Chef Who Boiled Wife's Corpse Found Guilty of 2nd Degree Murder

Jurors have reached a verdict of second degree murder in the trial of a local chef who told police he boiled wife's corpse to dispose of it.

David Viens, 49, was charged with murder in the death of his wife, Dawn, who vanished in October 2009.

Dawn Viens' body has never been found.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula held for probation violations

A man linked to an anti-Islam video that sparked riots across the Muslim world is being held in Los Angeles, California, ahead of a bail hearing.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, has been under investigation for violating probation terms after he was released from prison in 2011 for bank fraud. 

UC Davis agrees to $1 million settlement in pepper-spray case

After 10 months of investigations, angry demands and lawsuits lawsuits, the final chapter in the pepper-spray saga at the University of California, Davis, was written Wednesday with the announcement of a $1 million settlement.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/27/4858826/uc-davis-agrees-to-1-million-settlement.html#storylink=cpy

Joseph Wolfe Arrested In Kelly Thomas Beating Death: Third Fullerton Police Officer Charged

A third former Fullerton police officer has been charged in the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man after a violent confrontation with police last year, prosecutors said Thursday.

White supremacist arrested in Oregon

A white supremacist with a 10-state criminal record dating back to the 1980s was arrested in Oregon over the weekend and charged with the brutal knife killing of a recently retired man he had apparently never met.

Detectives named Erik John Meiser a suspect in the murder of a Lake Oswego man after finding a bloody machete in a driveway of a house near the murder scene, court documents said.

Woman accused of phony oil spill cleanup classes

A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker and scamming nearly $216,000 by giving phony training classes to fishermen who wanted jobs cleaning up the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Fired Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office sergeant arrested, booked with theft

Gary Greene, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office sergeant fired Thursday for violating the department's standard operating procedures, was also arrested and booked with felony theft and filing false public records. Greene, 41, of Covington, was a 16-year veteran and sergeant in the 3rd District patrol sergeant on the West Bank.

LSU bomb threat: An arrest is made; motive unknown

There's an arrest but no apparent motive in the bomb threat that led authorities to evacuate the Louisiana State University campus earlier this week.

Independence mayor surrenders to police

Mayor Michael Ragusa turned himself in to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office to face criminal charges, including a felony charge of public intimidation.

Contractor dies cleaning debris in Plaquemines in possible drowning

A contractor died in a possible drowning Tuesday in Plaquemines Parish after the bulldozer he was working in slipped into a pond, according to officials.

Arrest made in body found at elementary school

A teenager is behind bars on charges that he shot and killed an 18-year-old man whose body was found on a Central City school campus Monday.

Mother of child found on playground charged with desertion

The mother of a two-year-old boy found playing alone on a playground in New Orleans was charged with child desertion on Thursday.

Aaron Broussard pleads guilty to 2 corruption counts

As he promised Monday in federal court former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard   pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to two corruption charges. He also said he agreed Monday to surrender his law license.

Broussard told reporters: "At 23 I came into politics as a dragonslayer. At 63 years old I'm going out as the dragon." 

Jackson woman cited for running red light in Cape Girardeau midday crash

A Jackson woman was cited for failing to stop at a red light Thursday afternoon after a rollover crash  on one of Cape Girardeau's busiest streets sent her and the occupants of another vehicle to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.

Hugh 'Stan' Curtis, founder of USA Harvest, facing charges

The founder of a Louisville charity that grew nationwide is facing  federal charges tonight.

Update: Oil platform fire in Gulf confirmed by Coast Guard, 2 injured

The Coast Guard confirmed this afternoon that a W&T Offshore gas platform located in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire Wednesday morning, forcing three workers to evacuate.

Semi truck pulls down utility poles

A crash involving a semi truck shut down  
E Fillmore Street at Prospect Street for a short time on Wednesday afternoon.

State Rep. Mike Horner drops re-election bid after being linked to prostitution ring

If Mike Horner was once considered a rising star in the Republican Party, he's now a sun that's set.  The state house representative for district 42 abruptly quit his campaign for a third term, amidst a scandal linking him to an Orlando prostitution and racketeering ring. 

 

UPDATE: Driver seriously injured after collision with school bus

A driver was seriously injured Tuesday after the vehicle he was driving collided head-on with a school bus.  

CPD Investigating East Side Robbery, 1 Person Injured

Columbus police are on the scene of a robbery on the city’s east side.

Officers were called to the intersection of Shady Lane Road and East Livingston Avenue Tuesday evening.

Alleged Upper East Side Madam Anna Gristina Out Of Jail

Anna Gristina, the so-called "soccer mom madam" looked tired and overwhelmed by the cameras as she walked out of Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday night with her attorney and family by her side.

Bank files lawsuit to foreclose on Arkansas Lt. Governor’s home

Signature Bank of Arkansas has filed a lawsuit in Benton County Circuit Court to foreclose on Arkansas Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr's two-story home in Springdale, FOX16 has learned. 

North Little Rock stabbing leaves one man dead

Police responded to a stabbing in North Little Rock that left one man dead Monday.

During the interview, Cooney allegedly told the police he stabbed Rufus "for the purpose of a sacrifice."

Visitor's gun discharged at St. Vincent's

St. Vincent's Hospital in Riverside was on lockdown briefly late Thursday morning after the gun of a person visiting a hospital patient was discharged.

Skeletal remains found in Clay believed to be that of missing teen

Skeletal remains found off of County Road 352 on Sunday are believed to be that of a teenager who went missing in 2009.

Pop Warner Team Accused of "Bounty" Program

Pop Warner Team Accused of "Bounty" Program

As reported by the Orange County Register, the coaches of the 10 and 11-year-old Tustin Red Cobras Pop Warnter squad offered cash payments to players who successfully knocked out specific playersfor teams from towns like Yorba Linda, Santa Margarita and San Bernadino. The practice wasconfirmed to the newspaper by Cobras assistant coach John Zanelli and three different players, all interviewed individually.

Bystanders take down robbery suspect in downtown Seattle

The text message said: "Reports of shots fired outside Federal Courthouse in Seattle.  One person shot in in the hand.  Area being closed off."

Man arrested for DWI after hitting parked police car on Interstate

"A Cape Girardeau police officer was called to divert fast-moving motorists away from a potentially suicidal situation Sunday night when a man was threatening to jump from an Interstate 55 overpass. Instead, Officer James Zeidler found himself forced to lunge from an allegedly intoxicated driver who crashed his SUV into the policeman's strategically placed squad car."

First Post

Recently, I started receiving news alerts on my cell phone.  Initially, I signed up for local news alerts, but I was eager to receive more information.  I'm limited to the USA news sources, because I have no interest in paying additional fees to receive text messages from outside of the USA, although I have a strong interest in reading foreign news sources. 

As with any news source, what is posted or disseminated tends to be lurid, sensational, and/or bizarre.  In smaller communities, the postings tend to be more ordinary or prosaic.

Reading these messages -- from various sources -- in succession gives me the impression of non sequitur phrases. 

My "purpose" of this blog is to share some of these text messages that -- for whatever reason -- I find interesting.