Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man accused in the shooting death last year of Eve Carson, student body president at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Archive for January, 2009
Death penalty sought in UNC shooting
Court to hear strip-searched teen’s case
A 13-year-old Arizona girl who was strip-searched by school officials looking for ibuprofen pain reliever will have her case heard at the Supreme Court.
Teen struggles with life after ‘Jena 6′
Mychal Bell says he felt pressure to be perfect after his part of 2006′s “Jena 6″ assault case was over. When police alleged last month that he wasn’t, the Louisiana teen took his Christmas money and sought to buy a gun to kill himself.
Rogue FBI agent gets 40 years in mob hit
Rogue FBI John Connolly was sentenced to 40 years for the 1982 mob-related killing of a witness who was about to testify against Boston mob members. The judge said the once famous mob-buster “crossed over to the dark side.”
Captured pilot awaits doctors’ orders
The next move of a pilot taken into custody at a Florida campground depends on word from doctors, authorities say. Financial manager Marcus Schrenker, who officials say tried to fake his death by parachuting from a plane over Alabama, is in a Florida hospital with deep cuts on his wrists.
Authorities: Mystery pilot believed found
A man believed to be Marcus Schrenker, the financial manager who authorities say faked his own death in a plane crash after scamming his customers, has been found, authorities in Quincy, Florida, said Tuesday.
Girl, 2, disappeared from gas station
Two-year-old Tangena Hussain vanished last October. The child’s mother told police she had left the girl in the care of her boyfriend. He said he left Tangena in the car for only a few moments and when he returned, the little girl was gone.
Police: Man sold teen daughter for beer
A California man sold his 14-year-old daughter to an 18-year-old man for cash, beer and meat — then called police when the prospective bridegroom didn’t live up to his end of the deal, authorities said Tuesday.
Family blames police in New Orleans killing
The family of 22-year-old Adolph Grimes III says police executed a loved one as he ran for his life just hours after he arrived at his grandmother’s home to celebrate New Year’s Eve. Police say Grimes shot at plainclothes officers first.
Former ‘Sopranos’ actor gets 10 years
An actor who played a wannabe mobster in “The Sopranos” was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a botched burglary that left an off-duty New York police officer dead.
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