We have an update to a story we told you about back last year where a Tyler man was indicted on federal charges that he pretended to be a military war hero to scam money out of investors.
He's certainly a candidate for the world's dumbest criminal. Honestly, it's the first time I've ever heard of someone trying to use a fake bomb to rob a bank, and in the drive-thru no less. This guy is a special type of stupid!
Up until now, if an inmate in a Texas prison wanted to get married, someone else had to stand in for the prisoner during a ceremony held somewhere outside the prison. That's about to change.
Rod Blagojevich, the former Democratic governor of Illinois, was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in federal prison for political corruption that includes an attempt to sell the US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.