Crime
Priest: We weren't prepared for abuse complaints
A priest assigned to help with child sex-abuse complaints at the Philadelphia archdiocese in the early 1990s says he was "woefully unprepared" and left after a year. Monsignor James Beisel's (BYE'-zuhlz) testimony comes in the child-endangerment and conspiracy trial of his friend, Monsignor William Lynn. Lynn is accused of keeping ...
Hecker moved to Pa. prison
Fallen Twin Cities auto mogul Denny Hecker has been switched to another prison. WCCO-TV (http://cbsloc.al/L2DX4U) reports Hecker was recently moved to the U.S. Penitentiary in Canaan, Pa. It's his fifth prison in four months. Hecker was sentenced to 10 years in prison last year in a high-profile fraud case. He ...
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8 Hurt in Oklahoma City Shooting After NBA Playo
Authorities say eight people are hurt after shots rang out in Oklahoma City as thousands of people left the NBA playoff game between the Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers. (May 22)
Sheriff: Suspect linked by DNA to missing CA teen
A man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of murder and kidnapping after his DNA was found in the bag of a missing girl whose abduction was believed to be a random act of violence, authorities said. In addition, the DNA of 15-year-old Sierra LaMar was found in the red ...
Serial stabbings suspect guilty of murder in Mich.
A man suspected of fatally stabbing five men and wounding nine others in and around a Michigan city two summers ago was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder in the first case to go to trial. Jurors rejected the insanity defense put forth for Elias Abuelazam, finding him guilty of stabbing ...
Chipotle discloses criminal probe on immigration
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. said on Tuesday that federal prosecutors are investigating the company for possible criminal violations of securities laws related to its hiring practices. The Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement unit is already probing the company for compliance with employee work authorization laws. The company said Friday ...
Legion's latest admission revives hypocrisy charge
The Legion of Christ religious order, already discredited for concealing the crimes of its pedophile founder, suffered another blow to its credibility Tuesday after its superior admitted he knew in 2005 that his most prominent priest had fathered a child, yet allowed him to keep teaching and preaching about morality. ...
Securities commission accuses Sino-Forest of fraud
The Ontario Securities Commission accused troubled Chinese timberland company Sino-Forest Corp and many of its executives on Tuesday of engaging in a complex fraudulent scheme to inflate the assets and revenue of the company. Sino-Forest was once Canada's most valuable publicly traded forestry business, but shares plunged last year after ...
Mich. teen shot by grandmother had drug conviction
Police were still trying to determine what prompted a 74-year-old Michigan woman to shoot her 17-year-old grandson, as dozens of his classmates and relatives gathered Tuesday for the boy's funeral Police say Jonathan Hoffman was shot at least five times with a .40-caliber handgun in the suburban Detroit condo he ...
2 charged in killing of 2 USC students from China
Two men were charged Tuesday with murder in the shooting of two University of Southern California graduate students from China — a crime that sent shockwaves through the university community. Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, also were charged with attempted murder in unrelated shootings at parties in South ...
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