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May 14, 2012
  Bride Still in Wedding Dress Found Dead in Bathtub
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A woman was found in Burbank who had been stabbed to death. What is eerie about this particular stabbing is that the woman was still in her wedding dress. When family began to get concerned after not hearing from her a few days after her wedding, ...
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May 09, 2012
  Two Fullerton Cops to Stand Trial for Fatal Beating
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Two Fullerton, CA police officers are set to stand trial for the fatal beating of a homeless man with a mental illness. The charges are involuntary manslaughter , excessive force and second-degree murder. The largest factor in question is who or what ...
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May 05, 2012
  Man Killed during Robbery in Las Vegas
Posted By Las Vegas Criminal Defense Lawyer
According to news sources, a robbery in Las Vegas, Nevada led to the death of one male. Reports indicate that since the theft crime occurred, police have captured one of the two men believed to be responsible for the robbery and murder. The police ...
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April 23, 2012
  New Jersey Trooper 'Death Race' scandal?
Posted By Lloyd Golburgh
Two New Jersey state troopers are being investigated for allegedly escorting a caravan of blazing fast sports cars from the Garden State Parkway to Atlantic City at speeds higher than 100 miles per hour. Reportedly, San Francisco 49ers running back ...
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April 16, 2012
  Bobby Brown Arrested for DUI
Posted By Orange County DUI Lawyer
After her death month, Whitney Houston's family has commandeered the media's full attention. Now, her ex-husband, Bobby Brown, has been at the center of several news sources because the R&B singer was arrested on suspicion of driving ...
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April 10, 2012
  Police Believe Mother Killed Her Own Son
Posted By San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer
Police are investigating the death of a toddler that may not have been accidental. Although the mother claims to have found her son unconscious, investigators believe that she may have murdered him. According to the police report, the woman flagged ...
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April 09, 2012
  Inglewood Father Shot While Shielding Son
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
An Inglewood, California man was shot to death while shielding his 8-year-old son from gunfire. The family of this man is now offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who has valuable information regarding the incident. The incident occurred when this ...
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April 06, 2012
  Man Fakes His Own Death to Evade Police
Posted By Phoenix Criminal Defense Lawyer
Police finally caught up with a man wanted for a criminal offense that was supposed to be dead. Now the suspect, who faked his own death over 20 years ago, is finally behind bars on multiple charges including attempted murder . According to the ...
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March 30, 2012
  BOBBY BROWN ARRESTED FOR DUI... WAS HE MISSING WHITNEY HOUSTON?
Posted By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
BOBBY BROWN ARRESTED!!! Bobby Brown was not driving erratically. He was actually on the cell phone and driving perfectly fine when the police pulled him over at 12:31 p.m. on Monday, March 26th. Bobby Brown is the ex-husband of the deceased singer ...
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March 29, 2012
  Drunk Driving Arrest for Bobby Brown
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Attorney
On Monday, March 26 th , the ex-husband of Whitney Houston was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. The arrest of Bobby Brown comes only a little over a month after the death of the famous singer/songwriter. Police say ...
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March 26, 2012
  Investigation Continues Surrounding Woman's Skeleton Found in Malibu Ravine
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
In 2009, twenty-four-year-old M.R. was arrested after leaving a restaurant without paying the bill. For walking out on the $86 she owed, she was taken to a remote sheriff's station for booking. In the middle of the night, she was released from ...
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March 21, 2012
  DUI Offender Ordered To Go To AA Arrested Again For Drunk Driving
Posted By Orange County DUI Lawyer
After killing his wife in a car accident seven years ago, one man was told to get counseling and visit AA meetings as part of his sentence. However, despite being told to get help for drinking, he was brought before a judge last week on a new DUI ...
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March 21, 2012
  Father Arrested For Child's Murder
Posted By Phoenix Criminal Defense Lawyer
News sources say that the death of a toddler last year was both tragic and suspicious. Now, police have finally gathered enough evidence to charge the young boy's father with murder . Last September, officers in Phoenix, Arizona were called to a ...
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March 21, 2012
  California Mother Sentenced for Manslaughter after Infant Dies from Meth Breast-Milk
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A California mother whose 6-week-old son died after ingesting methamphetamine-tainted breast milk has been sentenced to six years in prison. When Maggie Wortman was first questioned, she denied that her drug use caused her son's death, suggesting ...
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March 20, 2012
  Stand your ground
Posted By Michael Mirer
Florida passed the contraversial law in 2005 called Stand your ground law . Essentially this law allows you to meet force with force without the need to retreat. A person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have the duty to retreat ...
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March 06, 2012
  Act of Arson Results in Homicide Charges As Well
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Two women were found in a burning house on Friday, March 2, 2012. Investigators have since stated that the abandoned building was set on fire from the inside early in the morning. It has been reported that when firefighters were trying to get into ...
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February 29, 2012
  Husband and Two Others Charged in Prison Guard's 1998 Murder
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
New evidence in the cold case shooting death of California prison guard, Elizabeth Wheat Begaren, has resulted in the arrest of three men, including her husband. Nuzzio Begaren is accused of orchestrating the slaying of his wife, who was shot to ...
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February 20, 2012
  Murder Linked to Sex Dungeon in Detroit
Posted By Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer
A murder on the east side of Detroit, Michigan has led to several leads. Thanks to the tip of a man that might be connected to the murder , a "sex dungeon" was located under a popular bar. The victim, J.B., was found strangled to death in ...
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February 20, 2012
  Suge Knight Arrested on Outstanding Warrants
Posted By Phoenix Criminal Defense Lawyer
Police conducting a routine traffic stop found that the driver was already wanted for something else. Marion "Suge" Knight, the co-founder of Death Row Records, was arrested for three outstanding warrants. The officer in Las Vegas, Nevada ...
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February 16, 2012
  "Highly Psychotic" Man Convicted of Stalking Celebrity
Posted By Los Angeles Criminal Attorney
One of the costs of being in the limelight is that your privacy in constantly invaded. For some celebrities, it essentially does not exist. However, invasion of privacy and constant annoyance from paparazzi is in a completely different category than ...
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