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STOCKTON, Calif. -- A Tracy woman accused of killing 8-year-old Sandra Cantu wept Tuesday during her first court appearance. Melissa Huckaby, 28, was led into a Stockton courtroom in a red jumpsuit and shackles for the afternoon arraignment. She continued to cry as Judge Richard Vlavianos read the charges: one count of murder with the special circumstances of rape with a foreign object, lewd or lascivious conduct with a child under 14 and murder in the course of a kidnapping. Huckaby did not enter a plea. A public defender was assigned to her. She will next appear in court on...

Published: April 12, 2009 10:36 pm Mother, daughter attacked by pit bulls By Robert Barron, Staff Writer Three pit bulls were impounded Saturday after they attacked a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. Sgt. Eric Reddick said 41-year-old Rhonda Morgan was in her front yard with her 2-year-old daughter. Morgan told police later she was afraid to go into the back yard because the pit bulls next door tried to jump the fence. Morgan saw two pit bulls charging at her daughter and ran to pick her up. She picked the girl up and bent at her waist to protect her....

INDIANAPOLIS (Map, News) - Police in Indianapolis say a 69-year-old man is the second person to die of injuries suffered in a sword fight with a younger relative. Authorities say Adolf Stegbauer died Monday, four days after an argument escalated into the fight with 39-year-old Christopher Rondeau. Police said Stegbauer's death had been ruled a homicide. Stegbauer's 77-year-old sister-in-law, Franziska, was fatally stabbed while trying to break up the fight.

UPDATED: 10:13 pm EDT April 13, 2009 GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- Police documents revealed new details about the death of a Gettysburg College student. More information regarding the circumstances of Emily Silverstein's killing are revealed in court documents released Monday. Court records show the 19-year-old sophomore was found in the bathtub partially covered by a shower curtain inside ex-boyfriend Kevin Schaeffer's home. Just before 7 a.m. on April 9, another woman in the house, Kelsey Simpson, called 911 and told dispatchers she needed an ambulance and police officers. Minutes after authorities arrived, records state that Schaeffer emerged from his second floor...

Man stabbed after Dodger Stadium home opener 7:38 PM | April 13, 2009 The Dodgers home opener against the San Francisco Giants was marred by violence Monday afternoon when a man was stabbed multiple times after getting into an argument with several men in a pickup truck, Los Angeles police said. The stabbing was reported at 5:43 p.m. in parking lot 6 at Dodger Stadium, said Officer Karen Rayner. The victim, who was not immediately identified, was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in serious condition. Police are searching for the assailant, who fled with two others in...

<p>CHARLESTON, S.C. — Authorities say a 28-year-old man accused of strangling a South Carolina woman has been arrested on a bus in Texas.</p>

<p>ST. LOUIS | A St. Louis woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for holding a mentally disabled woman captive and forcing her to work as a prostitute.</p> <p>Sentencing is July 7 for 33-year-old Waquite "Goddess" Wallace, who could get up to 15 years in prison. She pleaded guilty on Monday to a sex-trafficking charge.</p>

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SANTA ANA -- A Former USC quarterback is in jail for missing a court date in a Newport Beach. Newport Beach police say 39-year-old Todd Marinovich was arrested by probation officers for violating terms of his probation stemming from his felony arrest for possession of methamphetamine, and misdemeanor possession of a syringe and resisting arrest. Marinovich was denied bail pending his arraignment, which is expected on Monday. He was supposed to be in court at the Harbor Justice Center on Monday for a progress report, but he did not show up, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. When...

<p>Antwan Baisden was shot twice around 3 a.m. as he walked toward the residence he was staying at on Astor Place, said Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.</p> <p>An autopsy conducted Saturday by the state Regional Medical Examiner's Office in Newark found that Baisden died from a bullet that penetrated the back of the head and exited from the front, DeFazio said.</p>

<p>DEATH PROBED: (PIC in URL) Emma Leigh Barker, 18 months old, was found Thursday in thick brush by the side of the road in Sylmar.</p> <p>Stacy Barker recants story that her 18-month-old was abducted during an attack and tells investigators that she panicked after her daughter died in an accident, sheriff's officials say.</p>

Dead toddler was dumped along freeway March 19, 2009 A toddler whose mother said the girl had been abducted during a violent attack was dumped near a San Fernando Valley freeway, according to L.A. County sheriff's homicide detectives who are investigating the 18-month-old girl's death. [Updated 4 p.m.: An earlier version of this post said the girl was 30 months old. The Sheriff's Department reports that she was 18 months old.] Authorities said the body was dumped near the 5 Freeway sometime in the last 24 hours. The Sheriff's Department spent most of last night trying to find the child....

