Man Holds Daughter Down During Pit Bull Attack
A Florida man is facing battery charges after he allegedly held his daughter down while she was attacked by a pit bull. Police arrested 49-year-old Julian Saunders, of Summerfield, Florida, on Monday after his 19-year-old daughter and his ex-wife suffered multiple bites in an attack by Saunders’ pit bull. Al-licia Saunders said that she had […]
Indictments Made in Pesticide Poisoning Case
A federal grand jury has indicted an exterminator and a pest control company in connection with the poisoning deaths of two girls in Utah last year, officials said. Police charged Coleman Nocks, 63, and Bugman Pest and Lawn, the company he worked for, with multiple counts of unlawful use of a registered pesticide. Nocks used […]
U.S. to Set Stricter Regulations on Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to issue stricter regulations on toxins in the country’s drinking water . The new restrictions are in response to a recent study which revealed the presence of hundreds of toxic industrial and agricultural substances in drinking water throughout the U.S. One chemical targeted by the new regulations, […]
Pit Bull Owner Charged in Death of Girl
A man whose pit bulls attacked and killed a 5-year-old girl has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, authorities said. Police arrested Michael Brandon Gordon, 23, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, on Wednesday involving an incident two weeks ago in which Gordon’s pit bulls attacked and killed 5-year-old Makayla Woodard in her own yard. Gordon has been […]
Pearl Harbor Survivor Abused by Caretaker
A Pearl Harbor survivor was abused and neglected by an in-home caretaker, police say. Police charged Milagros Angeles, 63, with false imprisonment, theft, forgery and elder abuse on Thursday after finding Arnold Bauer, a Navy veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor, alone in his El Cajon home. There was trash piled in every room, officials said, […]
Lawsuit: Marine Base Water Caused Cancer
A former Marine has filed suit against the U.S. government, alleging that tainted water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina caused him to develop a rare cancer. Joel Shriberg, who served as a clerk at the Marine base from 1957 to 1959, was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer in 2004. He is […]
Boy, 2, Injured in Fall Down Elevator Shaft
A 2 year old was critically injured when he fell 30 feet down an elevator shaft at a hotel in Joliet, Illinois, police said. The boy, whose identity was not released, had wandered alone from his mother’s room at the Plaza Hotel when he fell into the shaft after apparently playing with the buttons on […]
Owners of Group Home Held Liable for Fire
The owners of a Missouri group home for the mentally ill have been held liable in civil court for a fire that killed 11 people. A judge found that the November 2006 fire at the Anderson Guest House was “foreseeable,” and held property owners Robert and Laverne DuPont liable for $6.4 million in civil damages. […]
Police Trying to Identify Disabled Abuse Victims
Police in California are attempting to identify disabled women and their attackers from videos depicting sexual abuse by various employees at residential care facilities. The videos, which were dropped off in March at a Sheriff’s headquarters in Monterey Park, contain nearly 100 hours of footage of sexual assaults on severely disabled women by what appear […]
Man Bitten by Pet Snake in Critical Condition
A New Jersey man is in critical condition after being bitten by his pet snake, according to animal control officials. The 25-year-old man purchased the albino monocled cobra, along with a diamondback rattlesnake and a copperhead snake, in Pennsylvania on Monday, believing that the snakes had been altered to have their venom sacks removed. The […]