Los Angeles police are investigating a teacher aide at Miramonte Elementary School who allegedly sent love letters to an 11-year-old student. The student’s mother discovered the letters in 2009, but she says police and school officials didn’t take the matter seriously until last week, when two other teachers at the same school were arrested for sexually abusing students in separate cases. Is sexual abuse in schools really as common as these reports make it seem?

By Brian Palmer

Preston James Phipps was detained by a police officer after he hit the cop with a stuffed monkey.

Police officer Andrew Pirtle was struck by the stuffed animal toy after trying to arrest 24-year-old Mr Phipps, a resident of Des Moines in Iowa, who was seen by Pirtle after robbing a corner store. 

(CN) - An Illinois man can sue his online adversary who allegedly took their role-playing game on Battlecam.com too far with a series of prank calls for pizza deliveries, male prostitutes and police intervention, a federal judge ruled.

OXFORD, Mass. -- Police are investigating the apparent abduction of a young woman in Oxford.

WEYMOUTH, Mass. -- Police charged 18-year-old Donald Rudolph with the killings of his mother, older sister and their mother's boyfriend after discovering what was described as a gruesome scene at the victims' home.

ALLEGAN COUNTY – A Kalamazoo man, lost in the woods overnight, was rescued this morning in a massive search after someone heard his calls for help.

Talk about your Monday from hell. Not only did Bridgett Nickerson Boyd's car break down on her way to work, but when she pulled over to the side of the freeway, a sheriff's deputy named Mark Goad pulled behind her, wrote her a ticket for driving on the shoulder, decided to arrest her, followed her to the hospital when her suddenly racing heart prompted a call to paramedics, then took her into custody again after she was treated by doctors and finally drove her to jail. 

Police experimented with a new tactic Friday night as they responded to a weeklong Occupy Seattle demonstration at Westlake Park -- ticketing drivers who honked in support of protesters.

 NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (CN) - A Bank of America branch that was evacuated for a bomb threat left an unsuspecting customer in the safe deposit box room, and he emerged to find himself locked in and the bank surrounded by police.

Man helped from Travellers' site brands Leighton Buzzard arrests 'rubbish' as nine men refuse to help investigation

One of the men labelled by police as a modern-day slave at a Travellers' site in Bedfordshire has accused officers of heavy-handed tactics and described the the arrest of five people on slavery charges as "complete rubbish".

--By Alexandra Topping

A man wearing a long sleeved shirt and nothing else while carrying a mop and bucket Wednesday was arrested for exposing himself.

By Karen Voyles

WEST VALLEY CITY — Richard Draper said he has come home to a few surprises in his life, but nothing quite like Friday night.

While people tend to admire politicians who are able to speak bluntly and off the cuff, it seems that’s a quality that’s been working against Texas governor and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry and, as NPR’s “It’s All Politics” blog points out, it could work for Perry’s opponents — at least in terms of offering them fodder for smear ads.

BAY CITY — After reportedly attacking a neighbor, a father and son received a black eye and a shock from Taser between them for allegedly resisting arrest.

By Cole Waterman

RENTON, Wash. -- The Renton City Prosecutor wants to send a cartoonist to jail for mocking the police department in a series of animated Internet videos.

Chris Halsne

Deputies said they had to use a Taser to deal with a drunk, naked man who was first seen driving north in the southbound lanes of U.S. 19 in Levy County.

By Karen Voyles

When police heard reports of a baby trapped in a car, they rushed to rescue it.

And on realising that the only way to get into the car would be to break a window, they quickly did their duty.

CERES, Calif. (CBS13) – Police and firefighters worked together to dislodge a 21-year-old man from a storm drain Thursday morning after he became stuck while trying to retrieve his belongings, authorities said.

(Photo: Ceres Police)

A woman and her son, both registered sex offenders, are in trouble with the law once again after allegedly moving too close to a daycare facility, according to police.

A San Carlos Park woman who was advertising fantasy dancing on a website was arrested Thursday on charges of prostitution and practicing massage without a license.

