Boston police officer stripped of gun and badge after alleged racial slurs

By Calvin Palmer
A Boston police officer was placed on administrative leave today pending a termination hearing following racist remarks allegedly made in an e-mail.
Officer Justin Barret, 36,  a member of the National Guard is alleged to have made racial slurs to describe Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates in an e-mail to fellow guardsmen and the [...]

Sports reporter accused of running prostitution ring

By Calvin Palmer
A newspaper reporter in New Hampshire was charged today with running a prostitution ring.
Keith Provencher, 50, was arrested at his Manchester home and arraigned in Lawrence District Court. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of deriving support from prostitution. He is being held on bail of $10,000.
Prosecutors said he advertised his prostitutes [...]

Treasure-hunters recover $10m booty from sunken pirate ship

By Calvin Palmer
A sunken pirate ship off the coast of Borneo has brought a German treasure-hunter a haul of booty worth at least €7 million ($10-million)..
Martin Wenzels, 42, a property developer in Dresden, and business partner Klaus Keppler, 71, originally from Freiburg, located the wreck of The Forbes, which sank in 1806.
What at first sight [...]

Stables owner catches man suspected of having sex with a horse

By Calvin Palmer
A man in South Carolina has been arrested for having sex with horse after the owner saw him on a video surveillance camera.
Rodell Vereen, 50, of Longs, has been charged with buggery and trespassing.
Owner of the Lazy B Stables, Barbara Kenley, of Conway, told police she had a video of the suspect having [...]

Police search for ‘viable’ fetus ripped from dead woman’s womb

By Calvin Palmer
Police in Massachusetts are searching for a missing female fetus ripped from the womb of an eight months pregnant woman in the belief that the baby could have survived.
The body of Darlene Haynes, 23, was found on Monday by her landlord, William Thomas. A foul smell led him to a bedroom where he [...]