CORCORAN, Calif.
Prison: Charles Manson alive
A California prison official says cult leader Charles Manson is alive following reports that he was hospitalized. TMZ reported Tuesday that Manson, 82, was taken to a hospital in Bakersfield, about 60 miles south of the California prison where he has been incarcerated. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton declined to say whether the leader of the notorious Manson family has been hospitalized. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the 1969 murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others.
PAYSON, Ariz.
4 dead after plane crash
Searchers in Arizona found the bodies of four members of a family Tuesday in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed on a flight from Scottsdale to Telluride, Colo., officials said. Debris from the single-engine Cessna 210 was spotted north on the rugged Mogollon Rim, police said. The plane had been reported missing Monday night. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately known, authorities said. Attorney Eric Falbe of Scottsdale, his wife, Carrie, and his two daughters from a previous marriage were onboard.
ROLESVILLE, N.C.
Student slammed in video
North Carolina authorities are investigating after an eight-second video posted Tuesday on Twitter shows a male police officer slamming a female high school student to the floor before pulling her to her feet and leading her away. Wake County schools spokeswoman Lisa Luten said she’s working with police to get more details. The video shows an officer, surrounded by shouting students at Rolesville High School, lifting and then dropping the girl to the floor.
DALLAS
Police probe poisoning
A criminal investigation is underway into an apparent accidental poisoning involving a professional-grade pesticide that left four children dead and an Amarillo woman in critical condition, police said Tuesday. Authorities are looking into why the family had the pesticide pellets, called Weevil-cide, which is only supposed to be sold to professionals. The kids’ father told authorities through a Spanish language interpreter he had spread the pellets under the family’s mobile home after getting it from a friend.
Compiled from wire reports