Police video shows Walter Scott running from carSouth Carolina authorities released patrol car dash camera video Thursday showing Walter Scott getting out of his car and running away after a traffic stop moments before he was shot dead by a North Charleston police officer.The state's top investigator, meanwhile, issued a statement saying a bystander's video of the shooting, released Tuesday, confirmed "initial suspicions'' of agents who... [...]
South Florida identity thieves are still using stolen identities to file fraudulent federal income tax returns and obtain lines of credit, but they're also getting more creative, federal and state authorities said Thursday.
Offenders are now using victims' stolen personal information to rip off unemployment and Social Security benefits and even claim state tax refunds from Ohio, Texas and Michigan, investigators said.
Fighting the crafty... [...]
Lottery scam that targeted seniors sends S. Fla. man to prison
A Broward man who admitted he was part of a Jamaican lottery scam that mostly targeted seniors in the U.S. was sentenced Friday to nearly six years in federal prison.
Mikhail Gorbachev George Williams, 26, admitted he handled more than $87,500 in wire and cash transfers from 21 elderly victims who were tricked into believing they had won a lottery or sweepstake.
Williams and... [...]
Marissa Alexander Looks Back On Her Time In Jail: I Was 'A Fish Out Of Water'Marissa Alexander, the Florida woman who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a "warning shot" during an argument with her abusive husband, joined HuffPost Live on Wednesday to discuss her release from jail in January.Alexander, who agreed to two years of house arrest as part of a plea deal, described how she coped with the tough ordeal, especially as a woman who had... [...]
The young woman accused of stabbing a football player at Miami Killian Senior High School may have been the victim of sexual assault by football players at her former school, her lawyer said Wednesday.
The 17-year old senior was charged Tuesday with felony attempted murder after police say she plunged a long kitchen knife into 15-year-old DeAndre Johnson’s chest. She had two other knives and a large grill fork stuffed in her backpack,... [...]
