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31, May 2012 - Congo-Kinshasa: Deplorable Conditions and Corruption At Goma Prison
[RNW Africa] Goma - Living conditions at Munzenze central prison are, in a word, deplorable. As our local correspondent in the DRC finds, inmates are suffering egregious violations against their rights as inmates - and as human beings.
31, May 2012 - Bastrop Color bars - Bastrop Daily Enterprise
His presence is required elsewhere. Kelly, a Bastrop native, is a convicted felon, incarcerated at Angola Louisiana State Prison for the past 22 years in a 99-year sentence for committing armed robbery. Kelly, though, has not let the years go to waste.
31, May 2012 - Dharun Ravi sentence: 30 days in jail after a dramatic day in court - NJ.com
He sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in the Middlesex County jail, a fragment of the decade-long sentence ... Berman’s ruling will likely add more fuel to the ongoing debate over whether New Jersey’s existing bias laws were correctly applied ...
31, May 2012 - Nashville American Scene: Mosque construction ongoing despite ruling
TENNESSEE NASHVILLE — Construction is continuing on a mosque as attorneys debate a judge's ruling that said local officials did not give the public enough notice about a meeting during which building plans were approved. Opponents of the mosque believe the ruling means construction of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro ...
31, May 2012 - Durango What's New for Your Summer Mountain Vacation in Durango, Colorado - Hispanic Business
DURANGO, CO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- Nestled in the mountains ... Two Orphans 699 Main Avenue Two orphan girls make their way to Paris; one gets arrested, the other falls in love -- will they ever see each other again?
31, May 2012 - Ohio woman jailed on charge of breaking into house to clean it - Bangor Daily News
ELYRIA, Ohio — Police in suburban Cleveland say a woman who owns ... The woman, Sue Warren of Elyria , is in jail on a burglary charge. Police in Westlake say Warren broke into a home last week and began tidying up, but she didn’t take ...
31, May 2012 - Homer Amnesty International Launches New Angola 3 Action as Albert Woodfox’s Court Hearing Begins - Inf
He returns to David Wade Correctional Center in Homer on Friday.) (Written by the International Coalition to Free the Angola 3, May 29) Today Albert Woodfox will appear in court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seeking his conviction to be overturned for a third time.
31, May 2012 - Homer Amnesty Intl's Angola 3 petition asks: Where's the evidence? - Salon
He returns to David Wade Correctional Center in Homer on Friday.) Amnesty International ... Today Albert Woodfox will appear in court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seeking his conviction to be overturned for a third time. As we start this three ...
31, May 2012 - Inmates put on play about Jesus
Convicted murderers and armed robbers at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola are portraying the lives of Jesus and his disciples.
31, May 2012 - Harvey Amnesty Intl. delivers Angola 3 petitions but Gov. Jindal refuses to meet - Bay Area Indymedia
On April 17, 1972, Albert Woodfox, now 65, and Herman Wallace, 70, serving a sentence for armed robbery, were placed in an isolation unit in Louisiana State Penitentiary ... and unjust,” said Everette Harvey Thompson, director of Amnesty ...
31, May 2012 - Man convicted of stabbing romantic rival arrested again - Bangor Daily News
NORTHPORT, Maine — A man who was recently released from prison after being convicted of stabbing a romantic rival has been arrested again on domestic violence-related charges. Stephen Cummings, 24, of Northport is accused of assaulting a woman ...
31, May 2012 - Female Guards on the Rise at Louisiana's Most Notorious Prison
News with a Twist: Anne Cutler Reports When the sun sets at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, the inmates and their guards are sent to the dorms. Warden Burl Cain says, "You think about it, you put a female in a dormitory and it has 90 inmates and 25% of them are aggravated rapists and one out of two is here for the life and the majority of them are lifers and lock her in, she doesn't have ...
