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Suicidal Beau Confesses to Double Murder on Facebook

'You'll find three bodies,' warns Bart Heller

(Newser) - A jilted, suicidal beau confessed to double murder from his grave—on his Facebook page. "Someone call 911," wrote Bart Heller of Indiana. "I've killed Ryann, Erin, and myself. People were warned not to play me. They didn't listen. Sorry about your luck." A...

Hollywood Gunman Opens Fire on Motorists

He wounds one driver before being fatally shot by police

(Newser) - A gunman indiscriminately opened fire at passing motorists in Hollywood today, hitting one person in the head who is now critically wounded, reports the Los Angeles Times . The gunman was then shot dead by two police officers who were on a nearby movie set and alerted by bystanders. The shooting...

Second Child Shot by Mom in Welfare Office Dies

Timothy, Ramie Marie Grimmer killed after mom fails to get food stamps

(Newser) - The second of two kids shot by their suicidal mom in a Texas welfare office has died, reports AP . Timothy Grimmer, 10, died of his wounds a day after his 12-year-old sister, Ramie Marie. Their mother, Rachelle Grimmer, apparently snapped when she failed to get food stamps to feed her...

Dopey Dad Dropped Joint in Tot's Lunchbox: Police

Aghast preschool teachers call police, he's busted

(Newser) - How dopey was dad? So dopey he accidentally dropped his joint into his toddler son's lunchbox as he was packing it up, Connecticut police report. The marijuana was discovered by aghast preschool teachers, who promptly called the cops, authorities said. The toddler's parents agreed to a search of...

Jeans of Missing Woman Found on LI Beach

Belongings linked to Craigslist escort found in serial killer area

(Newser) - Clothing and a purse believed to belong to a female escort who advertised her services on Craigslist have been found on an Long Island beach nearly two years after she vanished. Police discovered Shannan Gilbert's jeans, cell phone, shoes, and a purse with identification near the community of Oak...

Hacker Steals $500K From NYC Socialite

Cyber-thief got into her email, impersonated her

(Newser) - A billionaire Manhattan socialite got swindled out of about $550,000 last week after a hacker broke into her email account, reports the New York Post . The online bandit got access to personal information about Candia Fisher, a member of the Fisher Brothers real estate clan, and used it to...

Woman Confesses to Killing Roommate

...then hiding her body under pile of presents

(Newser) - Today in the Terrible Crimes Department: 67-year-old Florida woman Michele O'Dowd was murdered last week and then "hidden" under a pile of Christmas presents in her bed. Family friend and former roommate Patty White, 40, who stayed with O'Dowd when times got rough, confessed to killing her,...

Tot Vanishes After Dad Reports Carjacking

Father failed polygraph about 2-year-old girl's disappearance: Sources

(Newser) - Another toddler has mysteriously disappeared, this time in Detroit. A father reported his 2-year-old daughter, Bianca Jones, was taken in an armed carjacking. Police located the car just six blocks away 30 minutes later with the engine still running, and the girl missing. The father, Deandre Lane, has failed a...

DSK: Maid Gave Me a Look That Said 'Quickie'

It was 'consensual, but stupid,' Strauss-Kahn says in new biography

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn said when he stepped naked from the shower to see the Manhattan hotel maid who later accused him of rape, their eyes met and he read an invitation to "precipitous but consensual" sex, says a new biography out today. But he still considers the encounter "stupid"...

Utah Professor Watched Child Porn on Flight: Police

Fellow passenger took photo of laptop to alert cops

(Newser) - An engineering professor from the University of Utah was busted on a Delta flight from Salt Lake City on Saturday after a fellow passenger sent a message to alert police that he was viewing child pornography on his laptop, according to investigators. A passenger behind Grant Smith in the first-class...

