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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News:
4 Arrested After Setting American Flags on Fire at Occupy Charlotte Camp
Fri,30 Dec 2011 07:53 PM PST
The Blaze - Charred remains of an American flag police say was burned in front of the Occupy Charlotte camp in North Carolina Friday. (Image source: WBTV-TV) Full Story
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Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels
Fri,30 Dec 2011 04:16 PM PST
Reuters - MEXICO CITY, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A former soldier in the Mexican army was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aiding drug cartels, the attorney general's office said on Friday. Reymundo Morales of the Mexican infantry was arrested two years ago and found guilty of passing information to drug cartels, the attorney general's office said in a statement. Local media said that Morales and several colleagues in uniform were passing information about security operations to the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, led by Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman, Mexico's most-wanted man. ... Full Story
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Oakland protesters who took over foreclosed home arrested
Fri,30 Dec 2011 06:55 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A dozen anti-Wall Street protesters who had taken over a foreclosed home in Oakland were arrested on Thursday, protest organizers said. The home, which protesters said they were using as housing for formerly homeless individuals and as a community meeting space, was taken over on December 6 during a national day of action they said aimed to support homeowners as they resisted evictions from foreclosed homes. The Occupy movement, which argues the U.S. ... Full Story
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Iraqi man arrested in Romania
Fri,30 Dec 2011 06:44 AM PST
Associated Press - Prosecutors have arrested an Iraqi man on the suspicion he helped five of his countrymen who were members of al-Qaida hide in Romania. Full Story
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'Don't Dismantle the EPA': Occupy Protesters Arrested Outside Paul Iowa Headquarters
Thu,29 Dec 2011 11:33 PM PST
The Blaze - A protester is arrested outside Ron Paul campaign headquarters in Iowa Thursday. (Image source: CNN) Full Story
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Occupy protesters arrested at Paul, Democratic HQ
Thu,29 Dec 2011 05:38 PM PST
Associated Press - Police arrested more than a dozen Occupy protesters Thursday in Iowa who are targeting Democrats and Republicans just days before the state's closely watched lead-off presidential caucuses. Full Story
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Wash. man arrested with marijuana wrapped as gifts
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:07 PM PST
Associated Press - A Washington state man faces felony marijuana trafficking charges after an officer found 3.3 pounds of marijuana wrapped up as Christmas gifts during a traffic stop in northern Idaho. Full Story
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Tourist arrested with loaded gun at September 11 memorial
Thu,29 Dec 2011 01:03 PM PST
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photoNEW YORK (Reuters) - A tourist from Tennessee was arrested after she brought a loaded handgun to the National September 11 Memorial in her handbag, and she could face a possible prison term, authorities said on Thursday. Meredith Graves, 39, was trying to visit the New York City memorial on December 22 but was arrested when she told security officers that she had a gun, apparently thinking she could check it for safekeeping, authorities said. Security is tight at the memorial, located at the site of the World Trade Center towers destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001. ...


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Jurors retire in British race murder trial
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST
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photoJurors in the high-profile case of a black teenager murdered 18 years ago retired on Thursday to consider their verdict, after an emotionally charged six-week trial.


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5 Occupy protesters arrested at Paul campaign HQ
Thu,29 Dec 2011 12:08 PM PST
Associated Press - Five Occupy protesters were arrested Thursday outside the Iowa campaign headquarters of presidential contender Ron Paul as the group continued its protest against Republican candidates and President Barack Obama. Full Story
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Ajax fan sentenced for attack on goalkeeper
Thu,29 Dec 2011 10:16 AM PST
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photoA Dutch court has sentenced an Ajax fan to six months in jail after he ran onto the pitch during a Dutch Cup match and tried to assault an opposition goalkeeper, a report said on Thursday.


