A man went to the Seminole county jail near Orlando to visit his friend. While waiting in the lobby, he lit a marijuana cigarette. Jail officials arrested the man as soon as he exited the lobby area. In addition to the cigarette, he had half a pound of m… more »

John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, 55, is up for parole for the sixth time, just months short of the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death. Chapman is scheduled to be interviewed by two members of the parole board during the week of Aug… more »

The accuser, a police officer, stood accused Friday as a Colorado detective answers charges he lied in the case that wrongfully sent a man to prison nine years ago to serve a life sentence. The city and county have paid the wrongfully convicted man… more »

$100,000 bail set for 71-year-old, wheelchair-bound San Diego man suffering from a number of physical ailments who robbed a Chase Bank branch so he could get medical treatment in federal prison. He told police he robbed the bank so he can be sent to… more »

A 73-year-old Daytona Beach Great-Grandmother was not the easy mark a couple of purse snatchers thought she’d be when the woman leaned out of a car and grabbed her purse. Great-Grandma bit the woman’s hand and hung on the car as the male driver dragged h… more »

A Barstow, Florida man is very particular about his lawn care views. And those seem to run afoul of the opinions held by his 68-year-old neighbor, They've had run-ins in the past, leaving the neighbor in fear for his safety. It all came to a head the… more »

Spokane, Washington prosecutors are considering charges against a 44-year-old father who police say tried to give away his six month old daughter on Craigslist.The ad was posted on Monday, and taken down within the hour by Craigslist. In it, the fath… more »

An apparently “beered-up” 17-year-old Amish boy is in “dutch” for trying to outrun a police car after an officer tried to stop him for rolling through a stop sign. The” chase” lasted an unimpressive 3/4 of a mile before the boy crashed the buggy tryin… more »

A 48-year-old, cross dressing Pittsburgh-area man robbed a bank wearing a woman's blond wig, fake breasts under a sweater and clown pants.After fleeing the bank he tried to carjack a car in a nearby parking lot but the woman driver fled taking the ke… more »

A 59-year-old Santa Barbara man has been arrested and held in Santa Barbara County jail on $100,000 bail for felony DUI, gross vehicular manslaughter and felony possession of a controlled substance in the death of a 41-year-old woman. The woman who suffe… more »

A 26-year-old Santa Maria, California area man shattered an otherwise peaseful Friday leading Santa Maria police on a 100 mile per hour chase along city streets before his truck got bogged down in a field. Police recognized the suspected felon and pr… more »

A 66-year-old man has been extradited from the Philippines to face 28-year old child sex charges in California. The man is being held in Riverside County jail on three 1982 charges of having set with a then 14-year-old girl. At that time he had been… more »

The owner of a bail bond agency was shot and killed after entering a residence in Rancho Santa Margarita late Saturday night, police said. Dean Patrick Maldonado, 49, of Newport Beach entered a house through an unlocked sliding glass backdoor just bef… more »

Colorado police have arrested a 33-year old animal rights activist in connection with an arson fire that gutted the Sheepskin Factory in Glendale near Denver.. The man was arrested Thursday night in downtown Denver by agents of the FBI and Alcohol, Tob… more »

Four dozen individuals were arrested in and around San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico this week including a Mexican law enforcement official who worked with U.S. authorities. He was charged with sharing confidential information with drug traff… more »