Law Enforcement

A Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an airliner near Detroit with an explosive hidden in his underwear has asked to be judged by the Koran rather than US law.

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At least 12 people in Rusk County have decided to get tough with drunk drivers.  A jury in Henderson has sentenced a Lindale woman to 58 years in prison, after finding her guilty of driving while intoxicated under the influence of several drugs.  It was her fourth DWI conviction.

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At long last, it appears that law and order is breaking out in the small town of Teneha in Shelby County.  A number of lawsuits against Teneha and Shelby County officials have been certified as "Class Action."

This means any person who has been victimized by Teneha police can be a plaintiff in a Class Action lawsuit against the officials.

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Some people will do anything if it makes money for them, whether it's legal or ethical or not.  An Arizona businesswoman is facing federal charges in a case that involved buying discarded human umbilical cords and selling the embryonic stem cells harvested from the cord blood.

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Texas has a reputation for being tough on criminals.  It's known around the world for having the busiest "Death Row" in the United States.  Now, for better or worse, Texas is also known for treating young school children like criminals.

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is accusing Petroleum Wholesale LP, Sun Development LP and related defendants of defrauding their customers by diluting medium and premium-grade gasoline with regular unleaded fuel.

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A Fort Worth man is in the Tarrant County jail on at least five charges after he climbed onto a forklift and led police on a chase that reached 16 mph and ended on Interstate 30.

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Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe died in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and anonymously, in Washington state?

And did he write an autobiography about his exploits under another name?

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