Crime News

US Marshal and Suspect Dead in St. Louis; 2 Others Wounded

Mar 8, 2011 - 9:50 PM |AOL News

Christian Gooden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch/AP

A shooting broke out in St. Louis this morning as authorities tried to serve an arrest warrant, leaving one deputy U.S. marshal dead and another deputy marshal and a St. Louis police officer wounded....

Cops: Millionaire Dentist Buys $40 in Pizza on Student's Lost Credit Card

Mar 8, 2011 - 6:43 PM |AOL News

Polk County Sheriff's Office

Chew on this: Police say a millionaire dentist used a stolen credit card to buy $40 worth of pizza -- then bragged to investigators about his net worth. Even though he had $250 in his wallet,...

Dov Charney: 5 Facts About the American Apparel Founder Facing a $260 Million Sex Lawsuit

Mar 8, 2011 - 6:37 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

Dov Charney, founder of the Los Angeles-based clothing company American Apparel, has been hit with a $260 million lawsuit by a former employee who claims he forced her into having sex. The New York...

In 2 Gang Rape Cases, Communities Blame 11-Year-Old Victims

Mar 8, 2011 - 6:13 PM |AOL News

Authorities in Texas have arrested more than a dozen suspects in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl. There is outrage and there is anger -- but much of it is being directed at the victim. "People...

Singer Slapped With YouTube Child Porno Case Wants to Go to Jail

Mar 8, 2011 - 5:28 PM |AOL News

YouTube

A sexually explicit ditty spliced into footage of a children's concert then broadcast over YouTube will be sending an aspiring singing star to jail. Evan Emory, 21, who promotes his club...

Man's Ashes Stolen From Church Right Before His Funeral

Mar 8, 2011 - 3:58 PM |Patch

The wife and son of a man whose cremated remains were stolen from a California church are appealing to the thief to return the ashes, but they are trying to be philosophical about the loss. Marvin...

Lawyer: Colorado Woman Will Admit Aiding Terror Cell

Mar 8, 2011 - 3:56 PM |AP

PHILADELPHIA -- A woman described as a troubled single mother will plead guilty to a terrorism conspiracy charge Tuesday, her lawyer said, becoming the rare American-born woman to admit plotting with...

Man Gets Long Prison Term for Killing College Dance Student

Mar 8, 2011 - 3:38 PM |AOL News

An upstate New York man was sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for strangling his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a wooded park. Steven Pieper, 21, apologized in the Syracuse court,...

Michael Woodmansee: 5 Facts About the Murderer and Alleged Cannibal

Mar 8, 2011 - 2:58 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

It was an unspeakable crime: a 5-year-old boy murdered, the perpetrator allegedly eating part of his victim. Now, Michael Woodmansee, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 1983, may be...

Expert: Van der Sloot Free in 5 Years? 'So What?'

Mar 8, 2011 - 1:45 PM |AOL News

Joran van der Sloot's new legal strategy has people around the globe angry over the possibility that the Dutch native could be freed in less than five years in the death of a Peruvian woman. But what...

Body of US Student Missing in Spain Found in River

Mar 8, 2011 - 11:55 AM |AOL News

Bice Family / AP

The body of an American college student studying in Spain was found in a shallow river in Madrid this morning, more than a week after he vanished after going to a nightclub. Austin Bice, 22, was...