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| Alleged shooter to plead guilty in California hair salon rampage Monday, Apr 28, 2014 08:20 PM PDT (Reuters) - A former tugboat worker accused of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon will change his plea to guilty just weeks before the start of a trial over the largest mass shooting in Orange County history, newspapers reported. A lawyer for Scott Evans Dekraai told the court on Monday that the accused shooter would plead guilty to eight counts of murder with special circumstances and one count of attempted murder, the Los Angeles Times reported. Prosecutors say Dekraai was locked in a bitter child custody battle with his ex-wife Michelle Fournier when he walked into Salon Meritage in Seal Beach in October of 2011 carrying three guns and opened fire. Fournier, 48, was killed, along with salon owner Randy Fannin, 62, and five other people inside the salon. Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer: Man will plead guilty to killings at salon Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:33 PM PDT SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man charged with shooting and killing his ex-wife and seven others at a hair salon has agreed to plead guilty, his defense attorney said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| FBI director: Better hate crime tracking needed Monday, Apr 28, 2014 05:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — State and local law enforcement need to do a better job of tracking and reporting hate crimes so that the public can "fully understand what is happening in our communities, and how to stop it," FBI Director James Comey said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Mob associate who became Idaho rancher sentenced Monday, Apr 28, 2014 04:50 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — A Boston mob associate who spent years on the lam in Idaho as a cattle rancher was sentenced to 28 years in prison Monday in a string of federal crimes, including the 1989 attempted murder of a man who later became the boss of the New England Mafia. Full Story | Top |
| NY lawmaker pleads not guilty to U.S. fraud charges Monday, Apr 28, 2014 02:27 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a former Marine and FBI agent who's been the target a campaign-finance investigation, was instead charged on Monday with evading taxes by concealing more than $1 million in sales and wages while running a small Manhattan restaurant — a case he called a political witch hunt meant to drive him out of office. Full Story | Top |
| Mayor of Mexico's largest port city arrested over possible crime links Monday, Apr 28, 2014 02:22 PM PDT Prosecutors are holding the mayor of one of Mexico's main port cities for questioning over allegations he took part in kidnapping and extortion, the latest step in a government crackdown on organized crime in the western region. Arquimides Oseguera, mayor of the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas in the state of Michoacan, was detained early on Monday, the government said in a statement as it began to register and disarm vigilante groups that have worked with authorities to restore order. The statement said Oseguera was also to be questioned about suspected ties to the local boss of organized crime in the city. The mayor's office in Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico's biggest port by tonnage of cargo shipped, could not immediately be reached for comment. Full Story | Top |
| Mexican mayor arrested in key drug trafficking port Monday, Apr 28, 2014 02:02 PM PDT  Morelia (Mexico) (AFP) - The mayor of a town that serves as one of Mexico's key drug trafficking ports was detained Monday for alleged ties to the Knights Templar drug cartel. Authorities arrested Arquimides Oseguera for his "alleged relationship with the leader of the criminal organization, and his probable participation in crimes like kidnapping and extortion," said Michoacan federal commissioner Alfredo Castillo. Oseguera is the third Michoacan official arrested this month for alleged links to the Knights Templar, which has terrorized the region for years. Full Story | Top |
| Police: Man 'armed' with potato arrested Monday, Apr 28, 2014 01:23 PM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence police have arrested a man who allegedly wielded a potato disguised as a gun during a robbery attempt last week. Full Story | Top |
| Texas teen arrested after taking assault rifle, handguns to school Monday, Apr 28, 2014 01:07 PM PDT By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas teenager was arrested on Monday after he brought a loaded assault rifle and two handguns to his San Antonio high school and said he had a list of demands he wanted to read over the intercom, a school spokeswoman said. No weapons were fired and no injuries were reported in the incident at Madison High School in northeast San Antonio, said Aubrey Chancellor, spokeswoman for the San Antonio North East School District. The student, a 17-year-old sophomore, was expected to be charged as an adult with making a terroristic threat and possession of a gun in a prohibited area, said Chancellor, whose school district has its own sworn police force. The student was taken into custody and questioned by district police, Chancellor said. Full Story | Top |
| Militia member sentenced to 3-plus years in prison Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:55 PM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A militia member indicted in what the FBI once characterized as a terror plot to blow up a Minnesota police station was sentenced Monday to three years and four months in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Militia member sentenced to 3 years, 4 months Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:55 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A militia member indicted in what the FBI once characterized as a terror plot to blow up a Minnesota police station has been sentenced to three years and four months. Full Story | Top |
| Iran says 'blood money' saved 358 from death penalty Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:42 PM PDT  The payment of "blood money" spared 358 Iranians from execution last year, the country's prosecutor general said on Monday. The practice, made possible under the Islamic sharia law of diya (restitution), allows a convict to be pardoned by a victim's family if they receive financial recompense. The 358 cases fell in the last Iranian calendar year, between March 2013 and March 2014, the Fars news agency quoted prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie as saying. According to the United Nations, more than 170 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2014. Full Story | Top |
| Paul Simon, wife arrested for disorderly conduct in US Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:27 PM PDT  Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon and his wife, singer Edie Brickell, were arrested over the weekend for disorderly conduct at their Connecticut home, police said Monday. Police in New Canaan, Connecticut -- a suburb of New York -- said they went to Simon's home on Saturday night to "investigate a family dispute." The 72-year-old Simon and the 48-year-old Brickell were arrested and released. Simon is a 12-time Grammy winner who shot to stardom as half of the duo Simon and Garfunkel, which produced hits like "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Mrs. Robinson." Full Story | Top |
