Russian fugitives stage horseback prison break

TWO Russian inmates bolted out of a Siberian jail on horseback, but were caught when they stole a car and promptly crashed, the RIA Novosti news agency reported.Dmitry Fomchenko and Ildar Niyazulin used a horse in the daring escape from the jail outside the city of Omsk, in southwestern Siberia.But things went wrong when they switched to a getaway car outside the jail and crashed into a ditch.The fugitives were caught and faced further charges of...

One of the U.S. Marshals Service¹s Top 10 fugitives was arrested Friday morning in Southeast El Paso.

George Felix DeLeon, 41, was arrested by U.S. Marshals and Texas Department of Public Safety officers after avoiding capture for five years. DeLeon has been wanted since 2006 for parole violation.DeLeon has a long criminal record including voluntary manslaughter for shooting a man in the face, aggravated assault for running over a man with a car and arson.Authorities were assisted in their arrest by an anonymous tip made to Crime Stoppers of El Paso....

Florida fugitive Denise Harvey and her husband, Charles, left a long trail of unpaid debts behind when they fled to Pike Lake in Saskatchewan nearly a year ago

Florida fugitive Denise Harvey and her husband, Charles, left a long trail of unpaid debts behind when they fled to Pike Lake in Saskatchewan nearly a year ago.Records obtained by The StarPhoenix from various U.S. agencies indicate they owe tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid tax to the Internal Revenue Service, have been successfully sued by suppliers or business partners, failed to make mortgage and tax payments on their nearly $1-million home,...

Californian funeral parlour has decided to move with the times with drive-through viewing of an open casket.

Californian funeral parlour has decided to move with the times with drive-through viewing of an open casket.The owner of Robert L. Adams Mortuary, Peggy Scott Adams, said it meant well-known locals could be viewed en masse; older mourners wouldn't have to leave their cars; and those afraid of funeral parlours wouldn't need to go inside.The covered and paved 3.6m-wide drive-through has a bulletproof glass display window, which is visible from the...