NYPD officer arrested on sex charges involving young girl
A New York City police detective who monitors sex offenders has been arrested on sex abuse charges involving a 12-year-old girl. Police say 37-year-old Detective Juan Jimenez is accused of…
Woman accused of threatening to shoot up old school
Authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Oklahoma woman accused of threatening to carry out a mass shooting at her old high school. Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris says Alexis Wilson, of…
Over 70 arrested in immigration protest at Microsoft store
Dozens of immigration policy protesters have been arrested at a demonstration outside a Microsoft store in New York City. Police say they took 76 people into custody Saturday who blocked…
Hong Kong democracy activists get bail, protest march banned
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong and another core member of a pro-democracy group were granted bail after being charged with inciting people to join a protest in June, while authorities…
DNA leads to arrest in 1988 East Texas death, body in river
Investigators say DNA evidence has led to the arrest of a convicted sex offender suspected in the 1988 death of a Southeast Texas woman whose body was found in a…
Police: Child unknowingly brings cocaine to kindergarten
A 5-year-old boy came to kindergarten with cocaine, and police in a New Orleans suburb arrested two adults. Slidell police spokesman Daniel Seuzeneau (SOO-zuh-noh) says a teacher saw him holding…
Florida man jailed, accused of threatening mass shooting
Authorities say a Florida man has been arrested and accused of threatening a mass shooting in text messages. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Tristan Scott Wix of Daytona…
2 moms charged in adoption scams were Florida jail inmates
Authorities say two Florida women scammed two adoptive couples in cases that appear unrelated but started when they were pregnant in the same jail. In a news release, the Pinellas…
Man arrested after trying to stab several in Sydney; 1 hurt
A knife-wielding man with a history of mental illness is suspected of slaying a woman in a downtown Sydney apartment with a butcher’s knife before wounding another woman nearby and…
California millionaire arrested in wife’s death
A Southern California millionaire charged with his wife’s killing has been captured after four years on the run, authorities said Monday. U.S. Marshals spokesperson Lynzey Donahue said Peter Chadwick had…