Crime

NJ Man Charged with Murder in Patz Case

(NEW YORK) — A man accused of luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into the basement of a convenience store with the promise of a soda in 1979 and strangling him was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the boy’s disappearance.

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Trayvon Martin Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment

The ‘Hope’ poster artist has immortalized the dead Florida teen in a new work for Ebony magazine.

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Edwards Trial Judge Orders Jury to Stop Deliberating

(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — The judge in the John Edwards trial says she is dealing with a juror issue and she is warning the panel not to deliberate outside the jury room or in small groups. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Eagles closed the courtroom to reporters Friday afternoon for about 35 minutes to talk to [...]

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Etan Patz: After 33 Years, an Arrest in the Disappearance of the ‘Milk-Carton Boy’

Pedro Hernandez, a 51-year-old New Jersey man, has been arrested in the case of a missing New York City boy whose disappearance captivated a nation

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Police May Have Cracked 33-Year-Old Etan Patz Case

(NEW YORK) — A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children’s movement that put kids’ faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday.

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Lego Theft: Silicon Valley Exec Accused of Stealing $30,000 Worth of Toys

SAP executive Thomas Langenbach allegedly resold the Lego sets on eBay out of his $2 million, Lego-filled home.

Vickey Teter of Cascade, Iowa, is seen with the baby zebra and a parrot she owned along with Jerald Reiter

Drunk Man Arrested with a Zebra and a Parrot in Car

Don’t drive drunk. And if you do, leave the zebra and the parrot at home.

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Trayvon Martin Case: Four Witnesses Change Their Stories

Four witnesses — all unnamed — in the Trayvon Martin second-degree murder case are changing their accounts of what they saw on the night he was shot to death by George Zimmerman, according to reports in the Orlando Sentinel.

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Grandmother Shoots, Kills Grandson

Police are trying to figure out why 74-year-old Sandra Layne shot and killed her 17-year-old grandson Jonathan Hoffman last Friday, just weeks before his high school graduation.

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Defendant: FAMU Band Member Wanted Hazing for ‘Respect’

(ORLANDO, Fla.) — A Florida A&M drum major who died after being hazed on a bus asked to go through the ordeal because it was seen as an honor, a defendant in the case said in a deposition released Wednesday Robert Champion, 26, had asked all season to go through the hazing ritual, known as [...]