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Cops Look at Hate Crime in NY Punching Death

Jeffrey Babbitt dies after random attack

(Newser) - The death of a man who suffered a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage in Manhattan after being punched has been ruled a homicide, NY1 reports. Jeffrey Babbitt (some outlets use the spelling "Jeffery Babbit"), 62, was walking in Union Square around 3pm last Wednesday when Lashawn Marten allegedly...

6 British Soldiers Arrested for Beating NYPD Cop

Soldiers, all rugby players, say he called one of them a racial slur

(Newser) - Six British soldiers have been arrested in New York, for allegedly beating and robbing an off-duty NYPD cop in a bar. According to court reports, three of four of the men, who are all rugby players with the Royal Regiment of Scotland, started beating on the rookie cop when he...

Joe Francis Sentenced to Jail, Says He's Not Going

'Girls Gone Wild' honcho calls his sentence 'absurd'

(Newser) - Your fondest dream has come true: Joe Francis, creator of that oh-so-classiest of franchises, Girls Gone Wild, has been sentenced to jail. Francis got a 270-day sentence yesterday for his conviction in a pretty crazy assault , but he assures TMZ he's not going anywhere. The sentence is "ridiculous"...

Rio Gang Who Raped American Now Locked Up

2 men sentenced to 49 years, another to 21 in rape of tourist

(Newser) - The American student who was brutally gang-raped on a Rio minibus in March while her boyfriend was forced to watch may now find some peace in the knowledge her attackers are behind bars. A judge, who noted the men had been targeting tourists in Rio for months, sentenced driver Jonathan...

Dispute Over Golf Score Goes Horribly Wrong

Results in stabbing via golf club ... and a golf-cart chase

(Newser) - Today's lesson in anger management, from a Detroit golf course: When one member of a foursome announced his score after a particular hole, one of his golfing buddies thought he was lying. The 56-year-old broke his 5-iron over the alleged fibber's arm, then used the broken shaft to...

Girls Gone Wild Founder Convicted in Crazy Assault

Joe Francis also found guilty of false imprisonment

(Newser) - If you live for the days when you can relish the misfortune of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, then this is for you: He was found guilty yesterday of misdemeanor counts of assault and false imprisonment stemming from a dispute with three women after a night out at a...

Little League Coach Charged With Assaulting Teen Ump

Witnesses say 43-year-old hit 17-year-old over a call

(Newser) - Next up in the sportsmanship fail category: A Little League coach in New Jersey has been charged with assault after police say he smacked a teenage ump in the head, reports the Asbury Park Press . The 43-year-old got an extra-special assault charge because the alleged incident happened in front of...

Jenna Jameson Put Under Citizen's Arrest

She allegedly assaulted someone at a birthday party

(Newser) - Retired porn superstar Jenna Jameson was arrested for battery during a birthday celebration Saturday night, sources tell TMZ . The person allegedly assaulted by the 38-year-old made a citizen's arrest and flagged down a police car, sources say. She was taken to a police station in Newport Beach, California, and...

Man Crashes Car Into Walmart, Attacks Customers

Police probing bizarre San Jose rampage

(Newser) - At least four people were injured when a man went on a bizarre rampage in a California Walmart yesterday. Witnesses said the man sped around the San Jose parking lot, sideswiping at least one other vehicle, before crashing his car into the store's front entrance, traveling about 20 feet...

Game of Thrones Actor Gets Ear Bitten Off

Clive Mantle told men in hotel to keep quiet

(Newser) - So much for being civil: A British actor had his ear partly bitten off yesterday after asking people in a hotel to quiet down, the BBC reports. Clive Mantle, 55—who acted in the first season of Game of Thrones—was pinned down to the ground in a Travelodge and...

Jail for Coach Who Tripped Peewee Hockey Player

Player fractured wrists; judge says trip like 'sucker punch'

(Newser) - Tripping another player in a hockey game will get you a two-minute penalty. But tripping after the game earned Martin Tremblay 15 days in jail. The thing is, Tremblay is a 48-year-old coach, and the opposing player he tripped was a 13-year-old who fractured his wrists in the fall. The...

Hero Firefighters Stop Guy Attacking Wife With Cleaver

NYC firefighters drag man off wife in Chinatown

(Newser) - Two New York firefighters were going about their work yesterday morning when they heard screams—and looked over to see a man dragging his wife down the street. "Once I got closer, the man starts hacking at the woman" with a cleaver, FDNY veteran José Ortiz recalls. "He...

Angry Gal Bites Off Boyfriend's Tongue

DA says he was attempting a 'make-up kiss'

(Newser) - Who knew make-up kissing could be so dangerous? An Illinois man who tried to appease his angry girlfriend with a kiss got half his tongue bitten off in return, Gawker reports. Prosecutors say Elaine Cook, 51, had an argument with her 47-year-old boyfriend after they came home from a Valentine'...

Guy Slaps Crying Baby on Plane, Loses Job

Joe Hundley charged with simple assault

(Newser) - One way to lose your aerospace job: Slap a baby on a plane. That's what 60-year-old Joe Rickey Hundley allegedly did on a Feb. 8 flight to Atlanta, and last night AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, confirmed Hundley is no longer employed there, the AP reports. The little...

Falcons Fan Stabbed in Ruckus Outside Stadium

Man in stable condition, allegedly argued with 3 49ers fans

(Newser) - An Atlanta Falcons fan has been hospitalized after being stabbed after last night's home loss to the San Francisco 49ers. The attack followed an argument with a man and two women rooting for the 49ers, witnesses tell Fox 5 . One of the three cut the throat of the victim,...

Subway Killing Suspect Assaulted Officer in Hospital

Erika Menendez reportedly grew upset after seeing herself on news

(Newser) - Erika Menendez, the woman accused of pushing Sunando Sen to his death in the New York City subway, attacked a corrections officer Monday evening while in a hospital emergency room, reports the New York Times . Menendez had been brought to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, and the assault was...

LiLo: Brawl &#39;Was a Setup&#39;
 LiLo: Brawl 
 'Was a Setup' 
Dec 1, 2012 2:00 PM CST

LiLo: Brawl 'Was a Setup'

Lindsay Lohan has meltdown after her arrest

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan took refuge in an Upper East Side hotel after her arrest for assault the other night and went into meltdown mode, insisting the whole thing "was a setup,' sources tell the New York Post . Lohan was weeping "and kept asking, 'Why does this happen...

Philly Officer Charged for Punching Woman

Jonathan Josey accused of misdemeanor assault

(Newser) - The Philadelphia police lieutenant who got fired for punching a woman at a festival was charged today with simple assault, a misdemeanor. District attorney Seth Williams says he made the decision to charge Jonathan Josey after carefully reviewing video of the altercation. Williams says police were responding to a chaotic...

US Serviceman Breaks Into Home, Punches Teen: Japan

Pentagon has another Okinawa controversy

(Newser) - In yet another incident unlikely to endear the people of Okinawa to the US presence there, a drunken US serviceman broke into an apartment building on the island and punched a 13-year-old boy in the face in the wee hours this morning, Japanese authorities alleged today. Police say the man...

Flavor Flav Busted for Assault

Rapper allegedly attacked someone in his home

(Newser) - Rapper and reality star Flavor Flav was arrested this morning for alleged assault with a deadly weapon in his Las Vegas home. The former Public Enemy member—real name William Drayton Jr.—reportedly started arguing with his fiancée and a teenager in his house, and ended up allegedly...

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