Report: Kidnap suspect improperly supervised
By BROOKE DONALD Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A new report finds that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover the alleged kidnapping victim held for 18 years.
SC man gets 3 years in prison for sex with horse CONWAY, S.C. (AP) - A man caught having sex with a horse in a South Carolina stable has been sentenced to three years in prison. Multiple media outlets report that Rodell Vereen was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to buggery. A judge also ordered Vereen to get counseling and stay away from the Lazy B stables when he's released.
53 charged in probe of violent NYC drug crews NEW YORK (AP) - Federal prosecutors in New York City have charged 53 people with running open-air drug markets at two housing projects near Yankee Stadium.
Army veteran indicted on gun charge in VA threat BENTON, Ill. (AP) - An Army veteran who authorities say threatened to go on a shooting rampage at a Veterans Affairs hospital in southern Illinois has been indicted on a gun charge.
Police: Breathalyzer-costumed man cited for DUI OXFORD, Ohio (AP) - A 20-year-old man in a breathalyzer costume found himself blowing into one after southwest Ohio police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way with no headlights on a one-way street Halloween night. Oxford police said they found an open container and a partial case of beer in the front seat and beer in the trunk when they stopped James P. Miller, of Cin
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