This article originally appeared on Lancaster Online by Tom Knapp on August 18th, 2016. A decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to reduce the Megan’s Law registration period for a convicted Lancaster sex offender could have far-reaching implications for people convicted of similar crimes in the state. That’s according to the Lancaster County district attorney’s office after Monday’s ruling […]

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post by Ed Mazza on September 13th, 2016. A Maryland woman was arrested last week after apparently being unable to resist the temptation of crispy, hot, fresh, salty French fries. An unidentified police officer who was dining at the Italian Pizza Kitchen in Washington D.C. last Wednesday when the woman approached and tried to start a

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post by Reuters on September 12th, 2016. Six people were shot, one of them fatally, when gunfire broke out after a rally at a Birmingham public housing project on Sunday, media reports said. The shooting occurred at the Gate City public housing community, AL.com reported on its website, citing Birmingham police

This article originally appeared on Go Erie on September 9th, 2016. An Erie man charged in a July shooting that wounded two people in the city is facing fewer charges in the case.  Rakeem M. Jones, 23, waived his preliminary hearing before Erie 5th Ward District Judge Paul Bizzarro Thursday afternoon under an agreement with prosecutors in

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post on September 9th, 2016.  A man suspected of reaching into the bra of a 93-year-old woman in a wheelchair and stealing $600 at a New York City store was arrested early Friday, police told The Huffington Post. Video of Wednesday afternoon’s theft caused an uproar after it showed the man

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post by Nina Golgowski on September 8th, 2016. A 70-year-old Kansas man who’s accused of robbing a bank reportedly told arresting authorities that he’d rather be in jail than living with his wife. Lawrence John Ripple made that shocking remark following a robbery Friday at a Kansas City bank, The Kansas City Star reported. Ripple

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post by Nina Golgowski on September 6th, 2016. The number of clowns prowling around neighborhoods and calling out to children appears to be on the rise, with the latest reported sightings coming out of North Carolina. Around 10 a.m. Tuesday, a resident reported seeing a masked figure emerging from woods near an apartment complex in Greensboro, North

This article originally appeard on the New York Times by Josh Keller and Adam Pearce on September 2nd, 2016. Donnie Gaddis picked the wrong county to sell 15 oxycodone pills to an undercover officer. If Mr. Gaddis had been caught 20 miles to the east, in Cincinnati, he would have received a maximum of six months in

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post by Nina Golgowski on September 1st, 2016. On the outside, Mélina Roberge, 22, and Isabelle Lagacé, 28, appeared to be living lives most people only dream of, while snapping selfies in Morocco and on the beaches of Bermuda and getting tattoos in French Polynesia. But Australian authorities say the Canadian women were secretly

This article originally appeared on Huffington Post by Ed Mazza on September 2nd, 2016. Former Subway pitchman and convicted pedophile Jared Fogle is casting blame on the parents of one of his victims in a new court filing. “The Subway Guy” is serving a 15-and-a-half-year prison term after pleading guilty to charges of child pornography and traveling out of state to pay for