Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/720 us Crimes and Trials News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:10 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/720 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found ap/20091107/us_cleveland_bodies_found AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:25:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.533f66cec5e7454f9c68eb3284cd1c65.aptopix_cleveland_bodies_found_cd102.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=.Bq4wGLRbWvEUzmxfhji7g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0" /></a>AP - Authorities say Anthony Sowell lured women into his home in a busy neighborhood, killed them &mdash; most by strangulation &mdash; and scattered their remains throughout the inside and buried some in the backyard.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_cleveland_bodies_found"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.533f66cec5e7454f9c68eb3284cd1c65.aptopix_cleveland_bodies_found_cd102.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=.Bq4wGLRbWvEUzmxfhji7g--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anthony Sowell, right, stands behind public defender Kathleen DeMetz during his court appearance Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Cleveland. Sowell, 50, has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and held without bond after 10 bodies were discovered in his home over the past few days. Sowell was ordered held without bond. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_threat_investigation ap/20091107/us_obama_threat_investigation AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:49:14 GMT AP - A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting ap/20091107/us_orlando_office_shooting AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:11:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.573b4d1741fc4426819e8d350323d284.orlando_office_shooting_florl105.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=YETE3odlz8gFqnT1tqLCIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="Jason Rodriguez makes his first appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski at the Orange County Jail, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is 'very mentally ill' and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Rodriguez, 40, was ordered held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide watch after Friday's shooting. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - His marriage long ago went sour, his home taken in foreclosure, his job lost to incompetence, his finances sunk in bankruptcy. Everything Jason Rodriguez sought ended in failure. Except his alleged plot to kill.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_orlando_office_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.573b4d1741fc4426819e8d350323d284.orlando_office_shooting_florl105.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=YETE3odlz8gFqnT1tqLCIQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="Jason Rodriguez makes his first appearance before Circuit Judge Walter Komanski at the Orange County Jail, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Orlando, Fla. The engineer accused of fatally shooting one employee and wounding five others at the firm where he once worked is 'very mentally ill' and crumbled under the stress of his divorce, bankruptcy and unemployment, his attorney said Saturday. Rodriguez, 40, was ordered held without bail at the Orange County Jail, where he is under suicide watch after Friday's shooting. (AP Photo/Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_too_fat_to_kill ap/20091107/us_too_fat_to_kill AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:35:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_too_fat_to_kill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.6fbe669c075048ff8d0248a8fa696a59.too_fat_to_kill_ny135.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=GsnnZLnNuLEobxpCfL7U5A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this undated photo released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's office on Oct. 28, 2009, Edward Ates is shown. A jury on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 rejected the Florida man's claims that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs and killed his former son-in-law, convicting him of murder. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Trenton Prosecutor Office) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - A jury convicted a Florida man Friday of murdering his former son-in-law, rejecting the man's defense that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs to commit the crime and make a quick getaway.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_too_fat_to_kill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.6fbe669c075048ff8d0248a8fa696a59.too_fat_to_kill_ny135.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=GsnnZLnNuLEobxpCfL7U5A--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this undated photo released by the Trenton, NJ prosecutor's office on Oct. 28, 2009, Edward Ates is shown. A jury on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 rejected the Florida man's claims that he was too fat to have run up and down a flight of stairs and killed his former son-in-law, convicting him of murder. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Trenton Prosecutor Office) NO SALES" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_mayor_on_trial ap/20091107/us_mayor_on_trial AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:46:58 GMT AP - The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes ap/20091107/us_immigrant_hate_crimes AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:44:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.83358f30baca4563b2b0a1b0eb01c8dc.hate_crime_stabbing_nyr101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=BDZcoH65uUwCNElu_1To3A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)" border="0" /></a>AP - The high school buddies who trolled the streets looking for Hispanics to attack called it "beaner hopping."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.83358f30baca4563b2b0a1b0eb01c8dc.hate_crime_stabbing_nyr101.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=BDZcoH65uUwCNElu_1To3A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this file photo of Jan. 28, 2009, Nicholas Hausch appears in court in Riverhead, N.Y. where he and six other Long Island teenagers are accused in the stabbing death of Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero. Hausch pleaded guilty Thursday, Nov. 2, 2009 to gang assault and hate crime charges. The agreement requires him to testify against the six other defendants. