of conspiring to kill Americans, a judge said Friday as he turned down a defense request to dismiss the case. Full Story | Top |
| Authorities: Chris Brown arrested on warrant Friday, Mar 14, 2014 06:19 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Brown was arrested Friday and will be held without bail on a warrant issued by probation officials in the latest legal entanglement for the R&B singer who has struggled to put his 2009 attack on Rihanna behind him. Full Story | Top |
| Holmes judge sets up jury's death penalty process Friday, Mar 14, 2014 05:19 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting case will deliberate up to three separate times on whether defendant James Holmes should be executed if they convict him of murder, the judge said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Judge: Plenty of evidence to convict bin Laden kin Friday, Mar 14, 2014 05:04 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says he thinks there's more than enough proof to convict Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and al-Qaida spokesman of conspiring to kill Americans. Full Story | Top |
| Singer Chris Brown arrested in California on probation violation Friday, Mar 14, 2014 04:48 PM PDT  By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested on Friday in Malibu, California, on a warrant issued for a probation violation related to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, the Los Angeles County Sheriff said. Brown, 24, is being held without bail in Los Angeles after being taken into custody in Malibu at 2 p.m. PDT (2100 GMT). The singer was ordered into custody by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Brandlin after the judge was notified that Brown was not following his probation and had been discharged from a Malibu rehabilitation center where he was ordered to stay, a court spokeswoman said. The singer, who also faces a misdemeanor assault case in Washington, D.C., had been in the rehabilitation center for anger management as part of his court-ordered probation. Full Story | Top |
| Teen father arrested for biting nose off infant Friday, Mar 14, 2014 04:00 PM PDT  FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A teenage father in Northern California is under arrest after police say he bit the nose off his 1-month-old son because he was frustrated with the infant's crying. Full Story | Top |
| Wis. man sentenced for drugging, assaulting women Friday, Mar 14, 2014 03:41 PM PDT  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Brian Stowe sat with his head down as, one by one, three women walked to the front of a Wisconsin courtroom and described their shock at finding out their close friend had drugged them to the point of unconsciousness, then sexually assaulted and photographed them. Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested in Anne Frank book vandalism in Tokyo Friday, Mar 14, 2014 03:00 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly tearing pages out of books related to Anne Frank at a Tokyo library. Full Story | Top |
| Man sentenced to 249 years for 1991 temple slaying Friday, Mar 14, 2014 01:22 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — A man convicted of killing nine people, including six monks, during a robbery at a Buddhist temple in metro Phoenix was sentenced Friday to 249 years in prison, marking the end of one of the most notorious criminal cases in Arizona over the past 25 years. Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested over Twitter shooting threats in LA Friday, Mar 14, 2014 12:53 PM PDT  US police have arrested a man who tweeted that he would shoot random people on the streets of Los Angeles if his posts got 100 retweets. Dakkari McAnuff, 20, was arrested Wednesday after posting pictures of a rifle pointing towards LA streets, each with the caption "100 RT's and i'll shoot someone walking." "During the investigation, officers discovered multiple pictures displaying an unknown type of rifle pointing in the direction of various Los Angeles city streets," an LAPD spokesman said. Officers traced the Twitter account user to his downtown LA residence, where they arrested him. Full Story | Top |
| Los Angeles man arrested over Twitter threat to shoot random pedestrian Friday, Mar 14, 2014 12:00 PM PDT A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Los Angeles after writing on Twitter that he would shoot a random pedestrian if people retweeted his message 100 times on the social media website, police said on Friday. Dakkari Dijon McAnuff posted a photo on his Twitter account earlier this week of a rifle resting on what appeared to be an upper floor balcony railing, pointed down at a darkened street, police said. McAnuff posted, "100 RT's (retweets) and I'll shoot someone walking," according to police, who did not say if the message had been retweeted 100 times. McAnuff was arrested on Wednesday at his downtown Los Angeles home, where they found an air rifle but not a gun, police said. Full Story | Top |
| Texas couple arrested for suspected $400,000 sorority pin heist Friday, Mar 14, 2014 11:17 AM PDT By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) - A North Texas woman and her husband have been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of gold, jeweled sorority pins worth an estimated $400,000 from the Delta Delta Delta national headquarters in Arlington, Texas, police said on Friday. Carla Seals, who worked at the Tri Delta sorority's headquarters, and Mark Stroface were being held at Arlington City Jail for the suspected theft of 2,000 sorority pins. Arlington Police said the theft likely occurred over a long period of time and some of the gold pins were melted down or sold before the sorority reported them missing. The missing badges belonged to deceased members of Tri Delta. Full Story | Top |
| Wisconsin man to be sentenced for assaults Friday, Mar 14, 2014 11:11 AM PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man who pleaded guilty to drugging, sexually assaulting and photographing eight women could be sentenced to more than 400 years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| MILITARY FUGITIVE Friday, Mar 14, 2014 11:09 AM PDT Map locates Deerfield Park, Fla., where a military fugitive was captured after 36 years on the run; 1c x 2 inches; 46.5 mm x 50 mm; Full Story | Top |
| The New Compassionate Conservatism: Republicans Get Soft on Crime Friday, Mar 14, 2014 08:51 AM PDT  Since the late 1960s, the Republican party has used fear of crime to win elections. Now, the party seems prepared to use compassion for non-violent criminals to do the same. With new Republican champions of judicial reform and lawmakers backing two bills aimed at rolling back punishments for low-risk offenders, Republicans are ready to show compassion in 2014. It's not just libertarian Sen. Rand Paul advocating for reform. Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, John Cornyn, and Rob Portman have all been instrumental in bringing sentencing reform to light. Full Story | Top |
| Man who threatened shooting for retweets arrested Friday, Mar 14, 2014 08:21 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested a 20-year-old Los Angeles man who allegedly threatened to shoot a random pedestrian if his Twitter post was retweeted a hundred times. Full Story | Top |
| Kansas military fugitive arrested in South Florida Friday, Mar 14, 2014 07:21 AM PDT DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — One of the U.S. Army's 15 Most Wanted fugitives who escaped from military prison in Fort Leavenworth 37 years ago has been captured in South Florida, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Full Story | Top |
| Military fugitive arrested in South Florida Friday, Mar 14, 2014 05:13 AM PDT DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a military fugitive who escaped federal custody more than three decades ago has been captured in South Florida. Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection begins Friday in Naval Academy case Friday, Mar 14, 2014 05:05 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the case of a former U.S. Naval Academy football player accused of sexually assaulting a classmate during an off-campus party. Full Story | Top |
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