Jail Calls

Reputed kingpin ‘La Barbie’ nabbed

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0000

One of Mexico’s most ruthless cartel enforcers, American-born Edgar Valdez Villarreal, was captured following a shootout with Mexican authorities. He is known as “La Barbie” for his blond, blue-eyed good looks.

Soap opera actress tearfully denies ’sham marriage’

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0000

Tears rolled from Fernanda Romero’s eyes as the Mexican soap opera actress told jurors that she really loved Kent Ross, the pizza deliveryman she married five years ago.

Giuliani’s daughter may escape conviction

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:03:40 +0000

The daughter of former New York mayor and Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was ordered Tuesday to serve one day of community service for her shoplifting arrest in early August.

Hilton released after drug arrest

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:03:41 +0000

Paris Hilton was released from a Las Vegas, Nevada, jail Saturday morning after being arrested late the night before on suspicion of cocaine possession, police said Saturday.

Man kills 5, self in Arizona over apparent custody battle

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:03:41 +0000

A man suspected in the shooting deaths of five people at a Lake Havasu City, Arizona, residence on Saturday night was found dead early Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police.

Georgia family seeks return of slain daughter’s child

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:03:41 +0000

A Georgia family whose daughter was killed is battling to get her 9-month-old child back from state custody in New York, where her estranged husband left the baby with relatives after her slaying.

Worker paid 12 years never showed up

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:03:43 +0000

A worker was paid for 12 years — earning between 0,000 and 0,000 plus full benefits — without ever showing up for work at a Norfolk, Virginia, agency funded by federal, state and local money, officials say.

Cabbie-stabbing suspect in psych ward

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:03:43 +0000

Michael Enright, the man suspected of stabbing a cab driver in New York after learning he was a Muslim, has been moved from jail to a psychiatric ward, a city official said.

Police comb Utah-Arizona border for suspect in police shooting

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 03:03:43 +0000

Police combed rugged terrain south of the Utah-Arizona border Friday for the suspect in Thursday’s fatal shooting of a Utah sheriff’s deputy.

17 states ask Craigslist to end adult ads

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:03:46 +0000

Attorneys general in 17 states have banded together to call on Craigslist, the online classified ad website, to discontinue its adult services section.