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Bond was denied Tuesday for a Cobb County man that allegedly threatened to eat a judge’s children after killing his family. James Satterfield, 58, was arrested in December after mailing a letter to the home of Cobb County Superior Court Judge Reuben Green. In the letter Satterfield allegedly wrote that he would kill the judge’s children and “cook them first to make them more palatable,” his arrest warrant states.

A crazed woman randomly snatched an infant from a stroller, slammed the baby into a pole and later said she was trying to break the baby's arm off "so she could eat it," Los Angeles cops said Wednesday. Prosecutors have charged Natasha Hubbard, 36, with aggravated assault and released her photo believing she may have other victims from her wild rampage in downtown Los Angeles last Thursday. The terrifying incident with the 4-month-old boy took place in a crowded shopping district packed with families, police said. Detectives said mom Adriana Miranda, 29, was pushing her infant son Alexander in his...

FORT WORTH - A man who beat his elderly mother to death, sliced her open and ate some of her heart was sentenced today to 30 years in prison. Joseph Frank "Joey" Cala II pleaded guilty Monday to murder in the 2001 death of Lydia M. Cala, 79, a retired teacher who volunteered for her church and the county registrar's office. After a three-hour hearing today, state District Judge George Gallagher chose the maximum of the 20- to 30-year sentence range contained in a plea agreement. "My goal is to make sure Mr. Cala is never allowed out again," said...