Feds Shut Down "Facebook of Child Porn"
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INDIANAPOLIS (CBS/AP) U.S. authorities say they have broken up an international child porn ring that revolved around a "social networking site" that at one point had more than 1,000 members trading explicit images online.
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday, May 26 that more than 50 people had been arrested and at least 35 have been convicted of porn distribution charges since the start of the investigation in 2008.Continue »
Natalee Holloway Center Aims at Crime Prevention
Natalee Holloway (AP)
Washington DC (CBS) Five years ago, in May 2005, Alabama high school student Natalee Holloway disappeared during a senior class trip to Aruba. Next week the Natalee Holloway Resource Center (NHRC) will open in Wash., D.C., in a joint effort between Holloway's mother and the National Museum of Crime & Punishment.Continue »
Ethan Stacy Update: Murder Charges Filed
Ethan Stacy (AP)
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP/CBS) Aggravated murder charges were filed Friday against Ethan Stacy's mother and stepfather, who police say brutally beat the 4-year-old until he died, disfigured him and then buried him in the mountains.
PICTURES: Ethan Stacy Dead; Mother, Stepfather Suspected
The Davis County attorney's office said Stephanie Sloop, 27, and her husband, 31-year-old Nathanael, are also charged with child abuse, obstruction of justice and abuse or desecration of a body, all felonies. These charges make the Sloops eligible for the death penalty.
Continue »Three Arrests Made in Case of Missing Mother
Sunday Blombergh (Personal Photo)
Tifton, Ga. (CBS/WCTV) Georgia officials announced Thursday that three people have been arrested in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Sunday Blombergh.
PICTURES: Sunday Blombergh Missing
According to CBS affiliate WCTV, Blombergh's mother-in-law, 45-year-old Ruby Evans and her stepfather-in-law, 44-year-old Roy Herman Evans are charged with her murder.
Continue »Purse-Snatching Ends in Death of ASU Student
Kyleigh Sousa (AP)
TEMPE, Ariz, (CBS/AP) A 21-year-old Arizona State University student, Kyleigh Sousa, who was dragged alongside a car during a purse-snatching in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, has died from her injuries.
PICTURES: Kyleigh Sousa: A Life Cut Short
Alabama Pol Resigns after Murder Charge
Angel Downs (Thigpin Photography)
MOBILE, Ala. (CBS/AP) Stephen Nodine, who is charged with the murder of his alleged mistress Angel Downs, opted to resign from his position as Mobile County commissioner rather than face an impeachment hearing.
PICTURES: Angel Downs Murdered; Stephen Nodine Charged
County spokeswoman Nancy Johnson told the Press-Register that Nodine sent a letter of resignation Thursday. He had served on the commission since 2004.
Continue »Missing Mother's Body Found in Georgia Woods
Sunday Blombergh (Personal Photo)
TIFTON, Ga. (CBS/WCTV) It's been more than a month since 28-year-old mother Sunday Blombergh disappeared, and now authorities say they have located Sunday's body outside of Tifton, Georgia.
Indiana Boys Charged with Murder Appear in Court
Gingerich and Lundy in Court (WANE)
KOSCIUSKO COUNTY, Ind. (CBS/WANE) Two boys accused of murdering the stepfather of one of the boys appeared in adult court Thursday, where prosecutors asked the judge to combine the boys' cases into one trial. But defense attorneys said that would violate the boys' constitutional rights, according to CBS affiliate WANE.
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Guilty Verdict in Brianna Denison Murder Trial
Brianna Denison (Personal Photo)
RENO, Nev. (CBS/AP) It took a Nevada jury just six hours to convict James Biela of the rape and murder of Brianna Denison - a little over two years after the 19-year-old's battered body was found naked in a field near Reno, Nev.
Minn. Lawyer Tracking, Suing Child Porn Users
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"If you choose to download images of child pornography, we will track you," Anderson said. "We will find you. We will expose you. And we will sue you."Continue »
