Scott McCabe
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Crime History: Child who sneaked into zoo mauled by polar bears
Scott McCabe
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
On this day, May 19, in 1987, an 11-year-old boy was killed by two polar bears after he and his friends sneaked into their enclosure at a Brooklyn zoo. Police found the bears, standing 8 feet tall and weighing 900 and 1,400 pounds, tugging at the body of the dead boy, Juan Perez. It took 20...
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Stupid Crimes: Losing weight; Happy Meal, happy ending; there are rules
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
Losing weight A Georgia woman is facing charges after police said she dropped weights, plates and beer mugs from an 18th-story balcony at people down below. Witnesses said they heard a woman, later identified as Chloe Chalavoutis, screaming from a balcony above, go back into her apartment...
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Crime History: Two-year FBI probe finds 'Louie Louie' unintelligible
Scott McCabe
Published: Thu, May 16, 2013
On this day, May 17, in 1965, after a nearly two-year investigation, the FBI Laboratory declared the lyrics of "Louie Louie" to be unintelligible. The Kingsmen's 1963 cover about a Jamaican sailor who missed his girlfriend had caused a countrywide panic. Rumors spread that the incoherent...
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University Park burglary suspect sought
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Prince George's County police have a photo of a suspect in a burglary of a home in University Park, and they are asking the public to help identify him. On Tuesday, police officers responded to the 6500 block of 43rd Avenue in University Park for a breaking-and-entering call, in which several...
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Crime History: Troubled son of Marlon Brando kills visitor at actor's Hollywood home
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
On this day, May 16, in 1990, Christian Brando, the son of Hollywood legend Marlon Brando, shot and killed his half sister's boyfriend at the actor's home in Los Angeles. It was Marlon Brando who called the police from the estate on Mulholland Drive. Christian Brando, 32, met Cheyenne...
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$8.6 million awarded in fatal stabbing at Prince George's club
Scott McCabe
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
A Prince George's County jury has awarded $8.6 million to the family of a man who was fatally stabbed at a club in Forestville, but the verdict may be merely symbolic. The jury found that the CFE Event Center failed to provide adequate security the night George Cooper, 25, was stabbed inside...
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