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Robert Lynn Pruett and Bobby Lee Hines, two Texas death row convicts, lost their appeals on Tuesday in the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Pruett was serving a 99 year sentence in prison for assisting his father and brother with a murder of his neighbor when he was 16 years old. He was later [...]

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U.S. Marine Corps recruiter, Timothy Lamont Craig, 26, is charged with sexual assault of a child for an alleged relationship with a 16 year old girl. The teen’s foster mother tipped off police after finding out from the girl that she and Craig had sex in the backseat of a car during a football game. [...]

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Former University of Texas football player Cedric Benson is currently serving a 20-day jail sentence in Austin as a result of two separate misdemeanor assault charges. In 2010, the 28-year-old running back was arrested when he punched an employee who was working at an Austin bar. Last month, he was again arrested in downtown Austin [...]

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A father and his two sons were arrested on assault charges Tuesday night. According to officials with the Ocklawaha Police Department, 54 year-old Wilson M. Downs, 25 year-old Nicholas Samuel Downs, and 26 year-old Ryan James Downs were arrested shortly after 10:00 p.m. Tuesday. Police say Nicholas Downs told officers he had stayed at a [...]

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Cincinnati Bengals running back Cedric Benson was arrested on assault charges in Austin Saturday. According to officials with the Austin Police Department, Benson was arrested in downtown Austin on a misdemeanor assault with injury charge. The arrest came after an altercation with Clavens Charles, his former male roommate. The football player was released from jail [...]

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