A woman accused of recruiting her boyfriend to murder her mother had apparently pretended for years that she had a disability that forced her to use a wheelchair.The lie is the latest twist in the stabbing death of Clauddinnea "Dee Dee" Blancharde, 48, who was found Sunday in her Springfield, Missouri, home. As Greene County sheriff's deputies began investigating the slaying, they started searching for Gypsy Blancharde, her daughter, who... [...]
American gun owners are far more likely to injure themselves or someone else with their firearm than to stop a criminal, according to a new study from a group calling for tighter gun control.The study, released Wednesday by the Violence Policy Center, found there were 258 justifiable homicides involving civilians using firearms in 2012, compared with 8,342 murders by gun. Even if a criminal isn't shot down, the study found that civilians rarely... [...]
A 4-year-old on Tuesday afternoon backed a day care center's van over a 2-year-old while an employee loaded other children into the vehicle in New York.The toddler was in critical but stable condition after the accident at the Busy Kidz Group Family Day Care in Staten Island, the Staten Island Advance reported.The 4-year-old jumped into the driver's seat while the van sat parked along the sidewalk, TV station WABC reported. The van rolled... [...]
DETROIT (AP) — A woman who authorities say killed a friend with a slow cooker during a political dispute in suburban Detroit while very drunk faces sentencing.Tewana Sullivan is expected to learn her punishment Monday. She was awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge when she pleaded guilty but mentally ill last month to second-degree murder. A deal with prosecutors calls for 23 to 50 years in prison.The mental illness plea doesn't... [...]
SAN DIEGO, June 11 (Reuters) - A San Diego judge sentenced a barber on Thursday to 10 years in prison for inexplicably slashing a customer's throat during a haircut and shave before pedaling away on his bike.U.S. Navy Petty Officer Timothy Vaughn, 33, was at Vic's Barber Shop in Imperial Beach, just south of San Diego, for a haircut in October when barber Daniel Roberto Flores calmly slashed a straight razor across Vaughn's throat twice."Mr.... [...]
