Surgeon accused of sexual abusing young boys

By Calvin Palmer
An orthopedic surgeon at Houston’s St Joseph Medical Center was arrested this morning and charged with the sexual abuse of at least four boys.
Bernard Albina, 69, was charged with five counts of sexual abuse, including continuous sexual abuse of a child, sexual assault of a child and promotion of child pornography, said Harris [...]

Chase employee accused of siphoning $110,000 from client’s account

By Calvin Palmer
A financial planner with a Chase bank siphoned off $110,000 from a wealthy Manhattan client’s account to pay off her personal bills.
Robin Katz, 25, was arrested last week and pleaded not guilty to charges of grand larceny and identity theft at her arraignment. She is being held on $50,000 bail.
Katz worked at the [...]

Newborn in critical condition after being carried from crib by dog

By Calvin Palmer
A four-day-old baby is in critical condition after being taken from its crib by the family’s dog and carried to the wooded backyard.
Alexander James Smith was spotted as his father, Michael Smith, frantically called 911 to report a missing newborn. The baby was bleeding from the mouth and clutched in the mouth of [...]

Riot police sent in to keep the peace at protest over dragging death

By Calvin Palmer
A dozen members of the New Black Panther Party gathered near a Texas courthouse this morning to join planned demonstrations against murder charges being dropped against two white men accused in the death of a black friend.
The Paris courthouse protest is the third one over death of 24-year-old Brandon McClelland, who was run [...]

Uncle kills nephew in “self-defense”

By Calvin Palmer
An argument between a man and his nephew turned deadly when the 40-year-old nephew returned to a house in southeast Houston wielding the handle from a hydraulic jack.
His uncle, 50, saw him and went inside the house to get his .38-caliber revolver. At the front door, he told his nephew to leave but [...]

Police hunt for ‘dangerous’ attacker after two women stabbed as they slept

By Calvin Palmer
A manhunt is under way in Seattle following the stabbing of two women early on Sunday while they slept at home.
A 37-year-old woman died at the scene and a 40-year-old woman was discharged from Harborview Medical Center after being treated for multiple stab wounds.
She has given police a description of the man. He [...]