ALHS Legal Studies

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gunfire shattered the window of the BMW near the University of Southern California campus just after midnight, striking two Chinese graduate students inside. The driver was able to make it from the car, through the rain, to a house where he pounded on the door pleading for help.

A former employee of an upscale retirement home accused of physically assaulting four vulnerable residents was convicted Thursday of torture and elder abuse. Jurors deliberated about five hours before finding Cesar Ulloa guilty of all eight counts against him. As the verdict was read, the 21-year-old Reseda resident stared straight ahead without showing any emotion.

There is no point to torture old people they didn't do anything to them.

its never about what the victim did to them. maybe its about the sense of control they get from having dominion over a feeble old mans life. just a thought

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police said a 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with a teenager's slaying last week. Investigators said the teen's death may have been the result of a dispute on Facebook. DeQuan Hawkins was charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Posted April 3, 2012A Council Bluffs man is in police custody following a 9 hour standoff at 13th St. and 23rd Ave. Police had been trying to serve arrest warrants for Donald Shamblen, 56, when he ran out of his home and barricaded himself in the detached garage.

That's by where you live O.o I wonder what his original charges were that he didn't show up to court for?

A 41-year-old teacher who sparked outrage earlier this year when he left his wife and three children to live with an 18-year-old former student has been arrested for the alleged sexual abuse of another student in 1998, and Nancy Grace is concerned there may be more victims out there.

intense stuff right there

A labor organizer who helped ABC News expose dangerous working conditions at garment factories in Bangladesh was tortured and killed last week, according to authorities. "All indications are that Aminul Islam was murdered because of his labor rights work," said Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium.

Virginia Beach, Virginia (CNN) -- Emergency calls highlight the confusion in a Virginia Beach, Virginia, neighborhood after a Navy fighter jet crashed last week, with one woman reporting that a pilot was on her patio awaiting medical aid.

(CNN) -- A JetBlue pilot has been charged with interfering with a flight crew after his midair behavioral meltdown led to an emergency landing. The federal criminal complaint reveals details of the incident in which Clayton Osbon, 49, displayed what passengers and fellow crew members described as erratic, bizarre and disturbing behavior.

I wonder if they will make an arrest with the new evidence they have.

This is a good summary of some key issues so far. http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/many-questions-in-shooting-1400961.html Does anyone else have follow up stories to post?

Aziz Yazdanpanah, a Muslim, didn't like his daughter's non-Muslim boyfriend and was exhibiting stalker behavior. "She couldn't date at all until she was a certain age, but when he was going to let her date she couldn't date anyone outside of their race or religion."

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio - Police are investigating allegations of rape inside a local high school. On Wednesday, a 16-year-old girl reported that she had been raped in a boy's bathroom by a 19-year-old student at

In school? And he got her into the boys bathroom without anyone hearing? What kind of school is that? I don't think any of the girls feel safe

I sure wouldn't feel safe at school. It's ridiculous that no one saw or heard the girl and the fact that it's the second one in the last month. Something needs to be done about it & things need to change or incidents like that are going to keep happening.

(CNN) -- Two more arrests were made in connection with the shooting death of a Mississippi State University student on campus, bringing the total number of suspects to three, officials said Tuesday. All three suspects are from the Jackson, Mississippi, metro area, and they are believed to be acquaintances of the victim, who is from Madison, Mississippi, said university Police Chief Georgia Lindley.

OMAHA, Neb. -- Fire investigators believe a boy and a girl are responsible for a fire that injured a man Friday morning. Crews were called to the house at 135th Street and Atwood Avenue about 4:30 a.m. Dispatchers reported that Jermaine Westbrook, 37, was trapped in the burning house.

every kid goes through that pyro stage, they just seemed to have gone a little over board

They need some help.

Life in the Fast Lane      Their story has everything a Hollywood director could hope for: A sexy, scantily clad young woman as the alleged leader; two younger brothers, both blond and wild-eyed, following in her brazen footsteps; high-speed car chases; lots and lots of guns and, to top it off, a masked bank robbery.

hmm thats crazy but this would make a great action movie though

Crazy story. They all definitely deserve a severe punishment.

the owner of the inn, said that he assumed it was a Christmas package. what ever he was in on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Pennsylvania man was arrested in what Chester County Prosecutor Tom Hogan calls a "cold-blooded, pre-planned killing" of the man's estranged wife, the mother of his four kids, outside a convenience store. James Hvizda is accused of killing his wife Kimberly Hvizda -- who had a restraining order against him -- around 11 p.m.