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Connecticut woman pleads guilty to distributing child pornography
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A 27-year-old Connecticut woman has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography, Leonard C Boyle, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced Thursday, May 6.
Jessica Pickering,…
North Carolina man sentenced for robbing two banks
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Mario Edward Roane, 56, of Charlotte, was sentenced Thursday May 6, to 151 months in prison on federal bank robbery charges.
Roane was also given five months in prison for violating federal supervised release and was…
Two years in prison for man who attempted to kidnap real estate agent
LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio -- An Ohio man has been sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to abduct a real estate agent.
Michael Evans, 38, of Henrietta Township, Ohio, pleaded guilty to felony abduction and misdemeanor assault.…
Illinois man falls asleep in woman’s car, gets arrested for burglary
ROCKFORD -- A Rockford, Illinois man was arrested Monday morning after a woman found him sleeping in her car.
Police say the man was discovered at around 8 a.m., in the car parked in front of the woman's house in the 300 block of…
Frederick Douglas statue vandalized
ROCHESTER, New York - A statue of famed black American social reformer Frederick Douglass was destroyed over the Fourth of July weekend.
The monument sits in Maplewood Park in Rochester, New York.
“The base and lower part of the…
Police officer charged with murder in the death of Rayshard Brooks
ATLANTA – The former Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last week was charged Wednesday with felony murder and 10 other allegations, the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office reported.
Garrett Rolfe, 27, shot…