The Regional Task Force surrounded an Imperial Beach California house on Thursday where an attempted murder suspect was hiding. The task forces surrounded the home of 34-year-old Ramiro Espinoza, billed as one of San Diego Sheriff's Department's most wanted man. He barricaded himself and then began a standoff with police.
The state of Alabama executed convicted murderer Andrew Reid Lackey who prisoner rights groups said was mentally ill, Reuters reported. The 29-year-old Lackey was put to death by lethal injection at Holman Prison in the Atmore, marking the state's first execution since 2011.
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of imprisoning and torturing three women for a decade, agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve a life sentence without parole, plus 1,000 years.
More than 100 people suspected of Mafia involvement in Italy were arrested Friday as police launched two separate operations near Rome and in the country's southern Calabria region.
