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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Two sentenced in plot to smuggle guns to Mexico's Zetas cartel NY pol: Guilty plea likely in boy's dismemberment Drew Peterson lawyers to decide on pursuing mistrial request Levi Aron Does Everyone a Favor by Pleading Guilty to Murdering Leiby Kletzky Green Party nominee arrested in Philly bank sit-in Boston priest arrested on child pornography charges New York man set to plead guilty in butchering of eight-year-old boy: source KC priest to plead guilty in child porn case Judge gets second mistrial request in Peterson murder trial Bahrain says 3 arrested over 'terrorist activities' NJ cheesemaker sentenced for buying tainted milk Malaysian opposition figure says arrested for breaching bank law Italy rules 'no balls' insult for men is a crime Army sergeant sentenced in fellow soldier's abuse Colorado man arrested for bringing gun to theater Jurors to hear openings in Peterson trial Boy arrested over Olympic diver tweets Canadian sentenced to 5 years for role in cross-border smuggling ring Iran Has Its Own Way of Dealing with Bank Fraud: The Death Penalty Apple, Samsung patent trial starts with jury selection UK: Journalist arrested for possible data theft Army sergeant acquitted of negligent homicide in soldier's death US auto supplier pleads guilty to price fixing Singapore socialite sentenced in teen sex scandal Puerto Rico tries tougher sentences in crime fight Two sentenced in plot to smuggle guns to Mexico's Zetas cartel Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:05 PM PDT Reuters - MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Two men were sentenced to 70 and 80 months in prison on Wednesday in a foiled plot to smuggle 147 assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition to Mexico's Zetas drug cartel, federal officials in Texas said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized the AK-47 rifles, 10,000 rounds of ammunition and 269 ammunition clips during an undercover investigation in May 2010, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said in a statement. ... Full Story Top NY pol: Guilty plea likely in boy's dismemberment Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:56 PM PDT Associated Press - A New York state lawmaker says a man accused of abducting and dismembering a boy from his district has agreed to plead guilty to murder. Full Story Top Drew Peterson lawyers to decide on pursuing mistrial request Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - JOLIET, Illinois (Reuters) - Defense attorneys will decide by Thursday morning whether to pursue a request for a mistrial for former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson, who is charged with killing his third wife. The defense asked for a mistrial on Wednesday, saying the prosecution had improperly introduced evidence. It was the second mistrial request in as many days in the murder trial before Will County Judge Edward Burmila. Defense lawyers want the charges against Peterson dropped and the judge to declare he cannot be retried on them. ... Full Story Top Levi Aron Does Everyone a Favor by Pleading Guilty to Murdering Leiby Kletzky Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:33 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - The good thing about Wednesday's news that Levi Aron would plead guilty to last summer's horrific murder of an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy is that the boy's family and the public don't have to relive the whole horrific ordeal again in a trial. That was why the family of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky agreed to the plea deal, reports local CBS affiliate 1010 WINS. ... Full Story Top Green Party nominee arrested in Philly bank sit-in Wed,1 Aug 2012 03:13 PM PDT Associated Press - Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and her running mate have been arrested at a sit-in at a Philadelphia bank over housing foreclosures. Full Story Top Boston priest arrested on child pornography charges Wed,1 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - A South Boston priest was charged on Wednesday with possessing and distributing child pornography using a computer in his parish's rectory, authorities said. Andrew J. Urbaniak was arraigned in South Boston District Court on one count of possession of child pornography and one charge of distributing images of a child in the nude, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office. Police arrested Urbaniak, 39, at Our Lady of Czestochowa, a Polish church in the Archdiocese of Boston, on Tuesday. ... Full Story Top New York man set to plead guilty in butchering of eight-year-old boy: source Wed,1 Aug 2012 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Brooklyn man was expected to plead guilty next week to butchering an 8-year-old boy who got lost while walking home alone from an Orthodox Jewish day camp, a source close to the case said on Wednesday. The tentative plea deal calls for Levi Aron, 36, to be sentenced to 40 years to life in prison when he appears in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn on August 9, the source said. Terms of the deal could change before then, the source said. ... Full Story Top KC priest to plead guilty in child porn case Wed,1 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT Associated Press - A Kansas City priest accused of producing and possessing child pornography is scheduled to plead guilty in federal court to at least some of the charges against him. Full Story Top Judge gets second mistrial request in Peterson murder trial Wed,1 Aug 2012 12:28 PM PDT Reuters - JOLIET, Illinois (Reuters) - Defense attorneys sought a mistrial on Wednesday for former Chicago-area police officer Drew Peterson, who is charged with killing his third wife, claiming the prosecution had improperly introduced evidence. It was the second mistrial request in as many days in the murder trial of Peterson before Judge Edward Burmila. Defense attorneys want the charges against Peterson dropped and the judge to declare that he cannot be retried on them. On Tuesday, Peterson's