“Crime” on The Daily Caller

Tyree Lincoln Smith, 35, stared blankly as he stood with his hands chained behind his back as he was charged with murder in a Connecticut court. (more)

Jailed ex-Congressman Duke Cunningham wants Newt Gingrich to know he’s got the Republican presidential candidate’s back. (more)

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge sentences “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010. (more)

Philadelphia Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter told The Daily Caller that he “absolutely” stands by calling parents “idiots and assholes” for not knowing their children’s whereabouts and who “they’re associated with” before they turn to crime on the city’s streets. (more)

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A federal court in northeastern Brazil has sentenced a politician to 103 years in prison for killing his running mate so that he could take her place in Congress. (more)

Gun lovers. Herewith are thirteen things to remember when carrying your weapon.  BTW- this list is not original.  I’ve Google up the bullet points but alas …I got nada in regards to who penned it. If and when someone schools me on who the author is you can rest assure that I’ll give him or her proper praise.  Enjoy. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) – Two Transportation Security Administration officers who admitted stealing $40,000 from luggage at a New York City airport are going to jail. (more)

In Dushanbe, a young man, dressed as Santa Claus, was killed by a mob of young people, shouting accusations of “infidel,” as a senior source in the Tajik Interior Ministry disclosed. (more)

This week the FBI released data showing that violent crime in the United States fell 6.4 percent in the first half of this year compared to the same time period in 2010.  The data also indicated a 3.7 percent drop in property crime. (more)

DENVER — Anti-tax crusader and former Colorado state legislator Douglas Bruce was found guilty of tax evasion Wednesday for failing to pay income tax from 2005 through 2007. (more)

A Virginia politician found guilty of committing a vicious assault in 1999 may be angling to become the state’s next attorney general. (more)

Gun Ownership Rises to All-Time High, Violent Crime Falls to 36-Year Low (more)

Nearly one in three people will be arrested by the time they are 23, a study published Monday in Pediatrics found. (more)

What would you choose if you were offered the choice between serving five years in prison and getting 10 Singapore-style lashes? I’d pick the lash. Wouldn’t you? What does that say? (more)

Many television viewers encounter strange, disjointed ads promoting NewAmerica3.com. The ads plead with viewers to visit the website, where the narrator promises a Nostradamus-like offering of dire prophecies for the future. (more)

A Russian historian gruesomely decorated his home with 29 mummified female bodies he dug up from local graveyards and dressed as life-sized dolls, authorities said. (more)

Competing for headline prominence with the stories about the killing of the American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki have been stories about another American citizen, this one far more enamoring to the news media and the American public: Ms. Amanda Knox. For several days running, news channels have been focusing on Knox; and if a viewer failed to inquire more deeply into these accounts, he or she might be forgiven for concluding that this American-born student in Italy was being considered by the Vatican for beatification. (more)

MANGUM, Okla. – The wife of a former U.S. prison warden who disappeared with a convicted murderer only to be found living with him in Texas nearly 11 years later was found guilty Wednesday of helping him escape. (more)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A snake bite in a north Sacramento neighborhood left the victim seriously hurt, but the injured party isn’t whom you’d expect. (more)

A uniformed state police officer in Santa Fe, N.M., was caught apparently having sex on the hood of a car in broad daylight by a government-placed security camera intended to catch vandals. (more)