Burger King robbed near main Detroit police station

A gunman robbed a Burger King restaurant two-tenths of a mile from Detroit's main police station n Wednesday night

• Dec 22, 2011

Mass. man gets 14 years for anti-Obama arson

A man convicted of burning down a predominately black church after Barack Obama's election was sentenced to 166 months

• Dec 22, 2011

Woman forced to watch torture, killing by sex ring

Okla. City cops say woman, 20, was kidnapped by sex ring, forced to watch torture death of another woman to send a message

• Dec 22, 2011

Ore. man's family feared he was Gacy victim

When Ted Szal ran out on his family 35 years ago, his relatives feared he had been killed by notorious serial John Wayne Gacy

• Dec 22, 2011

Michael Douglas' son given 4 1/2 more yrs. in jail

A judge has nearly doubled the prison sentence for actor's son Camerons for repeat drug offenses

• Dec 22, 2011

Year in Review: Top crime cases of 2011

Crimesider takes a look back at some of the top crime stories of 2011

• Dec 22, 2011
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Burned body in Pa. ID'd as Brooklyn businessman

Authorities have identified a body found shot to death and burned in the woods as that of a Brooklyn business owner missing since Halloween

• Dec 22, 2011

Cops: Ala. mayor held burglar at gunpoint

Police say the mayor of Mobile, Ala. held a would-be burglar at gunpoint until officers arrived

• Dec 22, 2011

Cops say missing girl's body may be in landfill

Police said Wednesday morning they believe missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley's body was left in a trash bin across town and then dumped in a landfill before her mother reported her missing Oct. 11.

• Dec 22, 2011

Video shows "Geezer bandit" may not be an old man

The FBI now believes that the man who has robbed 16 banks in Southern California may actually be a younger man in a disguise that makes him appear elderly.

• Dec 22, 2011

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