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Wide Receiver Accepts Plea Deal After Alleged Domestic Violence Incident

Chad Johnson, formerly known as Chad Ochocinco, is a wide receiver who played mostly for the Cincinnati Bengals since 2001. He signed with the Miami Dolphins on June 11 of this year, but was dropped following his arrest last month. He and his wife Evelyn Lozada had a fight after…

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Hockey Mom Charged With Giving Son’s Teammates Alcohol and Sex

The Orange County register reports that a Laguna Niguel resident was arrested for drinking and having sex with her son’s underage friends since 2005. The woman, a 45-year old mother of three, is reportedly a “hockey mom” who allegedly met some of her son’s teammates during a sleepover at her…

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Police Use Technology To Predict Crimes

Most police stations around the country lag behind the times. Often, VHS recorders are used in patrol cars and carbon copy forms are still widely distributed. In fact, it was only last year that the San Francisco police department got email addresses. Some progressive (and well-funded) police departments are getting…

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Catholic Bishop Arrested On Suspicion of DUI

The Reverend Salvatore Cordileone was driving his mother home from a dinner with some of his friends when he was stopped at a DUI checkpoint in San Diego. Police administered a chemical test and he was “found to be over the California legal blood alcohol level,” Cordileone said. Police arrested…

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Essential Information About The Child Abuse Central Index (CACI)

The Child Abuse Central Index (CACI) was created by the California Legislature in 1965 and is maintained by the California Department of Justice (CDOJ). In an effort to protect the health and safety of children in the state, individuals against whom issues of child neglect or abuse were reported and…

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Woman Swallows Evidence of Crime and Sells It Later

Angele Hardman allegedly walked into a Macy’s store and asked the clerk to try on a valuable, $4000 ring. When the ring seemed to get stuck on her finger, the clerk attempted to remove it with water and lotion. When the clerk’s back was turned, Hardman allegedly took off the…

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An Extreme DUI

Police in Boulder, CO received a call about a man passed out in front of his car. When they investigated, medics were already tending to him, describing him as “drunk as crap.” The man was George Boedecker, the founder of Crocs footwear. After telling police officers that he had pulled…

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Violent Outburst in Orange County Criminal Case

Miguel Alexander Vargas, 28, on trial in Orange County for the most severe form of domestic violence or spousal abuse charges for murdering his common-law wife, was recently tackled by courtroom deputies at the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana after the judge denied a motion to allow him to…

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What Happened at Band Camp?!

If a female teacher has had sex with a former student when that student became an adult, should a jury know about it if she’s on trial for having sex with a minor student? Carlie Rose Attebury of Orange County, was recently found guilty of sex crimes involving a minor.…

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Why Criminal Attorneys Can’t Take Cases on “Contingency”

You’ve seen the ads: A loud crash, an ambulance, a slick lawyer asking you to call him and promising that if he loses, you pay NOTHING! If he wins, the attorney collects a percentage (between a third and half) of the award. This is called a “contingency fee” and while…

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