Woman who gave birth alone in jail cell files lawsuit
A woman who gave birth alone in her jail cell in Denver is suing the city after jail deputies and nurses allegedly ignored her pleas for help during about five…
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…
Sacramento files lawsuit to ban 7 men from business district
The city of Sacramento has filed an unusual lawsuit to ban seven men considered to be a “public nuisance” from a popular business corridor. The lawsuit alleges the men are…
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…
Uber driver convicted of raping intoxicated passenger
An Uber driver has been found guilty of raping an intoxicated woman he picked up at a casino near Philadelphia. Interested in Uber? Add Uber as an interest to stay…
Jury reaches verdict in ‘Hollywood Ripper’ case
Jurors have reached a verdict the case of a man charged with fatally stabbing two women in their Southern California homes and attempting to kill a third. The verdict for…
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…
Trial to start in million-dollar suburban Utah drug ring
As America’s opioid crisis spiraled into a fentanyl epidemic, prosecutors say one young Utah man made himself a drug kingpin by creating counterfeit prescription painkillers laced with the deadly drug…