Matthew Hoffman Pleads Guilty, Gets Life
Matthew Hoffman (AP Photo)
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (CBS/WBNS) Matthew Hoffman pleaded guilty Thursday to killing three people in Ohio and to all the other charges against him.
Authorities said Hoffman killed and dismembered Tina Herrmann, 32, her
son, Kody, 11, and a family friend, Stephanie Sprang, 41.
Casey Anthony Defense Takes a $583.73 Hit
Casey Anthony with attorney Jose Baez, in court October 29, 2010. (WKMG)
ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS/AP) The hits just keep on coming for the defense team behind Casey Anthony, charged with the 2008 capital murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, after one of her lawyers, Jose Baez, was slapped with a $583.73 fine for failing to turn over information about expert witnesses.
The judge in the central Florida case also denied a request to view a blogger's photos, calling it "fishing."
PICTURES: Casey and Caylee Anthony, Personal Photos
Continue »"Lone Wolf" Suspected in Maryland Package Scare
Maryland Dept. of Transportation Building (CBS/WJZ)
HANOVER, Md. (CBS/WJZ/AP) Someone described as a disgruntled lone wolf, who was griping about highway signs, mailed the small package intended for Maryland's Democratic governor that ignited Thursday when a worker in the state mail room unzipped it, shooting out a tiny flame that singed the worker's fingers.
Continue »"Kidney Sisters" Freed, Organ Transplant to Come
Jamie and Gladys Scott (AP Photo, file)
PEARL, Miss. (CBS/AP) Two Mississippi women, dubbed the "Kidney Sisters" after their life sentences were suspended on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other, were released from prison on Friday after serving 16 years for an armed robbery.
Jamie and Gladys Scott waved to reporters and yelled "we're free" and "God bless y'all" as they left the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in an SUV.
Continue »Lindsay Lohan's Freedom Now in D. A.'s Hands
Lindsay Lohan (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Phillip and Nancy Garrido Lose Phone Priveleges
Phillip Garrido, top right, Nancy Garrido, lower right, and a photo of Jaycee Dugard. (CBS/AP)
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (CBS/AP) The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department has long objected to allowing the Northern California couple charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years to speak on the phone once a month, and now they say their suspicions about Phillip and Nancy Garrido have been confirmed.
PICTURES: Jaycee Lee Dugard Found Alive
PICTURES: Inside Jaycee's Terror Tent
"Grim Sleeper" Photos Spark Missing Person Cases
Still released by LAPD in "Grim Sleeper" case (LAPD)
LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) The Los Angeles Police Department has opened four new missing person cases stemming from the release of more than 100 photos taken from the home of suspected "Grim Sleeper" serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr.
PICTURES: "Grim Sleeper" Serial Killer Suspect's Private Photos
Continue »Phone App Joins Search for Missing Ore. Boy
Kyron Horman (Personal Photo)
NEW YORK (CBS) Nearly 7 months after Oregon boy Kyron Horman mysteriously disappeared, a Portland-based tech company is using their app for Android-powered phones to help find the missing 8-year-old.
PICTURES: Kyron Horman Missing, New Photos
Continue »Oklahoma Executes Murderer, First of 2011
Billy Don Alverson (AP Photo, file)
MCALESTER, Okla. (CBS/AP) Billy Don Alverson, the Oklahoma death row inmate convicted in the 1995 killing of a convenience store worker, was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening by the state of Oklahoma.
It was the first execution conducted in the U.S. this year.
Continue »Police In Phoenix Looking For "$60 Bill Bandit"
Surveillance Photo of the Alleged "$60 Bill Bandit" (CBS/KPHO)
GILBERT, Ariz. (CBS/KPHO/AP) If you've seen this man, or a $60 bill, you should call the police.
Investigators in the Phoenix area are looking for this bank robbery suspect they've dubbed the "$60 Bill Bandit" because he once asked a teller for $40 and $60 bills - denominations that aren't printed.
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