Crime

Bernie Kerik: Evil Lawbreaker or Family Guy?

1 hour 18 minutes ago |AOL News
Legal Affairs

AP

(Feb. 10) -- Who will U.S. District Judge Stephen C. Robinson see when he peers down at ex-New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik during sentencing Feb. 18 in White Plains, N.Y.? An egotisti ...

Boy, 12, Faces Grown-Up Murder Charges

1 hour 3 minutes ago |CNN
Surprising Suspect

AP

(Feb. 10) -- On a chilly morning in February 2009, state police found 26-year-old Kenzie Houk in her bed with a bullet though her head. She was eight months pregnant. The search for her killer ended ...

Death of Nancy Kerrigan's Father Ruled a Homicide

21 hours 25 minutes ago |AOL News
Family Tragedy

AP

(Feb. 9) – A medical examiner in Massachusetts has ruled that Daniel Kerrigan, father of American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, died as a result of a physical confrontation with his son. The K ...

Elizabeth Smart's Kidnapper Pleads Guilty in Related Case

20 hours 45 minutes ago |AOL News
Failed Abduction

AP

(Feb. 9) -- Elizabeth Smart's kidnapper, Wanda Barzee, pleaded "guilty but mentally ill" in a Utah court on Monday to charges tied to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's 15-year-old cousin in 2002. B ...

TV Drama Helps Family Find Missing Loved One

1 day ago |AOL News
Mystery Solved

Courtesy Stephanie Clack

(Feb. 9) -- The ABC television show ''The Forgotten'' has helped a Missouri family locate the body of a missing loved one who disappeared more than two decades ago. In October 2009, Stephanie Clack r ...

Bank Robber in Richard Nixon Mask Is a Crook

19 hours 30 minutes ago |AOL News
Crime

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WASHINGTON (Feb. 9) -- It was in November 1973 that President Richard Nixon famously declared, "I'm not a crook." Now, nearly 37 years later, a crook has been prancing around Encino, a hilly district ...

Iraq Vet Accused of Waterboarding 4-Year-Old Daughter

22 hours 30 minutes ago |AOL News

(Feb. 9) -- Seattle police have arrested a U.S. Army sergeant and charged him with assaulting his 4-year-old daughter by holding the girl in hot water in an attempt to get her to recite the ABCs. Aft ...

Barzee Pleads Guilty to Charge in Smart Case

1 day 2 hours ago |AP
Plea Deal

AP

SALT LAKE CITY (Feb. 8) -- Prosecutors on Monday dropped state charges against a woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Sm ...

Leif Garrett: From Tiger Beat to Perp Walk

1 day 22 hours ago |AOL News
Former Child Star Blues

L.A. Sheriff's Department

(Feb. 8) -- As a teen idol, Leif Garrett's biggest hit was 1979's "I Was Made for Dancin'," but, truth be told, even then he seemed more interested in drugs and partying. Garrett was arrested Feb. 1 ...

Exonerated Man, Accuser Forge Rare Bond

2 days 2 hours ago |CNN
Unlikely Friendship

AP

(Feb. 8) -- For 16 years, Loretta Zilinger loathed Dean Cage for what she believed he did to her when she was 15 years old. Dressed in her immaculate Catholic school uniform, she was on her way to cl ...

California High Court Says Sometimes a Footrest Is Just a Footrest

1 day 16 hours ago |AOL News

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8) – The California Supreme Court today struck a blow for bicyclist footrest-carriers everywhere, ruling that they are not, in fact, the same thing as a pair of brass knuckles ...

Doctor Charged in Michael Jackson's Death

1 day 20 hours ago |PopEater
Pop Icon's Death

AP

(Feb. 8) -- The last person to see Michael Jackson alive has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop king's death, ending months of speculation and legal wrangling. Prosecutors announce ...