Police: DUI firefighter drank hand sanitizer in jail

SANTA ANA - A Long Beach fire captain has been charged with a probation violation after he turned up drunk at the Huntington Beach jail, where he was serving a one-year sentence for a felony drunken-driving conviction, according to court documents.John David Hines, 38, apparently filtered hand...

Las Cruces man arrested for serving alcohol to 14-year-old boy

Las Cruces police charged a man suspected of serving alcohol to a 14-year-old boy who had to be hospitalized, a police spokesman said Thursday.

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Police, community and calendar briefs for Jan. 14, 2012

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Southern California man gets probation, child abuse treatment

A Southern California man has been convicted of child endangerment for hitting his crying 7-year-old son and then throwing him off a tour boat in busy Newport Harbor, Orange County, the district attorney's office said this week.

Dad convicted of tossing son off boat

A Southern California man has been convicted of child endangerment for hitting his crying 7-year-old son and then throwing him off a tour boat in busy Newport Harbor, Orange County, the district attorney's office said this week. A court sentenced Sloan Briles to three years of formal probation, one year in a child abusers treatment program, and 180 days in a Veterans Administration residential ...

No jail time for California father who threw son off boat

A Southern California man has been convicted of child endangerment for hitting his crying 7-year-old son and then throwing him off a tour boat in busy Newport Harbor, Orange County, the district attorney's office said this week.

No jail for dad who threw son off boat

A Southern California man has been convicted of child endangerment for hitting his crying 7-year-old son and then throwing him off a tour boat in busy Newport Harbor, Orange County, the district attorney's office said this week.

No jail time for California father who threw son off boat

A Southern California man has been convicted of child endangerment for hitting his crying 7-year-old son and then throwing him off a tour boat in busy Newport Harbor, Orange County, the district attorney's office said this week.

Dad pleads guilty to tossing son from boat

MAN who threw his son, 7, overboard during a sightseeing cruise pleaded guilty today to child abuse, under a plea deal.