New Haven police plan to install twenty-one surveillance cameras in the city's hot spots for crime. The cameras will give officers a 360 degree view of an area's streets and sidewalks; police hope that the cameras will help reduce New Haven's rising violent crime rate; in the first half of 2011, more than eighteen people have been killed

Using a new wireless device, police across the country are now able to quickly and accurately identify a suspect in the field; using RapID, a small handheld unit, officers can read a suspect's fingerprint and check it against a database for any matches; if any matches are found the device will pull up the person's real name, date of birth, gender, and race, making it more difficult for criminals to use a false identity

JACKSONVILLE, FL—U.S. Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Tyrone Townsend (45, New York, New York) to 320 months in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for sex trafficking by force, threats of force and fraud; transporting women across state lines for prostitution; enticing, inducing and coercing a woman to travel across state lines for prostitution; and conspiracy to transport a woman across state lines for prostitution

MURFREESBORO — Police here arrested a man who allegedly pulled a gun on a lawn care worker after he accidentally chopped down his pepper plant while performing lawn work.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man faces attempted homicide charges for allegedly beating his fiance’s 2-year-old daughter because he thought the girl’s upbringing had been too lenient.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police have arrested a man who allegedly chased a woman into a drug store and masturbated in front of her.

For the second time this month, officials in Mexico have seized a "narcotank" - a regular production vehicle that a drug cartel has turned in to a battle vehicle.

Holding her 2 1/2-year-old daughter with one hand, Chelsea Kemp pushes the index finger of her other hand into a scanner and is electronically admitted to the Kids Playland USA Drop-In Childcare Center.

--Jan Falstad

MIDDLETOWN TWP., Pa. - May 17, 2011 (WPVI) -- The next time you see this ice cream man, police say you might want to think twice before you buy that sundae.

MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Police said they found a 20-year-old Penn State student naked, hiding under the covers, pretending to be asleep in a bedroom in a Manchester Township, York County, home early Friday morning.

Man who thought he was wanted lands in Hudson, floats 250 feet downstream

RENSSELAER -- A passenger who believed he was wanted by police bolted from a car Wednesday afternoon, ran across the Amtrak train tracks and jumped in the Hudson River, police said.

-By BRYAN FITZGERALD

Police found nails, a hammer, an electric drill and pieces of wood near the body.

MUNKYUONG South Korea -- A man wearing a crown of thorns was found crucified, local police told CNN on Thursday.

Two women described as "marijuana grannies" are in jail awaiting trial after police allegedly found 800 pot plants in their house.

This is the third reported body dumping this week

ALTADENA (KTLA) -- Police have identified the body of a woman dumped on the 210 Freeway Friday afternoon, authorities revealed Sunday.

SINGER ISLAND, Fla. -- Police arrested a doctor for prescribing oxycodone in exchange for sex Thursday night, and told police he made a mistake letting "his little head think for his big head," according to the police report.

SOUTH GLENDALE — Two San Diego women were arrested Sunday on suspicion of stealing a laptop from a man who allegedly refused to pay one of them for sex at a local motel, police said.

PLYMOUTH (CBS) – Police are trying to figure out what happened after a gruesome incident in Plymouth late Monday night.

Monday, an out-of-state friend called police, asking them to check on 49-year old Keith Lincoln and his wife Jetti.

Police: Man has made 300 calls to hospitals threatening young girls

When James Darnell Spence Jr. was accused in October of calling a Nebraska hospital and threatening to molest a girl there, Jacksonville police said he'd placed more than 300 sexually threatening calls to hospitals around the country.

By Paul Pinkham

A food services worker at Evanston Hospital who was told he was being laid off punched his supervisor in the face, knocked him to the ground and then stepped on his head, police said Thursday

--Rosemary Sobol

Flashing police lights apparently couldn't stop a Coral Springs woman with a fast-food craving.

Police say when an officer tried to pull over Roberta Spen, 64, Monday for having faulty brake lights, she instead pulled into a McDonald's drive-thru lane and ordered lunch.

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a lower court decision that blocked the most contested provisions of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect.

A coed's park-bench parley with a gap-toothed stranger she claims sexually assaulted her late Saturday night has police and prosecutors warning residents to exercise caution when walking or jogging along the Charles River Esplanade.

Kids say the darndest things, and San Rafael police are damn happy they do.

Officers called to a Woodland Avenue home Wednesday morning after a report of a burglary found a woman outside a home with children, ages 3 and 6.

--Nels Johnson

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are probing the possibility of Malaysia being a transit point for weapons of mass destruction (WMD), said Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

BRONX, NY -- Police are investigating the death of a 400-pound man, whose decomposing body was found stuffed in a closet.

Officers responding to another call, noticed a putrid smell outside the apartment.

The 5-year-old boy was wrapped with packing tape so he couldn't move from his wooden chair, cops say.

A 21-year-old man who worked as a "group leader'' at a Brevard County after-school program taped a crying boy to a chair and turned him upside down "as a form of discipline,'' Titusville police said today.

EAST WILLIAMSBURG, NY (WPIX) — A 27-year-old Wisconsin woman who agreed to cook and clean for a Brooklyn man in exchange for free rent, ended up being forced into sexual slavery, she told police.

