Felony News

Sacramento - A popular social media journalist received a sentence of two years in federal prison Wednesday after being convicted of allegedly conspiring with the hacker collective Anonymous to break into the Los Angeles Times' website in order to alter a story.

San Francisco - Prosecutors have added a firearms possession charge to accusations against Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, the illegal Mexican immigrant blamed for the random slaying of a San Francisco woman at the city's waterfront on July 1

New Bern - After a week of outraged citizens feelings had reached a boiling point over city officials handling of the death of a New Bern, N.C. Police Officer, several citizens spoke out in a packed board room against the New Bern Mayor and two Aldermen,

Chicago - A Chicago cop charged a 13-year-old boy with aggravated battery to a peace officer because the officer claims the boy hit him with a snowball.

Taos - A New Mexico State Police dash-cam video released on Friday to KQRE News Channel 13 shows a bizarre incident that occurred on Oct. 28 outside of Taos, NM.

Salt Lake City - Kendra Gill, was crowned as Miss Riverton in June, was arrested August 3rd for throwing homemade bombs at people and homes in the Salt Lake City area.

Brunswick - A grand jury has decided to indict a Kent University student on less serious charges. William Koberna posted on Twitter that he was going to shoot up the Ohio campus, and was facing a felony charge.

Fort Worth - This is a story that will take some telling. It deals with public figures, and all facts presented here are documented, all opinions are clearly stated as the opinion of the writer. It is a complicated story that will be told in sections.

Houston - Jordan Hill of the LA Lakers has been charged with third with 3rd degree felony assault, CBS News reports. Hill is accused of choking his girlfriend during a fight in Houston.

Naples - A Florida man was charged with a felony last week after he allegedly failed to pay for a soda at a McDonald's restaurant on Apr. 19.

Newt Gingrich, in an interview with CNN 's Wolf Blitzer, promised to reward Sarah Palin with a presidential appointment. He made the promise a day after the former Alaska Governor offered an endorsement of his candidacy on Fox News.

Los Angeles - The grandson of legendary film star Clark Gable pleaded guilty on Thursday to pointing a laser at a police helicopter circling above Hollywood last summer.

Saint Paul - A bipartisan bill introduced in the Minnesota House this week would make human cloning and assisting or participating in cloning research a felony under state law.

Biloxi - Biloxi Mississippi police arrested former TV host and actor Gary Collins and charged him with a felony for defrauding an innkeeper after he allegedly left a restaurant without paying his tab Tuesday night.

Mauston - In Wisconsin's, Juneau County, District Attorney Scott Southworth is threatening to charge teachers with misdemeanor or felony delinquency of a minor if they teach sex-ed. Punishments could range from nine months in jail to six years of prison time.

Police are investigating why a woman's body lay in a house for 8 months while caretakers came daily to tend to the house.

Betsey Ross Wright, a longtime chief of staff to then-Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas, reported to Star City jail on Aug. 16 and was released on bail.

Repeat domestic abuse will now be a felony and will no longer be a misdemeanor. Also, sex offenders are no longer allowed to be employed as ice-cream delivery drivers.

Chris Brown has been charged formally with two felonies stemming from an alleged attack with his girlfriend. He was arrested in February after a fight sent Rihanna to the hospital.

It used to be easy. Don't kidnap, don't murder, don't rape, and you could avoid becoming a felon in the eyes of the national government.

A boy in Fort Myers, Florida, has been charged with aggravated battery for hitting his classmates and his teacher over a set of crayons.

New Indiana law now in effect July 1,2007. This "next-of-kin" law has came about because of the death of pregnant Christian Melcher,23, and her son Jaiden Melcher, 11 months, they were both murdered by her husband Zachariah Melcher.

Have you ever been "uncomfortable" while witnessing a couple's PDA's? (Public Display of Affection) Well, apparently making people uneasy on an airplane can land you in jail. Just ask Carl and his girlfriend Dawn.

Adam "Pacman" Jones of the Tennessee Titans may face charges as the result of a triple shooting in a Las Vegas strip club.

A women pushing a cart in the street is dead by a hit and run driver!

1) Buy some hamburgers, 2) Place your cat in the empty bag then upload the video to YouTube, 3) Profit??

River Parishes journalist Leonard Gray was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison on child pornography charges.

"Technically, any time a person engages in sexual penetration in an adulterous relationship, he or she is guilty of CSC I," the most serious sexual assault charge in Michigan's criminal code.

Now I understand why the 1 armed guy was able to break into all those cars...Why are felons getting bail??

"A car thief with just one arm has been jailed for the seventeenth time"...Is there something wrong with this story?