Date: April 24th, 2008
24 April, 2008 (22:12) | News, new hampshire | No comments
HAMPTON, N.H. — A Hampton woman is recovering after her car flew off a highway overpass to the road below and then was hit by an oncoming car.
Police said 59-year-old Deborah Windemiller’s car veered off Route 101 in Hampton on Wednesday afternoon, hit a guardrail and flew off an overpass, landing below on Route 1.
Another […]
24 April, 2008 (22:06) | News, Weird & Strange | No comments
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kenneth Griffin fell in love with a Venezuelan prostitute, decided she should move to America and concluded his wife must be killed, according to details in an affidavit released on Wednesday.
Griffin killed himself in an Oklahoma County jail cell last week, a day after being arrested on suspicion of setting up a […]
24 April, 2008 (22:02) | News, Parents Behaving Badly | No comments
NEW CASTLE — New Castle police charged 23-year-old Mark Strickler in connection with the death of a toddler on Wednesday.
They said Strickler beat his girlfriend’s 18-month-old son inside his house so badly that it put him in a coma.
The boy was on life support for 11 days, but died Tuesday night.
New Castle Police Chief Tom […]
24 April, 2008 (21:58) | News, Politics | 1 comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court affirmed yesterday that police have the power to conduct searches and seize evidence, even when done during an arrest that turns out to have violated state law.
The unanimous decision comes in a case from Portsmouth, Va., where city detectives seized crack cocaine from a motorist after arresting him on […]
24 April, 2008 (21:46) | News, Politics | 2 comments
DURANGO, Colo. — A fourth police officer with the Durango Police Department has lost his job because of a posting on his or her personal MySpace page, according to local reports.
MySpace is a popular social networking site where people post photos, blogs and other personal information to share with friends and family.
Last month two female […]
24 April, 2008 (21:42) | Uncategorized | No comments
BALTIMORE — A veteran Baltimore City police officer was shot and killed by another officer Thursday morning after he walked out of a bar with brass knuckles to join a fight and later drew a handgun, police said.
Norman Stamp, 65, died in the incident, according to Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld. Stamp was a 44-year-veteran of […]
24 April, 2008 (21:37) | News, Politics | No comments
WASHINGTON –
The Veterans Administration has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing internal e-mails that put the number at 12,000 a year while the department was publicly saying it was fewer than 800.
”The suicide rate is a red alarm bell to all of us,” the Washington […]
24 April, 2008 (21:35) | News | No comments
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - The sheriff wanted him fired, but a deputy who was arrested for drunk driving will keep his job.
Deputy Chris Conell will be able to wear his badge again and carry a gun by mid-May after serving a 30 day suspension without pay.
“I love being a Milwaukee County sheriff’s deputy,” Conell said.
When he […]