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U.S. fugitive caught in Cancun after 24 years on the run
Sat,14 Jul 2012 03:17 PM PDT
Reuters - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. Marshals Service has captured Vincent Legrend Walters, one of the law enforcement agency's 15 most wanted fugitives, in the Mexican resort city of Cancun. Walters, 45, wanted on kidnapping, murder and drug charges stemming from a 1988 San Diego case, was apprehended Friday morning, then transported to Mexico City where he will await extradition to the United States, the service said late on Friday. Walters had been working at the Cancun International Airport under the assumed name Oscar Rivera, according to a statement released by the agency. ... Full Story | Top |
'Most wanted' fugitive caught in Cancun
Sat,14 Jul 2012 02:12 PM PDT
ABC News -  One of the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 most wanted fugitives has been captured in the Mexican beach town of Cancun after 24 years on the run. Vincent Legrend Walters, 45, was apprehended early Friday morning and is being held on an extradition request. Walters, who...
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Tunisian revolution hero's mother arrested: brother
Sat,14 Jul 2012 01:14 AM PDT
Reuters - TUNIS (Reuters) - The mother of the Tunisian peddler whose suicide sparked the Arab Spring has been arrested after getting into a scuffle with a court official, a family member said on Friday. Salem Bouazizi, brother of Mohammed Bouazizi whose death made him a symbol for the frustrations of many, said their mother had been held for allegedly attacking the official in Sidi Bouzid, the central town where Tunisia's revolution began. ... Full Story | Top |
Kerry Kennedy arrested for driving while impaired: police
Fri,13 Jul 2012 04:14 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kerry Kennedy, the ex-wife of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and a daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, was arrested after a traffic accident on Friday on charges of driving while impaired by drugs, the state police said. Kennedy, 52, was found seated behind the wheel of a white Lexus at about 8 a.m. in the Westchester County town of North Castle. "911 calls reported a white vehicle operating in an erratic manner in the southbound lanes south of exit 4 that collided with a tractor-trailer," police said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
Dozens arrested in crackdown on second motorcycle gang
Fri,13 Jul 2012 02:56 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Forty-one members of the Michigan-based Devils Disciples have been charged with crimes including attempted murder and drug trafficking in this week's second crackdown on a Midwest motorcycle gang, federal prosecutors said on Friday. Agents seized more than 60 firearms, ammunition, and dismantled eight laboratories producing methamphetamine operated by the gang, the Department of Justice said in a statement. Of the 41 gang members indicted by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan, 31 were arrested and five were already in custody, the statement said. ... Full Story | Top |
PFG chief arrested for lying to regulators
Fri,13 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT
AFP -  The head of collapsed US futures broker Peregrine Financial Group was arrested Friday on criminal charges, days after he apparently attempted suicide and confessed to fraud in a signed statement.
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Ind. woman sentenced to prison in baby theft try
Fri,13 Jul 2012 01:01 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A western Indiana woman who acknowledged that she stabbed a couple while trying to kidnap their month-old son so she could pass the boy off as her own was sentenced Friday to 28 years in prison.
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CEO of troubled Iowa brokerage arrested, charged
Fri,13 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The chief executive officer of an Iowa-based brokerage firm admitted in a suicide note that he carried out an elaborate fraud scheme in which he embezzled more than $100 million from customers over nearly two decades, federal investigators said Friday.
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Ex-intelligence official sentenced to 20 months
Fri,13 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT
Associated Press - The former acting intelligence director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Homeland Security Department has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for defrauding the government of more than $180,000. Full Story | Top |
Ex-Calif. mayor to plead guilty in bribery case
Fri,13 Jul 2012 06:06 AM PDT
Associated Press - The former mayor and the one-time city manager of the corruption-riddled city of Cudahy have agreed to plead guilty to bribery and extortion charges for supporting the opening of a medical marijuana dispensary, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
Chile's Pinera signs hate crime law after gay youth death
Thu,12 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT
Reuters - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday became one of the last Latin American nations to pass an anti-discrimination law, after a brutal beating that led to a young gay man's death put pressure on conservative president Sebastian Pinera's government to act. The hate-crime bill, which was originally introduced by ex-president Ricardo Lagos, was signed into law by Pinera after being tied up in Congress for seven years. Chile, one of Latin America's richest countries, remains conservative and heavily influenced by the Catholic Church, which considers homosexual acts sinful. ... Full Story | Top |
Ex-investigators for HP sentenced in fraud case
Thu,12 Jul 2012 04:02 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Two former private investigators were each sentenced Thursday to three years of probation for their roles in an infamous Silicon Valley spying scandal in which prosecutors said they used false identities to access the Social Security numbers and other information on Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists.
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US to Iraq: Review case of acquitted militant
Thu,12 Jul 2012 03:42 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The White House has asked Iraq to review the case of a Hezbollah commander who was accused of masterminding a 2007 attack that killed five American soldiers or hand him over to the United States, a senior Obama administration official said Thursday, though two Iraqi courts have declared him not guilty.
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Oct. trial set in Miss. suit over health care law
Thu,12 Jul 2012 05:15 AM PDT
Associated Press - A federal judge in Mississippi has scheduled a trial for October in a lawsuit that claims the Obama Administration's health care law is illegal, in part based on arguments that it violates individual privacy rights by forcing citizens to buy insurance. Full Story | Top |
Hong Kong's new government suffers fresh blow as official arrested
Thu,12 Jul 2012 03:36 AM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's development secretary stepped down on Thursday amid news of his arrest by the city's anti-corruption agency on suspicion of corruption, a government spokesman said, dealing a fresh blow to the city's beleaguered new leader Leung Chun-ying. Leung, who is himself ensnared in a scandal over six illegal structures at his HK$500 million ($64 million) home in the exclusive Peak district, made Mak Chai-kwong his development minister barely two weeks ago. A spokesperson for Mak confirmed he had resigned, but declined to comment on reports of his arrest. ... Full Story | Top |
Italian carmaker De Tomaso chairman arrested
Thu,12 Jul 2012 01:53 AM PDT
Reuters - TURIN (Reuters) - The chairman of carmaker De Tomaso, Gian Mario Rossignolo, and two other men were arrested in a probe to determine whether they may have misused 7.5 million euros ($9.2 million) of public funds in a failed turnaround plan, Italy's tax police said on Thursday. The botched De Tomaso turnaround aimed to use a former Pininfarina factory on the outskirts of Turin to produce SUVs and sports cars. ... Full Story | Top |
Ex-HP investigators to be sentenced in fed court
Thu,12 Jul 2012 01:17 AM PDT
Associated Press - Two former private investigators are facing sentencing on charges of allegedly using false identities to gain access to the phone records of Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists.
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8 Catholic rioters arrested before Belfast parades
Wed,11 Jul 2012 11:56 PM PDT
Associated Press - Police say they have arrested eight Irish nationalist men involved in Belfast rioting hours before the start of Protestant parades by the Orange Order brotherhood, an annual event that usually strains Northern Ireland's sectarian tensions. Full Story | Top |
Father arrested after daughters found dead in Wis.
Wed,11 Jul 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A man suspected of killing his three young daughters unexpectedly contacted their mother Tuesday, asking to stop by for a visit. He later called her to say he had hurt the girls, police said Wednesday, and, soon after, authorities found their bodies in the River Falls home.
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