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02, Jun 2012 - Vista California police arrest two in killing of Chinese students - Town Hall
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles police said Friday they have arrested two suspects in the killings of two Chinese graduate students slain near the University of Southern California last month. Ming Qu and Ying Wu, both 23, were fatally shot ...
02, Jun 2012 - Little Rock Escaped inmates may have hid blade in folder: officials - YAHOO!
County officials have attempted to reinforce the jail with new lights and security cameras as well as razor wire fencing, Stovall said. The escapees cut a portion of the fence to escape on Monday. LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Two murder suspects who ...
02, Jun 2012 - Little Rock Arkansas escapee's brother, mother charged with aiding jailbreak - Chicago Tribune
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The mother and brother of a murder suspect who escaped from an Arkansas prison this week have been arrested and accused of providing a hacksaw and cellphone to aid in the breakout, authorities said on Thursday.
02, Jun 2012 - Little Rock Murder suspects who broke out of Arkansas jail apprehended - Reuters
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Two murder suspects who used a hacksaw to break out of their second-story cell in an Arkansas county jail were apprehended on Thursday after a four-day manhunt, authorities said. The Miller County Sheriff's ...
02, Jun 2012 - Alaska militia members spoke of hanging bodies from lamp posts: prosecutor
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Three members of a pro-gun Alaska militia plotted to kidnap or kill two law enforcement officers for every militiaman arrested or killed, in tough talk that included discussion about hanging bodies from lamp posts, a federal prosecutor said on Tuesday. Schaeffer Cox, a fixture in the Fairbanks political scene who founded the "Alaska Peacekeepers Militia," is on ...
02, Jun 2012 - Thomas Cook sees Grexit boosting travel industry
LONDON (Reuters) - British tour operator Thomas Cook expects a surge in bookings to Greece if it leaves the euro zone as holidays to the Mediterranean nation would become better value for hard-pressed travelers. "If Greece exits (the euro), for the tourism industry it could be very profitable," interim chief executive Sam Weihagen said after the company posted a steep first-half loss on Thursday ...
02, Jun 2012 - Boxer Mayweather enters jail for domestic violence term - Reuters Canada
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. was booked into a Las Vegas jail on Friday to serve a 90-day sentence for domestic violence against an ex-girlfriend, a term that was previously postponed so the welterweight fighter ...
02, Jun 2012 - Ex-Senator Edwards acquitted on campaign finance charge
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator John Edwards was acquitted on Thursday on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions, and the judge declared a mistrial on five other counts because the jury was deadlocked. The jury's decision came on the ninth day of deliberations and marked yet another dramatic turn of events for the one-time politician who rose to become ...
02, Jun 2012 - Former press baron Conrad Black home from U.S. prison
TORONTO (Reuters) - Former press baron Conrad Black was released from a Florida prison on Friday and flown to his home in Canada, which has granted him a temporary resident permit despite his criminal record. Black arrived by car at his mansion in Toronto, kissed his wife Barbara Amiel, and walked around the leafy grounds with the couple's two large dogs, with spring flowers blooming in the ...
02, Jun 2012 - Saltillo Mother shocked twice with Taser at Mississippi school
GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - A woman who became increasingly irate about her child being disciplined at middle school was shocked twice with a Taser outside the principal's office and arrested on Wednesday, authorities said. Michele Lee Eaton, 39, of Saltillo, Mississippi, was briefly jailed after the incident at Guntown Middle School, said the Lee County Sheriff's Department. At about 8 a.m ...
02, Jun 2012 - Family of New Jersey suicide rejects apology from former roommate
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Relatives of a Rutgers student who committed suicide after his roommate used a webcam to spy on his gay encounter rejected the roommate's apology on Thursday, calling it a work of "public relations" designed to counter his lack of remorse. Dharun Ravi, who is serving a 30-day prison sentence, should have been given a stiffer punishment for his conviction in March in ...
02, Jun 2012 - Oklahoma governor signs open-carry gun bill
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law on Tuesday a bill that will allow Oklahomans to openly carry guns if they pass a criminal background check and take firearms training. Fallin, a Republican, said the new law "sends a strong message that Oklahoma values the rights of its citizens to defend themselves, their family and their property." Oklahoma already issues ...
01, Jun 2012 - Chicago police arrest 15 at futures exchange protest
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Police arrested 15 people blocking the main artery through Chicago's financial district on Wednesday during a demonstration against state tax breaks won last year by CME Group, the world's largest futures exchange company.
01, Jun 2012 - California sued over conditions at prison's high-security unit - msnbc.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A civil rights group sued the state of California and its prison system on Thursday, saying the long-term confinement of inmates in a special high-security unit at Pelican Bay State Prison amounted to torture and human rights ...
31, May 2012 - Texarkana Arkansas escapee's brother, mother charged with aiding jailbreak
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The mother and brother of a murder suspect who escaped from an Arkansas prison this week have been arrested and accused of providing a hacksaw and cellphone to aid in the breakout, authorities said on Thursday. Edward George Dailey, 34, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with furnishing implements of escape for his brother, Quincy Vernard Stewart. His mother ...
31, May 2012 - Elkhart Manhunt launched for two murder suspects in Arkansas jail break - South Bend Tribune
(Reuters) - Authorities in southwestern Arkansas have launched a manhunt for two murder suspects who escaped from jail before dawn on Monday by cutting through the window bars of their second-story cell with a hacksaw, sheriff's officials said.
31, May 2012 - Lebanon Ohio man gets six years for plot to smuggle money to Hezbollah - Chicago Tribune
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio man was sentenced on Monday to more than six years in federal prison after pleading guilty to plans to ship $200,000 to the Muslim militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hor Akl, 39, of Toledo had pleaded guilty to ...
31, May 2012 - Washington Oklahoma says running out of death penalty drug
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma, which executes more prisoners per capita than any other state, said on Wednesday it has only one remaining dose of pentobarbital, a key drug used to kill condemned prisoners. One reason the state is running out is because of a ban on the sale of drugs for such purposes by the European Union, which opposes the death penalty. Oklahoma has a single vial of ...
31, May 2012 - Washington RPT-FTC picks legal sharpshooter for U.S. probe of Google - Reuters
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - When the Federal Trade Commission recently intensified its probe of Internet giant Google, it hired the high-powered Washington lawyer who helped send Oklahoma City ... of the team that convicted Noriega on drug ...
31, May 2012 - Rally urges light sentence in Rutgers hate crime case
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - More than 300 supporters of a former Rutgers University student rallied outside the New Jersey statehouse on Monday to urge leniency at his sentencing for hate crimes after he spied on his roommate's gay tryst. Dharun Ravi, 20, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 21 in Middlesex County Court for hate crimes for invading the privacy of Tyler ...
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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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