Cops: Bank Bandit Offers $1,000 For Getaway Ride
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CAPITOLA, Calif. (CBS/AP) Police say a bank robber forgot to make a getaway plan, so after the heist he offered $1,000 to anyone who'd give him a ride.
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Minchello McLester (CBS/WGCL/Fulton County Sheriff)
ATLANTA (CBS/WGCL/AP) Neighbors and co-workers of an Atlanta newlywed were stunned by her weekend slaying, and by the arrest of her new husband who was naked when police found him outside the couple's house.
"I'm totally shocked out of my mind," next-door neighbor Cynthia Jenrette said Monday. "It's just unbelievable."
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Macedonia Church of God in Christ in flames, Nov. 5, 2008 (CBS/WSHM/Springfield Fire Dept.)
To Dye For: Robbery Suspect Caught "Red-Handed"
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CHARLEROI, Pa. (CBS/AP) The FBI says a southwestern Pennsylvania bank robbery suspect has been caught "red-handed."
Fifty-year-old Kurt Fritzel, of Charleroi, is in jail after police and the FBI say he robbed a Citizens Bank branch a few doors down from his apartment.
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James Carter (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (CBS/WTSP) Police say an intoxicated Florida man groped and assaulted five teenagers who were volunteering at a high school haunted house.
Authorities charged 50-year-old James Carter with four counts of child abuse and one count of lewd and lascivious behavior, according to CBS affiliate WTSP.
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Tolt Middle School, Carnation, Wash. (www.riverview.wednet.edu)
DUVALL, Wash. (CBS) A 12-year-old Washington State boy has been in juvenile detention since Oct. 6 when he allegedly told police officers that he planned to shoot at least 20 schoolmates who bullied and teased him, and threatened to kill his adoptive family.
Police were called to Tolt Middle School in Carnation, Wash., about 30 miles outside of Seattle, on Oct. 6 after getting reports of a young boy making threats against the school and specific students and teachers.
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William Liske Jr. (WTOL)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS/WTOL/AP) On Halloween, a 16-year-old boy returned to his family's home in Martin, Ohio and believed he had stumbled into a prank when he found the bodies of his brother, mother and stepfather.
Devon Griffin discovered the bodies of his slain family members, Derek Griffin, 23, Susan Liske, and her husband William Liske, when he returned home after attending church.
Continue »Houston Serial Killer? Police Ask for Help
Retia Long, Raquel Mundy, and Carol Flood (KHOU)
HOUSTON (CBS/KHOU) Police requested the help of the public Monday as they investigate whether the strangulation murders of three women in and around downtown Houston are related.
Authorities say two recent cases involved homeless women whose bodies were found a few blocks apart, not far from Houston police headquarters.
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4 Americans Killed in Mexican Border City
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CBS/AP) Four Americans were recently shot to death in separate attacks in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexican authorities said Monday.
Chihuahua state prosecutors' spokesman Arturo Sandoval said Edgar Lopez, 35, of El Paso, Texas, was killed Sunday along with two Mexican men when gunmen opened fire on a group standing outside a house.
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