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“Canceco was detained at San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing Thursday after agents searched his vehicle and said they found human chorionic gonadotropin, which is illegal without a prescription, said his attorney, Gregory Emerson. Emerson declined to say if Canseco — who admitted to using steroids in a 2005 book that also alleged steroid use by other baseball players — had the drug, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency for use in males.” [Link]
“Police arrested 27-year-old Brooke Biggs Thursday at a home in Osceola. She teaches 7th and 8th grade P.E. at Grissom Middle School and coaches some Penn High School sports. Almost every parent and student WSBT spoke with after school Thursday said the accusations against the teacher are a huge surprise. ‘I don’t believe it right now,’ said Grissom parent Kim Rassi. ‘She’s my favorite teacher,’ 8th grade Grissom student Aundraya Leemreis told WSBT. ” [Link]
“Police said when they found April Griffin, 29, and her son at the house of a relative Friday she gripped the boy so tightly they had to stun her, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported. The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare has custody of the 2-year-old. DeAngela Ellis, a lawyer for Legal Action for Wisconsin, said the father, Matthew Sebuliba, and his son will be reunited soon.” [Link]
“Police say the girl, her 5-year-old niece and a friend were standing in line on Sept. 14 at the McDonald’s in South Los Angeles. The suspect and two young boys then approached the counter when the 16-year-old started arguing with the man over who was first in line. Police say the girl swore at the man, who then got angry and punched her in the face several times.” [Link]
“State attorneys say John LaVoie should be forever barred from the massage business because he ran a house of prostitution camouflaged as a church.
But in his latest court argument, the Tucson man says he hired women at Angel’s Heaven Relaxation Spa — near University Medical Center — not to sell sex but to comfort the afflicted through the religious act of ‘laying on of hands.’ ” [Link]
“Kinnecom pleaded guilty last year to posting sexually explicit photographs a woman on the Internet without her knowledge or consent. He was sentenced on Friday in state Superior Court, Morristown, to probation, community service and counseling. ” [Link]
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“Actress Heather Locklear was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of drunk driving in Montecito, police said this morning. Locklear, no longer in custody, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol and booked around 8 p.m., said Sgt. Alex Tipolt of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. ” [Link]
“Alamo was staying at a hotel in Flagstaff, Ariz., when arrested, said FBI spokesman Steve Frazier in Little Rock. The religious leader — who began his career as a California street preacher in 1966 — was scheduled for a federal court appearance Friday in Flagstaff.” [Link]
“Police say members of an Arizona State University fraternity vomited milk from a campus bridge and caused a car crash that injured two people. Tempe police Sgt. Steve Carbajal says the prank caused a woman in one car to stop in the road Monday night. Another car smashed into it from behind.” [Link]
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“A woman working at a beer tent last July told an officer she thought the man was joking when he asked for two beers — one for him and another for his 4-year-old son. When he was questioned by an officer, he told him it’s legal for underage children to drink in Wisconsin, as long as they’re with their parents. The officer countered that the boys weren’t old enough to know what they were drinking.” [Link]
“Troy Davis, 39, had been slated to be put to death at 7 p.m. EDT. The stay will remain in effect while the court considers Davis’ appeal. Davis wants the high court to order a judge to hear from the witnesses who recanted their testimony and others who say another man confessed to the crime.” [Link]
“According to state police reports, a group of juniors assaulted several younger teammates over two days, holding the victims down while a broomstick was forced into their rectums over their athletic shorts. Police did not find out about it from school officials; instead, a state police officer whose son is on the team learned of the allegations through his wife, a camp volunteer. The alleged ringleader was expelled from school. The others — some of them veteran members of the highly successful team — were suspended through the end of the school year. The six victims returned to the team.” [Link]
“New York City police say they arrested more than a dozen people for stealing pieces of Yankee Stadium during the 85-year-old ballpark’s final game. Police say 18 fans were charged with possessing stolen property.” [Link]
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“Thomas Daley, 45, of Phoenixville, is accused of wiretapping, invasion of privacy and criminal use of a communications device, among other charges stemming from the police search that yielded cameras behind mirrors and in cabinets and ceiling fans, police said. Hidden cameras and audio equipment were found in the bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms of at least three apartments he owned in Norristown, police said. ” [Link]
“Joseph Petcka’s aggravated animal cruelty trial was headed to closing arguments Monday, with jury deliberations probably beginning later in the day. If the jurors find him guilty, the 37-year-old former athlete could face two years in prison. ” [Link]
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“Law enforcement sources tell TMZ federal and local authorities are on the hunt for someone peddling 12 pics of Britney Spears, Jamie Lynn, daughter Maddie and baby daddy Casey Aldridge. One of the pictures shows Jamie Lynn breast feeding Maddie — Jamie Lynn’s left breast is exposed. The pics were taken on Casey’s digital camera. We’re told he took the camera card to his local Wal-Mart in Louisiana for copies. Law enforcement believes someone at the Wal-Mart may have made extra copies, then tried selling them.” [Link]
“County Fire Department spokesman James Barnes says a 12-year-old girl and an 18-year-old man were both shot multiple times Friday night at Washington Preparatory High School in the Athens area. Barnes says the two are hospitalized in critical condition.” [Link]
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“Court records indicate a woman awoke in her home Monday at 8:30 a.m. to the sound of snoring coming from her 2-year-old son’s bedroom. Her son had slept that night with her and her husband.” [Link]
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“Amber Frey, who testified against Peterson during his 2004 trial, bought a house in Clovis in 2005, taking out a $431,000 mortgage, the Fresno Bee reports. Court records show that in May she owed $16,000 in overdue payments.” [Link]
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“Galareka Harrison made no expression as the jury’s verdict was read in Pima County Superior Court. She was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 18-year-old Mia Henderson, a fellow Navajo tribal member from northern Arizona. She was also found guilty of three counts of forgery and one count of identity theft.” [Link]
