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Girl dies after being thrown from Florida bridgeA 25-year-old Tampa man faces a first-degree murder charge after throwing his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge, police said.John Jonchuck Jr. was arrested early Thursday after a St. Petersburg police officer saw him throw the child into Tampa Bay.Police said rescuers pulled Phoebe Jonchuk from the water, but she died shortly... [...]
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Appeals court OKs dropped cigarette-butt evidence in slaying at lawyer's homeA cigarette butt dropped in a parking lot by a suspect in a slaying at a North Carolina lawyer’s home was properly used as evidence even though police had no warrant, a state appeals court has ruled.
Lawyers for Jason K. Williford had argued that DNA found on the cigarette butt should have been... [...]
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Arrests Made In Shooting Of 2 NYPD Cops
Two suspects have been arrested in the shooting of a pair of NYPD police officers on Monday night in the Bronx.
CBS New York reports that two people are in custody in connection with the shooting, which took place after three plain clothes officers responded to a robbery call at a grocery store.
The suspected gunman in the robbery... [...]
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Teen mother arrested on child neglect charges
Broward Sheriff's Office deputies have arrested a teenage mother after finding her young son in a home containing drug paraphernalia and no running water or electricity.
Brittany Michelle Postell, 18, was charged with child neglect with great bodily harm following her arrest Sunday.
Deputies claim the 3-year-old boy was left... [...]
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Last 4 on Md. death row to have sentences commuted
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Outgoing Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday that he will commute the capital sentences of the state's last four inmates on death row to life in prison, saying executing them "does not serve the public good of the people of Maryland."
Two years ago, the General Assembly abolished the... [...]