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Police are investigating a homicide in Walnut Hills. The deadly shooting happened in the 1000 block of Chapel Street near Monfort Avenue, at around 4:15 Saturday afternoon. The victim's name has not released. Tune into Local 12 News at 6:00 tonight for an update on this fatal shooting. Read More @ Source Criminal Stories Here

28 January 2012 Last updated at 06:02 ET The victim, who has not been named by officers, is believed to have lived on his own Police are continuing to question a teenager on suspicion of murder after the death of a man in an early morning fire in a village near Cardiff. The 18-year-old was arrested after the blaze, which happened at a bungalow at Cefn Bychan, in Pentyrch, shortly after 02:30 GMT on Friday. An incident room has been set up at Cardiff Central Police Station. The victim, who has not been named by officers, is believed to have lived on his own. It is thought he only moved into the area just over a year ago. Neighbour Anne Morgan said: "He was a very quiet man - he just kept himself to himself. "We used to have a chat when we bumped into each other. "It's a small community, it's a friendly community. It's just a shock." Car revving A spokeswoman for South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the cause of the blaze was still und...

MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - A French judge has charged the founder of the breast implant company at the heart of a global health scare with causing "involuntary injuries", prosecutors said on Friday. More than 400,000 women around the world are believed to have received implants made by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), which shut down in 2010 after it was revealed to have been using substandard, industrial-grade silicone gel. Its founder Jean-Claude Mas, 72, was detained Thursday near the southern city of Marseille on the orders of a judge who has launched a criminal investigation over the case. The Marseille prosecutor's office said he was later charged with causing "involuntary injuries" during a late-night hearing and released on bail pending further investigation. Mas was grilled by investigators and answered hundreds of questions, outlining the responsibilities of all company officials and his links with suppliers, his lawyer Yves Haddad said. Haddad said ...

A 34-year-old Houston police homicide investigator was relieved of duty after authorities began looking into allegations of bigamy against the officer, officials said Friday. Homicide investigator David Keith Gunter Jr., who joined HPD in 2001, was relieved of duty Wednesday due to an investigation of criminal allegations, said HPD spokesman Victor Senties. He would not reveal any further details of the investigation. Sally Ring, a staff attorney with the Houston Police Officer's Union representing Gunter, said the department's internal affairs division is investigating allegations of bigamy against the investigator. "Due to the fact that there is a pending criminal and pending administrative investigation, he's not going to issue a comment at this time," she said. "We want the investigation to run its course with integrity." Ring said she was not aware of Gunter's current marital status or the specifics of the allegations against him. Court d...

Published: Jan. 28, 2012 at 1:07 AM DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man was charged Friday with killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend after a spouse-swapping agreement went sour, prosecutors said. Lloyd Hill, 41, of Haycock was arrested when police pulled his car over a few hours after the bodies of Frederick Tarantino and Stephanie Hill were discovered at their apartment in Nockamixon, is a rural town on the Delaware Riverl The Morning Call of Allentown reported. He faces two counts of murder. Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler said Hill waited for Tarantino, 43, outside the apartment and then beat him to death with a baseball bat shortly after 5 a.m. Friday He then allegedly stabbed Stephanie, 36, inside the apartment. Heckler said the two couples met at church and switched spouses about three years ago. Tara Tarantino was living with Hill. Terry Pursell Jr., who lives in the complex where the killings took place, said he found Tarantino'...

January 27, 2012 | BY PHILLIP LUCAS, lucasp@phillynews.com Jorge Aldea (Photo: Philadelphia Police Department) Law enforcement officials in New York City Friday arrested the man wanted for a November manslaughter in North Philadelphia, four days after a store clerk who reportedly spoke to police about that slaying was killed. FBI agents and NYPD detectives arrested Jorge Aldea, 23, who was wanted for the Nov. 25 manslaughter of Luis Chevere, 22, in North Philadelphia, police said. Chevere was shot in the head on Westmoreland Street near Hancock, a block away from the Caribe Mini Market on Mutter Street near Westmoreland, where Rosemary Fernandez Rivera, 33, was executed Monday night. Rivera, who reportedly spoke to police about Chevere's manslaughter, was shot four times at point blank range while working at the store.The shooter walked into the store and opened fire on her without turning his attention to two other employees, or taking any cash or merchandise. Law-e...

A former criminal homicide suspect who became a key witness in a cold-case murder trial has been set free. Howard Edward Irwin Jr., 41, of Charleroi was sentenced on Thursday by Washington County Judge Janet Moschetta Bell to a minimum sentence of one year less one day for hindering apprehension or prosecution. The sentence was part of a deal that required Irwin to enter a guilty plea and testify against two men convicted on Tuesday of first-degree murder in the shooting death of John Newman of California. Prosecutors dropped criminal homicide and conspiracy charges against Irwin. Michael "Cleveland Mike" Duncan, 34, of Amherst, Ohio, and John Ira Bronson Jr., 54, a Monessen native, face life in prison without the possibility of parole for the Feb. 3, 2003, execution-style slaying. Newman's wife, Brenda, and daughter, Lindsey, found his body in a car outside their borough home. He died from a single 9 mm gunshot to the head. Bell ordered that Irwin, who had been i...