Grammy-winning rapper Coolio was charged Tuesday with possession of cocaine and a smoking device, and battery against an airport screener who allegedly found the illegal drugs in his luggage, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office. Coolio — whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr. — was arrested Friday while attempting to board a flight at Los Angeles International Airport, the office said in a written statement.
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Missing couple enjoyed life aboard their yacht
John and Elizabeth Calvert enjoyed the good life on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, friends said, but they were growing more and more suspicious of the way their business books were being handled. Things weren’t adding up. Money appeared to be missing.
Fusion Centers: Giving Cops Too Much Information?
At the time, it seemed one of the unanimous lessons of the tragedy of Sept. 11 — law enforcement agencies at all levels of government have to do a better job of sharing information with each other in order to prevent terror plots.
Police: $9.9 million embezzlement led to layoffs at firm
A former official of a cabinet company that has laid off employees has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling $9.9 million from the company over seven years. Annette Yeomans, who was chief financial officer for California-based Quality Woodworks, was arrested Wednesday after a yearlong investigation, according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
1 dead in Illinois church shooting, hospital says
The pastor of a Maryville, Illinois, church was shot to death during a service Sunday in front of horrified parishioners who then tackled the gunman, state police said.
Bernie Madoff’s Victims: Why Some Have No Recourse
I know what to do with that $173 million in uncashed checks investigators found in Bernie Madoff’s desk drawer last week: send them to his feeder-fund customers. These people also could use the bling Bernie’s been secretly sending to friends. While the Securities Investor Protection Corp
‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper arrested on drug charges
Grammy-winning rapper Coolio was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to a spokeswoman for the airport. Coolio, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was taken to the Van Nuys Division station for booking, the spokeswoman said. A source at the airport’s public relations division confirmed the arrest but declined to be named
Robbers caught on camera by CNN crew
A motorcycle gang carried out a bold smash-and-grab raid on a jewelry store in the center of London — right in front of a CNN camera. CNN reporter Sasha Herriman and cameraman Peter Kavanagh were filming in Oxford Street, London’s busiest retail area, when the raiders took a sledgehammer to the store’s windows in broad daylight. Kavanagh kept the camera rolling as the thieves helped themselves to handfuls of luxury watches before roaring off on their motorcycles, leaving a crowd of stunned shoppers in their wake
Lawsuit accuses craigslist of promoting prostitution
An Illinois sheriff filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the owners of craigslist, accusing the popular national classified-ad Web site of knowingly promoting prostitution. Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart wants craigslist to eliminate its Erotic Services section.
Defendant shot dead after attacking trial judge
The defendant in a murder trial in Stockton, California, was shot dead Wednesday after attacking the judge during a courtroom recess, authorities said. David Paradiso, suspected in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, was on the stand when the judge dismissed the jury for a recess after the defendant’s mother became upset and walked out of the courtroom, according to witnesses and court officials.