Police in Massachusetts have arrested Jerry Dixon, a 35-year-old man in connection to a number of unsolved rapes that happened almost 20 years ago. The arrest comes four years after another man, Anthony Powell, was released from prison for serving 12 ½ years of his sentence for a rape crime…
At Boston’s John Joseph Moakley US Courthouse, US Attorney General Michael Mukasey spoke about the identity theft scam involving over 41 million stolen and sold debit and credit card numbers that bilked individuals and companies of hundreds of millions of dollars. Mukasey called the scheme the “largest and most complex…
In Massachusetts, a personal care aid pleaded not guilty to over 24 charges related to the theft and use of a debit card meant for a legally blind and deaf teenaged girl. Kerri A. Ryan is accused of using the card between January and April of this year to get…
A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Department in Los Angeles County says actor Shia LaBeouf may not have caused the drunk driving-related injury accident on July 27 in West Hollywood, California. The accident occurred around 2:30 am. LaBeouf, who was arrested for DUI, has had to undergo surgery to repair an…
Actor Christian Bale was released on bail on Tuesday, after he was arrested earlier in the day following allegations that he assaulted his sister and mother. Bale has issued a statement denying the allegations. The 34-year-old movie star was detained at the London police station in England following his arrest.…
In Middlesex Superior Court, the attorney for three plaintiffs that are accusing Massachusetts State Senator James Marzilli of sexual harassment has filed an action requesting a civil rights injunction. The injunction would operate like a restraining order and carry a penalty of up to 10 years in state prison if…
New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw is completing a 30-day sentence in jail for violating the conditions of his probation related to an undisclosed offense from when he was a juvenile. Last month, Bradshaw voluntarily turned himself in at a Virginia jail, and his release is slated to take…
Nearly 12 years after the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, her family has finally been cleared of any involvement in her death. The body of the six-year-old beauty queen was found in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colorado, on December 26, 1996 and for years, her father John, her…
Middlesex District Attorney Gerard T. Leone Jr. announced this week that two former Tufts University workers have been indicted for stealing almost $1 million from the school. The indictments accuse Josephine Nealley, the former director of the student activities office, and Raymond Rodriguez, the office budget and fiscal coordinator, of…
In Massachusetts, two Wrentham selectmen have filed criminal charges against one another for assault. John Zizza and Robert Cohen got into a bathroom argument at a June 3 board meeting. According to Zizza, Cohen suddenly approached him and started uttering swear words, telling Zizza not to touch him and telling…