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Multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:55 -0400

NEW YORK - Authorities in New York are claiming to have busted a multi-million cigarette smuggling ring and arrested at least 16 Palestinian immigrants having alleged links with known terror organisations. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Thursday said that the 16 members of the criminal ring in New York City, Albany County and Schenectady County ...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled note in boat as munhunt was on

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:22 -0400

NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

Bangladesh garment factories reopen within days of shutdown

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:08 -0400

DHAKA - Bangladesh has re-opened hundreds of garment factories after just three days of closure following protests over pay and poor work conditions. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association had called for the re-opening on Friday. The shutdown of factories this week was prompted by worker protests over low pay and poor working conditions sparked by the country's worst ...

Spot-fixing row Mumbai Police get hold of Sreesanths laptop Update-Spot-fixing

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:30:04 -0400

Mumbai Police Crime Branch raided Sofitel Hotel in the city, the hotel in which spot-fixing protagonist S.Sreesanth was residing and has recovered a laptop belonging to him. Raids are likely to be conducted iat a few more places on Saturday. Meanwhile, Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council Chairman Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said that the Working Committee of the Board of Control for ...

Brewery develops new beer dedicated to slain cop

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:03 -0400

A Massachusetts brewing company is creating a beer in the honour of a hero cop, Sean Collier, who was allegedly gunned down by the Boston Marathon bombers. According to the Cambridge Brewing Company, 'Collier Stout' -a dry Irish stout- will hit bars by mid June and 1 dollar from every sale will go to Collier's memorial fund, the New York Post reported. Collier's friend Travis Dixon told the ...

CBI to move Supreme Court next week to seek removal of tainted officer LeadCBI

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:40:02 -0400

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that it will approach the Supreme Court on Monday with a petition to remove from service its own Superintendent of Police, who was arrested here for allegedly taking a bribe to settle a land dispute. Vivek Dutt, who was heading the coal scam probe team, was arrested on Friday along with an inspector and two others for allegedly taking a bribe of ...

Supreme Court says will not interfere in functioning of GoM on CBI autonomy

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:20:02 -0400

The Supreme Court has refused to interfere in the functioning of the Group of Ministers (GoM) examining the issue of CBI's autonomy. A two-judge bench comprising of Justices B S Chauhan and Dipak Misra on Friday declined to hear the plea of a group of CBI cadre officers who moved the apex court to restrain the Centre from framing new rules for the appointment of officers against the ...

15 killed 57 wounded in bombings in Baghdad

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:03 -0400

Beijing, May 18 (Xinhua-ANI): At least 15 people were killed and 57 others wounded in three roadside bomb attacks on Friday in Iraq 's capital city of Baghdad, a police source said. A roadside bomb exploded in the Amiriya district in western Baghdad, killing 12 people and wounding 32 others, the police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Another roadside bomb in the Doraa district in ...

Former Bihar MP Pappu Yadav acquitted in Sarkar murder case

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:02 -0400

Controversial former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav was acquitted Friday by the Patna High Court in connection with the 1998 murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Ajit Sarkar due to lack of evidence. A division bench comprising of Justices V N Singh and K K Lal set aside the February 2008 conviction of Yadav and two other accused - Rajan Tiwari ...

Police seizes 1500 explosives in Jharkhands Koderma region

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:02 -0400

Acting on a tip off, Jharkhand Police have confirmed the seizure of a huge cache of explosives from a house in the state's Koderma District. The owner of the house from where the explosives were found has been identified as Ayodhya Prasad Mehta. "We have recovered 1500 detonators from the residence of Ayodha Mehta of Machgama village. However, we couldn't arrest him," police inspector Suman ...

Suspected ISI spy held in Jaipur for leaking army secrets

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:01 -0400

Police in Jaipur, Rajasthan, have confirmed the arrest of an army staffer for allegedly passing on classified information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence) Rajasthan Dalpat Singh Dinkar said the accused person has been identified as Bidyut Kumar Sinha, adding that he was detained on May 14. Dinkar said Sinha aged 43, was ...

73 killed 148 injured in Iraq attacks

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:40:01 -0400

A wave of bombing attacks struck war-torn Iraq Friday, leaving as many as 73 people dead and 148 injured, police and officials said. At least 41 people were killed and 56 injured in two blasts, which hit almost simultaneously in Baquba, capital city of Diyala province, after the Friday prayer, reported Xinhua citing the city's mayor Abdullah Hayali. The two roadside bombs exploded near the ...

Chad Arrests Accused Ex-Presidents Police Chief

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:15 -0400

DAKAR Chadian justice officials are questioning and arresting associates of ex-Chadian president Hissene Habre who are accused of torturing and killing political opponents during Habre's eight years in power. Habre fled to Dakar in 1990 after being ousted in a military coup. The flurry of activity in Chad comes just months after Senegal launched a long-awaited special tribunal to try the ...

Armed robbers kill Indian in Ghana

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:02 -0400

Armed robbers have killed a 27-year-old Indian in western Ghana, the police said here Friday. Two people have been arrested. The victim, R.M. Dhalan was killed at Anyinabreim near Techiman, in the Brong-Ahafo region. Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Christopher Tawiah said two men - Aturuge Apele and Abuga Anamo - have been arrested. Tawiah said on May 9, one Sudahkur, 25, an Indian ...

Three held for murders of Indian-origin couple in Guyana

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:10:02 -0400

Police in Guyana have detained three people in connection with the double-murder of an Indian-origin businessman and his wife in the South American nation. A bodyguard and a handyman are among the three people detained in connection with the murders of Totaram Mootoo and his wife Bhagmattie here May 10, Kaiteur News reported Friday. The couple had died in an explosion in their house at the ...

