Crime News

A Massachusetts father is arrested after police say he locked his kids in the trunk of his car while he stopped into a sailing shop. Michael Monahan, 35, told investigators that his kids like playing in the trunk.

A week after a stray bullet hit a New York City teen in the head, the girl awakens to say her first word: "Mom." The chief of neurosurgery at Lincoln Hospital calls Vada Vasquez's survival a "miracle" and says she has the potential to fully recover.

Police say a North Carolina man drove his car into a hot dog stand after the vendor refused to sell him a hot dog and a drink for a dollar. David Kelbaugh, 23, allegedly got into his car and rammed the stand twice, then fled. He was subsequently arrested and released on $6,000 bond.

After giving a bank teller a note demanding money, a robber breaks down in tears and confides that he has medical problems. Police are searching for the suspect, who also told the teller that he used to work at that the bank.

Michael Brewer, the 15-year-old Florida boy who was set on fire by a group of teens, is concentrating on his recovery instead of dwelling on the attack, his mom says. Valerie Brewer says her son is still in intense pain, but he endures it. "He's my hero," she says.