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And the Oscar for biggest ne'er-do-well brat child of a legendary acting family goes to — Cameron Douglas. The son of Academy Award winner Michael Douglas has been arrested once again — this time in the Big Apple for getting in the middle of a deal to sell an eye-popping pile of crystal meth, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. The 30-year-old sometime-actor/sometime-DJ was busted on July 28 at the Gansevoort Hotel in the Meatpacking District by a DEA task force, the sources said. He had been staying at the hotel for some time in a room rented by his father, and...

Danville, VA-- Wednesday morning, Danville Police responded to the intersection of Kinzer Avenue and Central Street in reference to a pit bull dog chasing children who were at a school bus stop. Responding officers did not locate the dog. An hour or so later at 8:22am, Danville Police were again dispatched to the same location about a pit bull chasing people down the street. Officers arrived and found the dog running loose and learned that a neighbor had already used pepper spray on the dog. The dog approached one of the responding officers aggressively, but the officer was able to...

An 80 year old Rantoul woman is in the hospital after she says a Pitbull attacked her. It happened last week at her home. Eleanor McDonald broke her hip and her hand. Her son is looking for answers. McDonald's son Richard says his mother is fighting for her life. He says Eleanor was taking her dog outside. That's when she says a Pitbull came around the corner and knocked her down, driving her across the driveway. The fall broke her hip and her hand. She's got the bumps and bruises to prove it. Neighbors pulled the dog off. They say...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) - This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handful of cold pills and some noxious chemicals. Shake the bottle and the volatile reaction produces one of the world's most addictive drugs. Only a few years ago, making meth required an elaborate lab—with filthy containers simmering over open flames, cans of flammable liquids and hundreds of pills. The process gave off foul odors, sometimes sparked explosions and was so hard to conceal that dealers often "cooked" their drugs in rural areas. But now drug users are making their own meth in small...

BRIDGEPORT (CT) — - Police shot and killed a pit bull after the dog's owner ordered it to attack officers following a chase on the Route 25/8 Connector, the Connecticut Post reported. Rashad Young, 30, of Norwalk, is being held on $75,000 bail on charges of threatening, reckless endangerment, breach of peace, interfering with police and risk of injury to a minor. Police said they received a report Saturday of a car chasing a woman in the area of Chopsey Hill Road, the Connecticut Post reported. When they arrived, witnesses told them the woman had driven away and was being...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico enacted a controversial law on Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging government-financed treatment for drug dependency free of charge. The law sets out maximum "personal use" amounts for drugs, also including LSD and methamphetamine. People detained with those quantities will no longer face criminal prosecution; the law goes into effect on Friday.

Japanese Pop Idol Recast as Junkie Earthquakes, tsunami tidal waves, typhoons, floods and landslides kept Japanese news gatherers busy over the Obon week when Japanese traditionally return home to pay respects to departed relatives who return briefly from the spirit world. It wasn't, however, any act of God that shocked the nation but alleged drug use by singer Noriko Sakai. Manufactured pop idols cranked out by Japan's powerful production companies have dominated Japan's music charts for decades. Sakai, who debuted at 15 in 1987 with squeaky voice, clean-cut image and cute nickname, Nori-P, was one of the most successful winning...

The girlfriend of actor Cameron Douglas was arrested Monday for allegedly trying to smuggle heroin to him in an electric toothbrush, court papers show. Kelly Sott was busted after passing the toothbrush to Douglas while he was under home detention following a court hearing on his drug charges. She was arrested at the Hotel Gansevoort in Manhattan where she was staying. Douglas, 30, the son of actor Michael Douglas, was arrested at the same hotel last week and faces a methamphetamine-dealing charge. Douglas had been on house arrest at the New York home of his stepmother, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and went...

Mexican troops have found what may be a hide-out of the country's No. 1 drug lord at a giant methamphetamine lab hidden in the northern Sierra among cabins equipped with caviar face cream and escort catalogues. Mexican media published photos of a complex of 22 secluded mountain cabins, camouflaged to be invisible from the air. One was outfitted with a king-sized bed, luxury clothes, satellite television, pirated movies and high-speed Internet. The daily Reforma said army officials suspected the well-equipped cabin was used by top fugitive Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, or his associate Ismael Zambada,...

A 32-year-old Hermitage woman faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment after her 1 1/2-year-old Rottweiller named “Cruz” bit a Farrell boy July 15 at her apartment in the Orange Village apartment complex, police said. April Hughes of 400 Orange Drive, Apartment 2, was also cited with harboring a dangerous dog because this is the ninth time Cruz has bitten someone, police said Police allege Ms. Hughes left the boy alone with the dog in the apartment and he was attacked. The boy needed 60 stitches for a head wound, police said.