Delhi Police to widen probe To question Rajasthan Royals owners skipper Dravid

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:01 -0400

Delhi Police has reportedly indicated that it could widen the probe of an ongoing case of spot fixing in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to include questioning of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals and the team's captain. Television reports said that Shilpa Shetty Kundra and Raj Kundra, two of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals, and skipper Rahul Dravid, could be called in ...

IPL spot-fixing case Delhi police chief says Sreesanth cooperating UpdateSreesanth

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:01 -0400

Delhi's Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Friday said former Test fast bowler S.Sreesanth is cooperating with investigators with regard to an Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing probe Media quoted Kumar, as saying that he had visited the Special Cell office of the Delhi Police, but had not met with Sreesanth. "I met my officers in special cell this morning...Sreesanth is cooperating with ...

Chennai Police catch six bookies for betting

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:40:03 -0400

Chennai police are conducting searches at various places in Chennai, a day after three Rajasthan Royals players were arrested for allegedly spot fixing matches in exchange for money. The raids are taking place at Sowcarpet, Triplicane, Purushwalkkam and four other places. "We have raided eight to ten places here and have secured six cricket bookies involved in betting. It is not match fixing ...

China police arrest man after plane bomb threats

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:40:41 -0400

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said Saturday.Eleven flights were affected in total, though the suspect is not alleged to be behind all the threats. The planes were travelling from Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the Beijing News reported.One flight from Guangzhou on Friday ...

Colorado sheriffs sue the state over new gun control laws

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:37:20 -0400

filed a lawsuit in federal court against the state Friday in an effort to overturn two new gun control bills that are set to go into effect on July 1. The plaintiffs have in their sights one law that effectively bans all firearm magazines, and one that requires a background check for every gun transfer when the gun will be in the possession of someone other than the owner for more than 72 hours. ...

Cops moving in on Bieber heist culprits

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:33:14 -0400

Johannesburg - Police are closing in on the brazen robbers who meticulously carried out an elaborate heist and stole over R3 million from a strongroom in the bowels of FNB stadium just hours after teen sensation Justin Bieber had performed ...

Endemic gagging Over 300 UK police silenced with taxpayer millions – report

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:25:32 -0400

UK Mere months after it emerged some 14.7 million pounds (US$22.4 million) was spent on gagging UK Health Service employees, a report has exposed 13 police forces across the country signed over 300 compromise agreements with staff, spending millions. The gagging clauses are being widely used across UK police forces, leading to concerns they are being used to ensure the silence of police ...

Mumbai Police explains spot-fixing arrests Highlights

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:18:56 -0400

Mumbai : Himanshu Roy, Joint Commissioner of Mumbai Police is holding a press conference in Mumbai to explain the arrests made in the city by the Delhi police. On Thursday, three Rajasthan Royals' players, Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila were arrested in Mumbai on suspicions of spot-fixing in the current IPL season. The three along with 11 others are now in Delhi being ...

Man allegedly injected with petrol and acid by police dies in Uttar Pradesh

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:18:55 -0400

Etah: In a case of alleged police brutality, a man who died on Friday morning has, in a declaration to the media, accused cops in the western UP district of Etah of injecting him with acid and petrol, reportedly to extract a confession from him. He made this statement on camera from his hospital bed.Balbir, the deceased, had been detained by the police along with Bani Khan and two others in ...

Police investigate killing of 21-year-old Hofstra student in home invasion

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:15:07 -0400

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog. Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister Jessica and several other college students inside an off-campus house, had ...

Boston police chief being honored by UMass-Lowell

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:13:47 -0400

LOWELL, Mass. - Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis is set to deliver the commencement address at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a month after he became a national figure in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.The 57-year-old Davis is expected to receive an honorary doctor of humane letters during Saturday morning's ceremony at which nearly 3,200 students are expected to ...

Gunmen Kill Iraqi Police Officer and Family

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:41 -0400

Officials say the gunmen gunned down an administrator for the al-Rasheed district Saturday, and also killed the police captain's wife and their two children. The attackers also killed at least one security officer nearby. On Friday, a series of bomb attacks targeted Sunnis in Iraq, including in Baquba, just north of Baghdad, killing 70 people and increasing fears of renewed sectarian ...

Two died after car leaves road in Swindon

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:39:18 -0400

At about 5 am today (Saturday 18 May 2013) Wiltshire Police were called by a motorist who had seen a vehicle leave the road whilst it was travelling north on the A419 just past the junction with the A420 in Swindon. Police officers found a grey Renault Clio with substantial damage in undergrowth about 20 metres from the road. There were five occupants - three young men and two young women - all ...

Outraged by kidnapping Egyptian police block Gaza crossing

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:54 -0400

Palestinian travellers , witnesses said. The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the abductions. Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants had seized seven policemen and soldiers on a road between the Sinai towns of el-Arish and Rafah. Three of those abducted had worked at ...

Jaipur Police to share details of 250 phones used for betting during IPL with Delhi Police

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:15:18 -0400

Jaipur : Jaipur police will share with their Delhi counterparts the call details of mobile phones seized during raids to assist with the ongoing IPL spot-fixing probe."Over 250 mobile phones, some laptops and other items were seized during 16 raids in the city during the IPL season this year and call details of the mobile phones will be shared with Delhi police to assist them in the ongoing ...

FIGHTING BACKColorado Sheriffs Sue Over New State Gun Restrictions

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:11:46 -0400

May 17 2013: Weld County, Colo., Sheriff John Cooke, left, with El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, center right, and other sheriffs standing behind him, speaks during a news conference at which he announced that 54 Colorado sheriffs are filing a federal civil lawsuit against two gun control bills passed by the Colorado Legislature, in ...