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, Pool. File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_immigrant_hate_crime ap/20091107/us_immigrant_hate_crime AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:31:11 GMT AP - The family of an Ecuadorean man slain on a Long Island street will be among those participating in a candlelight vigil and memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the killing. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_acorn_probe ap/20091107/us_acorn_probe AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:56:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_acorn_probe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.c627a9e2d14543e0b9a3942d83f28286.acorn_probe_laps104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vAagSOrCm9xgw19eWRBQXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="ACORN employees, left and center, leave the ACORN offices as state investigators remove computers from the group's New Orleans offices, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. A warrant was obtained to seize computers, hard drives and other documents after ACORN attorneys said two unidentified former employees took computers and other items when they left the organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0" /></a>AP - State investigators raided ACORN offices on Friday, taking away computer hard drives and documents as part of a probe into alleged embezzlement and tax fraud when the organization's national headquarters was based in New Orleans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_acorn_probe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.c627a9e2d14543e0b9a3942d83f28286.acorn_probe_laps104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vAagSOrCm9xgw19eWRBQXg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="ACORN employees, left and center, leave the ACORN offices as state investigators remove computers from the group's New Orleans offices, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. A warrant was obtained to seize computers, hard drives and other documents after ACORN attorneys said two unidentified former employees took computers and other items when they left the organization. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_grace ap/20091107/us_baby_grace AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:55:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_grace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.35aff6135c644276a2a24047e190b3a1.baby_grace_trial_txho102.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=jaUorX7HbB1kdE_DDN8tlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed 'Baby Grace' when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two years after the remains of a toddler who came to be known as "Baby Grace" were dumped in Galveston Bay, the child's stepfather was convicted of capital murder in her beating death.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_grace"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.35aff6135c644276a2a24047e190b3a1.baby_grace_trial_txho102.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=jaUorX7HbB1kdE_DDN8tlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Royce Clyde Zeigler II, left, enters the 10th District Court in Galveston, Texas on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Zeigler is accused of killing Riley Ann Sawyers, whose unidentified body was dubbed 'Baby Grace' when found in a plastic container in Galveston Bay. (AP Photo/Jennifer Reynolds, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/us_fort_hood_shooting AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:37:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Army psychiatrist who authorities say went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it, the leader said Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_fort_hood_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.2c983a9de1d447e2899862d7b336d653.fort_hood_shooting_txps103.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=P_nvzMFrwkpCX6puhi771Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="Flowers are left outside the entrance of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead and 30 injured on Thursday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_jackson_estate ap/20091107/us_jackson_estate AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:21:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_jackson_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.87dfd88475d843f9b9c9406f59b3ed09.jasckson_estate_ny138.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=kaIM6v.gw0M7msW3H8Z0QQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson smiles after leaving a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Michael Jackson's father is seeking an allowance from his son's estate to help cover expenses that exceed $15,000 a month, according to court documents filed Friday. The request seeking an unspecified amount for Joe Jackson was filed by lawyer Brian Oxman, who said there was no apparent reason for the administrators of the estate to not seek an allowance for the Jackson family patriarch.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_jackson_estate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.87dfd88475d843f9b9c9406f59b3ed09.jasckson_estate_ny138.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=kaIM6v.gw0M7msW3H8Z0QQ--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Friday Oct. 2, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson smiles after leaving a guardianship hearing for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_beating_death_school ap/20091107/us_chicago_beating_death_school AP us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:48:49 GMT AP - A fourth teen is facing murder charges in the beating death of a Chicago high school honor student last month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_bearstearns_managers nm/20091106/us_bearstearns_managers Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:50:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_bearstearns_managers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3551976840.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EaqGcXALBKqkbDC9_LZM_w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Former Bear Stearns hedge-fund manager Ralph Cioffi (L) arrives with staff at court in Brooklyn in New York, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Natalie Behring" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The trial of two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers on fraud charges ended on Friday with sharp arguments over the meaning of the word "toast" in one defendant's email about the subprime mortgage market.