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San Quentin: Yes, It's on Yelp
 San Quentin: Yes, It's on Yelp 
FOURSQUARE, TOO
Feb 22, 2010 10:22 PM CST

San Quentin: Yes, It's on Yelp

Many reviews from tourists' ex-cons hate the food

(Newser) - Perhaps he was doing research into convicts and social media , but whatever the reason he was looking, MG Siegler is surprised to find California’s forbidding San Quentin state prison on Yelp (FourSquare, too). And though many of the 19 reviews are dedicated to tours and other open-to-the-public features, there...

Wife: Abuse Made Me Kill My Olympian Husband

Bronze medalist threatened son, wife, lawyer claims

(Newser) - A Southern California wife claims she shot dead her one-time star shot-putter husband because of years of physical abuse. Jane Laut was charged last week with the murder of her husband, Dave, who won an Olympic bronze medal for his sport in 1984. "It's a lawful homicide and it...

Mom Panicked Over Losing Baby Is Held in Her Murder

'She thought the world of her,' says neighbor

(Newser) - A young British mom terrified that she was about to lose her baby girl is being held in her daughter's murder. Police found Sonia Bellfield, 29, covered in blood and the corpse of her 2-year-old daughter, Jasmine, nearby. Neighbors believe the mom, who suffers from serious mental problems, "flipped"...

Serial Rape, Murder of Street Kids Shatters Jakarta

Cigarette vendor gave them food, shelter, death

(Newser) - The serial rape and murder of 14 young Jakarta street boys by a cigarette vendor has shocked a nation where such attacks are almost unheard of. The vendor—known as Babe, or father, to the boys he lured with food and a comfortable place to stay—killed boys as young...

Dad Charged With Tot's Murder After River Plunge

He deliberately drove into river, police believe

(Newser) - A British dad who plunged his car into icy waters has been charged with murder now that his 5-year-old daughter has died. Police believe Christopher Grady intentionally drove his SUV into the Avon river with his daughter, Gabby, and 6-year-old son, Ryan, as passengers. Father and son escaped and made...

Man Charged With Holding, Raping Teen for 6 Months

Buffalo suspect blamed son's burn on runaway

(Newser) - A Buffalo man is charged with holding a 13-year-old runaway in his home for six months, and raping her more than 100 times. Michael J. Abdallah, 26, is jailed on charges of second-degree rape, unlawful imprisonment, and custodial interference. The case came to light after police questioned Abdallah about a...

Turkish Teen Buried Alive for Talking to Boys

(Newser) - A 16-year-old girl was buried alive in a Turkish village as punishment for talking to boys. Police discovered her body after a tipoff. She was found sitting up, with her hands tied and soil in her lungs, buried in a hole behind her family's home in Kahta in southeastern Turkey....

US Soccer Star's BMW Firebombed in Scotland

DaMarcus Beasley OK; $80K ride totaled

(Newser) - An $80,000 BMW belonging to American soccer star DaMarcus Beasley was firebombed late Monday outside his home in an upscale neighborhood of Glasgow, Scotland, where he plays for the city’s Rangers club. Nobody was injured in the incident. A witness tells the Daily Record : “The guy put...

Cops: Con Man Scammed $140K From Online Dates

Posed as multimillionaire pal of George Bush

(Newser) - A New York lothario posing as a multimillionaire Navy commander and confidante of George Bush scammed close to $140,000 from women he met on online dating sites, according to Westchester authorities. After cultivating relationships with women met on sites like Match.com, Jesus Nasser asked for loans, explaining that...

Virginia Student's Body Found
 Virginia Student's Body Found 
Jan 27, 2010 3:20 AM CST

Virginia Student's Body Found

Skeletal remains discovered in field

(Newser) - Virginia police believe skeletal remains discovered by a farmer in a Charlottesville field are those of a Virginia Tech student who disappeared last October after attending a Metallica concert. Education major Morgan Harrington, 20, was the subject of repeated fruitless searches. "I looked down and saw what looked like...

