A string of sham cancer charities busted this week by the Federal Trade Commission for ripping off tens of thousands of donors, pocketed nearly $200-million in contributions in just a five-year period.
A bench warrant for a serial bride who’s just left yet another guy in the lurch -- the NYC judge presiding over her criminal case -- was issued on Monday.
Saudis are seeking skilled swordsmen to fill eight vacant positions as executioners, but say they are willing to train the right candidates.
An Oklahoma woman who assaulted the corpse of her dead rival as it was on view in a funeral home last month was rearrested yesterday, after detectives discovered she’d also removed some organs.
Baffled police say Mexican child murderers are only children themselves, in a shocking case that has the nation’s law enforcement and mental health experts gravely concerned.
Over 170 in the outlaw motorcycle club shootout that left nine bikers dead and 18 wounded have now been arrested, amid heightened police security and reports of retaliation threats against the cops who fired upon them.
Police say the DC mansion murder and arson of an affluent family last Thursday was likely perpetrated by at least one individual with whom the victims were well acquainted.
On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city’s firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O’Connor, the facts—or a lack of them—didn’t add up. Justice on Fire is OConnor’s detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefighters’ deaths and the terrible injustice that followed. Also available from Amazon