| Paul Simon, Edie Brickell arrested in Connecticut Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:12 PM PDT  NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges by officers investigating a family dispute, but the couple held hands in court Monday and said they did not feel threatened by the other. Full Story | Top |
| Max Clifford found guilty of sex assaults Monday, Apr 28, 2014 11:57 AM PDT  Max Clifford, 71, whose celebrity clients have included TV music mogul Simon Cowell and U.S. boxer Muhammad Ali, was charged with 11 counts of sexually assaulting seven girls aged 14 to 19 between 1966 and 1984. A jury cleared him on two of these charges and was unable to reach a verdict on the final charge, a spokeswoman for the Crown Prosecution Service said. Clifford was arrested in December 2012 as part of an investigation into historic sexual assault cases, code-named Operation Yewtree, triggered by revelations that the late BBC TV presenter Jimmy Savile was a prolific sex offender over decades. During the five week trial, the prosecution portrayed Clifford as a master in the art of intimidation and manipulation who used his power and celebrity contacts to prey on girls by promising to introduce them to stars for sex acts. Full Story | Top |
| Italian fugitive arrested in Dominican Republic Monday, Apr 28, 2014 11:29 AM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested an alleged high-ranking member of an Italian mafia group who was apparently hiding out in a resort town to avoid a prison sentence for drug offenses. Full Story | Top |
| Singer Paul Simon and wife arrested after domestic dispute Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:53 AM PDT  Grammy Award-winning singer Paul Simon and his wife, singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, have been arrested in Connecticut on domestic violence charges, local police said on Monday. New Canaan police officers responded to a family dispute around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, and both Simon and his wife were charged with disorderly conduct, the police department said in a news release. The two were released on a promise to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on Monday. New Canaan Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski told reporters that the incident resulted in some minor injuries, but both Simon and Brickell were cooperative when police arrived. Full Story | Top |
| NY lawmaker pleads not guilty to US fraud charges Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:37 AM PDT  U.S. Rep Michael Grimm was arrested Monday and pleaded not guilty to a 20-count federal indictment that includes charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and tax fraud. The Staten Island Republican is expected ... Full Story | Top |
| British PR man found guilty of indecent assaults Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:30 AM PDT  Max Clifford, once one of the most powerful figures in the British entertainment world, was found guilty Monday of eight counts of indecent assault stemming from attacks on teenagers dating back more than ... Full Story | Top |
| Paul Simon and Edie Brickell Were Arrested For... Something Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:56 AM PDT  Paul Simon and his wife, singer Edie Brickell, were both arrested over the weekend, after a dispute at their home drew police attention. Simon and Bickell were charges with disorderly conduct, though it's possible that the two are the same thing. The two were arrested in New Canaan, Connecticut, but there are few to no further details available on what, exactly, happened. NBC Connecticut reports police responded to a "family dispute" around 8:20 p.m. Saturday evening and found probably cause to arrest the couple, who were eventually released on the condition they appear at an arraignment hearing Monday. During a brief press conference Monday, New Canaan Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski painted a complicated picture. "There was aggressiveness on both sides," he told reporters. Full Story | Top |
| Doctors arrested in Romanian plastic surgery probe Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:22 AM PDT BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Three doctors at a state hospital in the Romanian capital of Bucharest have been arrested on suspicion they offered patients cheap plastic surgery and pocketed the money themselves. Full Story | Top |
| British PR man found guilty of indecent assault Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:02 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Leading British public relations agent Max Clifford has been found guilty of eight counts of indecent assault. Full Story | Top |
| Crime drops with new police force in gritty Camden Monday, Apr 28, 2014 04:21 AM PDT  A year after Camden disbanded its police department and brought in a new one with more officers on the street, reported crime has dropped significantly in a city that still ranks as dangerous by any measure. ... Full Story | Top |
| Singer James DeBarge, ex-husband to Janet Jackson, arrested for drug possession Monday, Apr 28, 2014 01:56 AM PDT R&B singer James DeBarge, who was briefly married to Janet Jackson in the 1980s, was arrested for drug possession in Los Angeles, police said on Friday. Police took DeBarge, 50, into custody on Thursday on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine, said Los Angeles police spokeswoman Officer Norma Eisenman. Eisenman could release no further details on his arrest, but DeBarge was listed as being held with no bail at a Los Angeles Police Department jail. In 2011, DeBarge was convicted in Los Angeles County of possession of a controlled substance, according to the local District Attorney's Office. Full Story | Top |
| Pakistani serial killer 'wanted to teach gays a lesson' Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 09:39 PM PDT  Lahore (Pakistan) (AFP) - Short in stature and softly spoken, Pakistani paramedic Muhammed Ejaz was probably destined for a life of relative anonymity –- until he began killing gay men he met online. The 28-year-old father-of-two was arrested last week and confessed to three brutal murders, saying he wanted to send out a message about the "evils" of homosexuality, though police insist he had sex with his victims first. The killings have sent shockwaves through the underground gay community of the eastern city of Lahore, which fears Ejaz could be lionised as a hero in a conservative Islamic society where homosexuality is stigmatised and sodomy is punishable by up to 10 years in jail. It is tragic that the families have lost their relatives but they were spreading evil in society and I had to stop it," said Ejaz, who is due to appear in court on Monday. Full Story | Top |
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