Calif. man who held woman in makeshift casket is convicted of kidnapping, faces life in prison

September 30th, 2009 NY woman convicted in mutilation death of fatherNEW YORK — A woman has been convicted of killing her father and mutilating his body in her New York City apartment. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown says 28-year-old Brigitte Harris was convicted Wednesday of manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the 2007 slaying of 55-year-old Eric Goodridge.

September 22nd, 2009 Calif. prison on lockdown after multiple fightsAVENAL, Calif. — Authorities say inmates at a California prison used canes, walkers and wheelchair parts as weapons in fights that sent 24 prisoners to hospitals and forced the facility to be put on lockdown.

September 17th, 2009 Calif. man convicted in nationwide anthrax scareSACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal jury has convicted a 66-year-old Sacramento man for mailing more than 100 anthrax hoax letters last year.

September 17th, 2009 Calif. jury says father who drowned son was saneFULLERTON, Calif. — An Orange County jury says a father was legally sane when he drowned his 4-year-old son in a bathtub.

September 4th, 2009 Cops: Calif. corrections worker held wife captiveLODI, Calif.

August 20th, 2009 Detroit boy, 12, faces life murder charge in deathDETROIT — Authorities say a 12-year-old Detroit boy accused of shooting a 24-year-old woman to death during a street robbery could face an adult murder sentence of life in prison without parole if he's convicted. According to police, Demarco Harris shot and killed Trisha Babcock, of Davison, just after midnight on Aug.

August 14th, 2009 Mo. woman gets life in prison for poisoning 2 kidsST. LOUIS, Mo. — A St. Louis woman convicted of poisoning her two children, one of them fatally, will spend the rest of her life in prison.

July 30th, 2009 NYC man gets 25 years for whipping, burning loverNEW YORK — A New York City man convicted of whipping and burning his girlfriend because he thought she was having an affair has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Prosecutors say Jason Page held his girlfriend captive in their apartment for more than two weeks while repeatedly lashing her with an extension cord and burning her with a cigarette lighter.

July 20th, 2009 Md. man kidnapped woman, robbed bank she worked atGREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge has sentenced a man prosecutors say kidnapped a Maryland bank manager and her two children, then held one of the kids hostage while she withdrew thousands of dollars.

June 29th, 2009 Man gets life in prison for Colo. student slayingBOULDER, Colo.

June 15th, 2009 Mo. woman pleads guilty to kidnapping 5-year-oldINDEPENDENCE, Mo. — A suburban Kansas City woman who already pleaded guilty to murder in a spree of videotaped sex killings has also pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 5-year-old while fleeing police in 2006.

June 4th, 2009 Man convicted in Fla. teen's bus stop abductionBRADENTON, Fla.

June 3rd, 2009 NYC club bouncer guilty in Boston student's deathNEW YORK — A Manhattan nightclub bouncer has been convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of a graduate student from Boston. Darryl Littlejohn looked straight ahead as the jury verdict was read Wednesday.

May 9th, 2009 Man gets more prison time in transgender slayingDENVER — A man convicted last month of murder and a hate crime in the slaying of a transgender Colorado woman has received another 60 years in prison after being found a "habitual criminal." Allen Andrade of Thornton was convicted of beating 18-year-old Angie Zapata to death with a fire extinguisher July 17 after discovering she was biologically male. A judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder after the jury's April 22 verdict.

May 8th, 2009 Iran hangs 3 men, 1 woman convicted of murderTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state-owned newspaper says four people including a 30-year-old woman convicted of murder have been hanged. The report in Thursday's edition of the daily newspaper IRAN only identified the four by their first names.