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Talent manager arrested on child molestation charges
Thu,1 Dec 2011 04:43 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A manager who represented child actors was arrested Tuesday in Santa Monica and charged with molesting an underage client, TheWrap has confirmed. Martin Weiss, 47, has been charged with two counts of lewd acts with a child, one count of forced lewd acts, two counts of continuous lewd acts with a child and three counts of sodomy, Los Angeles Police Det. Fernando Avila told TheWrap. Arraignment has been set for Thursday in a Van Nuys court. Weiss is being held on $800,000 bail at Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, Avila said. ... Full Story | Top |
NY man arrested in Italian college student's death
Thu,1 Dec 2011 03:44 PM PST
AP - A man claiming to be under an evil spell went to the home of an acquaintance, a college student from Italy, and stabbed and choked her to death, then made a cryptic 911 call to authorities about the body, police said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
Oklahoma teacher who photographed kids in lingerie arrested
Thu,1 Dec 2011 02:54 PM PST
Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A third-grade teacher who resigned this week after parents accused her of dressing their daughters in lingerie and photographing them at a Christmas party was arrested on Thursday. Kimberly Crain, 47, was arrested at her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and will face charges of manufacture of child pornography and lewd acts with a child, said District Attorney Richard Smothermon. He said she will be arraigned Friday and that he plans to request $1 million bail. ... Full Story | Top |
More charges coming in insider trading probe: sources
Thu,1 Dec 2011 05:10 AM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A year after four hedge funds were raided as part of a sweeping probe into insider trading, agents are ready to arrest as many as three people who worked at the raided funds, sources familiar with the investigation said. These arrests are expected to take place in the coming weeks, and some of the people will plead guilty to charges of insider trading, the sources said. The sources declined to be named because the impending arrests have not yet been made public. ...
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Five Somali pirates sentenced to jail in France
Wed,30 Nov 2011 09:36 PM PST
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Five Somali pirates captured by French commandos in 2008 were sentenced to between four to eight years in jail by a Paris court on Wednesday for their role in hijacking a yacht in the Gulf of Aden that year and kidnapping two French citizens. The trial was the first of four to be held in France in a bid to increase the number of Somali pirates brought to justice and tackle a problem that has turned the waters off the Horn of Africa into some of the most perilous in the world. Piracy is rife in the waters off Somalia, with the international community powerless to act. ... Full Story | Top |
Texas man sentenced to 37 years for fire bombing church
Wed,30 Nov 2011 08:24 PM PST
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas man who prosecutors said wanted to "gain status" with the white supremacist gang The Aryan Brotherhood was sentenced to more than 37 years in prison on Wednesday for fire bombing an African American church in an admitted attempt to murder a parishioner. Steven Scott Cantrell, 26, a resident of the tiny west Texas town of Crane, pleaded guilty in federal court in Midland, Texas, to charges of damaging religious property, arson, and interfering with housing, all prosecuted with a bias crime enhancement. ... Full Story | Top |
Arizona man who murdered 9 sentenced to death
Wed,30 Nov 2011 05:49 PM PST
AP -  An Arizona jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing nine people during a spree that terrorized the Phoenix area, rejecting the man's pleas for mercy and denials of guilt and agreeing with prosecutors that the killings were especially cruel.
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Tipster sentenced in NYC insider trading case
Wed,30 Nov 2011 03:15 PM PST
AP - A Manhattan lawyer was sentenced to six months behind bars and two years of probation Wednesday after telling a judge he made a "profound mistake" by providing inside tips on confidential Wall Street deals. Full Story | Top |
Convicted Arizona serial killer sentenced to death
Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:10 PM PST
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury sentenced a convicted serial killer on Wednesday to death for murdering nine people in a violent rampage played out on the streets in the Phoenix area beginning in 2005. Jurors imposed the death sentence on 47-year-old Mark Goudeau, known as the Baseline Killer, for the murder spree that terrorized Phoenix-area residents for 13 months beginning that August. The six-woman, six-man jury deliberated for about seven hours before reaching a verdict in the penalty phase of the trial. ... Full Story | Top |
Rhinos at risk get US crime-fighting boost
Wed,30 Nov 2011 02:05 PM PST
AFP -  A US-based animal protection group said Wednesday it is collecting money for a new initiative to equip rangers in South Africa and Zimbabwe with crime-scene kits to better track rhinoceros poachers.
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Ex-Sheriff Arrested, Held In Jail That Bears His Name
Wed,30 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST
Good Morning America -  Patrick Sullivan was such a popular sheriff that Arapahoe County renamed the jail after him when he retired. Sullivan, arrested on drug charges this week, is now an inmate in the the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility. The former top cop in Arapahoe County,...
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Ex-Sheriff Arrested, Held In Jail That Bears His Name
Wed,30 Nov 2011 01:38 PM PST
ABC News -  Patrick Sullivan was such a popular sheriff that Arapahoe County renamed the jail after him when he retired. Sullivan, arrested on drug charges this week, is now an inmate in the the Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. Detention Facility. The former top cop in Arapahoe County,...
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Phoenix area's Baseline Killer sentenced to death
Wed,30 Nov 2011 12:50 PM PST
AP -  An Arizona jury on Wednesday sentenced a man convicted of being the Phoenix area's Baseline Killer to death, rejecting his pleas for mercy and denials of guilt and agreeing with prosecutors that the nine murders he committed were especially cruel.
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Pope seeks end to death penalty
Wed,30 Nov 2011 10:17 AM PST
AP -  Pope Benedict XVI voiced support Wednesday for political actions around the world aimed at eliminating the death penalty, reflecting his stance as an opponent of capital punishment.
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