next-door neighbor, Thomas Pontarelli, testified that he found a . ... Full Story Top Bahrain says 3 arrested over 'terrorist activities' Wed,1 Aug 2012 11:25 AM PDT AFP - Bahraini police have arrested three suspects over "terrorist activities" after seizing materials that can be used to manufacture explosives, the public security chief said on Wednesday. Full Story Top NJ cheesemaker sentenced for buying tainted milk Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:48 AM PDT Associated Press - A New Jersey cheesemaker that made ricotta cheese from tainted milk has been fined $200,000 and put on four years of probation. Full Story Top Malaysian opposition figure says arrested for breaching bank law Tue,31 Jul 2012 10:54 PM PDT Reuters - KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A senior Malaysian opposition politician, who made a series of revelations on alleged government wrongdoing, was arrested on Wednesday for disclosing bank details related to a high-profile corruption case involving the family of a former minister. The arrest of Rafizi Ramli, head of strategy for the opposition Pakatan Rakyat party, adds to a tense political atmosphere ahead of elections that must be held by early next year and which are expected to be closely fought. ... Full Story Top Italy rules 'no balls' insult for men is a crime Tue,31 Jul 2012 06:16 PM PDT AFP - Italy's highest court ruled that telling a man he has "no balls" as an insult is a crime punishable with a fine because it hurts male pride in a ruling on a curious row between two cousins. Full Story Top Army sergeant sentenced in fellow soldier's abuse Tue,31 Jul 2012 05:10 PM PDT Associated Press - An Army sergeant was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison, a demotion and docked a month's pay for his role in the alleged racial hazing of a fellow soldier who later committed suicide. Full Story Top Colorado man arrested for bringing gun to theater Tue,31 Jul 2012 01:32 PM PDT The Daily Caller - Police arrested a man Sunday night after he carried a firearm into a a Thorton, Colorado theater nine days after the Aurora shootings, Kieran Nicholson of the Denver Post reports. Full Story Top Jurors to hear openings in Peterson trial Tue,31 Jul 2012 05:17 AM PDT Associated Press - The saga of Drew Peterson and his ill-fated wives has drawn widespread attention outside the courtroom, and now the murder case against the ex-police officer finally goes to trial Tuesday with opening statements and testimony from the first witnesses. Full Story Top Boy arrested over Olympic diver tweets Tue,31 Jul 2012 02:50 AM PDT AFP - Police have arrested a teenager in connection with malicious Twitter messages directed at Tom Daley after the young Olympic diver missed out on a medal. Full Story Top Canadian sentenced to 5 years for role in cross-border smuggling ring Tue,31 Jul 2012 02:01 AM PDT Associated Press - GREAT FALLS, Mont. - U.S. and Canadian authorities said a smuggling ring used remote parts of the border to move more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine into Canada and 1.3 million tablets of ecstasy into the United States over more than two years. Full Story Top Iran Has Its Own Way of Dealing with Bank Fraud: The Death Penalty Mon,30 Jul 2012 03:31 PM PDT The Atlantic Wire - If toothless federal regulations is your pet cause, look to Iran for inspiration: It just sentenced four bankers involved in a billion-dollar financial scandal to death. On Monday, an Iranian court dished out sentences in the country's biggest bank-fraud scandal to date: The embezzlement of $2.6 billion. Besides the four death sentences, 39 people were tried, two people were sent to life in prison and the others received jail sentences of up to 25 years. ... Full Story Top Apple, Samsung patent trial starts with jury selection Mon,30 Jul 2012 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A Google employee, at least five patent owners and plenty of iPhone and iPad consumers were among the potential jurors summoned to court on Monday in a high-stakes U.S. patent battle between Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh spent several hours examining jurors about their backgrounds and biases, as the companies began the trial after more than a year of pretrial jousting, with billions of dollars in the balance. ... Full Story Top UK: Journalist arrested for possible data theft Mon,30 Jul 2012 02:59 PM PDT Associated Press - British police said Monday a 51-year-old journalist has been arrested as part of an investigation into the use of information taken from stolen mobile phones. Full Story Top Army sergeant acquitted of negligent homicide in soldier's death Mon,30 Jul 2012 02:36 PM PDT Reuters - WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A military jury found a U.S. Army sergeant not guilty on Monday of negligent homicide in the death of a Chinese-American soldier who officials say killed himself in Afghanistan after enduring hazing and racial slurs. Sergeant Adam Holcomb, 30, was the first of eight soldiers to face a court-martial in connection with Private Danny Chen's death in October 2011. ... Full Story Top US auto supplier pleads guilty to price fixing Mon,30 Jul 2012 02:08 PM PDT AFP - A US auto parts supplier has become the latest company to plead guilty to fixing prices of parts sold to German automakers following an international probe, US prosecutors said Monday. Full Story Top Singapore socialite sentenced in teen sex scandal Mon,30 Jul 2012 01:52 PM PDT AFP - A prominent Singaporean businessman was sentenced to three months in jail Monday for having paid sex with a minor, as dozens of other accused men await their fate in a prostitution scandal. Full Story Top Puerto Rico tries tougher sentences in crime fight Mon,30 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT Associated Press - An updated penal code signed into law Monday by the Puerto Rican governor increases prison sentences for homicide, assault and other offenses as the U.S. island territory struggles to contain crime and the widespread perception that violence is out of control. Full Story Top

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