Mom, Off-Duty Deputy Stop Wild Abduction of Teen in FloridaDetectives are still investigating why Bonello allegedly grabbed the girlA Florida mother is being praised after she stopped a kidnapping suspect who allegedly grabbed the woman's 13-year-old daughter and tried to run out of a store Tuesday, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office said.The sheriff's office was called about the attempted abduction at a Dollar General store in Hernando at 11:42... [...]
Man arrested after barricading himself inside apartment with woman in Pompano BeachPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The Broward Sheriff's Office called in its SWAT unit Thursday morning after a man barricaded himself inside an apartment in Pompano Beach, authorities said.Deputies said the man forced a woman inside the apartment just before 11 a.m. at 2731 NW First St.Deputies said he was possibly armed with a knife and was not responding to authorities at... [...]
Mom sentenced to jail for killing disabled adopted daughter(CNN)Despite pleas for leniency from family and friends, an Illinois Circuit Court judge sentenced Bonnie Liltz to four years in prison Wednesday for drugging and killing her disabled 28-year-old daughter in a failed murder-suicide attempt nearly a year ago, according to her defense attorney."Bonnie was absolutely crushed," attorney Thomas Glasgow said, adding that her bail was revoked... [...]
Southern charm, deadly streetsSavannah, Georgia (CNN)Shoppers happily stroll the sidewalks of Savannah's open-air City Market. The sweet smell of freshly made pralines provides an inviting aroma across the historic district, and horse-drawn carriages amble down streets carrying tourists to antebellum homes and manicured gardens.Known as the Hostess City, Savannah appears like a postcard of idyllic Southern charm.Linda Wilder-Bryan looks around... [...]
Louisiana Rapper’s Case Speaks to Bigger Problems in the Criminal Justice SystemFifteen years ago, a Louisiana jury convicted 22-year-old McKinley “Mac” Phipps—then a rising star on the famed hip hop label, No Limit Records—of manslaughter in the shooting death of a young concertgoer. He was sentenced to thirty years of hard labor for a crime that, to this day, he insists he did not commit.The state’s case was flimsy 15 years ago,... [...]
