CASEY ANTHONY ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE IN FLA.

THE PARTY'S over for Party Mom Casey Anthony. Her first-degree murder trial began today in Clearwater, Florida and if convicted she could be executed. She is accused of murdering her toddler daughter Caylee, 2, in 2008--and then lying to cops.
Caylee vanished June 16, 2008 and six months later her remains were found in woods not far from her grandparent's house.Anthony has pleaded not guilty and denies ever harming her child. However, a mountain of evidence piled against her seems insurmountable

MOB CHIEF JOE LIGAMBI HIT WITH BIG INDICTMENT

THE PHILADELPHIA mob has again been thrown into turmoil with the arrest of Mafia kingpin Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi, 71. More of the Angelo Bruno style than Crazy Nicky Scarfo, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Ligambi was reluctant to use violence because it interferrred with his money making schemes. The arrest Monday could signal the end of his run and further imperil the Philadelphia mob. The gentleman gangster and others were hammered with a 50-count indictment that focuses on racketeering, loan-sharking and gambling. But curiously missing is any semblance of violence, of course there are

DEAD BOY WOULD TELL JULI McCRERY "IT'S OK, MOMMY'

IN AN astonishing leap, accused child killer Juli McCrery's ex-boyfriend claims the woman's dead son would have forgiven her. McCrery, 42, from Irving, Texas, was arrested last week and charged with murdering her 6-year-old boy, Camden Hughes and then dumping his lifeless body on a remote road in Maine. Now, friends and family are trying to make sense of the terrible tragedy.
Ex beau Robert Miller said: “He would tell her, ‘It’s OK, Mommy.' He loved her just as much as she loved him. I was the only dad Camden ever knew."
McCrery is being held without bail in New Hampshire and others who

ELIZABETH SMART WILL SPEAK AT SENTENCING

SPEAKING UP

KIDNAP victim Elizabeth Smart is planning to speak during the sentencing hearing for her kidnapper Brian David Mitchell.
As a 14-year-old Smart was taken from her home at knifepoint raped her and held her captive for nine months by Mitchell and his wife Wanda Ileen Barzee.
He was found guilty of federal kidnapping and unlawful transportation charges in December and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Throughout most of the case, Smart maintained a dignified silence but now she says her goal is to not only speak for her case, but also for other victims.
"I hope it gives others hope that they can speak out and not be scared to face their captor," Smart told KUTV.

POTTY BABYSITTER LACED BUTTER WITH WEED

THE label read "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" and it sure wasn't.
Now the babysitter is toast after cops picked her up for spreading marijuana-laced margarine on the toast she fed to a 12-year-old girl.
Stevie C. Hickey allegedly told the girl she put "parsley butter" on two pieces of toast, according to Dewey Drive, PA police.

She was looking after a few kids at the time.

EX-KISS GUITARIST VINNIE VINCENT "SMACKED" WIFE

VIOLENT

ROCK and Roll All Nite was definitely not on the agenda in the jail cell when former Kiss guitarist Vinnie Vincent was busted for aggravated assault on his wife.
Diane Cusano, 44, accused him of hitting her in the face, throwing her to the ground and dragging her through broken glass.
Covered in blood, after she arrived at the sheriff's office in Murfreesboro,TN, officers immediately rushed her to a medical centre.
She told officers that she and Vincent, whose real name is Vinnie Cusano, began arguing over a woman he was talking to on Saturday evening.

LAQUASIA WRIGHT TOSSED BABY DOWN TRASH CHUTE

EVIL

AN evil mom tossed her newborn baby boy down a garbage shoot, like it was a piece of trash, but her disgusting ploy to dispose of the child was foiled by the garbage itself, cops say. If Laquasia Wright had picked any other day she may have succeeded with her disgusting plan but a large amount of trash had collected in the compactor room over the weekend, which cushioned the landing. A maintenance worker heard a baby boy's cries coming from the trash compactor and the child was taken to Brooklyn Hospital where he remains in stable condition. Jerry Schmetterer, spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said the baby did not appear to have been injured in the fall.
Wright, 18, was quickly picked up on charges of attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Police said it appeared Wright had given birth shortly before tossing the baby.

TWISTED TEEN RAPED LITTLE BOY WITH A LIGHTSABER

PERVERT

A TWISTED teen raped a nine-year-old boy with a toy light saber and then forced another child to rape the victim, cops say.
Perverted Javier Enrique Perez was supposedly being watched at a home with several other children ranging in age from 8 to 19 years old.
But with no adults in site he sexually assaulted the boy in the kitchen by pushing him over the kitchen table and holding him down.
Then raped the boy with a toy light saber as the victim screamed in pain and attempted to struggle.Worse still, he then forced an eight-year-old boy to take part in the vicious attack.
When the boy's mother came to pick him up, he told her what happened.
Perez, now 19, from Riverside CA will be sentenced in July after being found guilty by a jury of one felony count of sexual penetration by foreign object by force, one felony count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, and two felony counts of forcible lewd acts on a child.
He faces up to 30 years to life in state prison when he's sentenced.