Simi Valley police ask for the publics help in finding bank robber

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:35:56 -0400

Police said the robber climbed over the counter, demanded money from a teller and tried to get into the vault. After failing to get into the vault, the robber fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash, police ...

Murder hunt launched after mans body found in Coventry grassland

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:27:11 -0400

The victim, thought to be aged in his 40s, was found by a member of the public at about 5am on Saturday in Upper Spon Street, Coventry. A spokesman for West Midlands Police said a post-mortem examination would take place and added: "The death is being treated as murder and the area has been sealed off while forensic inquiries begin. "Officers at the scene are carrying out ...

Afghan Police Chief Assassinated

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:24 -0400

Officials say Police Chief Abdul Ghani was near his home late Friday when gunmen shot him. No one has been detained in the case. The Associated Press quotes a local official as saying Ghani had led a crackdown on insurgents in his district of Khaki Safad that resulted in the killing and capture of several Taliban leaders. The spokesman said that made him a target for Taliban ...

Organizers police prepare for Portland Rock N Roll half marathon

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:25:54 -0400

PORTLAND, Ore. – About 10,000 people have signed up to run the Rock 'N Roll half marathon on Sunday. It's the first Rose Festival event and first major race here since the bombings at the Boston Marathon last month. So you can expect more Portland police officers here and private security stationed at the check booth and start line. Just two weeks after the Boston ...

Anti-Morsi protestors clash with police in Tahrir Square

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:19:09 -0400

An Egyptian protester carries a picture of late president Anwar al-Sadat during a demonstration against President Mohammed Morsi on Friday in Tahrir Square, Cairo. AFP ...

Explosive device removed by Northern Ireland police investigating attempted murders

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:10 -0400

What is believed to be a bomb found by police investigating the attempt to murder three officers in West Belfast has been taken away, police ...

Police review of Madeleine McCann case identifies new leads and more than a handful of persons of interest

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:12:08 -0400

The police review of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has identified "a handful of people of interest" in connection with the case, Scotland Yard confirmed ...

Delhi Police sends out teams to track spot-fixing money trail in four cities

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:11:04 -0400

Delhi Police has dispatched team of investigators to four cities to trace the money trail in the IPL spot-fixing case.According to sources, teams have been sent to the Indian cities Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Hyderabad in this connection.Sreesanth and the other two cricketers -- Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila -- were arrested in in Mumbai on Thursday by Delhi Police for spot-fixing IPL ...

Deputies respond to three burglaries

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:06:28 -0400

STOCKTON - The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office dispatched deputies to three west Stockton locations on reports of residential burglaries over a span of about 90 minutes Friday, authorities ...

Afghan police chief shot dead outside home

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:26:42 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan -; An official says motorcycle-riding gunmen have shot dead a police chief who led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his ...

Cops investigating after NY college student killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:26:38 -0400

Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, May 17, 2013, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Louis ...

Saradha scam Kingpin Sudipta Sen had huge investments abroad say police

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:06:03 -0400

Multi-crore chitfund scamster Sudipta Sen had invested in tourism business abroad and bought some properties at various locations of Dubai, Jordan, Qatar and Mauritius, police sources said. Sen had invested hefty amounts of money in the hospitality business outside India. He had bought one luxury resort at Jordon and three hillocks in Dubai where he was supposed to build a resort of his own. ...

Newark police shoot armed man

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:57:31 -0400

NEWARK -- Police shot an armed man Friday following a 45-minute standoff during which the man fired one round at responding officers.The man suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound and was transported to a local hospital, according to a Newark Police news release. His condition was not known late Friday. No officers were injured.The standoff began after police received a phone call at 5:37 p.m. ...

Police Driver let out passengers then fled injury accident

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:22:06 -0400

SAN DIEGO -; A driver whose vehicle allegedly hit and seriously injured a pedestrian in the Midway District on Friday night fled the scene and was later arrested at his home, San Diego police ...

Colorado sheriffs file federal lawsuit challenging gun bills

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:06:29 -0400

Fifty-four Colorado sheriffs have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over two of the gun bills passed during this year's state legislative session.At a news conference held at the Independence Institute, a free-market think tank, the sheriffs and representatives from the Colorado Farm Bureau, Women for Concealed Carry and members of Outdoor Buddies - a charitable organization for disabled ...

Lincoln police chief maintained strong ties to community

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:57:52 -0400

Lupinacci was hired as a rookie police officer by the borough in 1999 and was chief for the past 2 years. He's spent the last 18 months fighting the cancer that he'd been diagnosed with on his 50th ...

London police urge Portugal to reopen Madeleine McCann case

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:49:11 -0400

Madeleine McCann . After reviewing investigative files on the case, detectives said they had a list of persons of interest, The Daily Telegraph reported. Detective Chief Superintendent Hamish Campbell, who heads the Homicide and Serious Crime Command, said the review found "investigative and forensic opportunities." Madeleine disappeared shortly before her 4th birthday in August 2007. ...

Ventura County pet of the week Sheriff

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:23 -0400

Contributed photo Sheriff is a male longhair Chihuahua. He is sweet and likes to introduce himself by coming up to you slowly and cuddling near your legs. When you stop petting him, he turns his head to look at you until you start loving him again. Sheriff is timid and although they get along nicely, he doesn’t really notice his kennelmate much. He would do best in a calm environment. He ...

Man killed by Spokane police is identified

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:03:10 -0400

Spokane police detectives say a man suspected in a fatal shooting refused to obey officers' commands and moved his hand toward his waistband. Police shot and killed the ...

