Lawrence Reynolds Jr., Takes Matters into his Own Hands: Ohio Death Row Inmate On Suicide Watch After OD'ing
Lawrence Reynolds Jr. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (CBS/AP) An Ohio death row inmate has been placed on suicide watch after overdosing on prescription pills two days before he was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday for the 1994 murder of him neighbor in Akron, Ohio and was under a 72-hours watch, which is routine for inmates scheduled for execution. When guards checked on him Sunday evening they found him unconscious on the floor of his cell.
Continue »Amy Victoria Beck, Middle School Teacher, Taught Oral Sex to 14-Year-Old, Say Cops (PICTURE)
Amy Beck (Credit: CBS/KCAL)
BURBANK, Calif. (CBS/AP) Amy Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, is being accused of having sex and oral sex with a 14-year-old student.Continue »
Jayson Williams Update: Where Will the NBA Star Serve His Time?
Former NBA Star Jayson Williams (Credit: AP/Duane Burleson)
/ AP Photo/Duane BurlesonPICTURES: Sports and Murder
Williams arrived Wednesday at the Corrections Department's central reception and assignment facility in Trenton.Continue »
Chelsea King Update: A Chilling View into Suspect's Past
John Albert Gardner III appears in San Diego Superior Court (AP/ John Gibbins)
ESCONDIDO,Calif. (CBS/AP) Chelsea King's accused killer, John Albert Gardner III, was described by a court-appointed psychiatrist as a "danger to the community," in a probation report filed a decade ago, and released Tuesday by the San Diego County Superior Court.
Continue »Eric Massa's Greatest Hits: Don't Argue with a Naked Man and Other Really Crazy Stuff
Eric Massa, Not Tickling Anyone
/ APNEW YORK (CBS) House Democrat Eric Massa stepped down on Tuesday while an ethics investigation was ongoing - thus ending said investigation. The Washington Post says it's related to allegations that he groped male staffers, and Massa says...well, Massa says a lot of things.
Massa has offered a range of reasons for his early retirement, ranging from the near-believable to the deeply strange. Here's the best of former Congressman Eric Massa, presented in the context-free environment that really lets 'em shine! Remember: These are actual quotes spoken by an actual person who was actually elected to Congress:
Corey Haim Dead: I'll Be "a Chronic Relapser for the Rest of My Life"
Corey Haim (Credit: AP/NBC)
Haim died at the age of 38 early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.
Haim acknowledged his struggle with drug abuse to a British tabloid in 2004.Continue »
Middle Eastern Student-Visa Fraud Ring: Immigrants, California Man Charged in Alleged Conspiracy
Evidence of fake test scores and California identification cards.
/ AP Photo/U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementPolice allege that for the past seven years, 46-year-old Eamonn Higgins has fraudulently helped dozens of Middle Eastern natives pass mandatory tests to obtain or keep their US student visas in southern California.
Continue »"Dating Show" Bachelor Sentenced to Death
Rodney Alcala at his murder trial Feb. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Goulding)
Rapper DMX Arrested Yet Again, This Time for Allegedly Using Cocaine
Earl Simmons, also known as DMX.
DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, had served about half of an18-month probation when he was arrested Tuesday night and booked in the downtown Phoenix jail.
Continue »Cindy Crawford Blackmailer Gets Jail for Extortion Try, Used Photo of Supermodel's Gagged Daughter
Edis Kayalar, who tried to blackmail supermodel Cindy Crawford.
/ AP Photo/Department of Justice, FileEdis Kayalar, 26, obtained a photo of Crawford's 7-year-old daughter gagged and bound to a chair, a photo her nanny took as a joke during a game of "cops and robbers."Continue »
