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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Authorities: Bunker of Wash. fugitive surrounded DC man arrested in hammer attack case is younger brother of NFL's Davis brothers Detroit Tigers' Young apologizes after hate crime arrest Arsonist Found Guilty Death penalty sought in Montana teacher's killing US fugitive sentenced in Ariz. after decade on run Adult film producer found guilty in LA of violating federal obscenity laws Italian fugitive arrested outside Scotland Yard Man arrested after armed siege in central London Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young arrested Norwegian gets prison term for wrong turn in Ariz. Met police inspector arrested over racism claim Denmark: 3 men arrested on terror suspicion Iraq at 'a crossroad', fugitive VP tells AFP Denmark: 3 men arrested on terror suspicions Accused 'kingpin of cockfighting' arrested in Texas Dog that was spared the death penalty is released Head of Serious Fraud to step up crime fight - FT Redskins' Brandon Meriweather arrested for DUI Los Angeles Optimistic About Race, Crime 20 Years After Riots Vast Majority of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S. New ATF Trace Data Reveals Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on Behalf of the European Union on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in the U.S. State of Connecticut Crane owner acquitted in fatal Manhattan accident Illinois man's ire over Martin case prompts hate crime -police Executive to admit to auto parts price-fixing plot Authorities: Bunker of Wash. fugitive surrounded Fri,27 Apr 2012 07:31 PM PDT Associated Press - Authorities on Friday surrounded an elaborate, underground bunker believed to be that of a gun-toting survivalist suspected of killing his wife and daughter nearly a week ago and then holing up in the woods of Washington state. Full Story Top DC man arrested in hammer attack case is younger brother of NFL's Davis brothers Fri,27 Apr 2012 06:13 PM PDT Associated Press - WASHINGTON - The younger brother of NFL players Vernon and Vontae Davis is accused of hitting a woman in the head with a hammer and police are investigating if the assault is linked to other attacks in the area, including the slaying of a man visiting from Colorado. Full Story Top Detroit Tigers' Young apologizes after hate crime arrest Fri,27 Apr 2012 05:54 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young apologized on Friday for an incident that led to a hate crime charge against him for allegedly yelling anti-Semitic remarks during a scuffle with tourists in New York. Police say Young, 26, scuffled with four tourists from Illinois outside a hotel near Times Square early on Friday after the group gave money to a panhandler wearing a yarmulke. The baseball player is accused of yelling anti-Semitic remarks during the incident, but it was unclear at whom the remarks were directed, police said. ... Full Story Top Arsonist Found Guilty Fri,27 Apr 2012 04:32 PM PDT PR Newswire - SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sacramento District Attorney Jan Scully, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), San Francisco Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Scot Thomasson, Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel and Sacramento Fire Chief Ray Jones announced Robert Durst was found guilty of an arson that caused great bodily injury to four Sacramento firefighters. Full Story Top Death penalty sought in Montana teacher's killing Fri,27 Apr 2012 04:28 PM PDT Associated Press - Prosecutors on Friday filed murder charges and said they intend to seek the death penalty against two men accused of kidnapping a Montana teacher whose body was discovered in North Dakota two months after she disappeared. Full Story Top US fugitive sentenced in Ariz. after decade on run Fri,27 Apr 2012 04:22 PM PDT Associated Press - An Arizona man who fled the country after being convicted of child molestation a decade ago was sentenced Friday to 240 years in prison. Full Story Top Adult film producer found guilty in LA of violating federal obscenity laws Fri,27 Apr 2012 03:13 PM PDT Associated Press - LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A jury in Los Angeles has found an adult film producer guilty of violating federal obscenity laws by selling movies depicting bestiality and extreme fetishes. Full Story Top Italian fugitive arrested outside Scotland Yard Fri,27 Apr 2012 02:16 PM PDT Associated Press - When British police finally snared an Italian fugitive wanted for the last 30 years, the task couldn't have been easier: he was arrested across the street from Scotland Yard's London headquarters, officials said Friday. Full Story Top Man arrested after armed siege in central London Fri,27 Apr 2012 01:03 PM PDT Associated Press - The suspect at the center of a three-hour siege that shut down part of a busy section of central London on Friday has been arrested, police said. Full Story Top Detroit Tigers outfielder Delmon Young arrested Fri,27 Apr 2012 12:48 PM PDT Associated Press - Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young was arrested Friday on a hate crime harassment charge after police said he got into a fight with a group of men and yelled anti-Semitic epithets. Full Story Top Norwegian gets prison term for wrong turn in Ariz. Fri,27 Apr 2012 11:40 AM PDT Associated Press - A Norwegian man who took a wrong turn onto a one-way street in an Arizona town and drove through a street festival has been sentenced to more than seven years in state prison. Full Story Top Met police inspector arrested over racism claim Fri,27 Apr 2012 07:47 AM PDT AFP - A senior Metropolitan Police inspector