Rhode Island campus police officers serve unarmed www.privateofficer.com

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:28 -0400

The debate whether or not to arm campus police officers in Rhode Island continues. Fully sworn officers at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island still are not permitted to carry firearms. The officers carry pepper spray, and a collapsible ...

Metro Special Police Security Services faces gay sexual harrasment charges www.privateofficer.com

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:20 -0400

Charlotte-based Metro Special Police & Security Services faces EEOC charges that a captain and lieutenant, both men, solicited male security officers for sex, forced them to go to gay bars while on duty and touched the men's chests and genitals against their will. In its complaint, the EEOC claims that at least three male officers faced constant sexual harassment, including requests for ...

Police arrest Georgia men cooking meth in mobile home www.privateofficer.com

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:19 -0400

| In what appeared to be an episode of the hit show "Breaking Bad,'' Glynn County-Brunswick narcotics officers found a methamphetamine lab in a motor home. Brunswick police answering a call to a fight at a Player Street residence about 7 p.m. Thursday learned that two men had been fighting in beside a motor home in the driveway, the Glynn/Brunswick Narcotics Enforcement Team said ...

New Smyrna police chief shocked that cash was stolen from evidence room

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:57:08 -0400

New Smyrna Beach police chief was "shocked" to discover that lax security procedures allowed someone to steal money from the department's evidence room, he said Friday. A total of $1,220 is missing from two 2007 case currency bags and one 2010 case bag, Interim Chief Mike Brouillette said, The cash is thought to have been pilfered between 2007 and December 2010 when the ...

Trial Weighs Importance of Arrests in Police Stops

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:55:16 -0400

It was only a single word -- "yes" -- but it stands as one of the more interesting acknowledgments in two months of testimony in the federal trial ...

State trooper convicted in extortion threat case

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:51:50 -0400

A disgraced state trooper who tried to muscle his way into a bookie’s business was convicted yesterday of extortion and threats against his unwilling 300-pound would-be gambling partner, and is facing up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, federal prosecutors said.The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on a second extortion charge against state Trooper John M. Analetto, who has ...

St. Paul Police ID man who died in apparent self-immolation

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:46:22 -0400

St. Paul police have identified a man who died after apparently setting himself on fire in Lilydale Regional Park as a 25 year old from Minneapolis. The death of Ahmed Mohamed Ali remains under investigation, Sgt. Paul Paulos, a department spokesman, said Thursday, May 2. Police are asking anyone who knows about Ali's whereabouts Monday to call them at 651-266-5650. Two men out for a hike ...

Male U.S. burglars steal to get money women steal for drugs

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:44:30 -0400

When selecting a target, most burglars said they considered the close proximity of other people including: traffic, people in the house or business and police officers; the lack of escape routes; and signs of increased security -- including alarm signs, alarms, dogs inside and outdoor cameras or other surveillance equipment. (UPI Photo/Ezio ...

Traffic stops 11 key tips and tactics

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:58 -0400

one item which didn’t seem to get a whole lot of attention, but serves as a tremendous reminder of incredibly-important role that the "routine" traffic stop has in keeping American streets safe. Officers stopped 29-year-old Robert Wilson for improper vehicle registration. During the stop, those officers observed a clear liquid that was concerning - further analysis showed it had ...

2009 Oakland police shooting Arbitrator reverses discipline against officers faulted for tragic SWAT operation

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:42:33 -0400

OAKLAND -- The only two officers disciplined in connection with the deadliest day in Oakland Police Department history have had their punishments overturned by an arbitrator, who found that department leaders had unfairly singled them out and failed to consider their own accountability.Richard Orozco and Christopher Mufarreh were demoted two ranks for their role in the flawed March 21, 2009, SWAT ...

Demoted Oakland police officer get old ranks back

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:28 -0400

OAKLAND, Calif. -; The Oakland Police Department says it will comply with an order to reinstate two officer to their former ranks who were demoted for their involvement in a botched SWAT action that ended in the death of two fellow ...

Police seek thieves who stole purebred dog from Miami-Dade shelter

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:01:19 -0400

Miami-Dade Animal Services is seeking the public’s help in identifying two people who stole a purebred Belgian Malinois shepherd dog from a county animal shelter on Tuesday.The dog, named Django, is an intact 1-year-old male, according to a news release from Animal Services.Belgian Malinois dogs look much like German Shepherds, but are smaller and more agile. They’re often used as ...

Cahokia police investigate death of 4-month-old baby

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:29 -0400

CAHOKIA, Ill. (KSDK) - Cahokia police are investigating the death of a 4-month-old baby. The child died around 6:15 a.m. Thursday at a home on Plum Street in Cahokia. Police say the child suffocated while in bed with the parents, but they believe the suffocation was accidental. For information on safe sleep for babies, visit the SIDS Resources website or call 1-800-421-3511. ...

UK Police fear being called racist freeing illegal immigrants

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:52 -0400

At least thousands of illegal immigrants are set free routinely instead of deported by the police, as they fear they will be termed racists if they question a suspect's nationality. "Failure to carry out checks on those in custody is adding to the numbers of migrants being allowed back on Britain's streets when they should be kicked out, a study has revealed," reports UK ...

Prosecutors 3 teens posted taped sex assaults of girl 12 on Facebook

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:19 -0400

Three teenagers face sex assault charges after they raped a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and posted a video of the December attacks on Facebook, prosecutors said. Scandale Fritz, 16, Kenneth Brown, 15, and Justin Applewhite, 16, were all ordered held in lieu of $900,000 bail in a hearing today before Criminal Court Judge James Brown, said Cook County state's attorney spokeswoman Tandra ...

