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Lindsay Lohan's 'One Woman Crime Wave' Costs California Taxpayers Millions

Lindsay's
'Crime Wave'
Costs California
Millions

Mar 21, 2011 2:22 PM CDT

Lindsay's 'Crime Wave' Costs California Millions

Experts estimate that taxpayers are footing a giant bill

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's "one-woman crime wave," as some in LA's legal community have called it, seems like little more than the stuff of tabloids. But there is a dark side, Fox News points out: Experts estimate that the former actress' legal foibles are costing cash-strapped California millions of dollars....

GOP Fundraiser Indicted
in $200M Ponzi Scheme

Mar 17, 2011 8:40 AM CDT

GOP Fundraiser Indicted in $200M Ponzi Scheme

Timothy Durham allegedly defrauded more than 5,000 people

(Newser) - Prominent GOP fundraiser Timothy Durham was arrested early this morning on allegations that he’d defrauded more than 5,000 people out of more than $200 million in a giant Ponzi scheme, the New York Times reports. The 48-year-old West Hollywood man also donated more than $800,000 to the...

Middle-Schoolers
Suspended for
Oregano
Possession

Mar 17, 2011 5:09 AM CDT

Middle-Schoolers Suspended for Oregano Possession

A 'travesty of justice,' argues one dad

(Newser) - Four Virginia middle-school boys have been suspended for passing around a plastic bag of oregano that looked like marijuana. "Maybe it was pizza day," chortled Gawker. The school called it an "imitation controlled substance," which is prohibited. But one of the boys' dads, the appropriately named...

Marni Yang Guilty of Murdering Ex-Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle's Pregnant Lover Rhoni Reuter

Woman Guilty in Murder of NFL Star's Pregnant Lover

Mar 16, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Woman Guilty in Murder of NFL Star's Pregnant Lover

Marni Yang faces mandatory life sentence

(Newser) - Former Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle's real estate agent and sometime lover has been found guilty in the 2007 murder of his pregnant girlfriend. Prosecutors said Marni Yang used nasty anonymous letters to try to drive off other women involved with Gayle but her jealousy turned murderous when she learned Rhoni...

In Alleged Gang Rape of 11-Year-Old Girl in Cleveland, Texas, Many Are Blaming the Victim

'Blame the Victim' Cries Emerge After Girl's Rape

Mar 11, 2011 12:37 PM CST

'Blame the Victim' Cries Emerge After Girl's Rape

Town meeting turns ugly in Texas

(Newser) - Ever since 18 men and boys were busted in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl , there have been hints of a “blame the victim” mentality emerging—and last night, some residents crossed from hints to explicitly blaming the 11-year-old girl. “She lied about her age. Them boys...

Teen Busted
in Hamster
Murder

Mar 10, 2011 1:59 AM CST

Teen Busted in Hamster Murder

She faces up to two years in prison if convicted

(Newser) - A Brooklyn teenager has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty for slamming her little brother's pet hamster to the floor, killing it instantly, according to authorities. Monique Smith faces up to two years in prison if convicted of the charges. Anti-cruelty laws apply to creatures of all sizes, noted...

John Foreman: If My Son's Murderer Michael Woodmansee Is Paroled, I'll Kill Him

Dad: If My Son's Murderer
Is Paroled,
I'll Kill Him

Mar 9, 2011 1:07 AM CST

Dad: If My Son's Murderer Is Paroled, I'll Kill Him

RI child killer may win early release

(Newser) - The father of a boy murdered in Rhode Island 36 years ago says he will kill his son's murderer if he wins early release. Michael Woodmansee killed 5-year-old Jason Foreman in 1975. He kept the boy's shellacked bones in his bedroom for years, only confessing to the killing in 1982,...

18 Busted in
Rape of Texas Girl, 11

Mar 9, 2011 12:01 AM CST

18 Busted in Rape of Texas Girl, 11

Cops discover crime when rape videos are passed around Texas town

(Newser) - Eighteen men and teens have been arrested in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Texas. The victim told police that as many as 20 males attacked her, and the assaults were videotaped on cell phones by some of her attackers, Cleveland police say. Investigators first learned of the...

Van der Sloot
Will Plead
Guilty to
Killing Date

Mar 8, 2011 1:20 AM CST

Van der Sloot Will Plead Guilty to Killing Date

He could be out in 20 months for 'fit of rage' attack

(Newser) - Natalee Holloway murder suspect Joran Van der Sloot plans to plead guilty to killing a date in a "fit of rage" during a night of drinking and gambling last year in his Peruvian hotel room. The Dutch playboy, 23, will admit to involuntary manslaughter, reports ABC News . Van der...

Cops Nab 'East Coast Rapist'

UPDATED

Mar 5, 2011 6:00 PM CST

Cops Nab 'East Coast Rapist'

Connecticut man Aaron Thomas arrested in 14-year-old case

(Newser) - US Marshals descended on a Connecticut home yesterday and emerged with the man they say is responsible for at least 17 rapes over 14 years up and down the East Coast. New Haven police today said DNA confirmed Aaron Thomas, 39, is the East Coast rapist; investigators reportedly got his...

