The average criminal defense attorneys receive neither the flashy salaries of corporate litigators, nor do they receive the virtuous sobriquets that prosecutors do. They are often publicized for defending the violent, unethical, fraudulent, and immoral souls within our society. However, despite the public’s perception of criminal defense attorneys, these men and women serve the most [...]

Mendota, California — Four-year-old Alex Mercado’s body was discovered by a Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy in a neighbor’s clothes dryer on Saturday, October 31 – about 24 hours following his disappearance. Autopsy reports show that the young Mercado’s cause of death was drowning and was placed in the dryer following the incident. It is not [...]

Peoria, Arizona — 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki died Monday, two weeks after being run over by her father for becoming too “westernized.”
Peoria law enforcement officials investigating the case have stated that they expect to change the original charge of aggravated assault against the father, Hassan Almaleki, 48, to more severe counts after meeting with prosecutors. [...]

Miami, Florida — On October 12, five teenagers set fifteen-year-old Michael Brewer on fire with rubbing alcohol in a dispute over $40 and then laughed as he jumped into the pool to extinguish the flames. According to witnesses, the boy had been fully engulfed in flames.
Now he is fighting for his life at the University [...]

The search continues for three Dickinson State University softball players after a friend received a hysterical phone call from one of them in which they mentioned water. Two calls were made to the friend but both ended abruptly.
Authorities do not suspect any foul play. Instead, one of the girl’s father, Lenny Gemar, believes that it [...]

Greenville County, SC – Matthew Brandon Fullbright, 29, was arrested today for allegedly killing an elderly couple from South Carolina.  He was charged with two counts of murder and armed robbery.
The couple, Homer L. Stanton and Jo Ann Staton, had gone missing after leaving a restaurant on Friday night.  They were found by officials, beaten [...]

Detriot, Michigan – Following arrests made in FBI raids targeting an African-American Muslim group that was seeking to establish an Islamic state in the United States, five men are scheduled to appear in federal court today.
Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the purported leader of the group was fatally shot during Wednesday’s raids after he fired at law [...]

Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man’s home in Carroll, Iowa.
When police stopped a vehicle matching the caller’s description, they were stunned by the men’s disguises.
In a failed bid to disguise themselves, Matthew Allan McNelly, 23, and Joey Lee Miller, [...]

Police have arrested another teen on Thursday, the sixth suspect to be jailed in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in Richmond, California.
Jose Carlos Montano, 18, was arrested on charges of felony rape, rape in concert with force, and penetration with a foreign object, said Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan. He is [...]

CORALVILLE, Iowa-  In what may be one of the strangest cases in recent memory, audio of a boy who was attacked by his mother — but survived, was played for a jury on Thursday.  The shocking audio clip was highlighted by a distinctly heard “She cut me,” painfully squeaked by the 7-year-old son of the [...]