Read more crime stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/858/crime.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:03:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74694/nyc-man-alter-ego-killed-son-wife.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen New York cops busted a Manhattan hotel janitor in the murder of his wife and 14-year-old son, he had one defense: his imaginary alter-ego "Roberto" did it. Otto Herrarte admitted stuffing the bodies in garbage bags at his Queens home, but said Roberto slit their throats. "I am Otto,...http://www.newser.com/story/74694/nyc-man-alter-ego-killed-son-wife.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 3:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74455/peru-gang-accused-of-killing-to-harvest-fat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeruvian police today arrested four men accused of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to cosmetics companies in Europe. At a news conference that featured several bottles of fat, which police say the gang sold for $60,000 per gallon, authorities didn’t produce any evidence of sales, and...http://www.newser.com/story/74455/peru-gang-accused-of-killing-to-harvest-fat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:00:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74275/brit-strangles-wife-during-nightmare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British man admits he strangled his wife but swears he did it while having a nightmare. Prosecutors have accepted his explanation, backed up by a battery of medical tests documenting a sleep disorder. Instead of pursuing a murder conviction, they want a jury to declare that he acted during...http://www.newser.com/story/74275/brit-strangles-wife-during-nightmare.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:47:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74260/fbi-after-calif-geezer-bandit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe FBI has jumped in on the pursuit of a California robbery suspect authorities have dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” The most recent of the five heists came yesterday outside San Diego; surveillance video of previous incidents shows a man believed to be in his 70s and, in at least one...http://www.newser.com/story/74260/fbi-after-calif-geezer-bandit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 19:47:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74242/machete-armed-mugger-steals-mans-tacos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA mugger stole a Chicago-area man’s tacos and nothing else on Sunday. The victim was walking back to his car carrying 16 tacos from a restaurant when he was cornered by a man in a black ski mask brandishing a machete. The mugger demanded the food but didn’t ask for...http://www.newser.com/story/74242/machete-armed-mugger-steals-mans-tacos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74231/men-try-to-rob-bank-with-fake-search-warrant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFive Nevada men are set to appear in federal court today after allegedly attempting to rob a bank armed only with handcuffs and a fake search warrant. These criminal masterminds claimed that the search warrant entitled them to take all the money out of the bank’s vault, according to the...http://www.newser.com/story/74231/men-try-to-rob-bank-with-fake-search-warrant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74196/mom-charged-with-sex-slavery-in-girls-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mother of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl found dead appeared in court yesterday and was charged with human trafficking and felony abuse. Antoinette Davis, 25, delivered daughter Shaniya to a man "with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude ," according to court documents. Davis was calm during...http://www.newser.com/story/74196/mom-charged-with-sex-slavery-in-girls-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:47:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74112/night-stalker-charged-in-elderly-rapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Londoner has been busted for a host of crimes, including rape, targeting the elderly over the last 17 years. Delroy Grant, 52, appears in court today to face 11 charges of rape, burglary and indecent assault. But police believe he is responsible for some 108 crimes, striking as often...http://www.newser.com/story/74112/night-stalker-charged-in-elderly-rapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 3:56:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73873/mo-cops-seek-bodies-kids-notes-on-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagInvestigators are digging up property at a Missouri farm where an elderly man and his four sons have been charged in repeated sexual assaults of young relatives, according to officials. Police are searching for bodies, as well as buried glass jars containing handwritten notes by children detailing their abuse up...http://www.newser.com/story/73873/mo-cops-seek-bodies-kids-notes-on-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 4:25:00 CST