Police search for West Park hit-and-run driver

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:14 -0400

Broward Sheriff’s deputies were searching for a driver who sped off after striking a pedestrian on State Road 7 in West Park early Friday, leaving the man lying injured in the street. BSO Fire Rescue personnel airlifted 52-year-old Walter James to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition.His condition later stabilized. He had been walking west to east ...

Police converge on Spences Bridge after report of man with gun

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:11 -0400

Police from Lytton, Ashcroft and Kamloops moved in on Spences Bridge Friday afternoon after unconfirmed reports of a man either carrying or firing a ...

Police recover historic artifacts from Victoria church days after theft

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:39:00 -0400

Invaluable, historic artifacts stolen from the Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria last week have been recovered, Victoria police say. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ho-Victoria ...

Police bust suspected illegal gambling operating

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:35:22 -0400

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Birmingham have shut down a recording studio and removed 33 machines they say were being used for illegal ...

FBI says bulletin warning law enforcement to look out for armed agent was a mistake

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:31:02 -0400

An FBI bulletin telling Washington-are law enforcement -- including the Secret Service -- to be on the lookout for a disgruntled and armed agent was just a "personnel matter," an official said hours after FoxNews.com located the agent at his home. Late Thursday, the FBI widened a week-old "be on the lookout" bulletin for Michael Dick, an agent with experience in ...

Ex-Miramar police captain convicted for ordering girl 15 to expose herself

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:34 -0400

A deputy handcuffs retired Miramar police Captain Juan De Los Rios Friday after a jury convicted him of lewd and lascivious conduct for ordering a girl, 15, to expose her ...

Appeal To Dismiss High Court Decision Thrown Out

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:01 -0400

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Court of Appeal this month dismissed an appeal made against cost simpliciter where under Section 20 of the Supreme Courts Act, the Court of Appeal has no jurisdiction. Regina Chong Ming Choo who trades under the name and style of Borneo Housing Agencies filed the appeal. Borneo Housing Agencies was earlier granted costs to be paid by Louis Lim Kim Huat who faced each ...

Mexico to create special police unit to search for the missing

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:08 -0400

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's government says it will create a special investigative unit to search for the missing, heeding a request by relatives of the disappeared who have been on a hunger strike for nine days. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam made the announcement Friday after meeting with a group of parents who have been on a hunger strike and living in tents outside his office. Murillo ...

Prosecutors More time needed to indict Boston bombing suspect

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:08 -0400

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is pictured in this undated FBI handout photo. Prosecutors in Tsarnaev's trial say they need more time to indict the 19-year-old on charges of using a weapon of mass destruction. ...

McCanns ‘very pleased’ with police review

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:21 -0400

Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday repeated their support for Scotland Yard's review of their daughter Madeleine's disappearance. Photograph: Aidan ...

Cops investigate possible links in Bosma suspect case

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:25 -0400

One man charged in Tim Bosma's murder TORONTO - Toronto Police have confirmed they are reviewing the death of Wayne Millard, father of a man now charged with the kidnapping and murder of an Ancaster man. Homicide squad Staff-Insp. Greg McLane said Friday investigators are continuing to look into Dellen Millard’s Etobicoke connection when it comes to the suicide death of his father ...

Ala. Supreme Court reinstates $3.2 million verdict

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:26:49 -0400

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court has reinstated a $3.2 million malpractice verdict awarded to the estate of a Montgomery woman who died in 2005 after being treated at the Baptist East Emergency Room in ...

Sheriff Moore announces bid to run for third term

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:11 -0400

FRENCH CAMP – San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore announced today that he intends to run for a third term as sheriff in the June 2014 primary ...

Hollywoods assistant police chief retiring two months after being relieved of duty

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:22:08 -0400

HOLLYWOOD — Assistant Police Chief Jimmy Jones, the subject of an active Internal Affairs investigation into alleged misconduct, will retire this month. Jones, 50, sent a resignation letter to Chief Vincent Affanato this week saying his retirement would take effect May ...

U.K. police announce new leads in missing girl case

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:16 -0400

In this handout photo, relased September 16, 2007 missing child Madeleine McCann smiles. The McCann family have returned from Portugal after local police questioned them on the disappearance of daughter Madeleine, who vanished from their hoiliday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, ...

World Briefing | Middle East Angry Egyptian Police Close Gaza Crossing

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:48:11 -0400

Egyptian police officers blocked the Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the kidnapping of seven of their colleagues by Islamist gunmen, witnesses said. Officers strung barbed wire across the border post and chained up the gates, leaving hundreds of Palestinians stranded on both sides of the fence, residents said. Gunmen abducted the seven security officers ...

Court jails My Pikin workers 28yrs dissolves firm

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:08 -0400

A Federal High Court, Lagos has wound up Barewa Pharmaceutical Ltd, the manufacturer of My Pikin baby teething mixture, which allegedly killed about 80 babies in ...

Armed masked Northland driver leads cops on a chase

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:00 -0400

A driver in a BMW armed with a hunting knife and mask led police on a 100km low speed pursuit along a major Northland state highway. Motorists travelling on State Highway 1 between Warkworth and Whangarei were forced to take evasive action as the fleeing driver wove his car on both sides of the road during the hour-long pursuit. Road Policing Services team leader Johnny Fagan said the chase ...

Alton police seek man accused of robbery in front of credit union

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:22 -0400

ALTON, Ill. (KSDK) - Alton police are looking for a man accused of robbery Friday afternoon. Police were called to the Laclede Community Credit Union in the 2400 block of State Street shortly after 2:30 p.m. The suspect, wearing a black hoodie and something covering his face, tried to enter through the lobby door, but the lobby of the credit union is no longer open and is a drive-thru only ...

