Scott McCabe
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Beauty queen in Delaware sex scandal pleads guilty to Maryland alcohol charge
Scott McCabe
Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013
A former Miss Delaware Teen USA who lost her crown in a sex-tape scandal pleaded guilty to underage alcohol possession and was given a year of probation in Ocean City, Md. Melissa King, 19, was cited in August after police found a bottle of rum in the truck she was driving, according to the...
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Crime History: 'Baby Face' Nelson kills FBI agent in Wisconsin
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013
On this day, April 22, in 1934, notorious outlaw George "Baby Face" Nelson killed Special Agent W. Carter Baum during an FBI raid in Wisconsin. Nelson wanted to be known as Big George Nelson, but because of his youthful appearance, everyone called him "Baby Face." But rarely to his face....
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Cold Case: D.C. police find car, ski mask and rope, but woman still missing
Scott McCabe
Published: Sun, Apr 21, 2013
District of Columbia schools secretary Barbara Dreher was last seen by her daughter on Aug. 12, 1984. The 39-year-old Dreher dropped off two of her young sons at her adult daughter's home in Southeast Washington, then waved goodbye. Her car was found several weeks later, but Dreher was not....
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Crime History: Big-league umpire busted in baseball card theft
Scott McCabe
Published: Sat, Apr 20, 2013
On this day, April 21, in 1990, Major League Baseball umpire Bob Engel was arrested on charges of stealing 4,180 baseball cards from a Target retail store in BakersÞeld, Calif. A security officer said he saw Engel, 56, pull a paper bag from the waistband of his pants and fill it with seven...
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Stupid Crimes: Rodent rage
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013
Rodent rage A pair of disgruntled bar patrons in western Pennsylvania showed their displeasure by tossing a groundhog and grouse into the tavern. The animals were dead. Brookville police Chief Ken Dworek told the Associated Press that the suspects were angry after getting thrown out of...
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Maryland man accused of making Boston-related bomb threat
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013
A 59-year-old Baltimore man was arrested Wednesday after police said he called 911 and said he was from Boston and was going to "blow some more stuff up." According to Anne Arundel County police, Ronald William Smith made the threat about 12:40 p.m., and then hung up. Authorities said they...
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Crime History: Oklahoma City plotter executed on day of McVeigh bombing
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, Apr 18, 2013
On this day, April 19, in 1995, in an eerie coincidence, a white supremacist who once plotted to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was executed on the same day that Timothy McVeigh successfully bombed the federal building. Richard Wayne Snell, 64, was put to death...
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