Another South Bay physical education teacher was arrested on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a student — the third in two weeks. Megan Sainsbury, 31, a teacher and former coach at Prospect High School in Saratoga, was arrested Wednesday on three misdemeanor counts of "annoying or molesting'' a 17-year-old student, according to court documents. The alleged misconduct occurred between October 2007 and January 2009. According to court records, Sainsbury and the student kissed and touched, but there is no evidence they had sex. They allegedly exchanged text messages of a romantic nature. Sainsbury bought the teen gifts, including...

A robbery motivated shooting in the Walmart parking lot in Show Low at about 8:40 Monday morning left one person dead and one transported to Summit Health Care. Sgt. Roby with Show Low Police said that at about 8:40 Monday morning a lone shooter confronted two shoppers in the parking lot and then fled the scene in a light colored vehicle. Names of the victims have not been released pending notification of families. One witness who asked not to be identified said as she was exiting Walmart she heard four to six shots and then saw an individual laying on...

New charges have been brought against an illegal immigrant who keeps getting arrested for stealing cars. Andres Pacheco Flores, 26, appeared before judge Saturday, facing charges related stealing a back hoe and a wheel loader. The heavy equipment was valued at an estimated $100,000... On Tuesday, he was arrested for burglarizing three cars in a different incident. "He was actually deported to Mexico, but he crossed the border illegally and started stealing vehicles again," Albuquerque Police

Omaha police and the Douglas County Attorney's Office are investigating whether the shooting deaths of two people Tuesday night were justified. A 16-year-old boy, who told his family that he was going to pick up a mouth grill he had ordered with Christmas money, was one of the two killed inside an Omaha business, relatives said Wednesday. Marcel Davis, a Northwest High School sophomore, had planned to wear his new grill at a funeral Wednesday, a great-aunt said. Instead, the family is mourning his death after police confirmed what relatives already knew: Davis was shot to death at the Midwest...

An elementary school principal could be disciplined for allegedly forcing a 6-year-old boy to unclog a toilet with his bare hands. The principal of Rahn Elementary has been on paid leave since mid-December while the school district investigated a complaint from the boy's parents. The school board proposed disciplinary action on Thursday. The nature of the discipline wasn't made public.The boy's parents claim their son told them the principal made him clean out a toilet bowl that the boy had accidentally clogged on Dec. 12. The boy told his parents he wiped himself with paper towels, instead of toilet paper,...

On duty: Lisa Cater (l.) and Maria Midboe keep an eye on things in East Atlanta Village. Atlanta – It's not unusual for Jennifer Litkowiec to have problems with her husband's off-the-wall ideas, but this one took the cake. Hispanic gangs had seeped into the couple's quiet corner of the working-class town of Cudahy, Wis., just south of Milwaukee, stealing garage door openers and returning later to score the contents. So what was Jason Litkowiec's plan? Shine a light on the night. "I finally had enough," he says. Against his wife's loud protestations, the young steamfitter joined a dozen other...

A man who faked his drowning death nearly 20 years ago off a Florida beach was found out by North Carolina police who stopped him for a traffic violation, authorities said Thursday. Bennie Wint left behind a grieving fiancee and a daughter from a previous marriage. Over the past two decades, he has acquired a common-law wife and another child in Marshall, North Carolina, Wint told police that he faked his death in Daytona Beach, Florida, because he was "paranoid" about his narcotics-related activity at the time, Weaverville, North Carolina, police Sgt. Stacy Wyatt told CNN. When pulled over in...

Man, woman, two children shot to death in home, police say Suicide note found, but police decline to reveal contents Killings took place in Whitehall, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus A family of four has been found dead in a Whitehall, Ohio, home, in what's believed to be a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday. Police tape surrounds a Whitehall, Ohio, home where a family of four was found dead Wednesday. Whitehall police responded to a call around 2 p.m. Wednesday and found the bodies of Mark Meeks, 51; his wife, Jennifer Dallas-Meeks, 40; and children Jimmy, 5, and Abbigail, 8. "We're...

(CNN) -- A family of four has been found dead in a suburban Columbus, Ohio, home in what's believed to be a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday. Police in Whitehall, east of Columbus, responded to a call around 2 p.m. Wednesday and found the bodies of Mark Meeks, 51; his wife, Jennifer Dallas-Meeks, 40; and children Jimmy, 5, and Abbigail, 8. Police resisted the suggestion that the killings were motivated by finances or job loss. "Out of respect for the family, detectives are not releasing the actual motive, but it's not financial, and he was employed," Kelso said.

