LITTLE ROCK — Joseph Kelley, 22, who was shown in two photos that have gone Web-viral standing inside a Utah J.C. Penney on Wednesday with a big gun slung over his shoulder, told The Salt Lake Tribune he wanted to demonstrate that the weapons aren’t dangerous when handled by law-abiding citizens, adding that he alerted police in advance that he would be carrying an unloaded AR-15, as well as a loaded Glock 19c.
Tina Marie Alberson, 44, was found guilty in Dallas of second-degree felony injury to a child in the July 2011 death of her stepson, Jonathan James, 10, who was denied water for days during record-high temperatures.
Raphael Queiroz Campos, a Brazilian judge, ordered bookstores in Sao Paulo to ensure that the erotic trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey is out of the reach of minors, either by removing the books from shelves or sealing them so minors can’t see the content.
Vincent Bright, 48, who is accused of stealing his father’s body from a Detroit cemetery before it could be buried and then storing it in his basement freezer with hopes of bringing his father back to life, has been charged with disinterment of a body.
Neth Pheaktra, spokesman for the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal, said that about 300 Cambodian staff members have been working since December without pay, adding that $9.3 million is needed for salaries and daily operating costs in 2013 for the Cambodian component of the operation.
Curry Todd, 65, a Tennessee state representative, has pleaded guilty in Nashville to drunken driving and gun charges and was sentenced to 48 hours in jail and the loss of his firearm for a year.
William Clark, 37, of Philadelphia faces charges of aggravated assault, theft and related counts over allegations he attacked a woman at a subway station, grabbed her by the feet and threw her onto the tracks, police said, adding that the woman managed to get off the tracks on her own and suffered only minor injuries.
Rebecca Peddie, a Disney spokesman, said the crew of the Disney Dream cruise ship rescued two U.S. citizens from a distressed vessel in the Bahamas this week.
Monsignor Eamon Martin, 51, has been appointed as Cardinal Sean Brady’s “coadjutor archbishop” in Armagh, Ireland, designating him as Brady’s day-to-day aide and likely the country’s next Catholic leader when Brady retires.
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