Ceremony honors 10 fallen law enforcement officers in Knox County

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:18 -0400

Knox County Sheriff's Office deputies attend the Knoxville-Knox County Peace Officers Memorial Service on Friday, May 17, 2013, at Mary Costa Plaza. (Don Jacobs/News ...

Police probe link between Bosma suspect missing woman

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:29:10 -0400

Police are investigating whether the suspect charged in connection with the death of Timothy Bosma is linked in any way to the disappearance of a Toronto woman, CTV News has learned. Laura Babcock was 23 years old when she went missing last July. Now, police are probing her relationship with Dellen Millard, the suspect charged with first-degree murder in connection with Bosma's death. ...

Police Man fires shots near teen due to loud music

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:28:19 -0400

SALT SPRINGS -- A 72-year-old Salt Springs man is accused of firing his gun near a teen and threatening to kill his father because his music was too loud. In an exclusive interview, Stan Kaniewski said he just couldn't take it anymore. "My nephew was heading to church for the evening service and he was driving down the road, playing his country music, and then the old man started ...

Lawyer says he told OJ to go to police

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:27:17 -0400

THE lawyer accused of bungling OJ Simpson's defence in his armed robbery trial says he told the former American football star to contact police rather than embark on an ill-fated attempt to recover personal memorabilia himself. Simpson is appealing against his 2008 conviction and imprisonment at a trial in Las Vegas on the grounds that his lawyer at the time, Yale Galanter, mishandled his ...

Michael Rafferty wants taxpayers to pay for his appeal lawyer

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:49 -0400

Michael Thomas Rafferty LONDON, Ont. - Michael Rafferty has been denied one way to get taxpayers to fund the appeal of his conviction in the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of an eight-year-old girl. So he’s trying another. Sentenced to life last May for the first-degree murder of Victoria ‘Tori’ Stafford in 2009, Rafferty was denied legal aid to hire a lawyer in ...

Mother of man shot by officer calls police chief’s support inappropriate

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:46 -0400

The Calgary Police Service says Chief Rick Hanson's comments supporting the officer who shot Jason Trevor Harron to stop him from harming anyone else still stand, despite Harron's mother calling the comments "inappropriate and ...

Update Police identify abducted woman

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:41 -0400

Police say Rhianne Melin Larocque, 29, is believed to have been ';forcibly taken'; from near 75th Street and 120th Avenue by people she ...

Police clash with youth in Cairo after anti-Mursi protest

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:43 -0400

1 of 2. Protesters chant anti-Mursi and anti-Muslim Brotherhood slogans near graffiti during a demonstration in a street leading to Tahrir square, in Cairo May 17, ...

Purple Heart group to honor 3 St. Paul police officers others

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:07:10 -0400

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Organization on Saturday, May 18, will honor Minnesota law enforcement officers, including three from St. Paul, who were recently wounded or killed in the line of duty. "This is the civilian equivalent of the Purple Heart," said Tim Trebil, a local member of the national organization comprised of combat-wounded veterans. "It's our way of ...

Parents question police response to Enloe High prank

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:32:52 -0400

Raleigh, N.C. - The mother of an Enloe High School student has filed a complaint with the Raleigh Police Department after an officer threw her son to the ground Thursday as police responded to a water balloon battle at the school.Seven students and a parent were arrested.Sophomore Jahbriel Morris wasn't among those charged, but he had to be treated at WakeMed for a cut above his eyebrow, a ...

Police Indiana mom died after killing 2 children

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:50 -0400

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -; A woman who thought her family was being stalked by "demonic presences" killed her two children in a southern Indiana creek before she also drowned, police said ...

Burglars shove homeowner in own gun closet thief shot

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:27:42 -0400

The Daily Mail HOUSTON, Texas - The victim of an armed home invasion in Houston has turned the tables on the brazen intruders after they stuffed him into a closet that turned out to be the place where he stores his gun. Police say it all started at around 2pm Tuesday when three men broke into a home in the 8200 block of Braeburn Valley Drive and assaulted the resident. After a brief scuffle, the ...

Photo Police help grown man out of McDonald’s high chair

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:27:41 -0400

Metro.co CORK, Ireland - A man in Cork, Ireland, was left truly embarrassed after getting himself stuck in the seat for toddlers at the fast food restaurant earlier this week. The hungry customer had popped into the McDonald’s in the early hours of Tuesday morning before he landed himself in hot water with three unimpressed police officers. He was eventually freed from his uncomfortable ...

Hale electioneering cops to work–PNP

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:23:14 -0400

He noted that some PNP personnel had been "unfairly accused" by losing candidates of electioneering "only because they were not satisfied" with the results of the elections. "We will go after policemen allegedly involved in electioneering activities. But we will defend those who are only doing their job and are unfairly accused," Cerbo said. "It's better ...

Nigeria Police Repel Hoodlums Attack In Daura Katsina State

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:10 -0400

By SaharaReporters, New York There are conflicting reports emanating from Daura, Katsina State, about the overnight confrontation there between security forces and Boko Haram sect members, with the latest saying that, following an "exceptional display of courage and gallantry," repelled the armed militants, killing five of them. In an earlier report today, SaharaReporters learned ...

Tot duct-taped to pole during home invasion

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:02 -0400

(Fotolia) SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - A mother and her toddler were bound to a basement pole with duct tape during a home invasion on Monday, police say. Police say the home in Sault Ste. Marie was targeted. Two men - at least one armed - broke into the house and ordered a woman, carrying her one-year-old daughter, to the basement. The mom and tot were taped to a pole by one man as the other ...