Fourteen year-old Ernest Cloud should be tried as an adult for the murder of Wendy Byrne, prosecutors said Wednesday during a hearing at Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. Cloud, who lived with his mother in Kenner before his arrest in connection to the Jan. 17 French Quarter killing, remains detained on $250,000 bond at the city's juvenile detention center. The parents of the three teens turned them into police, who were able to hone in on the suspects from composite sketches. The teens pick-pocketed someone and then robbed another victim at gunpoint before approaching Byrne at the corner of Gov. Nicholls...

JONESBORO, Ga. -- A high school dance team at Jonesboro High School has been disbanded. The move announced Tuesday comes after parents complained about a provocative dance routine that was performed by the 8-member group at a Jan. 13 basketball game. Jacqueline Evans, a school district spokeswoman, said the squad will not be allowed to perform or represent the school for the remainder of the school year. A video showing the dance, titled "The Sluts of Jonesboro," had also been posted on YouTube, but has since been removed from the web site. "The team will not perform for the remainder...

Funeral services were held Tuesday for a 78-year-old man killed during a stabbing rampage in Flushing earlier this month. Family and friends of 78-year-old John Purcell gathered at Grace Episcopal Church in Queens to pay their final respects. Purcell died Friday night, 10 days after police say he and three others were attacked by David Williams. Purcell's wife, Joan [71], was also stabbed. Family members are outraged by the attack, which took a man they describe to as a caring father and grandfather. "They're old people. What did they ever to do to anybody? They were bringing brownies to the...

Republican National Committee Chairman Robert M. (Mike) Duncan 310 First Street, SE Washington DC 20003 Dear Mr. Chairman, The Election as well as the Inauguration is over. The “Other” Party won. President Obama is now our President for better or worse.

Unconscious man among four people found in Herndon sewerBy  SCOTT BRODBECKUpdated 7:30 PM EST, Sat, Jan 17, 2009 An unconscious man was among four people Fairfax County police found in a sewer. It was later determined that the man had passed out from drinking, according to police. Responding to a report of people in a Herndon, Va. sewer, Fairfax County police found four men in a large sewer pipe, including one unconscious man.A hazardous materials team was called the the scene to determine whether the unconscious man was overcome by fumes.After being removed from the sewer by firefighters, the unconscious man...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies said two men with a sawed off shot gun tried to rob a man at a car wash on Orange Blossom trail Friday night. The suspects didn’t bet on the victim pulling out his own gun and shooting. One of the suspects was hit in the chest. He was rushed to the hospital, where he later died. Investigators said the victim had a concealed weapons permit. “For the bad guys out there, you never know who you’re dealing with when you go and commit this crime. You might be the one who...

Gunfire at a South Orange Blossom Trail carwash Friday left a suspected robber dead at the hands of his intended victim, Orange County deputies said.

<p>JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Police say they've stopped searching for the remains of a Jersey City baby thrown out in a hospital's trash.</p> <p>Police have been looking for the body of Bashere Moyd Jr. since Jan. 2, when a funeral home worker who went to pick it up at Christ Hospital in Jersey City was told that it was missing.</p>

A man was shot and killed and two others were injured at the Chop Suey nightclub on Seattle's Capitol Hill early this morning, a police spokesman said. One man, 25, has been booked into the King County Jail for investigation of assault. Another suspect, is still at large, police said. Seattle police arrived at the club in the 1300 block of East Madison Street about 12:30 a.m.

MIAMI - Fidel Castro has been booked in Miami for allegedly driving with a permanently revoked driver's license, police say. Before anyone storms Calle Ocho to celebrate, it's Fidel Christian Castro, 32, not the octogenarian Cuban dictator. The younger Castro appeared in Miami-Dade bond court this morning after his arrest, the Miami Herald reports. Castro was arrested Friday about 1:31 a.m. in a white Ford pickup truck on Southwest 23rd Street and 34th Avenue, police say.