LAWRENCE -- A search at the home of a celebrated North Andover High School wrestling coach found 77 pages of "personal photos of females" who appeared to be unaware that their pictures were being taken, a police report says.

--by Martin Finucane

A 16-year-old Arlington Heights boy told police he poisoned and killed three fish because he "didn't want to leave any witnesses," according to Arlington Heights police.

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A Fairdale man faces charges after Louisville Metro Corrections officers said they discovered suspected crack cocaine in the foreskin of his penis.

PALM CITY, Fla. -- Police have arrested a 51-year-old Indiantown man on charges of ripping off an 82-year-old woman to the tune of $490,000, and using his own family to drop the woman's defenses.

ABINGTON — An Abington man is being charged with creating bombs at his former address in Abington after police had been told the man was blowing up snow banks to avoid shoveling the snow.

SANTA FE, N.M. -- A Santa Fe High School teacher is on paid administrative leave after cell phone videos show her locking a student in an outdoor cage, according to police.

NORTON SHORES — Police say two Egelston Township men ice fishing in Norton Shores Saturday were accosted by an angry fish-flinging woman from Fruitport.

By Heather Lynn Peters

BRISTOL — Matthew Walton and Marc Higgins were friends on Facebook. Higgins referred to Walton as his friend while talking to police.

TUSCON, Ariz. -- One of the shooting victims from last weekend's rampage is now in hot water with police.

He was arrested during a town hall meeting.

James Eric Fuller, who was shot in the knee and the back, objected to something a tea party leader said during the forum.

A 44-year-old Madison man was arrested early Monday morning after he allegedly waved a pair of meat cleavers at a man playing cards in his apartment, Madison police reported.

--Bill Novak

A man caught with a stolen car told police he bought the vehicle from a woman using meth as payment.

SOUTH CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WSAZ) -- A man caught with a stolen car told police he bought the vehicle from a woman using meth as payment.

Mario Miramontes figured during the traffic stop that he could conceal his arrest warrant by giving the police officer the name of his cousin – a 25-year-old husband and father who he believed had no scrapes with the law. After all, he had used the name before when in a legal bind.

COVINA -- Police in Covina have busted three women they say faked a child's funeral in a scheme to collect money.

Fresh french fries.

That is what Perkins police say was at the heart of a Sunday night argument between a McDonald's manager and a customer.

IRVINE ( KTLA) -- A seven year-old called police to her parents' home as she reportedly witnessed her father attempting to strangle her mother.

An Akron man suffered severe head injuries after police said he was attacked by his brother, who wielded a crowbar during a fight ignited over a half-eaten piece of fried chicken.

Area police continued their search Sunday afternoon for a man in handcuffs who stole a Dallas patrol car while he was in custody in Dallas and then abandoned it in Arlington.

GILBERT, Ariz. -- A domestic violence suspect got stuck in the ceiling of his Gilbert home while trying to escape from police officers early Monday morning.

MOBILE, Ala. -- Police in Mobile, Alabama, have arrested a 27-year-old father and accused him of abusing his two young children, who authorities now believe are dead.

(Reuters) - Mexican sales of Ford's Lobo pick-up, popular with drug cartel hitmen, are falling along with those of similar vehicles because motorists fear being mistaken for gangsters by soldiers and police, the head of the U.S. automaker's local subsidiary said on Thursday.

--By Luis Rojas Mena

A bright spark hid a firecracker up his backside to avoid being caught by police in Germany.

Some drunk, some sick, some unconscious, some arrested

Hundreds of teenagers were drinking, drunk, sick or passed out at a private homecoming party held at a mansion in an upscale Boca Raton neighborhood on Sunday, according to a police report.

By Wayne K. Roustan

The Nation -- Anyone want to ask Christine O'Donnell how many stars there are on the American flag? Because as a "2 + 2 = 5"-believing officer of the Thought Police, she just might insist that there are fifty-one—and keep you locked up in a chastity belt till you agree.

--Katrina vanden Heuvel

Phoenix police are searching for a man who pulled a plastic bag over his head as a disguise and nearly suffocated when he robbed a Circle K on 75th Avenue and Thomas Road on Sept. 19.

by Molly Smith

LAKE HAVASU CITY - Lake Havasu City police will soon be equipped with head-mounted video cameras that record their contacts with suspects and citizens.

--AP

APPLETON — Four men, including three from the Fox Cities, have been arrested in a sting organized by Appleton police in conjunction with the Internet watchdog group Perverted Justice on charges of using a computer to facilitate sex with a child.

RIVERSIDE -- Police in Riverside are looking for a man who attacked a woman walking with her daughter on a hiking trail near Mt. Rubidoux.

