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| 58 arrested in Philippines over global 'sextortion' network: Interpol Thursday, May 01, 2014 09:06 PM PDT  Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet "sextortion" network, local police and Interpol announced in a joint press conference on Friday. Victims in foreign countries have been lured by people in the Philippines into giving sexually explicit photos or videos about themselves online, then blackmailed for many thousands of dollars, the authorities said. "The scale of this extortion network is massive," the director of Interpol's Digital Crime Centre, Sanjay Virmani said. Philippine police chief Alan Purisima said the 58 people arrested would be charged over a range of crimes, including engaging in child pornography, extortion and using technologies to commit fraud. Full Story | Top |
| Top British PR guru Max Clifford set for prison term Thursday, May 01, 2014 06:37 PM PDT  Britain's top public relations guru Max Clifford faces jail when he is sentenced Friday over eight counts of sexual assaults on young women. Jurors at London's Southwark crown court on Monday found 71-year-old Clifford guilty of eight counts of indecent assault relating to four females as young as 15 and now faces up to two years in jail. He is the first high-profile figure to be convicted under Operation Yewtree, the Scotland Yard probe set up to investigate allegations of sex offences following the Jimmy Savile scandal. Full Story | Top |
| Texas vet arrested, suspended for animal cruelty Thursday, May 01, 2014 03:38 PM PDT  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — State officials suspended a Texas veterinarian's license on Thursday after he admitted telling some clients that he would euthanize their pets but instead kept the animals alive in cages for months at his clinic in Fort Worth. Full Story | Top |
| Hundreds arrested in US crackdown on Latino gang Thursday, May 01, 2014 02:01 PM PDT  More than 600 gang members and associates in 179 US cities were arrested in a month-long crackdown on a fast-growing Latino gang that also netted firearms and drugs, officials said Thursday. Project Southbound targeted the Surenos, also known as Sur 13, a transnational gang with roots in southern California implicated in murder, extortion, drug trafficking, prostitution and other crimes. Among those arrested was a 27-year-old in Texas wanted for murder in his native El Salvador and a San Francisco man accused of supplying large quantities of premium marijuana to Surenos members. Thomas Winkowski, of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said it was the biggest operation ever undertaken by ICE against the gang, which is known for its decentralized hierarchy and affinity to the Mexican underworld. Full Story | Top |
| Part-time UK judge found guilty of lying to police Thursday, May 01, 2014 12:48 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — A British judge has been found guilty of lying to police investigating a politician's speeding case. Full Story | Top |
| NFL's Ray Rice pleads not guilty in assault case Thursday, May 01, 2014 10:29 AM PDT  The National Football League's Ray Rice, a Pro Bowl running back with the Baltimore Ravens, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to a charge of assaulting his fiancée at a New Jersey casino. Police arrested Rice, known for his advocacy against bullying, together with his fiancée, Janay Palmer, outside the Revel Casino and Hotel in Atlantic City in February. At his hearing in Atlantic County Superior Court in New Jersey on Thursday, Rice applied for a discretionary program for first-time offenders, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Full Story | Top |
| Judge found guilty of lying in scandal that brought down minister Thursday, May 01, 2014 10:11 AM PDT  A British judge hailed as a role model was facing jail on Thursday after being convicted of lying to police about her role in a revenge plot that landed a cabinet minister in jail. Constance Briscoe, 56, one of the first black women in Britain to be appointed a recorder, or part-time judge, was convicted of three charges of perverting the course of justice at London's Old Bailey criminal court. Her case was a sequel to the saga of former minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce, who were both jailed for eight months last year for lying to police in 2003 over which of them had committed a speeding offence. Huhne, a senior Liberal Democrat who was energy secretary in Britain's coalition government, was once seen as a potential successor to party leader Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, until the scandal ended his political career. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court Won’t Kill Death Penalty Thursday, May 01, 2014 02:45 AM PDT  Capital punishment is constitutional, but the way it's performed may never be. Only the public can shut down the machinery of death—if it sees it killing. Full Story | Top |
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