Crime of the Week

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal jury is set to hear closing arguments in the retrial of a former New Orleans police officer charged with fatally shooting a man without justification outside a strip mall after Hurricane Katrina.

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City man who raped a 3-year-old girl and took photos of the abuse has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Jury selection gets underway Monday in the murder trial of a newlywed bride accused of pushing her husband to his death in Glacier National Park just days after their wedding.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico State Police officer who fired at a minivan full of children during a chaotic traffic stop has been suspended.

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A judge has ordered $250,000 bond for two 20-year-old Dell Rapids men accused of helping to plan a robbery that left a Sioux Falls man dead.

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning South Dakota consumers of the scams surrounding the use of Green Dot MoneyPak cards.

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SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A 14-year-old Massachusetts boy has pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges in the killing of his high school math teacher.

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Recordings of 911 calls from the Newtown school shooting are being released.

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has overturned a ruling by a circuit court judge that a Pierre teenager accused of murder should be tried as an adult.

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YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a state prison inmate who failed to show up for his work release job in Yankton.

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