Michael Douglas' son has been busted for holding a massive stash of Meth with intent to sell, police sources confirmed Monday evening. Feds arrested 30-year-old Cameron Douglas last week after an undercover cop allegedly found half-a-pound of the toxic substance on Douglas at Manhattan's swanky Hotel Gansevoort last week, according to reports. Police confirmed to The Associated Press that the son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas had been arrested for meth dealing on July 28. But there were conflicting reports on whether he also was holding $18,000 cash at the time of the sting, or if that number represented the...

The son of actor Michael Douglas was arrested in New York for possessing a massive amount of crystal meth with intent to distribute it, law enforcement sources said this evening. Cameron Douglas, 30, was busted on July 28 at the Gansevoort Hotel by a DEA task force, the sources said. The bust stemmed from an undercover operation that determined Douglas had allegedly had a half-a-pound of the drug.

MEXICO CITY – Police raided a church service in western Mexico and arrested a man known as "The Truck" who is suspected of moving a half ton of crystal methamphetamine into the United States each month, federal officials said Monday. Authorities detained Miguel Angel Beraza and another suspect after surrounding a church in Apatzingan in drug-plagued Michoacan state, said Ramon Pequeno, head of the Federal Police's anti-drug unit. About 40 others at the Mass were brought in for questioning. DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart said Beraza is a high-ranking lieutenant in the drug cartel known as La Familia and called...

This raw surveillance video shows the depths of addiction. It shows a Sherman, Texas man who sees methamphetamine spilled on a jail house floor. With an officer standing right with him, he gets down on the floor and tries to literally lick the meth off the floor. The video was used by prosecutors to obtain a guilty plea from the man. Question: Why was meth on the jailhouse floor? Maybe it spilled out of his pockets as he stood there. . . . . (Watch Video)

Posted: 07/28/2009 07:04:46 PM PDT A family's pit bull grabbed a 17-month-old boy's face in its mouth Tuesday in Redondo Beach when the toddler tugged on its tail, police said. The mauling occurred about 9 a.m. in the family's home in the 1000 block of Palos Verdes Boulevard, Redondo Beach police Sgt. Phil Keenan said. "The child had touched the tail or pulled the tail," Keenan said. "The dog turned around, grabbed the child by the face and mauled it." The mother pulled the dog's jaw off the baby's face and called police. The call went out that a dog...

GRAYSON COUNTY, TX – Samuel Dewayne Delamast pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 years in jail for tampering with physical evidence last Thursday. When police officers made the arrest, they noticed Delamast was acting strange, but they didn't realize how strange things would get. When Delamast arrived at the jail he was searched for contraband. It was in the process of this search officers say they noticed a powdery substance on his pants. The powder then spilled from the suspects pant legs pouring on to the floor. Authorities say Delamast then dropped to the ground, and began licking the...

NASCAR said Jeremy Mayfield once again tested positive for methamphetamine and asked the federal judge who lifted the driver's drug suspension to reinstate the ban. The positive result from a July 6 random test was included in a U.S. District Court filing Wednesday that included an affidavit from Mayfield's stepmother, who claimed she personally witnessed the driver using methamphetamine at least 30 times over seven years.

People who witnessed a pit bull attack a little girl in Hamilton say they will never get the horrible image out of their mind. The dog warden says the five-year-old girl was mauled by her father's dog named "Monster." It happened on Knightsbridge Drive. Officers on the scene describe the little girl's injuries as "very serious." Neighbors say they heard screams and rushed to help, but the pit bull didn't want to let go. The person who called 911 told the dispatcher: "A pit bull dog is attacking a little kid. It's in the backyard.We can't get him off of...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Former figure skating champion Nicole Bobek has been charged with being part of a Northern New Jersey drug ring. The 31-year-old Bobek made her first court appearance Monday by video from the Hudson County Jail. (snip) She is charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Hudson County. Attorney Sam DeLuca entered a not guilty plea for Bobek. She was held on $200,000 bail and faces up to 10 years in prison if she's convicted. (snip) Prosecutor Edward DeFazio says 20 people have been arrested in connection with the ring. Bobek won the women's U.S. figure skating...

Family Pit Bull Bites Boy In Face Sacramento Police Arrest Father On DUI Warrant POSTED: 3:19 pm PDT June 18, 2009 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A 4-year-old boy was bitten in the face Wednesday by the family dog, a 3-year-old pit bull. The Sacramento Fire Department was called to the 2000 block of Quincy Avenue at about 5 p.m. and took the boy to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment. Other firefighters found the dog in the back yard of a vacant home. Animal control officials caught the dog and took it in for quarantine. Firemen said the father possibly tried...