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Georgia parents were arrested for child abuse and negligence after their starving 10-year-old son was found wandering their neighborhood looking for a grocery store where he could beg for food. They said the boy was intentionally starved and weighed only about 36 pounds when he was rescued, nearly the weight of an average 4-year-old. The parents were accused of locking the child inside his bedroom and leaving him alone in the home for “extended periods of time, and on multiple occasions, with no access to lights, food, clothing or adult interaction and/or assistance,” according to court documents. They also allegedly...

Dozens of convicted sexual predators deemed too dangerous to be returned to the community after their release from prison are among the thousands who received conditional pardons from Gov. Cuomo, giving them the right to vote, the Daily News has learned. At least 77 sexual predators sent to civil confinement in state psychiatric hospitals after their prison time was up are affected by the widespread pardons, various records show. While the names of those in civil confinement are often shielded, a comparison of records showed the 77 predators shared one of two addresses — both of which happened to be...

Exclusively on Channel 4 News the daughters of the king of Saudi Arabia speak out about being locked away for years....

Sex felon haunts jail at age 100 Here's proof that only the good die young. Meet Theodore Sypnier, the oldest inmate in New York. The geriatric jailbird celebrated his 100th birthday in upstate Groveland Correctional Facility in May and has spent most of his 90s in prison after pleading guilty to attempted sodomy of a child. Sypnier said he is treated no differently than the spring chickens behind bars with him. He catches Z's in a standard prison bed, wears a two-piece forest-green uniform and chows down on regular mess-hall slop. "It's probably just as bad as being the youngest...

The words “roadless” and “wilderness” should be of utmost concern to all those whose recreational pursuits include snowmobiling and other activities that require motorized access to public/federal land. Knowing their meanings will help readers understand my concerns as stated in this article. “…there shall be no temporary road, no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment or motorboats, no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport, and no structure or installation within any such area.” – The Wilderness Act of 1964. Many elected officials in America’s western states have cast a pall over the 110th Congress, which is ominous...

Family justifies locking woman up By Sandeep Sahu BBC News, Bhubaneswar Two men in the eastern Indian state of Orissa have been explaining why they locked up a woman in the family for years in a single room. Officials say the 43-year-old, Annapurna Sahu, had been locked up for more than 25 years. The father now says she was locked up only for four years. Her brother said they confined her because her "mad behaviour" put off women who might have married him. She was released earlier this week. 'No clothes on' The father of Annapurna, Brajobandhu Sahu denied that...

Alleged felons accused of driving a stolen car to court. Two Bowling Green men who drove to their trial at the Butler County Courthouse in Morgantown not only were convicted, but were arrested again when the trial was over. Authorities say Terry Hunt, 39, and Justin Hawkins, 24, were accused of driving to the courthouse Tuesday in a stolen car. Hunt and Hawkins had driven a 2005 BMW to the courthouse to attend their jury trial on arson and fraudulent insurance acts. After the discovery of the stolen vehicle, police searched the residence of the two in Bowling Green and...

WASHINGTON The graffiti artist known as Borf has been busted.The Washington Post reports 'Borf' was arrested by D-C police yesterday. Police identify 'Borf' as an 18-year-old art student from Great Falls named John Tsombikos (zomm-BEE'-kohs).He and two other young men were arrested early yesterday after police got a tip that graffiti artists were spray painting in Northwest Washington.Some of the graffiti 'Borf' is believed responsible for includes a five-foot-high face that appears on a Roosevelt Bridge sign and a 15-foot Borf above a Dupont Circle cafe.Tsombikos' mother says 'Borf' was the nickname of a close friend of her son's who...

MUNCIE, Ind. -- A man holding the record for having the most arrests in Delaware County has added to his tally. Tony McKinley Tony McKinley, 45, was arrested for the 116th time on Wednesday, Delaware County sheriff's Capt. Richard Pickett said. In Wednesday's arrest, McKinley was accused of swinging a knife at someone outside his apartment. No injuries were reported, RTV6 reported. Authorities said most of McKinley's arrests are alcohol-related.

Locked-up woman awarded $100,000 She said she was forced to spend 63 days confined in a DIP storage shed 09/30/03 By GARY McELROY Staff Reporter A Mobile County Circuit Court jury awarded $100,000 Monday to a woman who claimed she was forced to spend 63 days locked in a Dauphin Island Parkway storage shed. The verdict handed to Wanda Hudson was $9.9 million short of what the 44-year-old woman had wanted from Parkway Storage. Her attorney, Mallory Mantiply, said the company was negligent when one of its employees apparently inadvertently locked Hudson into a 30 feet by 10 feet unit...