| | |
| Man with rifle, machete arrested for threatening ex-President Bush Friday, Jan 31, 2014 05:57 PM PST  By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man sitting in a car that had a loaded rifle, machete and a container of gasoline was charged on Friday with threatening to kill George W. Bush after professing a romantic interest in the former president's oldest daughter, prosecutors said. Benjamin Smith, 44, of upstate New York was arrested in Manhattan by the U.S. Secret Service, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. "Bush will get his," Smith screamed as he was taken into custody, according to the complaint. Later, when asked about his marital status, he told agents he was divorced and "working on a relationship with Barbara Bush." At a preliminary hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Griswold told U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman the government believes Smith was referring to the former president's daughter and not Bush's mother, who shares the same name. Full Story | Top |
| Sheriff: Fugitive who killed Utah deputy dies Friday, Jan 31, 2014 05:42 PM PST  SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A fugitive suspected of killing one Utah deputy and wounding another died Friday afternoon from injuries suffered a day earlier when he was shot by law enforcement officers during a gunfight that ended a 2 ½-hour crime spree. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in Utah deputy's killing was fugitive, 27 Friday, Jan 31, 2014 03:28 PM PST SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A man accused of killing one Utah deputy and wounding another was a fugitive who previously served 4 1/2 years in prison for attempted homicide, authorities said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Colo. mom acquitted of negligence in SUV deaths Friday, Jan 31, 2014 03:09 PM PST  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Jurors delivered a split verdict Friday for a western Colorado woman whose two sons died of overheating after she left them in a running SUV last winter. Full Story | Top |
| Venezuelan bikers protest nighttime riding ban despite high crime Friday, Jan 31, 2014 01:26 PM PST  By Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - Nearly 2,000 motorcyclists protested in Caracas on Friday, hooting horns and waving Venezuelan flags outside a government office to show displeasure with a ban on nighttime riding, which has been imposed to cut crime in one of the world's most dangerous cities. Stung by criticism of numerous failed efforts to make the streets safer, this month officials in Caracas and other areas made it illegal to ride a motorcycle after 9 p.m. The so-called "motorizados," a term applied mostly to couriers and motorbike taxi drivers, gathered in the Petare slum before riding to the peaceful demonstration. "The only solution is for them to let us get on with our work ... not one motorizado is in favor of the new regulations." The protest dispersed after the bikers delivered a letter to the National Institute for Terrestrial Transport, and an official came onto the street to hear their complaints. For many in Venezuela's opposition and middle-class, the motorizados are the frightening face of crime. Full Story | Top |
| Two arrested after brazen heist at Fifth Avenue jewelry store Friday, Jan 31, 2014 12:31 PM PST By Victoria Cavaliere NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men have been arrested in connection with a brazen, daytime heist at a posh New York City jewelry store, while three other suspects were still being sought, police said Friday. The two men were taken into custody less than a day after five masked robbers wielding hammers stormed the Cartier jewelry store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and grabbed 16 watches. Timepieces at Cartier, one of the most exclusive jewelers in the world, range from $2,500 to more than $60,000, according to the store's website. Two men, Allen Williams, 35, and Roberto Grant, 33, both of Brooklyn, were in custody on Friday and charged with robbery, said New York Police Department spokeswoman Karen Anderson. Full Story | Top |
| Teen sentenced to probation in leaf-pile deaths Friday, Jan 31, 2014 12:13 PM PST HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A 19-year-old Oregon woman who drove an SUV into a leaf pile, killing two young girls playing in it, has been sentenced to three years of probation. Full Story | Top |
| Testimony resumes in trial of ex-New Orleans mayor Friday, Jan 31, 2014 08:49 AM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former Mayor Ray Nagin's defense attorney has begun attacking the credibility of the lead witness in Nagin's federal corruption trial. Full Story | Top |
| US seeks prison term for ex-slaughterhouse manager Friday, Jan 31, 2014 06:09 AM PST CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors will seek a 6 ½-year prison term Friday for a former kosher slaughterhouse manager in Iowa who they say exploited immigrant workers for labor, money and sex. Full Story | Top |
| London crime gangs expand operations around country Friday, Jan 31, 2014 03:18 AM PST  London's top crime gangs are expanding their operations around the country, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday. In an announcement coinciding with fresh raids on gang targets around Britain, the Met said some 54 London gangs have "tentacles" in other towns and cities in a search for profits in underserved markets, the BBC reported. "What we are noticing is that gangs are spreading their wings, so rather than working in London, they are going into the counties, even Scotland, to deal drugs. So basically it's an expanding trade," Detective Chief Inspector Tim Champion, from the Met's Operation Trident gang crime command, told BBC Radio 4. Full Story | Top |
| US seeks death penalty for marathon suspect Friday, Jan 31, 2014 12:31 AM PST  BOSTON (AP) — The announcement by federal prosecutors that they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in the Boston Marathon bombing came as no surprise to people who lost limbs or suffered other injuries in last year's attack. Full Story | Top |
| US to seek death penalty for accused Boston bomber Thursday, Jan 30, 2014 10:24 PM PST  The United States is to seek a rare federal death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving young student accused of the Boston marathon bombings, Attorney General Eric Holder said. Three people were killed and about 260 wounded on April 15 last year when two bombs made of explosives-packed pressure cookers went off near the finish line of the Boston marathon. Tsarnaev, then 19, and his 26-year-old brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev were cornered by police after a four-day manhunt. Full Story | Top |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment