Silicone Suspects: Two Calif. Sisters Sought in Suspected Injection Death
Alejandra Viveros and Guadalupe Viveros (Los Angeles Police Department)
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July 30, 2010 6:33 PM
LOS ANGELES (CBS/KCAL/AP) Two sisters accused of operating an illegal cosmetics business out of their home in Sylmar are believed to be on the run after one of their patients died.
July 30, 2010 5:19 PM
American Charged in Panama Killings Wanted in Alleged North Carolina Crimes
William Adolfo Cortez (PanamaGuide.com/Don Winner)
RALEIGH, N.C./PANAMA CITY (CBS/AP) A man facing charges for killing at least two Americans in Panama had a promising life in North Carolina that quickly turned problematic.
In 2004, William Dathan Holbert had a successful landscaping business, a wife, three children and a beautiful home. But records reviewed Friday show that, over the next two years, Holbert went bankrupt, separated from his family, began white supremacy activities and was charged with selling a house he didn't own.
Wilmington, N.C. authorities have a warrant out for his arrest for the fraudulent home sale in 2005. Polk County also has an arrest order for failure to pay child support.
July 30, 2010 3:54 PM
4-Year-Old Boy Fired Shot That Killed 3-Year-Old
(CBS/AP)
INDIANAPOLIS (CBS/AP) A loaded, unguarded gun was behind a tragedy in Indianapolis: Police say a 4-year-old boy fired the shot that killed his 3-year-old playmate.
Lt. Jeff Duhamell says the boy picked up a loaded .45-caliber handgun that had been left on a kitchen table in Fiona C. Lee's house Thursday, and pointed it at the girl's head before firing.
The victim was Lee's own daughter, Aunesti Lee Allen, who died at Riley Hospital for Children.
July 30, 2010 3:19 PM
Lorenzen Wright's Ex-Wife Got Threatening Visit Before His Murder, Says Lawyer
Lorenzen Wright (AP Photo, file)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CBS/AP) An attorney says three armed men looking for Lorenzen Wright showed up at the home of the former NBA player's ex-wife about six weeks before he was found shot to death.
Lawyer Gail Mathes says her client, Sherra Wright, was afraid for herself and her children so she kept quiet about the encounter until Monday. She then alerted police in the Memphis suburb of Collierville.
July 30, 2010 3:02 PM
$1.7 Billion Worth of Pot Seized, 100 Arrests, in California Drug Sweep
(CBS/AP)
FRESNO, Calif. (CBS/AP) A three-week sweep by federal and state agents targeting marijuana growers in California's Sierra Nevada range has netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot to go with nearly 100 arrests.
July 30, 2010 2:57 PM
Mom, Autistic Son Dead in Suspected Murder-Suicide; Note Said Bronx Mom was "Overwhelmed"
Michaela Jackson with her son, Kenneth Holmes Jr. (Personal Photo)
NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS/AP) Police investigating the apparent murder-suicide of a woman and her 12-year-old son found a note from her saying she was overwhelmed in caring for the child, who was autistic.
The note was in the Bronx apartment where Micaela Jackson and her son, Kenneth Holmes, Jr., were found on a bed, both shot in the head, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Thursday.
July 30, 2010 2:15 PM
Billy The Kid To Be Pardoned, 130 Years Later?
Photo believed to be William Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid, circa 1880. (AP, file)
SANTA FE, N.M. (CBS/AP) The showdown between frontier lawman Pat Garrett and notorious outlaw Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline.
As it turns out, the feud isn't completely over.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is considering granting a posthumous pardon to Billy the Kid, angering descendants of Garrett who call it an insult to recognize such a violent outlaw.
July 30, 2010 2:03 PM
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (CBS/AP) A 21-year-old New Jersey man has been sentenced to up to three months in jail for intentionally vomiting on another spectator - a cop, as it turned out - and his 11-year-old daughter, at a Philadelphia Phillies baseball game in April.
Matthew Clemmens, Vomiting Phillies Fan, Will do Time for Nauseating Crime
Matthew Clemmens (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Dept.)
July 30, 2010 12:54 PM
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (CBS/WFOR) A clerk at a Florida MetroPCS, Nayara Goncalves, says she's been saved twice by Jesus: once by the church and again when her faith helped dissuade a desperate would-be robber from doing something he would regret, according to CBS Affiliate WFOR.
Jesus Saves: Attempted Robbery Foiled When Clerk Brings Up Christianity
Surveillance video of Nayara Goncalves and alleged robber. (WFOR)
July 30, 2010 12:18 PM
Lindsay Lohan Getting 250 Letters a Day in Jail
Lindsay Lohan (AP)
LYNWOOD, Calif. (CBS) Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan may be winning the popularity contest at the detention facility in Lynwood where she is serving a jail term for violating her probation.
Officials say the young actress is receiving up to 250 letters a day!