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NYC Mayor: Stats show uptick, but crime down
Thu,29 Dec 2011 06:27 AM PST
Associated Press - Despite statistics expected to show a slight increase in major crimes by the end of the year, city officials declared Wednesday that New York City's historic, two-decade decline in crime isn't over. Full Story
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Spain king's son-in-law subpoenaed in graft probe
Thu,29 Dec 2011 03:46 AM PST
Associated Press - A judge subpoenaed the son-in-law of Spain's King Juan Carlos on Thursday to testify as a suspect in a corruption case, deepening a public relations nightmare for the royal family at a time of acute economic crisis for everyday people. Full Story
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Occupy Protesters Arrested Outside Romney Iowa Campaign Office
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:45 PM PST
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Senegal opposition mayor arrested over fatal shooting
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:27 PM PST
Reuters - DAKAR (Reuters) - A high-profile opponent of Senegal's president and ruling party, who is also a mayor of a suburb in the capital Dakar, was detained on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in a fatal town hall shooting, his lawyer said. The arrest of Barthelemy Dias may stoke political tensions in the West African nation two months ahead of a presidential election in which incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade plans to seek reelection despite an outcry from the opposition. ... Full Story
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Iran dissident leader sentenced to 8 years in jail
Wed,28 Dec 2011 10:19 AM PST
Associated Press - A lawyer says an ailing dissident, once Iran's foreign minister, has been sentenced to eight years in prison and deprived of civil rights for five years. Full Story
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Head of 'Blondies' cartel arrested in Mexico City
Wed,28 Dec 2011 09:37 AM PST
Associated Press - Federal police say one of the United States' most-wanted drug traffickers has been arrested at Mexico City's airport. Full Story
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Thailand 'Red Shirt' leader re-arrested after bail
Wed,28 Dec 2011 06:11 AM PST
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photoA top "Red Shirt" leader accused of terrorism over his role in last year's opposition rallies was on Wednesday freed on bail, only to be immediately re-arrested on defamation charges, his lawyer said.


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A Second Look at the Death Penalty
Wed,28 Dec 2011 12:00 AM PST
Susan Estrich - I still remember back in 1988 sitting in a Chinese restaurant when then-Governor Bill Clinton took a napkin and listed on one side the Democratic governors who were against the death penalty and, on the other, those who were for it. In its time, the issue was the third rail in American politics — the line that divided those who could win because they were considered tough on crime and those who would face electoral problems. A few years later, my friend Kathleen Brown was trounced in the governor's race in California in large part because she opposed the death penalty. Full Story
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Son of O.J. Simpson former relative arrested
Tue,27 Dec 2011 06:10 PM PST
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photo The 25-year-old son of Denise Brown has been arrested with his girlfriend on domestic violence charges.


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Acquitted pastor's ex-wife dies years after attack
Tue,27 Dec 2011 04:42 PM PST
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photo The discovery of the wife of one of Dallas' most prominent ministers choked with a cord and left convulsing and near death on their garage floor led to a sensational trial. Prosecutors charged Walker Railey with attempted murder, saying he wanted to marry his lover, who also had church connections.


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Swedish reporters sentenced to 11 yrs in Ethiopia
Tue,27 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST
Associated Press - A court in Ethiopia has sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after the two illegally entered the country with an ethnic Somali rebel group in a case that has been criticized by media rights groups. Full Story
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Puerto Rico governor signs 4 laws to fight crime
Tue,27 Dec 2011 12:04 PM PST
Associated Press - The governor of Puerto Rico signed four laws on Tuesday that he says will help track suspects and provide aid to crime victims as the island struggles with a record number of killings. Full Story
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Crime scene cleanup ad lifts Handel's Messiah
Tue,27 Dec 2011 09:26 AM PST
Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Who says beautiful music and blood spatter cleanup can't go together. When Chorus North Shore performs Handel's Messiah or Verdi's Requiem, the Boston-area group usually can count on Timothy Riley and his crime scene cleanup business for moral and economic support. Riley, for example, recently advertised his company's "crime and death scene cleaning" in the playbill of Chorus North Shore's Handel's Messiah performance at two Catholic churches north of Boston. ... Full Story
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Missing Ind. girl found dead, babysitter arrested
Tue,27 Dec 2011 06:08 AM PST
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photo The neighbor who was babysitting a 9-year-old Indiana girl when she went missing last week will be formally charged with murder Tuesday, a heartbreaking turn for the girl's relatives who considered him a family friend.


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