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HPD: Robbery suspects used Craigslist, iPads to lure victim into ambush
Law enforcement officials have often complained Craigslist has become a conduit for criminal conduct, especially prostitution. But authorities in San Antonio have discovered what they believe is a new twist on the oldest profession.
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:54A
Kadhafi's son in surrender talks as NATO ends mission
Seif, 39, and Kadhafi's security chief and brother-in-law Abdullah al-Senussi, 62, are the most wanted fugitives from the slain despot's inner circle. They are wanted by the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity, committed after the start of the
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:50A
San Bernardino County's top cops concerned about gang increase
Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others. Top law enforcement officials are concerned that inmates released under the state's new law requiring low-level criminal
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:47A
Int'l court in surrender talks with Kadhafi son
But he would be entitled to a fair trial," Allagi said in response to a journalist's question. But the international justice director at New York-based Human Rights Watch said a fair trial in Libya could not be guaranteed. A Libyan trial "on these
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:46A
Across the border, beyond the law
Facing open warrants on charges of child sex assault and fleeing the United States to avoid prosecution, he readily agreed to an on-camera interview to profess his innocence and describe his easy escape from American justice.
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:29A
How we did this story
To find more cases, the reporters submitted dozens of Freedom of Information requests and queries for information to the US Justice Department as well as police departments across northern Illinois, and obtained databases on fugitive warrants
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:29A
'Heartless criminal' now gone
So law enforcement circles were buzzing Friday with news that the 24-year-old had met an untimely end in a blaze of gunfire. Another prolific offender reportedly caught up with him near the bleachers at Mall Playground about 6:45 pm Thursday,
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:15A
The Kids of 311: Justice system coddles youth
(October 20, 2011) “The names of young offenders and youthful victims have been changed to protect their identity and to comply with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.” Cousins Ricky Smith and Joseph Smalls took a developmentally challenged 16-year-old
Updated: 10/29/2011 12:04A
Syariah law vs Sabah 'adat'
“It is unrealistic and uncivilised to implement a form of law that was crafted by scholars from the 7-8th century Arabia in 21st century Sabah”, whose population has always been multi-religious. Kabayan's punishment was for a crime of moral conduct,
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:54P
Pennsylvania towns see crime, carousing surge amid gas boom
In 2009, Pennsylvania State Police made 136 drunken driving arrests in Bradford County; in 2010, the number of DUI arrests was 216. The agency is on track to make 351 rests in the county in 2011, Barrett noted in a presentation he made at US Department
Updated: 10/28/2011 11:51P
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