A one-armed Maine man accused of startling neighbors by going for a stroll wearing a clown mask and brandishing a machete says it was supposed to be a prank. Thirty-one-year-old Hollis resident Corey Berry pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal threatening and weapons charges. Sponsored: When you do what these… Read More

A 6-year-old boy pulled his drowning toddler twin cousins from a backyard pool in Louisiana. The twins’ father, Steven Kelley of Calhoun, says 6-year-old Branson Lee pulled his own little brother from the pool’s top step, then saw his 21-month-old cousins floating face-down, hauled them out and yelled for help…. Read More

A student’s backpack that smelled like marijuana led police in Florida to his house, where they found a small grow house run by his parents. Now, 41-year-old Rolando Naranjo and 33-year-old Betsy Espinoza are in jail, charged with multiple drug and child neglect charges. The Miami Herald reports a Palm… Read More

Dozens of police officers escorted a Texas boy to his first day of kindergarten in place of his officer father, who was fatally struck while investigating a traffic accident in 2011. Several officers were on horseback Tuesday to help 5-year-old Kevin Will Jr. head to Wildwood Elementary School in Tomball,… Read More

A Connecticut nanny accused of burning a 3-year-old’s hand and leg on a hot stove, lifting her up by her hair and trapping her inside a toy chest has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The News-Times reports a defense attorney called Lidia Quilligana’s actions “unfathomable” at Tuesday’s sentencing,… Read More