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Calif. widow's home broken into 14 times, says she's leaving

Jun 19, 10:00AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Essie King says her home in Stockton, Calif. has been broken into 14 times

/ CBS Sacramento
(CBS) STOCKTON, Calif.-- Essie King, a widow from Stockton, California, said she is moving out of her home because it has been broken into 14 times, according to CBS Sacramento. Continue »
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Ariel Castro, alleged Cleveland kidnapper, appears in court

Jun 19, 9:41AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Ariel Castro, center, enters the court before a judge with his defense attorney's, Craig Weintraub, left, and Jaye Schlachet during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Cleveland.

/ AP Photo/Jason Miller
(CBS/AP) CLEVELAND - A Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three women and imprisoning them in his house over a decade appeared in court for a pre-trial hearing  Wednesday morning with head hanging down, CBS affiliate WOIO reports.

PICTURES: Ohio women missing for nearly a decade found alive

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Okla. inmate executed in the 2000 death of a couple

Jun 19, 9:28AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

James Lewis DeRosa

/ CBS affiliate KWTV
(CBS/AP) McALESTER, Okla. - Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for taking part in the brutal killing of a ranching couple 13 years ago.Continue »
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Report: Alleged credit card thieves caught on camera

Jun 19, 8:50AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Police in Maryland say these four people are wanted in connection with alleged credit card fraud. They say this picture, and several others like it, were taken in a photo booth at a movie theater in Crofton, Md. on June 6, 2013.

/ WUSA
(CBS) CROFTON, Md. - Police say a group of teenagers in Maryland stole a woman's credit card, used it at a movie theater and then left behind evidence in the form of silly photo-booth snapshots, CBS affiliate WUSA reports.Continue »
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One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico

Jun 19, 8:42AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Caught on Tape , Daily Blotter

Walter Lee Williams

/ FBI

(CBS/AP) CANCUN, Mexico -- Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.

PICTURES:  FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

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Pants-stealing carjackers sought by Okla. police

Jun 19, 8:33AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Man, left, after his car - and his pants - were allegedly stolen by robbers in Tulsa, Okla.

/ KOTV
(CBS) TULSA, Okla. - The hunt is on in Oklahoma for two robbers whose alleged M.O. is to steal their victim's pants along with cash and other valuables, CBS affiliate KOTV reports.

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Bulger Trial: Admitted killer Martorano calls self "nice guy"

Jun 18, 6:23PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

John Martorano, admitted killer for reputed Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger

/ CBS News

(AP) BOSTON -A former enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger who admitted killing 20 people insisted Tuesday that he is not a hitman or a serial killer, but instead is a "nice guy" who was only trying to help his family and friends when he shot victims while working with Bulger and his gang.

PICTURES: Guns and Money: Whitey Bulger evidence

VIDEO: The Executioner: John Martorano speaks with 60 Minutes

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More questions for 40 potential jurors in Zimmerman trial

Jun 18, 5:46PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

George Zimmerman, center, arrives in Seminole circuit court during his trial in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 17, 2013.

/ AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool
(CBS/AP) - After screening prospective jurors for more than a week about publicity they've been exposed to in the George Zimmerman case, attorneys have identified 40 potential jurors to move on to a second round of questioning.

PICTURES: George Zimmerman in court

READ: Trayvon Martin Shooting: A timeline of events

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Cops: Fla. man beaten, robbed, left naked on first date

Jun 18, 5:30PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

CBS

(CBS/AP) BUNNELL, Fla. - A north Florida man says he needs surgery on his right eye after he was beaten and robbed during his first date with a woman he met at a convenience store.

He's hoping the next time he sees her will be in court.

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Police: Boy, 13, killed sister, 5, with wrestling moves

Jun 18, 4:54PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

CBS News
(CBS/AP) NEW ORLEANS - A 13-year-old boy from a New Orleans suburb has been arrested after authorities say he told them he used TV wrestling moves on his 5-year-old half-sister, who died from the beating.Continue »
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