<p>That's what 14-year-old Raylene Jaramillo's mother says may have led to the death of her daughter early Saturday.</p> <p>The point-blank shooting of the former Valley High freshman occurred during an underage drinking party at a house in the South Valley where police have been called more than a dozen times before, Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz said Monday.</p>

A former Macon Elementary School employee helped herself to thousands of dollars, including money from school fundraisers and field trip fees, an investigative state audit has found. Authorities say Dawn Eley, a bookkeeper at the school from April 2005 until July 2006, pilfered $1,212 via unauthorized check payments, plus a total of at least $6,560 in expected school collections -- including funds from field trip fees, schoolwide fundraisers and an onsite snack store. The East Memphis school was closed in 2007 as part of a five-year district restructuring plan. The alleged theft was not a factor in that closure, officials...

YOKOSUKA, Japan (NNS) -- Two USS George Washington (GW) (CVN 73) Sailors are being hailed as heroes after their quick thinking helped save the life of a Japanese citizen. Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Henry Caballero and Aviation Electrician's Mate 1st Class James Brice were returning to Yokosuka Dec. 19 after having dinner at a restaurant in Harajuku. While changing trains at Shinagawa Station at they noticed a man lose his balance and fall off the platform onto the track below. "The man was dressed in white, and I guess I saw it out of the corner of my eye....

SOUTH PASADENA — A pedestrian was hit and killed by a car as he walked home from a swim Friday evening. A Cadillac driven by 85-year-old Renata Rathmann hit Christy Lizzoli, 56, of South Pasadena, about 6 p.m., just after sunset. The victim's family said he was walking home to his condo across the street after working out and swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway. Lizzoli was in a crosswalk at the time of the crash at 1893 South Shore Drive, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reported. The 1999 Cadillac De Ville was headed south on South Shore Drive, deputies said....

Pair of 17-year-olds allegedly try to rob armed off-duty Dona Ana deputy at knifepoint. Two 17-year-old reputed gang members approached a bicycle rider ... in Las Cruces Sunday afternoon and allegedly brandished a knife and demanded money ... The would-be victim, however, was an off-duty Dona Ana County sheriff's deputy, who happened to be armed -- as many off-duty officers are, and produced his handgun. Las Cruces police responded ...the two youths ... are facing charges of armed robbery, conspiracy and tampering with evidence ...

WASHINGTON - D.C. Police have made an arrest in a double murder that occurred over the weekend in the Friendship Heights area of the District. 28-year-old Peiro Emanuel Fuentes Hernandez of Capitol Heights, Md. was arrested in connection with the beating deaths of Michael Spevak,68, and his wife, Virginia, 67. The two were found dead in their home late Saturday night. "It appears at this time the motive is strictly robbery," said D.C. Police chief Cathy Lanier. "At this time it appears, and we're pretty comfortable in saying that, this was not a random crime," Lanier added, "but we're not...

The Oakland City Council has rejected a proposal to bar the use of mayoral and council discretionary funds to stage community events and restrict the money to the construction of playgrounds, park improvements and pedestrian safety projects. Council President Ignacio De La Fuente had proposed that the funds, known as pay-go money, be used only on building and public works projects in City Council districts. Each council member is budgeted $125,000 a year for such projects.

Investigators in Nevada say that the grandfather of a kidnapped 6-year-old Las Vegas boy has been captured in southern California after police named him a "person of interest" in the abduction. San Bernardino County Sheriff's records show Clemons Fred Tinnemeyer, who was last seen in May and was reported missing last month, was arrested last night in the city of Riverside.

NIXZALIZ SANTIAGO failed to stop beatings......convicted of first-degree manslaughter in the 7-year-old girl's death at the hands of her abusive stepfather....Cesar Rodriguez Jan. 11, 2006...... jurors saw gut-wrenching photos of the little girl's emaciated and bruised body and heard that Rodriguez regularly bound her to a chair overnight, forcing her to use a litter box as a toilet. Rodriguez, convicted last spring, was sentenced to 29 years. Prosecutors said Santiago failed to stop the final beating after a famished Nixzmary took a yogurt from the fridge and accidentally broke a computer printer.

COOKS FALLS NY — Police on Wednesday found the body of a roughly 100-year-old woman inside a freezer at a home in Cooks Falls, a hamlet in Delaware County just beyond Roscoe, state police said. The body of Herta Auslander was found Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. Police have been unable to determine a cause of death; they must wait for the body to thaw out before performing an autopsy, State Police Senior Inv. Les Hyman said. It’s unclear whether foul play was involved. Police are searching for Auslander’s son, Roland J. Auslander, 69, who was allegedly collecting his mother’s social...