Va. Cops Corner Killer in Woods

8 dead after gunman rampage

(Newser) - Some 100 Virginia police have converged on a heavily wooded area to surround a gunman suspected of killing 8 people. Christopher Speight, 39, nearly shot down a pursuing police helicopter when one of his bullets ruptured the fuel tank. The police hunt was triggered after officers discovered 7 men and...

Man Bites Off Police Officer's Nipple

Off-duty Chicago cop 'lost a body part,' says doctor

(Newser) - An off-duty Chicago police officer was allegedly bitten in the nipple so severely that he "lost a body part," according to his doctor. Fernando Cooper, 31, reportedly got in a scuffle with the cop outside a bar on Sunday night. Though the officer identified himself, say witnesses, Cooper...

Mom: I Killed Brain-Injured Son With Love

'I couldn't leave my child like that'

(Newser) - A British woman on trial for murdering her brain-damaged adult son by injecting him with a heroin overdose said she did it "with love." Frances Inglis, 57, said her 22-year-old son, Tom, was in a "living hell" of pain since suffering severe head injuries in a fall...

Sex Slasher Gets 15 Years
 Sex Slasher 
 Gets 15 Years 
Jan 13, 2010 5:00 AM CST

Sex Slasher Gets 15 Years

'I wanted to cut him a bit and it went right in'

(Newser) - The niece of Britain's defense minister has been sentenced to 15 years for fatally slashing a man she picked up at a bar for sex. "I do not even dare ask forgiveness from Olivier’s family,’ Jessica Davies told a French court yesterday, referring to her 24-year-old victim....

Sex Slasher: 'I Did It, I'm a Monster'

Niece of Britain's defense minister recounts sordid scene

(Newser) - An accused killer admitted in a Versailles court yesterday that she cut her would-be lover's throat during a sexual encounter. “All that comes back to me is images, flashes,” said Jessica Davies, 30, niece of Britain's defense minister. She recounted grabbing a knife to open a wine bottle,...

Brit on Trial for Slashing Lover's Throat in Sex

Woman says she 'blacked out' during attack

(Newser) - The niece of Britain's defense minister is on trial for slashing a French lover's throat in the midst of a kinky sex game. Jessica Davies, 30, claims she was in a "black out," high on alcohol and anti-depressants during the tragedy, and remembers nothing of the death in...

La. Cops: Man Threatened to Kill Obamas in 911 Call

John Turnpaugh, 47, phoned early Jan. 1

(Newser) - A New Orleans man has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill President Obama and his wife, Michelle. In a court filing today, a Secret Service agent said John Turnpaugh, 47, dialed 911 early Friday and told a police dispatcher he planned to kill the couple. Agents traced the...

Cops Bust 'Pot-Bellied' Teddy at Calif. Store

Toy 'mule' packed with marijuana

(Newser) - A large Teddy bear arrived in the mail at a Toy Town store in southern California with a "hard crinkly" stomach and a big grin on his face. The suspicious store owner called cops, who found three, vacuum-sealed bags of maijuana inside Teddy's belly. The package had been mailed...

Lawyer: Jon Break-in Report a 'Publicity Stunt'

Hailey: I was just there to get my things

(Newser) - Former reality star Jon Gosselin's complaint that someone burglarized and ransacked his Manhattan apartment is nothing more than a "publicity stunt," charged the lawyer for his former gal pal Haley Glassman. Police have questioned Glassman, who admits collecting her personal possessions from the apartment, but says she had...

Pediatrician Filmed in Baby Sex Attacks: Cops

Detective describes doc's 'look of rage' during assaults

(Newser) - A 225-pound pediatrician videotaped himself sexually assaulting children as young as 3 months old in his examination rooms, according to Delaware court documents. During one brutal assault of a 2-year-old, Dr. Earl Bradley had a "violently enraged expression on his face," an investigator said in a sworn statement....

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