Fatal Police Shooting Causes Concern
The Victims: Early Monday morning tragedy struck a neighborhood in Americus, Georgia. Two officers were responding to a domestic dispute near Georgia Southwestern State University. It is reported that...
View ArticleDeath Row Inmate Challenges State’s Execution Process
This month convicted death row inmate Ronald B. Smith was pronounced dead. Smith endured tortuous pain and suffering for 34 minutes by lethal injection at the Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore,...
View ArticleIllegally Manufactured Opioids and Drug-Related Deaths
A report released on by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed alarming statistics about the rise in drug overdose deaths during 2015. CNN reported that CDC officials are...
View ArticleLenient Treatment for Prison Guards having Sex with Inmates
Two Fort Worth prison guards who committed sex acts with inmates avoided having to register as sex offenders, the Dallas Morning News reports, despite having admitted to the crimes. Instead of pleading...
View ArticleVandal Changes Iconic Hollywood Sign to Read “Hollyweed”
A prankster changed the world-famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles over the New Year’s holiday weekend, perhaps in a show of support for California’s new law on recreational use of marijuana. According...
View ArticleJuveniles May Face Prison for Wildfire Deaths
The devastation resulting from wildfires that have created havoc near Gatlinburg, Tennessee over November and December 2016 is astounding. So far, there have been 14 deaths and approximately 175...
View ArticleCourt Reinstates Conviction for Kennedy Relative
Michael Skakel, the 56-year-old nephew of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, could be headed back to prison after a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling released December 30, 2016. As CNN reported, Skakel had been...
View ArticlePrison Recommended for Rapist Steven Gordon
On December 21, 2016, a jury recommended the death penalty for a California man convicted the week before for abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing four women over a six-month period. CBS News...
View ArticleSan Diego Man Killed it Hit and Run Accident
A man in San Diego was killed last week when another driver hit him as he got out of his car. The driver dragged the victim around 20-40 feet before he fled the scene without stopping. The accident...
View ArticleExecutive Order Having Problems Moving Forward
Just a couple weeks ago president Donald Trump signed into law an executive order that bans certain countries from entering the United States. There are seven countries total. All countries are from...
View ArticleCriminal Tunnels From Mexico to San Diego
Underground Tunnels To San Diego Most San Diego residents realize just how close we are to the Mexico border going in to Tijuana. From central San Diego it’s just a quick 35-minute drive until you...
View ArticleMarijuana Smuggling Across the US Borders
Border patrol agents in Texas stopped over 2 tons of marijuana from being smuggled in to the United States. This number equates to approximately 3,950 pounds of illegal drugs trying to be smuggled in...
View ArticleSan Diego Crime Rate Lowest in almost 50 years
City Officials in San Diego are saying that the crime rate right now is the lowest it has been in 47 years. Violent, as well as property crimes, have dropped and there were almost 1000 less crime...
View ArticleHate Crimes Around the United States
According to several news networks, in 2015 a Georgia couple was arrested after parading around a child’s birthday party waving Confederate flags and making racial threats. The couple along with some...
View ArticleTamir Rice Case to be Re-Evaluated
New evidence is surfacing regarding further details of the dispatch call in the 2014 Tamir Rice case. As a refresher, at the time of the incident, Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old African American boy who...
View ArticleCalifornia Proposes New Bail Rules
New legislation on bail could change the way that California deals with this issue forever. Usually the way bail works is when someone is charged with a crime they have an opportunity to either post...
View ArticleStreet Race Leads to Father-Daughter Fatalities
Street racing may be exhilarating in movies and video games. In real life, however, the consequences can be deadly. One apparent example of this occurred back in February 2017 in Palmdale, where a...
View ArticleBurglary Suspect Joseph Jakubowski Writes Manifesto
A 32-year-old Wisconsin man, Joseph Jakubowski, has recently been the suspect in a gun shop burglary as well as sending a detailed manifesto to the president. The gun shop owner told authorities that a...
View ArticleDon’t Hold Your Phone while Driving in California
In 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 1785 into law. This law, which has been in effect since January 1, 2017, states that it is now illegal for any individual in California to hold a...
View ArticleCalifornia Road Rage Video Goes Viral
Road rage isn’t limited to male drivers and passengers. A video gone viral recently showed a violent brawl between two women in Stockton. This violent encounter, surprisingly enough, began with just a...
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