BioSentral

Wis. woman accused of placing dead rat in food - A woman accused of planting a dead lab rat in restaurant food and demanding $500,000 to keep quiet was charged Monday with one felony count of extortion. Debbie R. Miller, 41, of Appleton, also faces misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. [Examiner.com]

3 accused of kidnapping man from RI over drug debt - Three Mexican men appeared in federal court Monday on charges they took part in kidnapping a man who was chained in a suburban Atlanta basement for almost a week while his captors tried to collect a $300,000 drug debt. [Fox 12 Rhode Island]

Judge OKs Release Of Deputy Accused Of Using Taser On Wife - TAMPA - A Hillsborough County sheriff's deputy accused of using a Taser on his wife and then holding a service pistol to her head will be freed from jail without having to post bail – pending the outcome of his case. [Tampa Tribune]

Doctor Accused Of Fondling Patient's Breasts At Kissimmee Office - He was a Kissimmee doctor whom many trusted, but Thursday police officers hauled him out of his office for allegedly groping a female patient. Dr. Mahumudul Haq bonded out of jail hours later, but detectives fear the gastroenterologist may have abused more patients. [WFTV 9 Orlando]

4 People Accused Of Shining Laser At Planes, Choppers - Federal charges with a sentence of up to 20 years in prison could be filed against four people accused of shining a laser into the cockpits of planes and helicopters. [Newsnet5.com Local]

5th-grader accused of having pot, gun - Deputies say boy showed marijuana to classmates [Tampabays10.com]

Wife accused of stabbing husband over hot dogs - A woman in Orange County, Florida allegedly stabbed her husband after a fight over hot dogs for dinner. [Tampabays10.com]

Applebee?s Waitress Accused Of Skimming Customer ATM Cards - A server at the Applebee?s restaurant in Town Center is accused of using an electric skimmer to gather information from customers' credit cards and then turning the information over to accomplices. [KIRO 7 Seatle]

Doctor Accused Of Treating Patients With Weed Killer; Pleads Guilty To Fraud - A judge deals with a doctor accused of treating cancer patients by injecting them with weed killer. [Atlanta's wsbtv.com]

Ohio Nurse Accused of Raping Elderly - A night-shift nurse accused of sexually abusing as many as two dozen elderly or disabled patients at a nursing home was in jail Wednesday, authorities said. [Seattletimes.com]