Archive for September, 2008

Feds: Stanford law school grad failed to pay taxes on prostitution earnings

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A former Stanford law school graduate who allegedly paid off her costly student loans by running a high-priced escort service has now been hit with federal tax evasion charges.

Via: Crime

Bay Area Olympic hopeful has racing bike stolen days before national championships

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Her specially built bicycle and her gear was in her parked car outside her parents" home in Gilroy.

Via: Crime

Girls Might Have Been Dead More Than a Year, Police Say

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Two children whose frozen bodies were found in Calvert County might have been dead for a year or more, hidden in a large freezer and moved from house to house since last fall by the adoptive mother suspected of killing them, authorities said yesterday.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

DISTRICT BRIEFING

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The cost to renew a driver’s license and get a car inspected rises in the District starting today.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

2 Trail Users Attacked Near Busy Retail Area

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Montgomery County police are investigating two robberies and assaults last week on walkers along a popular hiking and biking path near downtown Bethesda’s shopping and entertainment district.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

Pa. man to be extradited to Bosnia for ‘93 murder (AP)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

AP - A man who had been living in suburban Pittsburgh was ordered Tuesday to be returned to his native Bosnia-Herzegovina to face charges of fatally shooting another man almost 15 years ago.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

Mass. police officer accused of rape while on duty (AP)

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Lawrence police officer Kevin Sledge is escorted in to the courtroom for his arraignment in District Court in Derry, N.H. on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Sledge, 46, of Salem, N.H., is accused of leaving his post in the booking room early Friday and driving off in his own vehicle. Authorities say he found a woman, took her to a parking lot near the police station and raped her in his vehicle, then went back to work.  (AP Photo/Eagle-Tribune, Tim Jean)AP - A police officer was charged Tuesday with kidnapping and rape after he allegedly left his post, took a woman into his car and raped her, then returned to duty.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

Cops: 15-year-old girl fleeing from accident crashes and two toddlers are ejected from her SUV

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

WATSONVILLE - A 15-year-old girl fleeing the scene of a minor accident caused another serious injury crash when she collided with a sport utility vehicle causing four people, including an infant and a toddler, to be ejected from her vehicle, police said.

Via: Crime

$28 million settlement in Big Dig lawsuit

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

The family of a woman killed when a Big Dig tunnel ceiling collapsed has reached a settlement of $28 million with 15 entities named in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

Man convicted of 1983 KFC murders

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Darnell HartsfieldA man previously convicted of perjury in the long-unsolved case of five people abducted from a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Texas 25 years ago now has been convicted of those murders.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts