Jeremy London pleads not guilty to battery on ex
Actor Jeremy London
(Credit: CBS Los Angeles/Phil McCarten/Getty Images)London, 39, who appeared on television shows including "Party of Five" and "Seventh Heaven," was charged with a misdemeanor count of battery of a spouse or cohabitant, reports CBS Los Angeles. The judge in Riverside County issued a restraining order against him requiring that he have no contact with his wife, identified in the complaint as "Jane Doe."
Continue »Hundreds of tacos sent to Conn. mayor for quip
East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr., on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012
(Credit: AP Photo/Jessica Hill)When asked by a New York TV station, "What are you doing for the Latin community today?" the major responded with, "I might have tacos."
Cousin: Man who ate brain may have killed cop, too
Tyree Lincoln Smith
(Credit: AP Photo/Lynn Haven Police Dept., HO)Tyree Smith, 35, was arrested Tuesday for the murder of Angel Gonzales in Bridgeport, Conn., on Dec. 15. Police believe he hacked Gonzales with an ax, removed part of his brain, and later ate it.
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Tylar Witt was sentenced to 15 years for her role in her mother's murder
(Credit: Police evidence photo)(CBS) On June 16, 2005, 15-year-old Nakisha Waddell took the stand in a Virginia courtroom and tried to explain why she'd murdered her mother.
Watch a preview of this week's 48 Hours: "A Fatal Attraction" about the murder of Joanne Witt
"It's from all the years of fighting and fussing," said Nakisha, her voice so low the judge had trouble hearing her. "You could only take so much before you finally explode."
Continue »"Barefoot Bandit" sentenced to 6 1/2 years in jail
Colton Harris-Moore
(Credit: AP Photo/ Island County Sheriff's Office)Authorities say Harris-Moore made his way across the United States in the stolen vehicles. He flew a stolen plane to the San Juan Islands, stole a pistol in British Columbia and took a plane from Idaho to Washington state. He then stole a boat in Washington to go to Oregon, and took a plane in Indiana and flew it to the Bahamas, where he was arrested.
Pictures: Barefoot Bandit on the Run
Continue »Cops: Boy, 5, left alone while mom went to casino
Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
(Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)(CBS/WCBS) NEW YORK - A New York City mother was behind bars Thursday after police say she left her 5-year-old son alone in a Connecticut hotel room while she went to gamble.
Continue »Kidnapping hoax mom sentenced to 8 years for fraud
Bonnie Sweeten
(Credit: CBS)40-year-old Bonnie Sweeten is charged with swindling her employer and family members out of more than $600,000.
No jail time for kids in shopping cart attack?
Marion Salmon Hedges, 47, was injured Oct. 30, 2011, when a shopping cart hit her head after being dropped from a fourth-floor walkway.
(Credit: WCBS-TV)The New York Post reports Manhattan Family Court Judge Susan Larabee received the sentencing recommendations during court appearances on Thursday for 13-year-old Jeovanni Rosario and 12-year-old Raymond Hernandez.
Conn. home invasion killer is sentenced to death
Joshua Komisarjevsky
(Credit: WSFB)(CBS/AP) NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Joshua Komisarjevsky was sentenced on Friday to death for killing a woman and her two daughters during a brutal Connecticut home invasion in 2007.
Continue »Search halted for missing SC toddler, mother jailed
Zinah Jennings' son Amir has been missing for two months
(Credit: WLTX)Federal, state and local police officers used cadaver dogs to scour an eight-mile radius for more than four hours Thursday, looking for 18-month-old Amir Jennings, but found no evidence of the boy.
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