A psychiatrist treating James Holmes alerted colleagues that he could be dangerous months before he went on a deadly shooting rampage in a Colorado theater
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Careful Chewing: Another Needle Found In Airplane Food
Another needle was found in an in-flight sandwich, this time aboard an Air Canada flight from British Columbia to Toronto.
Eva Rausing Case: Billionaire Heir Admits to Delaying Wife’s Burial
Hans Kristian Rausing, son of the billionaire founder of Swedish packaging giant Tetra Pak, said he did not feel able to confront the reality of this American-born wife’s death.
New Jersey Police Suspect Cult Activity In Grave Robbing
Someone stole away with a grandmother’s corpse last week. The body of Pauline Spinelli, who has been dead since 1996, was snatched out of a New Jersey mausoleum, and police are hypothesizing that a cult may have taken the body …
As Drew Peterson’s Trial Gets Under Way, the Lurid Details Reemerge
Nearly eight-and-a-half years after his ex-wife was found dead in a bathtub, Drew Peterson, a former Bolingbrook, Ill. police sergeant, is facing a jury on charges of her murder. But as opening statements got under way Tuesday, …
Legal Strategy Gets Complex As Charges Are Presented in Colorado Shooting Trial
Prosecutors have laid out 142 charges against James Holmes aimed at clearly proving that he planned out the theater shooting in Aurora, Colo. But his defense team might try to prove that he’s insane.
James Holmes Charged with 142 Counts, Including First-Degree Murder, in Colorado Theater Shooting
The man accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at a Colorado screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” is facing two dozen charges of first-degree murder after one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history.
Law School Study Alleges NYPD Overstepped its Power During Occupy Protests
A study by law professors alleges that the NYPD used excessive force in policing the Occupy Wall Street protests
Thief Fails to Open Cash Register, Stuffs Puppy In His Pants Instead
Long Island police are on the hunt for a man who stole a puppy by stuffing it into his jeans. If that sounds suspiciously Onion-esque, just rewind the security tape footage, which very clearly features the following sequence of …
This Alleged Burglar Didn’t Steal Anything, He Just Defiled His Victims’ Computers
He didn’t take anything from the homes he broke into. He just wanted some “alone time.”
Man Refuses to Leave Jail, Is Arrested for Trespassing, Sent Back to Cell
After spending more than two months in jail, most people, it seems, would be eager to leave. But Rodney Dwayne Valentine had other plans when he was released from the Rockingham County jail in North Carolina this …
Large Haul of ‘Bath Salts’ Seized by Feds in First Major Synthetic-Drug Bust
Federal agents have staged their first bust of synthetic drugs, which are becoming popular alternatives to their illicit street counterparts.