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A 31-year-old Mississippi man was arrested early Tuesday morning in Florida after shooting a 70-year-old Catholic priest to death in Waveland, Mississippi and using his car to take his ex-wife and children to Disney World. The murder took place at retreat house for...
In our previous post, we began looking at the recent acquittal of Casey Anthony on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse. As we mentioned, she was sentenced to four years in jail and a $4,000 fine for four counts of...
Many readers of our blog are likely already aware of the recent end to the murder trial of Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida woman accused of the murder of her two-year-old daughter Caylee. On Tuesday, the jury returned a not guilty verdict on charges of...
A 42-year-old Avondale man was recently charged with five counts of Medicaid fraud arising from a prescription drug scam. According to the Louisiana Attorney General's office, 51 Medicaid recipients from the New Orleans area who were recruited for the fraud scam have...
According to a recent USA Today analysis, the Obama administration is going after fewer cases of defrauding government benefits program and increasingly prosecuting fraud schemes connect to mortgage lending, financial institutions and Medicare. One of the conclusions...
On Tuesday, the Louisiana Senate, on a vote of 20-12, killed a bill that would have required drug testing for welfare recipients of cash assistance. The vote on the proposal, which has been repeatedly shelved over the years, didn't even generate enough support to...
With the technology that is available today, police officers seem to be arresting an increasing number of individuals through online sex stings. When police think they have identified an alleged perpetrator, officers may engage the person in online conversations....
Under state law, police are required to inform the public 24 hours in advance of setting up a checkpoint. They are, though, not required to name the specific location. Some have tried to get around this system by setting up a Facebook page informing the public of the...
In a recent post, we wrote about two men who were arrested in Louisiana on murder charges. When we wrote the article last week, there was very little information available to the media. Now, more information has been released, and the details leading up to the murder...
Two men are in custody in Louisiana after they allegedly provided information about a murder of a woman Port Orange, Florida. The woman's daughter was also reportedly hurt in an attack. Police in Baton Rouge apparently pursued the suspects' vehicle on Interstate 10,...
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