has been arrested on suspicion of racial abuse, the latest in a string of racism allegations levelled at the force. Full Story Top Denmark: 3 men arrested on terror suspicion Fri,27 Apr 2012 07:44 AM PDT Associated Press - Three men have been arrested in Copenhagen on suspicion of plotting a terror attack after police found them with automatic weapons and ammunition, Denmark's intelligence service said Friday. Full Story Top Iraq at 'a crossroad', fugitive VP tells AFP Fri,27 Apr 2012 06:52 AM PDT AFP - Iraq has reached a "crossroad," its fugitive vice-president told AFP Friday but strongly rejected the country's partition amid a deepening crisis stoking sectarian tensions. Full Story Top Denmark: 3 men arrested on terror suspicions Fri,27 Apr 2012 03:32 AM PDT Associated Press - Three men have been arrested in the Danish capital on suspicion of plotting a terror act after police found them in possession of automatic firearms and ammunition, Denmark's intelligence service said Friday. Full Story Top Accused 'kingpin of cockfighting' arrested in Texas Thu,26 Apr 2012 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Deputies arrested a purported "kingpin of cockfighting" who they said profited off a Texas cockfighting ring that was the scene of an ambush last week where masked gunmen killed three men and wounded eight others, the local sheriff said on Thursday. Guadalupe Garza Herrera, who owns a chain of transmission repair shops in South Texas, was arrested and charged with cockfighting and engaging in organized criminal activity. Garza Herrera, 41, doubled as the "kingpin of cockfighting" locally, Sheriff Lupe Trevino said. ... Full Story Top Dog that was spared the death penalty is released Thu,26 Apr 2012 05:51 PM PDT Associated Press - A mutt who sat on doggy death row for more than a year before given a reprieve is now officially free from government captivity and headed toward TV stardom. Full Story Top Head of Serious Fraud to step up crime fight - FT Thu,26 Apr 2012 05:14 PM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - David Green, the incoming director of Britain's Serious Fraud Office, said in a newspaper interview published on Friday that he intends to step up the regulator's crime-fighting strategy. Green outlined his intention to investigate "significant strategic targets" and revamp the agency that has been criticised for its perceived failures in the last few years. "I would like to look to rebalance the relationship between prosecution and civil settlement. We are primarily a crime-fighting agency, and we've got to remember that," Green said in an interview with the Financial ... Full Story Top Redskins' Brandon Meriweather arrested for DUI Thu,26 Apr 2012 04:18 PM PDT Associated Press - Police in Virginia say Washington Redskins safety Brandon Meriweather has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence after he refused a breath test. Full Story Top Los Angeles Optimistic About Race, Crime 20 Years After Riots Thu,26 Apr 2012 02:58 PM PDT PR Newswire - LOS ANGELES, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty years after Los Angeles burned in riots stoked by ethnic tensions and animosity between the police and many residents, Angelenos show signs of optimism about race relations and crime in their city, according to a new poll. Full Story Top Vast Majority of Mexican Crime Guns Originate in U.S. New ATF Trace Data Reveals Thu,26 Apr 2012 01:32 PM PDT PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Violence Policy Center: Full Story Top Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on Behalf of the European Union on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in the U.S. State of Connecticut Thu,26 Apr 2012 12:40 PM PDT PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The European Union warmly welcomes the signing by Governor Dannel P. Malloy on April 25, 2012, of the legislation abolishing the death penalty in the State of Connecticut. Full Story Top Crane owner acquitted in fatal Manhattan accident Thu,26 Apr 2012 12:09 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan state judge on Thursday acquitted a construction company owner of manslaughter for a crane collapse that killed two workers in May, 2008 and raised fears about high-level building projects in New York. James Lomma, who owned the nearly 200-foot-tall crane that snapped in half and crashed onto a building on the Upper East Side, was acquitted of all charges. His companies, New York Crane & Equipment Corp. and J.F. Lomma, were also acquitted. The accident came two months after another crane operated by Lomma's company in Manhattan collapsed and killed seven ... Full Story Top Illinois man's ire over Martin case prompts hate crime -police Thu,26 Apr 2012 10:51 AM PDT Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - An 18-year-old black man has been charged with a hate crime after he told police he punched and kicked a white man during a robbery in a Chicago suburb because he was angry about the Trayvon Martin slaying, authorities said on Thursday. Alton Hayes III and a 15-year-old boy attacked the man last week in Oak Park, Illinois. Hayes told police he chose the man because he was white and beat him because he was angry about the Martin case, Andy Conklin of the Cook County prosecutor's office said. ... Full Story Top Executive to admit to auto parts price-fixing plot Thu,26 Apr 2012 10:30 AM PDT Associated Press - The Justice Department says an executive of Japanese-headquartered DENSO Corp. has agreed to plead guilty and to serve 14 months in prison in a probe of bid rigging, price fixing and other anticompetitive conduct in the auto parts industry. 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