Toddler Nailed Inside Bedroom
 Toddler Nailed Inside Bedroom 
Nov 28, 2011 12:09 AM CST

Toddler Nailed Inside Bedroom

Georgia cops kick in door, parents busted

(Newser) - Georgia parents have been busted after their 3-year-old son was found trapped in his bedroom with the door nailed shut. The boy was wearing a soiled diaper, had severe diaper rash and open sores, and no access to proper nutrition—only rotted food and spoiled milk littered the floor, reports...

Waffle House Serves Up Crime, Wackiness

From robberies to terror plots, fast-food chain has it all

(Newser) - Unlike Vegas, what happens at Waffle House doesn't stay at Waffle House, and what happens at Waffle House seems to be an inordinate amount of crime and strange stuff. The New York Times examines an unlikely rash of crime tied to the cheery yellow-roofed all-day-breakfast joints—ranging from a...

20 Students Nabbed in NY SAT Scam
20 Students Nabbed
in NY SAT Scam
Nov 23, 2011 1:02 AM CST

20 Students Nabbed in NY SAT Scam

They were paid to take tests for others: Investigators

(Newser) - Twenty students linked to five Long Island high schools have been charged with being part of an SAT test-taking scam. They were accused of accepting payments to take the SAT and ACT college entrance exams posing as other students over the last three years. A principal at one of the...

'Al-Qaeda Sympathizer' Busted in NYC Bomb Plot

'Lone wolf' Jose Pimentel was 'hour away' from finishing first bomb: Cops

(Newser) - A suspected lone wolf terrorist has been charged with plotting to kill US soldiers and police with bombs he was building in his Manhattan apartment, according to law enforcement authorities. Jose Pimentel, 27, who goes by the name Muhammad Yusuf, intended to test three bombs in mailboxes before using explosives...

Movie Snack Costs Texan 80 Years in Prison

Man tried to pay with counterfeit money

(Newser) - And you thought your multiplex overcharged for snacks. Two hot dogs, two sodas, and a tub of popcorn has cost one Texas man 80 years in prison—because he tried to pay for them using a counterfeit $20 bill, reports the Dallas Morning News . The 48-year-old man, who has a...

Judge Who Freed Sandusky on Bail Linked to His Charity

Prosecutor demanded $500K bail, judge let him go for $100K

(Newser) - The judge who let busted former Penn State defensive coach Jerry Sandusky out of jail earlier this month on $100,000 unsecured bail has done volunteer work for the charity Sandusky founded, according to the New York Daily News . Sandusky reportedly used his Second Mile charity, which reached out to...

Cops Storm Occupy Portland
 Cops Storm Occupy Portland 
Nov 14, 2011 3:39 AM CST

Cops Storm Occupy Portland

50 Busted, Protesters Take to Streets

(Newser) - Hundreds of defiant protesters took to the streets yesterday after cops stormed Occupy Portland encampments and busted 50 people. Mayor Sam Adams ordered the camps shut because of what he called unhealthy conditions and increased crime triggered by drug users and thieves drawn to the sites, reports AP . Authorities erected...

Two Dead as Shots Fired at Occupy Oakland, Burlington

Days of both camps could be numbered

(Newser) - Two men were killed last night on separate coasts after shots were fired in or close to the Occupy Oakland and Occupy Burlington encampments. Protesters clashed with police as cops tried to close part of the Vermont camp, and local politicians were calling for the California protest site to also...

Missing Boy's Mom: Cops Doubt Her Story

Julia Biryukova wasn't out of gas when she says she left tot to get gas

(Newser) - A Washington state mom who said her son vanished from her car while she was walking to get gas actually had plenty of fuel in her tank, according to cops. The situation described by mom Julia Birykova is "strikingly similar" to an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims ...

2 Peacocks, 19 Prostitutes Found in Mexico Prison

You gotta wonder what they were in for...

(Newser) - Ah, the finer things in life: marijuana, booze, sex, cockfighting, exotic birds—if you live in Acapulco, all this and more can be found at a prison near you. Mexican authorities conducted a surprise search of the Acapulco penitentiary yesterday morning and found 19 prostitutes, two sacks of marijuana, 100...

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