Wife Survives 100mph Ride Clinging to Hubby's Van

Mar 3, 2011 1:00 AM CST

Wife Survives 100mph Ride Clinging to Hubby's Van

She tumbles off Christopher Michael Carroll's car 40 miles later

(Newser) - Talk about a domestic spat. A Northern California woman survived a harrowing 40-mile ride clinging to the hood of a speeding minivan driven by her furious husband. The swerving car reached speeds of 100mph, and the night-time ride was so cold that the wife had to be treated for hypothermia...

Boy, 12,
Held in
Parents'
Killings

Mar 3, 2011 12:43 AM CST

Boy, 12, Held in Parents' Killings

He was the 'sweetest kid,' says church member

(Newser) - A home-schooled 12-year-old Colorado boy described as "the sweetest kid" is in police custody following the fatal shooting of his deeply religious parents and the stabbing of two younger siblings. Stunned police are trying to piece together the bloody rampage inside the boy's home in the quiet community of...

SEC Lawyer
Linked to
$1.5M in
Dirty Madoff
Money

Feb 23, 2011 2:40 AM CST

SEC Lawyer Linked to $1.5M in Dirty Madoff Money

Maybe that's why SEC was 'asleep at the swtich,' says critic

(Newser) - The mother of the chief lawyer for the Securities and Exchange Commission reaped $1.5 million in dirty money from Bernie Madoff, court documents are revealing. Attorney David Becker has been named in a clawback lawsuit seeking funds to repay investors ripped off in Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme. The...

Woman Jailed After
Girl Scout Cookie Brawl

Feb 22, 2011 8:27 AM CST

Woman Jailed After Girl Scout Cookie Brawl

What can you say? She must really like her Thin Mints

(Newser) - Everybody loves Girl Scout cookies, but not everybody loves them this much: A Florida woman is in jail on charges of beating up her roommate Sunday in a dispute over Thin Mints. Hersha Howard, 31, is accused of bursting into Jasmin Wanke’s room while she slept and accusing Wanke...

Stepmom
Charged in
Death of
Zahra Baker

Feb 21, 2011 5:34 PM CST

Stepmom Charged in Death of Zahra Baker

NC officials allege Elisa Baker had 'history of abuse'

(Newser) - North Carolina today charged Elisa Baker with second-degree murder, alleging that she alone brutally killed and dismembered her freckle-faced stepdaughter, Zahra Baker. Autopsy results released today show the 10-year-old died of "undetermined homicidal violence," and the Charlotte Observer reports that several bones had not been recovered, including her...

Movie Fan Killed for Eating Popcorn Too Loudly

Feb 21, 2011 2:35 AM CST

Movie Fan Killed for Eating Popcorn Too Loudly

Gunman goes round the bend during Black Swan

(Newser) - Don't mess with Black Swan fans. A moviegoer was shot dead in Latvia on Saturday night for eating popcorn too loudly during the film, according to witnesses. A 27-year-old Latvian was busted in the fatal shooting of the 42-year-old victim. The conflict erupted as the credits rolled, reports the Telegraph...

Berlusconi Gave
Teen Stripper
These 24 Gifts

Feb 21, 2011 2:06 AM CST

Berlusconi Gave Teen Stripper These 24 Gifts

Fur stole, diamond jewelry, Rolex watches among 24 presents

(Newser) - What a generous guy Silvio Berlusconi is. He claims he didn't have sex with an underage stripper, yet he showered her with some $300,000 in gifts, according to prosecutors. Diamond and amethyst (her favorite) jewelry by Bulgari and Tiffany, two Rolex watches (which she didn't like), a fur stole,...

Cops: Mom Showed Us Pic... of Tot Duct-Taped to Chair

Feb 18, 2011 2:57 AM CST

Cops: Mom Showed Us Pic... of Tot Duct-Taped to Chair

Girl, 2, is being placed with relatives

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania mom has been arrested after showing a photo of herself posing with her toddler daughter gagged and bound to a chair with duct tape ... to police. The photo—which shows the mom smiling and her baby clad only in a diaper—first surfaced on the Mediatakeout website. The...

Trucker:
I Fathered
Stepdaughter's
8 Kids

Feb 17, 2011 12:08 AM CST

Trucker: I Fathered Stepdaughter's 8 Kids

'German Fritzl' faces 350 counts of child sex abuse

(Newser) - A German trucker on trial for 350 counts of sexual abuse of his children has admitted in court that he fathered his stepdaughter's 8 children—but insists he never abused her. The 48-year-old father, known as Detlef S., began sexually abusing his stepdaughter and her twin brother at the age...

Border Vigilante Who Killed
9-Year-Old: I'm Not Sorry

Feb 15, 2011 3:43 AM CST

Border Vigilante Who Killed 9-Year-Old: I'm Not Sorry

'I'm not sorry because I'm innocent,' says Shawna Forde

(Newser) - The Arizona border vigilante convicted of killing an American dad and his 9-year-old daughter said that "people with children shouldn't deal drugs" when asked if she sympathizes with the mother of the murdered girl. Camouflage-clad Minutemen American Defense member Shawna Forde burst into the family's home with a gunman...