Police arrest convicted felon armed with stolen gun in Homewood

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:05:07 -0400

Police charged Grayan Dixon, 21, of Penn Hills with firearms violations, receiving stolen property and drug possession. Police spotted Dixon and another man on Hamilton Avenue walking into an alley and then heard a shot fired seconds later, according to a criminal ...

Minneapolis police officer named in fatal crash with motorcycle

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:58:22 -0400

Minneapolis police officials identified an officer involved in a fatal crash while responding to a fatal shooting last week. Joshua Young, a seven-year veteran of the Minneapolis department, was driving a police SUV that collided with a motorcycle at West 26th Street and Blaisdell Avenue South on Friday, May 10. Young went through a red light with his lights and sirens on. As of Thursday, ...

Program aims to help community inform cops of terrorist activity

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:18:33 -0400

By Dana Treen Jacksonville.com JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Sheriffs in 13 Northeast Florida counties announced an online system Thursday for residents to report suspicious activity they think may be terrorism-related. Individuals can make reports online to any one of the counties from Nassau to Alachua that are part of the iWATCH program. The site provides examples of red flags to watch for, such as ...

A month after wifes death Nellis technical sergeant confesses police say

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:15:47 -0400

Jarom Boyes After being told he failed a lie-detector test earlier this week, a 31-year-old Air Force technical sergeant at Nellis Air Base confessed he shot his wife last month after an argument in a bar escalated into a fight at their North Las Vegas home, according to an arrest report. Jarom Boyes, 41, North Las Vegas, was arrested Tuesday on one count of first-degree murder with a deadly ...

KC police identify 24-year-old man shot to death Thursday night

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:14:43 -0400

One day after Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday on May 8, she picked up her Missouri drivers license. One week later, she died in a traffic accident while texting on her phone. The Harrisonville High School freshman, a repeat honor roll student and Future Farmers of America competitor, was driving alone on Thursday afternoon, only blocks from her ...

Edmonton police release image of car linked to bizarre alleged abduction

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:39 -0400

Edmonton police have released a photo radar image taken May 10, 2013, of a new dark grey Dodge Dart involved in the alleged abduction of a woman on May 16, 2013, near Rexall ...

Son is prime suspect in beer barons murder Documents

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:36 -0400

Moosehead heir bludgeoned with axe: Report The prime suspect in the murder of New Brunswick beer baron Richard Oland is his son, Dennis, it was revealed Friday after a judge lifted the publication ban in place since last fall. Oland, 69, was found dead in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011. Unconfirmed reports at the time said he'd been brutally beaten, possibly bludgeoned with an axe. ...

Bus beheader Vince Li gets supervised visits to beaches

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:33 -0400

Another killer in Quebec not criminally responsible WINNIPEG -- Greyhound bus killer Vince Li has been granted more freedom, including supervised trips to Winnipeg, Lockport and its beaches. ...

Wedding crashers make off with newlyweds gifts

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:32 -0400

These two men are wanted for allegedly stealing gifts from a wedding reception in Mississauga on May 4, 2013, Peel Regional Police said. (Handout) ...

Ottawa Police DND train ahead of Race Weekend

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:29 -0400

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Police collaborated with the Department of National Defence, Ottawa Paramedic Services and Ottawa Fire Services on Thursday night, responding to a simulated large-scale attack at Scotiabank Place.The training exercise, purporting an incident at a hockey game with a large crowd, lasted about four hours, and involved about 300 people, including civilians who portrayed victims, ...

Sharjah Police hold six over containers theft

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:58:41 -0400

Sharjah: Police arrested a group of six people who are alleged to have specialised in stealing goods from containers placed in front of warehouses in Sharjah industrial ...

Drug Cases Put Utah Town’s Police Force Under Scrutiny

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:56:45 -0400

Anita Schwemmer, the acting chief of the West Valley City Police Department. Over the past few months, accusations of bad police work in the force's narcotics squad have engulfed the town and sent shock waves through Utah's justice ...

Denver police officer killed in 1920 no longer lost to history

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:12 -0400

Roy O. Downing was a 23-year-old part-time Denver policeman on a cold morning in December 1920, when the open coal chute of a home on Park Hill's Bellaire Street caught his eye.Downing had been patrolling on foot, wearing a badge he bought himself and a uniform he might have borrowed for his duties as a "night watchman." His job was to help fill the ranks for about $40 a month. ...

Prenda lawyer Paul Hansmeier asks appeals court to delay sanctions

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:49:19 -0400

View all… Four lawyers linked to the embattled copyright-trolling Prenda Law operation were slapped with a sanctions order earlier this month, ordering them to pay more than $80,000 in penalties and referring them to state bar investigators as well as the Department of Justice. The only one who has spoken ...

Cops Nab Armed Suspect Moments After Robbery Attempt

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:47:59 -0400

(STMW) — A man who tried to rob three women with a knife in the River North area Thursday night was apprehended by police who spotted him downtown soon after the crimes. About 8:15 p.m., the man approached three women in the 600 block of North Dearborn, threatened them with a knife and attempted to snatch one of their purses, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. He was ...

Boys birthday wish was for Woodbury police dog donations. Wish...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:46:44 -0400

Woodbury police officer Brian Cline guides his newly trained police dog, Nova, over high hurdles at the St. Paul Canine Facilities in Maplewood on Thursday morning, May 16, 2013. (Pioneer Press: John ...

