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Father sentenced for binding kids outside Wal-Mart
A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for binding and blindfolding two of his children in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas. 6News Lawrence (http://bit.ly/11ZU2Rg ) reports that 53-year-old Adolfo Gomez also was ordered during Wednesday's sentencing hearing in Douglas County District Court to ...
Car jumps onto NYC sidewalk, hurts 8; man arrested
A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said. A 60-year-old grocery store worker was critically hurt in the 6:30 a.m. crash, which left ...
Bulger ex-enforcer grilled about varying stories
An ex-hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James "Whitey" Bulger in 11 of the slayings, but he acknowledged lying in the past, including to his close friend just before he shot him in the head. John Martorano is ...
Man facing sex trafficking charges for 2nd time
A man who was the first person to be convicted in Illinois under the state's new tough human trafficking laws is facing similar charges in Cook County for the same offense. The State's Attorneys' office says 20-year-old Myrelle Locket is held without bond. He and his twin brother, Tyrelle, were ...
Rocky Boy health director indicted for theft
Prosecutors say that a Rocky Boy Indian Reservation official stole federal money to visit her husband when the ex-Chippewa Cree Tribal chairman was in prison for theft of tribal money. An indictment unsealed late Tuesday charged Rocky Boy's Health Board Clinic director Fawn Tadios with stealing more than $50,000 in ...
FBI hunt for ex-union boss Hoffa's remains ends
A search of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, an FBI agent announced Wednesday as authorities ended the dig. "We did not uncover any evidence relevant to the investigation on James Hoffa," said Robert Foley, head ...
Father takes stand in Levi Chavez case
The father of a woman allegedly killed by her former Albuquerque police officer husband says his daughter was excited about her future plans and wasn't depressed. Joseph Cordova told jurors Wednesday that his daughter, 26-year-old Tera Chavez, blew him a kiss the last time he saw her and she showed ...
Teen charged in Calif. couple's slayings saved dad
A 16-year-old Northern California boy once praised as a hero for saving his dad's life is facing charges that he stabbed an elderly couple to death at their home. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/12ayUDJ) that 16-year-old Daniel William Marsh is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in a Yolo County ...
Father, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
A judge who heard prostitutes testify that a father-and-son pimp team made them feel like family cleared the two men of sex-trafficking charges Wednesday. The men's supporters in the courtroom cheered the verdict, but the gallery fell silent when Manhattan Judge Ruth Pickholtz announced convictions against Vincent George Sr. and ...
Man rescued from river throws punch at officer
Bonneville County officials say a 20-year- man was arrested after deputies say he took a swing at an officer who helped rescue him from the Snake River in Idaho Falls. Officials say Michael Condor of Idaho Falls jumped into the river Tuesday evening and began to struggle and tumble in ...
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends
The excavation of a field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, the FBI announced Wednesday, adding another unsuccessful chapter to a nearly 40-year-old mystery. Authorities stopped the dig after just a few hours on the third day. "We did ...
Muskegon lawyer pleads guilty to cocaine charge
A Muskegon defense lawyer who previously had his law license suspended following a conviction for crack cocaine has pleaded guilty to new cocaine charges. Fifty-five-year-old Terry Nolan was arrested in February and was scheduled for trial Wednesday in Muskegon County Circuit Court but instead pleaded guilty to using cocaine. Sentencing ...
Man sentenced in ex-girlfriend's alleged abduction
A man accused of abducting his 15-year-old former girlfriend off a Trenton street and holding her captive for four days while he beat and sexually assaulted her has pleaded guilty to threatening the teen. Twenty-two-year-old Marquis Smith of Trenton was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison. But he could ...
Wis. Assembly passes state budget, heads to Senate
The Wisconsin Assembly passed the state budget Wednesday after Democrats decided against offering any amendments or prolonging debate, saying the $70 billion spending plan is so bad it can't be fixed. "We believe there's no hope for this budget," said Minority Leader Peter Barca, the only Democrat who spoke against ...
Highlights of state budget passed by Assembly
The two-year state budget passed by the Republican-controlled Assembly on a 55-42 vote now heads to the state Senate for an expected vote on Thursday. If it passes there in identical form, it then heads to Gov. Scott Walker who can sign it, veto all of it, or veto any ...
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