Crime & Courts from Newser

Cleveland Kidnap Victims' Choice: Do They Want the Dogs?

John Johnson — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:41:43 CDT

As they continue their recuperation, the three Cleveland kidnap victims have an unusual choice to make, reports ABC News . Do they want Ariel Castro's three dogs? The chihuahua and two terrier-poodle mixes are in a foster home for the time being until the women decide. "I think it's really nice...

Florida Teen Rejects Deal in Sex-Abuse Case

John Johnson — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:20:07 CDT

Kaitlyn Hunt has decided that she's taking her fight to court. The Florida 18-year-old has rejected a plea deal in a high-profile case in which she is charged with having sex with her 14-year-old girlfriend, reports the Miami Herald . Prosecutors offered Hunt a chance to plead guilty to lesser child-abuse...

Bar Caught Serving Rubbing Alcohol as Scotch

Kevin Spak — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:20:40 CDT

A New Jersey restaurant is in hot water for trying to pass off a heady mix of caramel food coloring and rubbing alcohol as scotch, state authorities revealed yesterday, while another even cheaper establishment filled its booze bottles with dirty water. Both restaurants were caught in a state-wide sting intended...

Guy Wanted for 13 Years Caught in Colorado...

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:05 CDT

A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant. Miguel Sanchez, 59, initially gave officers a false name when he was arrested Wednesday, according to the...

Breaking Bad Redux? Ailing Teacher Called Meth Dealer

John Johnson — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:04:05 CDT

See if this sounds familiar: A teacher undergoing cancer treatments has been accused of being a meth dealer. It may sound like Breaking Bad , but Boston police say Stephen Doran, 57, is the real deal, reports WHDH . He was arrested after cops say he received a package with nearly 500...

Burglar Swipes Baby's Ashes

Kevin Spak — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:15:05 CDT

We get it, burglars. You like shiny things. But some things are off-limits no matter how shiny, and one of those definitely should have been the small box containing the ashes of Caleb Ean Hughey, who died at birth in 2008. The Hughey family came home Monday to find that...

Trayvon's Texts Reveal Fistfights, Eerie Warning

Matt Cantor — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:54:29 CDT

George Zimmerman's defense team is painting an unflattering picture of Trayvon Martin through his text messages, which it released yesterday—and they contain a haunting warning from a friend: "Boy don’t get one planted in ya chest," the friend writes. The text came three months before Trayvon was shot, the...

Police Nab 'Conspirators' in UK Terror Killing

Kevin Spak — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:53:34 CDT

The plot to kill a soldier in the streets of London may have gone deeper than the two men who hacked Lee Rigby to death . Police yesterday arrested two more people, a man and a woman, both 29, as suspected conspirators in the attack, the Wall Street Journal reports. They...

Amanda Bynes Arrested After Bong-Toss: Cops

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:40:00 CDT

Amanda Bynes was arrested last night, and—we know you'll be shocked—a bong was allegedly involved. A doorman at Bynes' Manhattan apartment building called police to report someone smoking pot in the lobby, and took police to Bynes' apartment when they arrived, Eyewitness News reports. She answered the door...