91-0 Game Tough for Both Teams ESTERO, Fla. - The Estero High football staff gathered in head coach Rich Dombroski's office late Friday, almost in stunned silence. Earlier that night, Estero lost to Naples High by 13. Not by 13 points. By 13 touchdowns. That's right: Naples 91, Estero 0. < snip > A half-hour away in Naples, Eagles coach Bill Kramer - the man on the winning end - could use one of those. He looked at the scoreboard late in the game, saw 91-0, and said he felt sick to his stomach. Kramer's team ran only 31...

Tehama County Sheriff's Office Investigators says this necklace, worn by Kathleen Allmond, was made with a portion of Ramona Allmond's skull. Tony Ray An elderly California grandmother allegedly was cremated in her backyard by her daughter and grandson, who then cashed her monthly retirement checks for nearly a year, authorities say. Kathleen Allmond, 50, and son Tony Ray, 30, were arrested Sunday after Tehama County Sheriff's officers found a makeshift barbecue containing remains believed to be those of Ramona Yolanda Allmond, 84, who died at her Corning residence of unknown causes in December, Capt. Paul Hosler said. After the...

There have been several new developments in the case of Casey Anthony and her missing 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. According to a source close to the investigation, prosecutors now have enough forensic evidence to ask a grand jury to indict Anthony for her daughter's murder. That evidence allegedly proves that Caylee's body was in the trunk of the car Casey Anthony was driving and at one point in the backyard of the Anthony family home. Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, have voluntarily provided investigators with DNA samples, which are currently being compared to hairs found in the trunk...

BLOUNTVILLE — A 10-year-old boy reportedly driving almost 90 mph crashed a van Sunday and sent five people to the hospital. A Bristol man and woman who were in the van are facing numerous criminal charges. Randy Lewis, 43, 245 Honaker Drive, Bristol, was charged with DUI third offense, felony reckless endangerment, aggravated child abuse/neglect, driving on a suspended license, no proof of insurance, violation of implied consent, and a seat belt violation for his alleged role in the crash. Lewis is being held in the Sullivan County Jail. His bond is set at $10,000. Paula Elaine Evans, 38, 1000...

Hearing set on China Arnold's bid for new trial DAYTON — A judge will hold a hearing Oct. 20 on whether to grant China Arnold, convicted of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, a new trial.... Arnold, 28, was sentenced in September to life in prison without parole following her second trial. Her first one ended in a mistrial. China Arnold's attorney Jon Paul Rion speaks to the reporters in front of signs of support from friends and family.... Defense attorneys said a former cellmate who testified that Arnold confessed to the killing has changed...

Receipt in stolen Jeep leads to motive in Otter Creek murder Reported by: Sandra Kirk Email: skirk@fox16.com Last Update: 8:56 am 23-year-old Marquel Morgan (photo at link) remains in jail Thursday on half a million dollar bond. Police arrested him Wednesday night for shooting and killing Amy Hancock at the Otter Creek Clubhouse. The apparent motive has many people shaking their heads in disbelief. According to prosecutors the apparent motive was to pay his cell phone bill. A $20 cell phone bill. That theory came to light in court and not even the judge could believe it. Judge says: "He...

A gunman who broke into a Fayetteville home Friday night was shot and killed by another man who was inside the home at the time, police said. The gunman and an accomplice forced their way into the house in the 6400 block of Winter Park Drive about 10:50 p.m., said police Sgt. Sam Oates. An occupant of the home grabbed a small-caliber handgun he kept in the house and fired two shots at the pair as they hastily retreated. Police found the dead assailant lying in the driveway of a nearby home. A gun was still in his hand, Oates...

DAYTON, Ohio -A woman was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the chance for parole for burning her baby daughter to death in a microwave after fighting with her boyfriend. Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman lashed out at 28-year-old China Arnold, who opted to watch her sentencing from a side room on a monitor. "No adjectives exist to adequately describe this heinous atrocity," Wiseman said. "This act is shocking and utterly abhorrent for a civilized society." The judge rejected a plea by Arnold's attorneys for a minimum sentence of life in prison with the chance of parole after 25...

AL-ANBAR PROVINCE — A group of brave Iraqi men fighting to create a better Iraq recently assumed control of an area in western al-Anbar province from 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5. Prior to assuming control of the area near the city of Rutbah, Iraqi Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 29th Iraqi Army Brigade worked hand and hand with 2nd LAR Bn. “Our main focus is to get rid of the insurgency in oil smuggling and drugs,” said Iraqi Army 2nd Lt. Afhman Dehold, 28, an infantry officer with 3rd Bn., 29th Iraqi Army Brigade. The Soldiers assumed...