A California city has agreed to pay $900,000 to a man who was subjected to a 17-hour police interrogation in which officers pressured him to falsely confess to murdering his father, who was alive.
A convicted felon who fled from California Highway Patrol officers while driving under the influence of drugs and crashed as he tried to exit Interstate 15, killing a passenger and severely injuring another, was bound for state prison Tuesday to serve a 28-year sentence.
Almost one month to the day after George Alexander Hill was released from jail after pleading guilty to setting two destructive fires in Riverside, he was back behind bars facing more arson charges.
California man has been arrested after he allegedly threatened to commit mass shootings and other violent acts at places across the U.S., including Sandy Hook, officials say.