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Photo: Belleville Police Department A former Illinois priest speaking in court Tuesday blamed a “perfect storm” of events, including the 2014 death of his dad, for keeping him on a path that led to a nine-year prison sentence for possessing child porn and possessing meth. TheDiocese of Bellevillesaid upon the 2018 arrest of Rev. Gerald R. Hechenberger, formerly a pastor of Holy Childhood Catholic Church in Mascoutah, that it had “no reason to believe” any of its parishioner families were involved....

A former corrections officer will spend the rest of his life in prison after killing his ex-wife with an axe. Mark Owens, 57, received a mandatory life sentence after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, PEOPLE confirms. He confessed to killing his 48-year-old wife, Kim Penney, as she headed to work on the morning of Sept. 27, 2017. Penney’s mother, Peggy Browning, addressed the court on Monday. Browning said that Owens was a coward and she hoped he would burn in hell....

Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiverHenry Ruggs IIIhas pleaded guilty to killing a woman and her dog in a 2021 high-speed fiery crash. Ruggs was driving 156 mph on a city street with twice the legal alcohol limit in his system when he slammed into 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her pet dog Max, who were in a Rav 4,according to the Associated Press. Ruggs' girlfriend Je’nai Kilgo-Washington, who he shares a daughter with, was also in his vehicle at the time of the crash, but did not cooperate as a victim, the outlet reported....

Henry Ruggs.Photo: Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiverHenry Ruggs IIIis expected to face three additional charges related to the fatal crash thatkilled a woman and her dog Tuesday morning. Las Vegas police said earlier this week that Ruggs, 22, was already facing a charge of DUI resulting in death. Now, prosecutors intend to also pursue felony charges of DUI resulting in substantial bodily harm and reckless driving resulting in substantial bodily harm, as well as a misdemeanor charge of possession of a firearm while under the influence, theLas Vegas Review-Journalreported Friday....

Henry Ruggs.Photo: Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III was allegedly involved in a fatal Tuesday morning car crash, and a prosecutor said Wednesday he was going 156 mph at the time of the accident and had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit two hours afterard. Ruggs, 22, faces a charge of DUI resulting in death, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department said in a statement....

Josh Klinghoffer.Photo: Kevin Winter/GettyThere may be no bad blood between formerRed Hot Chili Peppersguitarist Josh Klinghoffer and his ex-bandmates, but he’s still convinced the music he made with them is “cooler” than the music they’re releasing now.Klinghoffer, 43,left the group in 2019to make way for the return of John Frusciante, whose job Klinghoffer snagged upon Frusciante’s 2009 departure.Since parting ways, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released the albumsUnlimited LoveandReturn of the Dream Canteenlast year — and though Klinghoffer said he “had to listen” to the new records, he wasn’t exactly impressed....

San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.Photo:Paul Sakum/AP Photo Paul Sakum/AP Photo Scott Shaw, the former San Jose State University sports medicine director who for years denied he had sexually abused women athletes during physical therapy sessions, has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of violating their civil rights. Shaw had faced six misdemeanor counts of abusing his authority in a federal trial that ended in a mistrial earlier this month....

Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Sumner admitted nothing at the time and was released without being charged after the teen reported on August 30, 2017, that he’d had sex with the teacher eight times since 2015 in locations that included his home, her home, and a Fox School District building, according to theSt. Louis Post-Dispatch. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?Click hereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter....

Sunny day! “I remember one time that a column fromThe San Francisco Chronicle, a preschooler in the city turned to mom and asked ‘Are Bert and Ernie lovers?’ That coming from a preschooler was fun, and that got passed around, and everyone had their chuckle and went back to it,” Saltzman told the outlet. Beth A. Keiser/AP/REX/Shutterstock He compared his own relationship with acclaimed editor Arnold Glassman to the characters. “I always felt that without a huge agenda, when I was writing Bert and Ernie, they were....

Photo: Facebook; Allen County Sheriff’s Department A 40-year-old former Army medic who convinced his lover to stab his wife to death will serve 35 years in prison for his role in the 2014 killing. Local news outlets report that Michael Walker was sentenced Monday — nearly five months after pleading guilty to the second-degree murder of his wife, Catherine Walker, 38. According tothe Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Walker and Jackson were having an affair in 2014....

Photo: Alex Wong/Getty; Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty That family member? Sources toldABC NewsandThe Washington Postit wasIvanka Trump. Not so, Steele said to government officials,according to a Monday reportfrom the Department of Justice’s inspector general. The inspector general had been probing the decision-making behind the FBI’s investigation of Trump and Russia. Trump allies, including Attorney General Bill Barr, have blasted the FBI for its work in the matter and continued to do so this week....

The inspiration behindJennifer Lopez’s character Ramona inHustlersis suing the film’s producers for $40 million. A rep for Lopez declined to comment. Barbash claims the film’s producers attempted to “obtain a consent and waiver from Ms. Barbash for the production of the film and their ultimate portrayal” of her. Barbara Nitke/STXfilms Barbash is seeking $20 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages. The movie isbased on a true storydetailed in a 2015New York Magazinearticle titled “The Hustlers at Scores,” about New York City strippers who drugged their wealthy clients in order to use their credit cards to run up large bills at the strip club....

A former Alabama teacher who was arrested on accusations he engaged in a sex act with a student has now married the alleged victim. Thomas Blake Tucker was charged in mid-September with one count of school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19, according to aFacebook postfrom Limestone County Sheriff’s Office. Tucker, 25, was a teacher and coach at East Limestone High School in Athens, Alabama....