Category Archives: Arrested

FBI: Man took cab from home to rob bank, then rode to work

By doris | Published: June 24, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MIAMI — The FBI has arrested a man accused of putting on a suit and tie, robbing a South Florida bank and then leaving in a taxi. Jeffrey Harrington, 27, of North Miami, is accused of robbing the Bank of America branch in Hallandale Beach on Tuesday morning. He was arrested [...]

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FBI requests Unabomber’s DNA for Tylenol poisonings probe

By doris | Published: May 19, 2011

Full Story atContent.usatoday.com Update at 1:31 p.m. ET: The lawyer for Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, who is serving life in prison for sending a series of deadly mailbombs, says his client has been asked to provide a DNA sample as part of the FBI’s long-running investigation into the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people, USA [...]

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Terror plot against New York synagogue busted

By doris | Published: May 12, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Two men suspected of planning an attack on a New York synagogue have been arrested, marking the end of a seven-month undercover operation carried out by New York police officers. The suspects, Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh, who were detained Wednesday night in midtown Manhattan, had not [...]

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Woman awaits freedom after 17 years behind bars

By doris | Published: May 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SALT LAKE CITY — In her dream, Debra Brown pedals out of a Utah prison on a powder blue bicycle, riding past razor wire that for the last 17 years has kept her from proms and graduations and the birth of seven grandchildren. On Monday that dream figures to become a [...]

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Man arrested for creating fake army unit

By doris | Published: April 13, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Chinese man was arrested for creating a fake U.S. Army unit and convincing immigrants that joining the squad was a path to citizenship, authorities said. Yupeng Deng, 51, allegedly gave his recruits military uniforms, had them parade in a Los Angeles suburb and took them to [...]

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At least 18 charged in alleged sexual assault of Texas girl

By doris | Published: March 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a Texas girl, police said. Darrell Broussard, assistant police chief for the Cleveland, Texas, police department, said Monday that the investigation into the incident “is continuous,” with more significant developments [...]

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Rodney King beating 20 years later: Can’t we all just get along?

By doris | Published: March 3, 2011

Full Story at thegrio.com This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, an incident which shone the spotlight on police brutality and race relations in Los Angeles and throughout the United States. On March 3, 1991, King — who was driving with two of his friends in his white Hyundai — was [...]

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Sheriff: Three adopted children suffered horrific abuse

By doris | Published: February 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Three adopted children who allegedly suffered burns and were forced to eat pet food lived in “inhumane conditions” and might never fully recover, an Oklahoma sheriff said Thursday. “They have been raised worse than dogs,” Canadian County Sheriff Randall Edwards told CNN of the three malnourished juveniles, who are [...]

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Three Philadelphia priests, teacher charged with sexually abusing boys

By doris | Published: February 10, 2011

Full Story at religion.Blogs.CNN.com Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Three Philadelphia priests and a parochial school teacher were charged Thursday with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the city’s district attorney’s office said. CNN Senior [...]

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Police question woman in buttocks injection death

By doris | Published: February 9, 2011

Full Story at  msnbc.com PHILADELPHIA — Police questioned a New Jersey woman and were seeking a second woman for questioning in the case of a London woman who died after receiving cosmetic injections in her buttocks at a hotel near Philadelphia International Airport. Investigators issued a search warrant at the Bergen County, N.J., home of [...]

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Stacy Pagli, N.Y. Woman, Pleads Guilty to Killing Teenage Daughter Who “Pushed My Last Button”

By doris | Published: February 2, 2011

Full Story at CBS News.com CBS/AP) Stacy Pagli, a suburban New York woman who said she strangled her 18-year-old daughter because she “pushed my last button,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter. Pagli, 38, had been charged with murder in the Feb. 22, 2010 killing of her daughter Marissa at Manhattanville College in Purchase. PICTURES: [...]

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Judge: Dallas man should be free after 25 years

By doris | Published: January 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com DALLAS — A Texas judge ordered a Dallas man released from prison Thursday, saying recent DNA tests showed he should not have been convicted of sexual assault 25 years ago. State District Judge Gracie Lewis apologized to Larry Sims, 61, on behalf of the state of Texas. “I know an apology [...]

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By doris | Published: January 21, 2011

Full Story at Yahoo.com SEOUL, South Korea – At dawn Friday, South Korean commandos steered their boat to a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea. Under covering fire from a destroyer and a Lynx helicopter, they scrambled up a ladder onto the ship, where Somali pirates were armed with assault rifles and anti-tank missiles. Five [...]

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Spanish police seize ‘largest, most sophisticated’ cocaine lab

By doris | Published: January 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Police in Madrid seized what they called the “largest and most sophisticated cocaine laboratory” in Europe known to date, and arrested 25 people, Spain’s national police said in a statement on Tuesday. Anti-drug agents confiscated 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of cocaine ready for distribution, 2 million euros [...]

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Jailed Mississippi sisters freed for kidney donation

By doris | Published: January 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After 16 years behind bars in Mississippi, two sisters were released Friday on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other. Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sentences of Gladys Scott, 36, and Jamie Scott, 38, who were serving life sentences for armed robbery. Gladys agreed to donate [...]

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Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone

By doris | Published: January 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The next time you’re in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who’s been arrested — including text messages — without obtaining a warrant, and use that data as evidence. [...]

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Fla. School Board Shooting: Purse Used to Smack Gunman Clay Duke Sold for $13,100 on eBay, Says Report

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at CBSNews.com PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) The purse a woman used to hit a gunman at a Florida Panhandle school board meeting was sold for charity on eBay for $13,100, according to a report. PICTURES: Fla. School Board Shooting The purse’s owner, board member Ginger Littleton, tried to use the purse to [...]

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Kennedy cousin lawyer heading to prison over taxes

By doris | Published: December 23, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com HARTFORD, Conn. — An attorney who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in his murder trial was sentenced Wednesday to one year and one day in federal prison for failing to pay about $420,000 in income taxes. Michael “Mickey” Sherman, who has appeared frequently on national television shows as a legal analyst, [...]

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Fists swinging, Ohio woman comes to cop’s rescue

By doris | Published: December 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — When she saw a Dayton, Ohio, police officer tangled up with a man, Angela Pierce could have kept on driving. Instead, she got out of the car to team up with the officer and join the fight. While the danger was real — especially with the suspect in arm’s [...]

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Ex Arrested in NY in Death of Missing Student

By doris | Published: November 28, 2010

Full Story at aolnews.com CLAY, N.Y. (Nov. 27) — A 20-year-old Pennsylvania dance student who vanished last week while on Thanksgiving break in her hometown was killed by her on-again, off-again boyfriend, who then dumped her body in a park “like garbage,” a prosecutor said Saturday. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said 21-year-old Steven [...]

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