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California man gave random homeless woman $20 to watch granddaughter while he got drunk, sheriff says
Jason Warren, 54, was “highly intoxicated” and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department praised this “guardian angel” who cared for the girl while he got drunk.
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Parents of Harmony Montgomery's half-brother read his emotional victim impact statement: ‘I need my big sister'
During the sentencing hearing for the murder of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery, Blair and Johnathon Miller spoke about the impact Harmony’s murder has had on their adopted son, Harmony’s younger half-brother Jamison.
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Adam Montgomery gets 45 years to life in prison for murder of his daughter, Harmony
Adam Montgomery was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for the murder of his 5-year-old daughter, Harmony. Montgomery was also sentenced for second-degree assault, witness tampering, falsifying physical evidence and abuse of a corpse.
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‘You're just plain evil': Harmony Montgomery's mother gives victim impact statement during sentencing
Crystal Sorey, mother of 5-year-old murder victim Harmony Montgomery, gave an impassioned victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing of Harmony’s father and convicted murderer, Adam Montgomery.
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4 flight attendants arrested, accused of taking millions in drug money to Dominican Republic
Four flight attendants abused “their privileges as airline employees” and smuggled “millions of dollars of drug money” out of New York City to the Dominican Republic, federal authorities said Wednesday.
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Masked robber holds up gas station in Burlington, Mass.
An armed and masked robber stole hundreds of dollars from a gas station in Burlington, Massachusetts, early Wednesday morning, police said. Officers were still looking for the person who held up the Mobil gas station on Bedford Street at about 3:30 a.m., according to the Burlington Police Department. Wearing a mask and gloves, the robber brandished what looked to be…
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Video shows group tackling man who stole $30K worth of Pokémon cards from Florida store
A man in behind bars after trying to steal $30,000 worth of Pokémon cards from a store in Miami-Dade.
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Man confesses to killing hospitalized wife because he couldn't afford to care for her, police say
Court records say a Kansas City-area man who’s charged with killing his hospitalized wife told police he couldn’t take care of her or afford her medical bills. Ronnie Wiggs made his first appearance Monday on a second-degree murder charge and was referred to the public defender’s office. A hearing was set for Thursday to review his $250,000 bond. His wife...
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Boston business owner schemed to buy $10M in gold, silver bars, feds say
A Boston man bought more than $10 million worth of gold and silver bars in a tax-avoidance scheme involving his plumbing and heating business, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Claudio Poles, a 78-year-old from Dorchester who co-owns the Mattapan business, was charged Tuesday with four counts of filing false tax returns, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts. Poles...
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Wisconsin police killed student outside school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul says police shot and killed a student outside a middle school after receiving a report of someone with a weapon.
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No charges filed after bodies of 4 babies are found in Boston freezer
No one will be charged over the remains of four infants found in a South Boston apartment two years ago, prosecutors said Tuesday, closing their investigation into a “perplexing” case. Read the report.
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US seeks 3-year prison sentence for Binance founder over money laundering charges
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, faces sentencing in a Seattle courtroom.
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Mass. man sentenced to over six years of prison for trying to hire hitman to kill wife and her boyfriend
A Boston man was sentenced to 92 months of incarceration followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to charges of offering to pay a contract killer $8,000 to kill his estranged wife and her boyfriend, though he was actually dealing with an undercover federal agent.
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Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to probation in the death of Elijah McClain.
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Paramedic involved in Elijah McClain's death sentenced to 4 years of probation
Jeremy Cooper, a former Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic, had been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in December.
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Arkansas woman pleads guilty to selling 24 boxes of body parts stolen from cadavers
A former Arkansas mortuary worker has pleaded guilty to charges that she sold 24 boxes of stolen body parts from medical school cadavers to a Pennsylvania man.
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Someone fishing with magnet reels in new evidence in Georgia couple's slaying
The couple was robbed and fatally shot before their bodies were discovered off a county road in January 2015.
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US government agrees to $138.7M settlement over FBI's botching of Larry Nassar assault allegations
The U.S. Justice Department announced a $138.7 million settlement Tuesday with more than 100 people who accused the FBI of grossly mishandling allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar in 2015 and 2016.
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Arkansas Supreme Court says new DNA testing can be sought in ‘West Memphis 3' case
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday said a judge wrongly denied a request for new genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the killing of three boys nearly 30 years ago.
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Wisconsin man accused of killing, dismembering woman while on a date
Authorities relied on text messages, witnesses, security video and phone-tracking data to build a case against a man accused of killing and dismembering a Milwaukee woman with whom he was on a date, court records show.