Crime
Billionaire Boys Club member sought in hit-and-run
A former member of the Billionaire Boys Club who served jail time after being convicted of killing his father is wanted by authorities for a San Francisco hit-and-run accident that killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said Thursday. Reza Eslaminia, 52, is wanted on misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the death of Edmund ...
Ex-UK police officer jailed over leaks to tabloid
A former British police sergeant has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for trying to sell details about a celebrity couple's daughter and other confidential information to The Sun newspaper. James Bowers was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office. Prosecutors said he passed information about ...
China investigates director alleged to have 7 kids
Authorities are investigating whether one of China's top film directors fathered seven children in violation of the country's strict family planning laws, state media and a local official said Thursday. Reports circulated online this week that Zhang Yimou, director of "The Flowers of War" starring Christian Bale and also known ...
Conn. man thought linked to heist gets 2½ years
A reputed Connecticut mobster was sentenced Thursday to 2½ years in prison in a weapons and prescription drugs case that revealed federal authorities' belief that he knows something about the largest art heist in U.S. history. A prosecutor disclosed at the hearing in U.S. District Court that Robert Gentile, 76, ...
Former Jackson defender now says singer abused him
A choreographer and television personality who was a key witness in Michael Jackson's successful defense against child molestation charges is seeking permission to file a claim against the singer's estate alleging the pop superstar sexually abused him as a child, court records and an attorney said. Wade Robson was abused ...
Jodi Arias says she prefers death penalty
Jodi Arias spent 18 days on the stand sharing intimate, emotional and oftentimes X-rated details of her life before a rapt television and online audience. She had hoped it all might convince a jury that she killed her one-time boyfriend in self-defense. But the eight men and four women on ...
Singer arrested in Calif. murder-for-hire plot
Divorce documents show that the lead singer of metal band As I Lay Dying had an amicable split with the estranged wife he's now accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill, but she was concerned about how recent changes in his behavior would affect his parenting. Meggan ...
'Charlie Brown' actor to serve sentence in rehab
The man who was the original voice of Charlie Brown in "Peanuts" television specials was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail for threatening his former girlfriend and stalking her plastic surgeon, then immediately released to a residential drug treatment center. A judge warned Peter Robbins that he could be ...
Charles Ramsey's turbulent 15 minutes of fame
Helping to free three women from nearly a decade in captivity would seem to be enough. Neighbor Charles Ramsey has also become a star, offering moments of levity in an unspeakably horrible story, free publicity for a restaurant chain and unexpected lessons in race relations. Ramsey lived next door to ...
A look at the charges in Jodi Arias' murder trial
A jury of eight men and four women has found Jodi Arias guilty of first degree-murder. Jurors had several options as they considered four months of testimony and evidence in the case: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, manslaughter or acquittal. For first degree murder, jurors had to believe that Travis Alexander's ...
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