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_bearstearns_managers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3551976840.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=EaqGcXALBKqkbDC9_LZM_w--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former Bear Stearns hedge-fund manager Ralph Cioffi (L) arrives with staff at court in Brooklyn in New York, November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Natalie Behring" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_army_veteran_faked_paralysis ap/20091106/us_army_veteran_faked_paralysis AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:00 GMT AP - An Army veteran admitted in federal court Friday to plotting with his wife to bilk the U.S. government by faking paralysis after a car wreck to get disability benefits and avoid being deployed to Iraq. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_trash_bag_baby ap/20091106/us_trash_bag_baby AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_trash_bag_baby"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.961b35957470490e9b48221c116bde2c.trash_bag_baby__la202.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=oSTinDGP33M6RbRv1dhdHA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="This undated image released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department shows Krissy Lynn Werntz, who was indicted by a Riverside County grand jury in September, along with her boyfriend, Jason Michael Hann, and accused of murdering their two-month-old daughter then putting her in a trash bag and driving her body around the country. (AP Photo/Riverside County Sheriff's Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man serving time for killing his infant son and trekking around the country with the child's body pleaded not guilty Friday to doing the same thing to his baby daughter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_trash_bag_baby"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.961b35957470490e9b48221c116bde2c.trash_bag_baby__la202.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=oSTinDGP33M6RbRv1dhdHA--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="This undated image released by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department shows Krissy Lynn Werntz, who was indicted by a Riverside County grand jury in September, along with her boyfriend, Jason Michael Hann, and accused of murdering their two-month-old daughter then putting her in a trash bag and driving her body around the country. (AP Photo/Riverside County Sheriff's Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_kidnap_scheme_wife ap/20091106/us_kidnap_scheme_wife AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:27:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_kidnap_scheme_wife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.b244dd3fe7e14010908f3254c7c7998d.kidnap_scheme_wife_mh102.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=odo0e5FYMi8gNEkGn_sIOw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Quinn Gray is seen in this undated photo provided by the St. John's Sheriff's office Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Gray, the wife of a wealthy Ponte Vedra, Fla. businessman, was arrested together with her alleged lover after they tried to extort money from Gray's husband and mother in a bizarre kidnapping scheme. (AP Photo/St. John's Sheriff's Office)" border="0" /></a>AP - A wealthy health care executive came home one night in September to find a terrifying note from his wife, Quinn Gray: The 37-year-old housewife and mother of two had been abducted from her posh Florida beach community.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_kidnap_scheme_wife"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.b244dd3fe7e14010908f3254c7c7998d.kidnap_scheme_wife_mh102.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=odo0e5FYMi8gNEkGn_sIOw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Quinn Gray is seen in this undated photo provided by the St. John's Sheriff's office Thursday Oct. 29, 2009. Gray, the wife of a wealthy Ponte Vedra, Fla. businessman, was arrested together with her alleged lover after they tried to extort money from Gray's husband and mother in a bizarre kidnapping scheme. (AP Photo/St. John's Sheriff's Office)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_cocaine_syndicate ap/20091106/us_cocaine_syndicate AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:05:04 GMT AP - A Guatemalan designated as one of the world's biggest drug kingpins has been convicted of cocaine importation and distribution charges. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_us/us_mass_shootings_glance ap/20091106/us_mass_shootings_glance AP us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:16:15 GMT AP - Here is a glance at some of the worst U.S. mass shootings in recent years: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_church_delaware_bankruptcy nm/20091106/us_church_delaware_bankruptcy Reuters us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:03:49 GMT Reuters - A bankrupt U.S. Roman Catholic diocese has agreed to provide long-sought documents to alleged sex abuse victims in exchange for a postponement in the start of trials, an attorney for the plaintiffs said on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas ap/20091106/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas AP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:50:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.0cbde309a97d414ca684d1fb3d87b3d9.celebrity_burglaries_ny120.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=f3VMh.m6HEg4s0HJQCQ9mw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="This undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)" border="0" /></a>AP - A man arrested for allegedly burglarizing celebrities' homes in Los Angeles has told police that the 19-year-old woman who masterminded the ring wanted to own the designer wardrobes of her favorite Hollywood stars.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/crime/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091029/capt.0cbde309a97d414ca684d1fb3d87b3d9.celebrity_burglaries_ny120.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=f3VMh.m6HEg4s0HJQCQ9mw--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="This undated photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)