Colombian police say they have smashed a drug-trafficking network that was exporting several tonnes of cocaine to the US each month.

The man who is a "strong suspect" in a simulated sexual act with a toy dinosaur at a Chester County playground faces deportation to Mexico, State Police say.

Guadelupe Paramo-Almanza, 39, is suspected of flashing two teenage girls in Pomeroy Park, Avondale, about 4 p.m. Sept. 19, according to police.

--By Stephanie Farr

SOUTH BEND — A 20-year-old woman was arrested Saturday night after her 2-year-old daughter was found alone at a Martin's Super Market

Police say the child was found wandering outside the store at 1302 Elwood Avenue about 8:30 p.m.

POLICE were investigating a shooting which killed one person and injured another in America this morning.

Today, James H. Robertson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Buffalo Field Office, announces the indictment of 27 individuals by a federal grand jury resulting in the issuance and execution of 13 federal arrest warrants; 14 of the indicted individuals were already incarcerated on related charges. The 62-count indictment includes RICO charges and four unique forfeiture allegations.

A Jackson man who carries his pet parrot in his backpack was arrested Tuesday night after police say he violently shook the bird as its feathers flew, causing enough of a commotion for witnesses to call 911.

BOSTON, MA—A former Hanover man was sentenced today in federal court to two years' probation for making false statements to a federal agency about his supposed victimization in a mortgage fraud scheme.

Don't mess with Bongo Jesus.

The street musician apparently didn't appreciate others criticizing his guitar playing, as he allegedly committed a string of offenses on State Street Thursday afternoon.

-- By Bill Novak

A Florida man who told police that his cat somehow downloaded child pornography onto his computer was sentenced this week to more than 12 years in prison.

SAN ANTONIO -- Judson ISD police were continuing their investigation Friday after members of a middle-school volleyball team reported that they were threatened by a woman with a gun after a game Thursday night.

Four people were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of trespassing on Union Pacific railroad property as local authorities looked for trespassers on private railroad property.

The operation, which stretched from Camarillo to Montalvo, involved the Oxnard Police Department, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angles County Sheriff's Department, the Department of Homeland Security and agents from the Union Pacific Police Department.

MACON, Ga. -- Police in Macon say a recruit is in stable condition after accidentally shooting herself in the leg at the police firearms range.

A Jessie Clark Middle School student is facing criminal charges because police and school officials say he used Facebook to make threats against the school building.

-- Karla Ward

SIGHTINGS: The bruin was killed, the human just bruised.

A shotgun round fired by Seward police to kill a black bear Thursday night pierced the animal, ricocheted and hit a bystander in the abdomen, police say.

-- By KYLE HOPKINS

MCCOMB, MISS. — McComb police say a man called to report $10,000 had been stolen from his hotel room

MARIETTA, Georgia -- Police in Georgia have arrested a couple after finding their two children were obese and living in filthy conditions.

Los Angeles - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport discovered merchandise which led to a joint operation between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Los Angeles Police Department detectives, who on Aug. 17, seized counterfeit "True Religion" jeans with a manufacturer's suggested retail value of more than $6.2 million.

POLICE said today they were astonished to find at least 14 wild black bears guarding an illegal marijuana growing operation after a recent raid on the property in westernmost Canada.

Salem — Police arrested a Salem man Tuesday who is accused of faking his death to get out of a pending court case.

Local police were searching for Michael Rosen, 42, of North Street, for about a week. They issued a warrant for his arrest and put the word out they were looking for him.

After a Catholic nun's death earlier this month in a drunken-driving crash that police say was caused by a repeat-offender illegal immigrant, a key lawmaker wants the federal government to start detaining and deporting every illegal immigrant who commits a drunken-driving offense

A Toledo, Ohio teenager was arrested after police say he became enraged that his mother did not bring him a Rally's cheeseburger and stabbed her.

A man who had 19 prior convictions for illegal driving made it a little easier for police to catch him on what could be his 20th.

Tattoos aren't just body modification -- they're also a form of body identification. Just ask police.

Officers around the country have been able to lock up perps thanks to distinctive tattoos that are more helpful in identifying suspects than any other physical attribute.

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Police arrested a man this morning after he burglarized a pawn shop and accidentally shot himself, police said.

Around 1:30 a.m., Adrian McDonald, 18, and a friend broke into A Pawn in the 2000 block of Blue Spring Road by shooting out the window, police said.

The owner of a pair of inflatable breasts is being sought by police, who believe they were stolen.

(Reuters) - Powerful drug cartels are increasingly using gruesome videos of executions and interrogations to intimidate their rivals, police and an already terrified public in Mexico's vicious drug war.