An AI Avatar Spoke for a Road-Rage Victim at Sentencing. Arizona Just Threw Out the 10.5-Year Term.
Arizona’s appeals court kept Gabriel Horcasitas’s manslaughter conviction but vacated his sentence because the judge relied on an AI rendering…
USPS Is Turning Mail Trucks Into Road Scanners With Nextbase Dash Cams
The most thorough road surveyor in America isn’t a state DOT inspection van or a...
Philadelphia’s Speed Cameras Billed a Dallas Man for a Mercedes. The Plate Came Off His Buick in 2022.
A Texas plate number canceled in 2022 turned up on a dark Mercedes in Philadelphia, and Pennsylvania’s camera law sent…
A Stolen Identity Financed the Corvette. A Second One Wrote the Down Payment Check.
Prosecutors say a Queens man financed a $114,000 Corvette in one stolen name and paid the down payment with a…
Wrecked Rolls-Royce Phantom V Lands Iowa Lawyer in Federal Prison
Picture a 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom V with its front end smashed in, unable to run,...
Texas Restoration Shop Owner Got 60 Years for Theft. His Appeal Says 28 Customers Had Contract Disputes.
Richard Finley's 60-year theft sentence in Galveston County, Texas, rests on a law that adds many customers' losses into one…
One Stolen-Car Stop, Two Las Vegas Police Investigations: One for the Officer’s Gun, One for the Car
LVMPD says the only shot fired during a Sept. 25 stolen-car stop was an officer's negligent discharge. Its deadly-force team…
The Milwaukee ‘Street Takeover’ Had a Facebook Schedule, a Street Address and a Lot Number
Deputies rushed to a reported street takeover at Milwaukee's McKinley Marina. It was a car meet that had posted its…
California’s 3-Day Used Car Return Law: Fees, Limits and Loopholes Explained
California used-car buyers now get something the finance office can’t talk them out of: three...
Yes, the Hellcat Outran the Cops. Then It Ran Out of Gas.
An old story, but people still can't let this one go: a stolen Hellcat lost Houston police and their helicopter,…
Banning Diesel Exports Could Raise Gas Prices. Trump Says So Himself.
A refinery makes up to 1.8 gallons of gasoline for every gallon of diesel. That is why an export ban…
A Trademark Complaint Filed for Flock Wants This 335,701-Record Camera Map Gone
A researcher mapped 335,701 Flock device records pulled from the company's own systems. A brand-protection firm that says it acts…
A Stolen BMW Chase Ended on Its Roof in Tombstone. Then the Case Kept Leading to the Circle K
A stolen BMW X5 rolled twice in Tombstone, Arizona. The driver was arrested beside the Circle K, and so was…
Tesla Doubled Its Ballarat Supercharger Site. About a Week Later, Someone Cut All 20 Cables.
Twenty Supercharger cables were cut at one Ballarat site days after Tesla expanded it. Selling the copper legally in Victoria…
Stuck in Neutral: Inside the Federal Suit Over GM’s Troubled CVTs
John Williams bought a new 2025 Chevrolet Equinox RS from a Sacramento dealer in October...