THUG BUSTED IN BRYAN STOW DODGER STAD. ATTACK

COPS in Los Angeles have arrested the thug they suspect was the main attacker in a vicious assault on a San Francisco Giant fan at Dodger Stadium March 13.
According to Fox News, detectives investigating the horrific assault on Bryan Stow received a tip from a parole officer who fingered Giovanni Ramirez, 31, as thug-in-chief. The L.A. man was booked for assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on $1 million bail, cops said.

Police Chief Charlie Beck said of being told that Ramirez was in custody: "He said the words I've been waiting for, for seven weeks.

MISSING MODEL IRMA SABANOVIC FOUND DROWNED

TRAGIC

A MISSING model who sparked a huge police search has been found drowned in the Chicago River, cops say. Gorgeous Irma Sabanovic, 25, who modelled under the name Ira Blackbird was found in her Ford Focus and although authorities have ruled out foul play in her death, they have yet to say whether it was suicide or an accidentCops have been searching for the troubled beauty for almost two weeks after she disappeared on her way to a night club on Goose Island. The model, who was originally from Bosnia had sent a friend a text message at 2am saying that she was lost. He car was found just two blocks from the club. Mike White, a Chicago-based photographer, first met Miss Sabanovic two years ago when she approached him about expanding her portfolio. He told the

ELIZABETH SMART 'NOT DAMAGED' LAWYERS CLAIM

"SURVIVOR"

KIDNAP victim Elizabeth Smart is a "survivor" who wasn't "significantly psychologically damaged" by her abduction defense lawyers have astonishingly claimed.
Brian David Mitchell's attorney's made the amazing claim in a four-page court filing, in an effort to persuade a judge to give him a lighter sentence.
At age 14, Elizabeth Smart was snatched from her bedroom at knife point in 2002. She was held captive by Mitchell, a homeless street preacher, and his wife Wanda Barzee for nine months.
Mitchell forced her to "marry" him in a polygamous union.
But despite the horrific nature of the crime his lawyers claim she

'YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVED': JUDGE TO KILLER, 14

BABY FACED ASSASSIN

AN evil child killer who tossed a boy from a five-storey parking ramp when he was just 14-years old has had his sentence upheld by a judge who told him: "You got what you deserve."
Omer Ninham, now 27, was part of a four-strong group that accosted 13-year-old Zong Van as he rode back to his Green Bay, WI home with a bag of tomatoes for his family. After punching him, they chased him to the top floor of a parking ramp where they cornered him.
Along with another boy, babyfaced assassin Ninham grabbed Van by his wrists and ankles and tossed him off.
A bystander on the ground said he heard a sound: "like a wet bag of cement hitting the pavement." Now 27, Ninham had appealed his sentence for first-degree intentional homicie, calling it "cruel and unusual."

DOG GONE MIRACLE. PET RETURNED AFTER FIVE YEARS

COOKIE

HER disappearance left her owners barking mad, but for five-years they had no leads as to where beloved family pet Cookie had gone.
But over half-a decade after the chihuahua disappeared she was returned to her owners, who had long given her up for dead.
Owner Alejandro Pantoja had almost given up Cookie for dead after she vanished from his San Diego, CA home.    
"We were surprised," he told the Union Tribune. "We had nearly given up hope on ever finding her."
He added that she seems to remember him, his wife and his three daughters.
Cookie was returned after a woman called animal services to say she found the tiny dog on her doorstep along with a black terrier.
Monica Madrigal told the paper: "I really didn't want to give the dog back because she was so cute, and I really like animals too, but I knew what the owner must have been going through."

ANTHONY GARCIA'S DUMB TATTOO GETS HIM 65 YEARS

STUPID TONY

 THEY call him "Stupid Tony." A California gang member was hammered with a 65-year prison sentence for killing a rival in 2004. But Anthony Garcia, 25, went one step further with the heinous crime: he had the whole event of murdering John Juarez, 23, in downtown Los Angeles tattooed on his chest. Then, after years a cops spotted the Stupid Tony's stupid tattoo. Game, set and match for the cops. 

COPS SEEK CLOSURE IN 1972 COLD CASE MURDER

RONALD Thaisen always had an adventurous spirit.  The 25-year-old marine had decided to embark on more great adventure before he retired from the military in the next couple of months.  In the summer of 1972 he planned an epic cross-country drive – taking in all the sights as he went from the West coast of the United States to the East.  However, Thaisen never made it to the other side.
Instead, Albuquerque detectives discovered Thaisen’s battered body in the back of his old Dodge van.  Thaisen had a reputation as being a trusting, friendly guy.  According to his wife Karen Larson, he’d regularly pick up hitchhikers, and this trip was no different.  He picked up three hitchhikers just short of the Arizona-New Mexico border.  Soon after Thaisen called his brother and told