AP - A boy killed during a kidnapping, a stolen identity and an enigmatic man.

Oregon's latest mystery isn't a whodunit — 3-year-old Jason Evers' killer is in jail. Instead, investigators and Jason's family are puzzling over the true identity of a man they say usurped the boy's name more than a dozen years ago, even using it to pass a police background check and get a state job.

The man is sitting behind bars, refusing to reveal his identity to a federal judge as he awaits a court hearing.



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This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows three pictures of an Oregon man who had identified himself as Jason Robert Evers. The man is sitting behind bars, refusing to reveal his identity to a federal judge as he awaits a court hearing. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of State)

AP - A Long Island teenager convicted of manslaughter as a hate crime in the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant could be ordered to spend more than two decades behind bars when he is sentenced on Wednesday.

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AP - A federal judge overseeing a lawsuit challenging California's same-sex marriage ban is considering whether to allow closing arguments to be broadcast on television or the Internet.

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AP - A teenager who police say admitted killing his pregnant girlfriend has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder while the search for her body continued at a Southern California landfill.



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In this police booking photo released Monday May 24, 2010 by the Fontana Police Department showing Jesus Avitia Jr., 18, who was arrested Friday after his girlfriend, Anyssia Escamilla, 17, disappeared about two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Fontana Police Deptartment)

AP - An Ohio truck driver has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after his rig hit a disabled car on a New York highway while his laptop computer streamed pornography.

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Reuters - A Philadelphia man was found not guilty on Monday of murdering a policeman who died 41 years after the defendant shot him.

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AP - A Connecticut judge has dismissed a drunken-driving charge against Rip Torn after the actor completed a court-ordered alcohol education program.



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Torn was arrested in December 2008 near his home in Salisbury. He was stopped while driving in the breakdown lane with a Christmas tree tied atop his Subaru.

AP - The first defendant to be tried for a triple murder in a schoolyard that shocked New Jersey's largest city into action has been convicted on all counts.



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Rodolfo Godinez sits listening to closing arguments in his trial at the Essex County Courthouse, on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, in Newark, N.J. Godinez is the first of six defendants to stand trial for the 2007 murders of three friends in a Newark schoolyard.

Reuters - Armed Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped two American tourists, a husband and wife, near the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, a Yemeni security source said.

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AP - For decades, black men across Chicago described torture suffered at the hands of former police Lt. Jon Burge and his officers. And for decades no one listened.

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Reuters - Lindsay Lohan returned to Los Angeles from France on Saturday night, two days after missing a probation hearing that caused a judge to briefly issue a warrant for her arrest.



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Lohan's lawyer has said that the actress was stranded at the Cannes Film Festival after having her passport stolen. The actress has been photographed partying on a yacht in the French Riviera.

Time.com - Wanda Barzee was sentenced in state court Friday to one to 15 years in prison in the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin about six weeks after Smart's 2002 abduction.

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AP - After stabbing two men to death on a subway train, a criminal justice student insisted to authorities that he was trying to save himself from an abrupt and brutal attack.

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AP - A Northern California sex offender with a history of parole violations cut off his ankle monitor and went on a two-day crime spree in which he tried to rob or kidnap several women and teenage girls at knifepoint in the San Diego area, authorities said.

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Reuters - Prosecutors said on Friday that Continental Airlines should be fined 175,000 euros ($218,800) for manslaughter over its role in the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde plane which killed 113 people.

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AP - State and federal judges on Friday are expected to order prison sentences for the woman who has pleaded guilty to kidnapping in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart.

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AFP - Lindsay Lohan failed to appear for a court hearing in Los Angeles Thursday, prompting a judge to issue an arrest warrant that was later withdrawn when lawyers for the troubled actress posted bail. Lohan, 23, had been ordered to appear before Judge Marsha Revel to respond to allegations she has not completed a set number of alcohol education classes required under the terms of her probation. But Lohan's lawyer said the actress was stranded at the Cannes Film Festival after having her passport stolen. Revel was unimpressed and ordered Lohan's arrest after she returns to the United States on Friday.



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Lindsay Lohan, 23, has failed to appear for a court hearing in Los Angeles, prompting a judge to issue an arrest warrant that was later withdrawn when lawyers for the troubled actress posted bail.

AP - A judge issued a warrant Thursday for Lindsay Lohan's arrest after the actress missed a mandatory court hearing, but a court spokesman said the warrant was recalled hours later after her bond was posted.

The 23-year-old actress was to be arrested upon her return to Los Angeles for missing a mandatory court hearing, but a judge recalled the warrant late Thursday after Lohan posted bail.



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FILE - In this May 17, 2010 file photo, Lindsay Lohan arrives for an event during the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, France. A judge on Thursday, May 20, 2010 issued a warrant for Lohan's arrest after the actress missed a mandatory hearing. Bail was set at $100,000.

Reuters - Investigators needed "uninterrupted access" to the suspected Times Square bomber in the two weeks between his arrest and court appearance, prosecutors said on Thursday, seeking to explain the delay in bringing him before a judge sooner.

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AP - After a yearslong battle to avoid extradition, Canada's so-called Prince of Pot was brought Thursday to Seattle, where he is expected to plead guilty to a charge that he sold millions of marijuana seeds to U.S. customers.

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