Pizza dude saved my life

From USA Today: U.S. pizza delivery driver saves regular customer Authorities say a pizza delivery driver who was concerned about a regular customer may have saved the elderly woman's life. Domino's delivery driver Susan Guy told WMC-TV that Jean Wilson has ordered pizza every day for the past three years. On Monday, Guy said her [...]

Driving drunk with three kids in the trunk

From the Arizona Republic: Mesa police: Man drove drunk with three children in trunk A Mesa man was arrested Monday night on multiple charges of child endangerment after police found seven children in his sports car - including three in the trunk - when they pulled him over for investigation of drunken driving. Mesa police [...]

Baby born in hospital elevator doing fine

From the Kansas City Star: Baby is born in elevator of Lawrence Memorial Hospital A baby girl born in Lawrence came into the world with an assist from an elevator. Alyssa Lynn Leming was born Friday at Lawrence Memorial Hospital as her parents hurried to get to the hospital’s labor and delivery unit. Patrick and [...]

"My girlfriend wasn't hot enough so I set her on fire."

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Athens man gets life in prison for setting girlfriend on fire An Athens man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his girlfriend by setting her on fire nearly two years ago, the Athens Banner-Herald has reported. Phillip Scruggs received the maximum sentence of life without parole [...]

Pittsburgh city council honors public employees

Wanna bet on who was the biggest donor to these jokers? From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: City council honors public employees Amid battles over workers' rights in the Midwest, Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday passed a proclamation honoring public employees. Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak, whose grandfather, Joseph Rudiak, was a labor organizer, assailed Wisconsin officials for trying [...]

Police officer convicted of raping four while in uniform and on duty

From the Anchorage Daily News: Former police officer guilty of sexual assaults Former Anchorage police officer Anthony Rollins left court in handcuffs following his conviction Tuesday for four rapes while in uniform and on duty between 2008 and 2009. Rollins faces 20 to 30 years each for the four first-degree sexual assault convictions when he [...]

Why was this guy out of jail?

From the Arizona Republic: Driver in fatal crash awaiting child-sex trial The motorist police jailed Saturday in connection with a wreck that killed an 11-year-old girl and gravely injured her brother and mother had been arrested previously on felony sexual charges, court records show. Barry Jordan, 46, remained in a Maricopa County jail Tuesday on [...]

"From G's to Gents" contestant facing murder charge

From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Former MTV contestant Baron Colon must stay in jail until Miami-Dade murder trial Baron "Dirty" Colon, the wild-haired MTV reality-show contestant charged with murder in Miami, told his childhood pal that he wanted to win the show for one reason. "To get a lawyer. I went on the show to [...]

Man gets 20 to 40 years for impregnating 12-year-old

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Man who impregnated 12-year-old is sentenced A man will spend 20 to 40 years in state prison for impregnating a 12-year-old girl in 2007. Forty-four-year-old Michael Frederick was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to rape and other charges. He was the second man convicted of raping the girl after child welfare [...]

Tazer a mad moose? It doesn't work.

From Anchorage Daily News: Moose on the loose unfazed by authorities' Taser attempts Biologists with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game have failed in their attempts to Taser a cow moose roaming a Fairbanks neighborhood with a rope around its neck. The moose was Tasered Feb. 4 in the Hamilton Acres subdivision in east [...]

Woman "mad at men" rips GPS from police car

From the Arizona Republic: Chandler woman 'mad at men' rips GPS from patrol car A Chandler woman who told police she was just "mad at men," was arrested Sunday night near McQueen and Warner Roads on criminal damage charges, after police said she ripped a GPS system out of a patrol car. Police were called [...]

Bottle of whiskey makes the rounds in high school cafeteria

From the News Observer: 4 Wake students accused of passing whiskey in cafeteria Four Wake County high school students were arrested Tuesday after police said they passed a bottle of whiskey among themselves in the school cafeteria. The teens, all students at Holly Springs High School, face charges of consuming alcohol by a minor, according [...]

Two teen girls make false 911 call reporting school shooting

From al.com: 2 teen girls arrested after false 911 call reporting Carver High shooting Montgomery police arrested two juveniles Tuesday night in connection with the false reporting of a student-involved shooting Monday at Carver High School, where both are enrolled, according to the Montgomery Police Department. The females, ages 14 and 16, were each charged [...]

Teen driver's blood alcohol registered nearly five times legal limit

From OregonLive.com: Cops: Teen driver's blood alcohol five times the limit Hillsboro police reports say a teenager’s blood alcohol content was .395 — nearly five times over the legal limit to drive — Tuesday night when she crashed her car through two utility poles and into a cyclone fence adjacent to the Hillsboro Airport, knocking [...]

Motivational speaker committed suicide, police say

From the Kansas City Star: Motivational speaker's murder was actually a suicide, prosecutors allege In New York, a man is going on trial for the slaying of motivational speaker Jeffrey Locker, who was found fatally stabbed in his station wagon in East Harlem. It initially looked like a robbery, but investigators found evidence that Locker [...]

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