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| Florida head of crime tips program refuses to turn tip over to judge Saturday, Mar 15, 2014 03:06 PM PDT The director of a Crime Stoppers program in Miami, Florida, was facing jail on Saturday after refusing to hand over information in a drug case because he said it would violate the organization's promise to keep its tipsters anonymous. Richard Masten was sentenced Friday to 14 days behind bars for contempt of court after he refused to hand over the tip, which was written on a piece of paper. "The issue is the court asking Crime Stoppers to go back on their promise," Masten told the judge. Crime Stoppers programs are operated on both a local and national level, allowing community members to provide anonymous information about criminal activity without fear of prosecution or revenge. Full Story | Top |
| California woman, no longer a fugitive, set free Saturday, Mar 15, 2014 12:04 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fugitive charges were dropped against a 60-year-old woman who escaped from a Michigan prison in 1977 after authorities discovered she had surrendered decades ago and already been sentenced to time served. Full Story | Top |
| Judge: Enough evidence to convict bin Laden kin Friday, Mar 14, 2014 11:01 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — There is more than enough proof that would allow a jury to decide to convict Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and al-Qaida spokesman of conspiring to kill Americans, a judge said Friday as he turned down a defense request to dismiss the case. Full Story | Top |
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