WA sheriff's deputy shot in hand

A Pierce County sheriff's deputy was shot in the hand as he responded to a domestic violence call involving a Spanaway, Wash., woman who said she'd been tied up overnight.

Sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer says his office got a 911 call Monday afternoon from a neighbor after a 71-year-old woman freed herself, climbed over a fence and asked for help. The spokesman described the woman as the girlfriend of a man at the house.

When two deputies arrived, they were greeted by a man armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, who fired at them. Troyer says the injured deputy was treated by paramedics...

Get tougher on sex offenders

Early last month, beautiful 25-year-old Laura Garza went missing. Her family holds out hope she is still alive.

An aspiring dancer from Texas, Garza moved to New York City to pursue her career. On December 2nd, she went to the posh Manhattan nightclub Marquee to blow off some steam with her friend.

Security video shows Garza leaving the club with convicted sex offender Michael Mele, according to the New York Police Department. NYPD officials confirmed that Mele then drove Garza about an hour away toward his apartment. Garza was reported missing the next day...

California Sex Offenders Now Tracked By GPS

Thousands of sex offenders on parole in California are now being tracked by GPS devices, at a high price to taxpayers.

Outfitting nearly 7,000 sex offender parolees cost the state nearly $10 million, and the 24 hours a day, seven days a week tracking is costing another $14.5 million per year – that comes out to $6 per parolee, per day. Compare that to prisoners, each of whom costs taxpayers $96 a day behind bars...