Cliche: Ripped From The Headlines

Congrats to Eric for solving today's Cryptogram so quickly. I'll add the solution to the Comments section of the original post. He also corrects me: the phrase should be "ripped from the headlines" - not "torn", citing "Law & Order". Sure enough, Google gives 23,900 results for "ripped from the headlines", only 2,550 for "torn". This guy is trying to document the original case that inspired every "L&O" episode. Some people have too much time on their hands!