Criminal

Last week near Evanston, Wyoming Highway Patrol seized 74 pounds of high grade marijuana carrying a street value of about a half-million dollars.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — Sweetwater County sheriff’s officials have arrested a delivery driver accused of stealing close to $9,000 in equipment and goods from FedEx. Authorities say 22-year-old Jayce Chandler Brood of Rock Springs is a contract driver for FedEx...

DAYTON, Texas (AP) — Texas authorities have removed 11 children from a home after finding some restrained by harnesses and discovering other signs of abuse. Child Protective Services spokeswoman Gwen Carter says 10 adults also were living in the one-story, 1,700-square-foot home in Dayton, about 30 miles northeast of Houston...

FORT LEE, N.J. (AP) — Prosecutors say a New Jersey man angry that his girlfriend was trying to break up with him struck her with his car and repeatedly backed over her body. The Bergen County prosecutor’s office says 26-year-old Charles Ann is charged with murdering 25-year-old Aena Hong...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a Los Angeles mother has been charged with drowning her year-old daughter and trying to drown her 5-year-old daughter. Deputy District Attorney Teresa Sullivan says 32-year-old Lorna Valle (VY’-ay) was charged with murder and attempted murder Friday and will be arraigned at a later date due to unspecified medical issues...

EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP) — A 59-year-old fugitive is back behind bars after he ran out of gas in Wyoming and called the local sheriff’s office for roadside assistance. The Wyoming Highway Patrol said Tuesday that Richard Vincent of Prineville, Ore...

Crime really does affect everyone. Just ask Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer — he was recently robbed at machete-point while at his vacation home in the West Indies.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man accused of brandishing a gun in a North Dakota courtroom and unsuccessfully trying to kill jurors, a sheriff and a prosecutor says he doesn’t remember trying to pull the trigger. Vicente Chacano is on trial on 14 counts of attempted murder in the incident about a year ago in the Adams County Courthouse in Hettinger...