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A would-be drug smuggler is caught in the act, US Customs and Border officers say. They say a woman appeared to have bags of coffee with her at an airport, but she was really concealing cocaine the officers said. Authorities say that she was trying to smuggle the drugs into the United States. Authorities say the woman, Sherese Lee Ann Drake of Jamaica, arrived at the John F. Kennedy Airport from Montego Bay Jamaica Airport. They say during an inspection CBP officers looked in the woman’s suitcase. They say they found a coffee bag which was filled with a white […]

Two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their friend as a sacrifice to the horror fiction character Slender Man are seeking their release. They’ve been in custody nearly two years in custody, and say they’re not dangerous and can return to family. An attorney for one of the girls adds that his client is a vulnerable inmate. He says she was sexually assaulted last year at a county detention center where she is being held. CBS reports that a judge will consider the girls’ requests Friday. The prosecutor had no comment on Wednesday. The girls were 12 years old when […]

A Houston deputy constable was shot multiple times in the back during an ambush, authorities say. Houston Police spokesman Kese Smith says Constable Alden Clopton was approached from behind and shot six times outside of a convenience store. Police say that he was standing next to another deputy constable’s vehicle at the time of the shooting at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday. Dr. Joseph Love treated the Harris County Precinct 7 Deputy Constable. Dr. Love says the deputy constable has six wounds to his abdomen and chest areas. He added that the constable is doing quite well. He said some bullets […]

It sounds like one police force may soon have the most adorable police force in the world. The Moscow, Russia police department’s canine unit is planning to train Welsh corgis. Officers there believe the breed would be good to assist in their police work. It was reported by Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, and according to Newsweek’s translation of the story. The report says specifically, officials are hoping that the short-legged dogs can help them sniff out bombs and other contraband. For now, it was reported the department has two puppies are in training. “It is not certain that they […]

A judge on Wednesday has imposed four consecutive 180-day jail terms on infamous “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, NBC News reports. “You’re not getting out of jail today,” State District Judge Wayne Salvant told the Texas teen, sentencing him to 720 days. That equals one 180-day sentence for each of the four victims he killed in a June 2013 drunk-driving accident. Couch was convicted of four counts of intoxication manslaughter in 2013. Previously Couch received 10 years of probation in juvenile court, after the car crash. However, he was accused of violating the terms of his juvenile probation after a video […]

A beloved Texas TV personality and her teenage son were brutally stabbed to death on Friday. Her oldest son is the suspected murderer. Stacy Fawcett – known as “Dallas’ Favorite Foodie” appeared on Channel 8’s News 8 Daybreak. She and her 17-year-old son, Josiah Utu, were found stabbed to death by police at their West Plano, Texas home. Police made the gruesome discovery after receiving two calls to 911 by an anonymous male, believed to be Fawcett’s eldest son – McCann Utu Jr, 19. According to the New York Post, police found McCann Utu Jr. also stabbed but still alive […]

A man is body-slammed, placed in a submission hold, and punched in the face after kissing his boyfriend, police say. Miami Beach police say the kiss and an embrace between the two men led to a violent attack at a South Beach bar. That attack was caught on surveillance video. Police say an unidentified man is seen in the video body slamming and attacking Jordan Schaeffer, after a kiss he shared with Eric Danko. The incident happened March 14 at Whopper Bar, 1101 Washington Ave. Police say they are investigating the case as a felony battery, according to the Miami […]

NASCAR driver and owner Derek White, the first Native American driver in the Sprint Cup Series, has turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday. They say it was in connection of being part of the biggest tobacco-smuggling bust in North American history, according to NBC Sports. White faces seven charges, including fraud and profiteering as a criminal organization. Sgt. Daniel Thibaudeau of the Quebec Provincial Police told NBC Sports White was also interrogated Wednesday. Authorities say Canadian officials and US Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security jointly launched the investigation in 2014. About 60 people were reportedly arrested earlier that day […]

  A jury has found former Stanford University swimmer Brock Allen Turner guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on campus. They say the victim, a 23-year-old Palo Alto native and Gunn High School graduate, did not want to have sex with Brock Turner after a fraternity party on Jan. 18, 2015. Turner who was a 19-year-old freshman at the time of the allegations was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against the woman. The charges include assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating […]

Seven people were charged Monday in the shooting death of a lottery winner back in January in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Deputies made the arrests following a lengthy investigation into Craigory Burch Jr.’s shooting death. The former forklift driver won a $434,272 instant prize from the Georgia Lottery when he matched all five numbers from the Nov. 29, 2015 Fantasy 5 drawing, reports WALB. Six of the seven suspects are in custody in the Ben Hill County Jail. One remaining suspect is in custody in Colquitt County. Two of the suspects are women, Rosalyn Swain, 22, of Fitzgerald, and Keyona Dyous, 24, […]