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3-Year-Old Found Safe, Mom Released from Police

May 12, 5:03PM by Kealan Oliver Topics Daily Blotter

Brian Kenney (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

NEW CASTLE, Del. (CBS/AP) Police say 3-year-old Brian Kenney, who was reportedly abducted at gunpoint from his father's home, is now safe and back with his father.
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George Huguely's Mother: Love Was "Wonderful"

May 12, 2:45PM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

George Huguely (Charlottesville Police Department)

RICHMOND, Va. (CBS/AP) Despite her "devastation and confusion," the mother of George Huguely, the former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of murder, has now commented on the death of Yeardley Love.

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Teacher Beats Student, Caught On Tape

May 12, 1:49PM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

HOUSTON (CBS/KHOU) When their teacher backed one of their classmates into a corner, students at a Houston-area charter school thought it was a joke - but it allegedly turned into a shocking and brutal beating that was caught on tape.

Cell phone video of alleged beating at Houston-area school. (KHOU)

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Body of Missing 4-Year-Old Found in Canyon

May 12, 12:49PM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

Ethan Stacy (AP Photo)

LAYTON, Utah (CBS/KUTV/AP) The body of missing 4-year-old Ethan Stacy was found in Ogden canyon in Utah on Tuesday evening. Ethan's parents had reported the child missing Monday, saying that he wandered out of the family's apartment in Layton; however, police arrested and charged both the mother and the stepfather with the death of Ethan Tuesday.

PICTURES: Ethan Stacy Dead; Mother, Stepfather Charged

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Tonya Craft Acquitted of All Molestation Charges

May 12, 11:54AM by Carlin DeGuerin Miller Topics Daily Blotter

Tonya Craft (AP/Chattanooga Times Free Press, Angela Lewis)

ATLANTA (CBS/AP) The molestation trial of Tonya Craft that was marked by heartbreaking testimony from her three young accusers, including her own daughter, has ended in a not guilty verdict on all 22 charges, including charges of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation.Continue »
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Horses to Get Heave-Ho from Pedestrian Bridge?

May 12, 11:17AM by Barry Leibowitz Topics Daily Blotter

Big Dam Bridge (Pulaski County)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CBS/AP) Keep your horse off the Big Dam Bridge!

That's the message being sent to animal owners in Little Rock, Ark., where a government official wants to make it a crime for horses to use a pedestrian span over the Arkansas River, which just happens to be called...the Big Dam Bridge.

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Man Makes Up Robbery Just to Get Ride from Cops?

May 12, 11:05AM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

Stock Image (CBS)

LA PLATA, Md. (CBS/AP) Desperate times call for desperate measures.

A man in Maryland called 911 and made up a story about being robbed at gunpoint...just so the police would give him a ride home, says the Charles County sheriff's office.

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Looking for "The Barefoot Bandit" with Peter Van Sant

May 12, 10:45AM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Peter Van Sant (Paul LaRosa)

ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. (CBS) I'm working a fascinating story about a fugitive most of America hasn't heard about - "The Barefoot Bandit," Colton Harris-Moore. He's a 19-year-old who's believed to be living like Rambo (without the violence) in the forests of Orcas Island, Washington. Colton, or Colt as his friends call him, is believed to be responsible for more than 100 break-ins of residences and businesses here on Orcas, as well as Camano Island, about 35 miles away. Continue »
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Retired Officer Charged With Killing Texas Dad

May 12, 6:20AM by Edecio Martinez Topics Daily Blotter

Rick Benovic (KTXA/CBS)

DENTON, Texas (CBS/KTXA) A former federal law enforcement officer is charged with murdering a father who was trying to pick-up his children from his estranged wife.

The shooting happened Friday, May 7, just steps from the Denton, Texas police station. Investigators say 49-year old Richard Benovic was trying to pick-up his children.Continue »

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War Memorial Cross Stolen in Mojave Desert

May 12, 6:06AM by Caroline Black Topics Daily Blotter

(AP Photo)

MOJAVE NATIONAL PRESERVE, Calif. (CBS/AP) A cross that has stood in the Mojave Desert for over 70 years to commemorate American lives lost in war has been stolen by vandals. Less than two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the religious symbol could remain on federal land; however, some must have thought otherwise.Continue »
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