31, May 2012 - Lewiston Man seriously wounded by gunshot in Lewiston; police arrest suspect - Bangor Daily News
LEWISTON, Maine — Rescue crews found a 63-year-old man ... Later Wednesday night, police arrested Steve Anctil, a 24-year-old local man with a criminal history of robberies and other crimes. Anctil was charged with elevated aggravated assault ...
31, May 2012 - Adams Three arrested for Theft of Property - Hope Star
Ms. Westbrook advised that Don Honea had just seen his bumper ... that several burglaries and thefts will be cleared up with the arrest of the three subjects arrested yesterday. The investigation is ongoing and will result in other arrests once completed.
31, May 2012 - Augusta Man arrested after tirade draws a crowd, Bangor police say
BANGOR, Maine - A local transient was arrested on Saturday night after he jumped up and down on his ex-girlfriend's...
31, May 2012 - Augusta UPDATE: 8 of 10 Arrested in Central Maine Drug Ring Plead Not Guilty
Eight people in Central Maine accused of running a cocaine and oxycodone drug ring pleaded not guilty in federal court in Bangor Tuesday. Two others charged in the case are scheduled to appear Wednesday. They are: Maurice McCray - age 31 - Waterville/Farmington Tara Pelletier - age 31 - . . .
31, May 2012 - Augusta 10 people arrested in Maine drug sweep
BANGOR (AP) — Ten people have been arrested on drug dealing charges in central Maine. The U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday that the 10 are facing charges of conspiracy to distribute and distributing cocaine and the prescription drug oxycodone. Six of the people are from Waterville. The other four are from Skowhegan, Winslow, Augusta and Albion. read more
31, May 2012 - Augusta Grand jury indicts Kenduskeag woman for pharmacy robbery in Corinth - Bangor Daily News
BANGOR, Maine — A Kenduskeag woman accused of robbing ... investigators waited to make an arrest until testing at the state crime lab in Augusta confirmed that the portion of paper found in Strout’s boyfriend’s car was an exact match ...
31, May 2012 - Augusta 10 arrested in cocaine, oxycodone distribution ring - Bangor Daily News
Maine State Police, the police departments of Waterville, Augusta, Fairfield, Oakland and Skowhegan, and the Somerset and Kennebec county sheriff’s offices. The Kennebec and Somerset County district attorney’s offices and the Maine attorney ...
31, May 2012 - Augusta 4 more arrested in cocaine, oxycodone conspiracy out of Waterville - Bangor Daily News
Maine State Police, the police departments of Waterville, Augusta, Fairfield, Oakland and Skowhegan, and the Somerset and Kennebec county sheriff’s offices. The Kennebec and Somerset County district attorney’s offices and the Maine attorney ...
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| National Arrest Records Statistics (2009) |
| Total | 13,687,241 | |
| Murder and manslaughter | 12,418 | |
| Rape | 21,407 | |
| Robbery | 126,725 | |
| Aggravated Assault | 421,215 | |
| Burglary | 299,351 | |
| Larceny-theft | 1,334,933 | |
| Motor vehicle theft | 81,797 | |
| Arson | 12,204 | |
| Violent crime | 581,765 | |
| Property crime | 1,728,285 | |
| Other assaults | 1,319,458 | |
| Forgery and counterfeiting | 85,844 | |
| Fraud | 210,255 | |
| Embezzlement | 17,920 | |
| Stolen property | 105,303 | |
| Vandalism | 270,439 | |
| Weapons | 166,334 | |
| Prostitution / vice | 71,355 | |
| Sex offenses (except rape) | 77,326 | |
| Drug abuse | 1,663,582 | |
| Gambling | 10,360 | |
| Offenses against family and children | 114,564 | |
| DUI / DWI | 1,440,409 | |
| Liquor laws | 570,333 | |
| Drunkenness | 594,300 | |
| Disorderly conduct | 655,322 | |
| Vagrancy | 33,388 | |
| All other offenses | 3,764,672 | |
| Suspicion | 1,975 | |
| Curfew and loitering | 112,593 | |
| Runaways | 93,434 |
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