Egyptian guards close port to protest kidnappings of security officers

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:46 -0400

Police in the Egyptian border port of Rafah, on the Sinai peninsula, said they closed the port's gates Friday to protest the abduction of seven officers. Soldiers and employees at the border said they will sit in front of the closed entry and exit gates until their kidnapped colleagues are freed, Ahram Online reported Friday. Seven Egyptian security personnel were kidnapped Thursday. They ...

Gen. Videla leader of Argentine junta dies in prison

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:44 -0400

Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, who led the Argentine military junta that killed thousands of opponents, died Friday in prison, government officials said. He was 87. The New York Times reported his death at the Marcos Paz Prison in Buenos Aires was announced by the Secretariat for Human Rights. The son of an Army officer, Videla graduated from the National Military College in 1944 and rose to be a ...

Armed man arrested at the Cannes Film Festival

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:43 -0400

Jury member Christoph Waltz arrives at the jury photocall during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David ...

Bear bites Wisconsin man circles home

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:41 -0400

Authorities in Wisconsin said they responded to a home on a report of a man being bitten by a black bear that refused to leave his yard. Marinette County sheriff's deputies and Silver Cliff Rescue said the Silver Cliff man's wife called authorities Wednesday at 1:25 p.m. to report a black bear had bitten her husband and was circling their home, The (Iron Mountain, Mich.) Daily News ...

Kenya Row over plan to hire county police chiefs

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:06 -0400

Divisions are growing among senior officers over whether to apply for the Assistant Inspector General positions before the May 28 deadline. Potential applicants feel under pressure to "take sides" in the power struggle between the ...

Kenya Anger over slow police probe on Bungoma killings

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:01 -0400

Bungoma 's Kware village in early April. No other charges have been brought over the dozens of other attacks, including those that ended in ten murders. In an exclusive interview with The Standard On Saturday at ...

Opinion Police must step up intelligence on criminal activities

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:08:45 -0400

But between the police and media reports, the public knows of dozens of terror gang attacks in the two counties in the last three weeks alone. Ten people are dead and more than 100 injured. It beggars belief that three weeks of investigations would not have unearthed a richer trove of credible evidence and charge-able ...

Spokane police chief suffers burglary

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:53:44 -0400

SPOKANE, Wash. — Even the property of Spokane police chief Frank Straub isn't safe. Straub's home was burglarized and a bicycle was stolen this week. Police spokeswoman Monique Cotton says the bicycle was in Straub's garage. Police do not have any ...

Erie police investigating crash that closed Colo. 52

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:01 -0400

The driver of a Mazda 3 that crashed on Colo. Highway 52 just west of Weld County Road 3 late Friday morning was flown to Denver Health Medical Center and police have closed the highway to investigate. Lt. Lee Mathis of the Erie Police Department said at 11:45 a.m. that he expected the highway to remain closed between Weld County roads 1 and 3 for at least another hour while police investigate ...

Ottawa police search field near Vars for gun used in unsolved Kasende homicide

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:40 -0400

OTTAWA -- New information in an unsolved 2012 homicide led Ottawa police to search a field in Vars on Friday to look for the .357 Magnum revolver they believe was used in the ...

Roadside bomb kills 19 in west Baghdad police medics

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:46:16 -0400

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nineteen people were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near a commercial complex in the Amiriya district in the west of Baghdad, police and medics ...

Cops recall shootout in neo-Nazi’s ’09 rampage

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:49 -0400

Luke is charged with two counts of murder and one count of rape after bursting into the home of his neighbors, raping one, and killing the other then killing a homeless man before a shootout with police after which he surrendered.After viewing the alleged crime scenes in the January 2009 rampage, jurors listened to testimony from police, paramedics, and firefighters.Devine said he saw the bullet ...

Italian police arrest suspected Anonymous hackers

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:45 -0400

Italian police have arrested four suspected members of the internet hackers' collaborative known as "Anonymous," who are believed to be responsible for attacks on the internet sites of the Italian government and the Vatican, among others. The May 16 arrests, carried out in several different Italian cities, were the 2nd major law-enforcement effort against "Anonymous" in ...

NY cops Hofstra student died in police-involved shooting

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:39:57 -0400

( CBS/AP) A female Hofstra University student who was fatally shot early Friday in a Long Island home was killed along with an armed suspect during a police-involved shooting as authorities responded to a home invasion robbery, police ...

Fundraiser To Help Pay For New Aurora Police Canine Unit

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:36:11 -0400

AURORA, Ill. (CBS) – The Aurora Police Department has begun rebuilding its K-9 unit, after disbanding it a couple years ago, and officials are getting some help to pay for dog food and other supplies. WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports the Citizens' Police Academy Alumni of Aurora (CPAAA) will hold a barbecue fundraiser to help with some of the costs of its new canine unit, ...

Police helicopter in Rio opens fire on drug trafficker driving in neighborhood

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:24 -0400

Shocking video from May of 2012 of a police helicopter in Rio opening fire on a drug trafficker driving through a poor neighborhood has just come to light. Brazilian police in Rio de Janeiro have been forced to admit to using excessive force -- after one of their helicopters sprayed the streets below with gunfire. ITV's Brazil Correspondent Nick Ravenscroft ...

Court blocks Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400

A federal judge has blocked enforcement of an Arkansas law restricting abortion because it may violate a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. In a ruling dated May 15, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber declined to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two doctors at Little Rock Family Planning Services Inc., challenging the constitutionality of the Arkansas Human Heartbeat ...

Ultra-Orthodox in Israel protest military draft 8 arrested

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:05 -0400

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem protested a proposal to remove their exemptions and draft them for the first time into military service. The protesters, estimated by various news sources as 15,000 to 30,000, gathered Thursday evening at a military recruiting office in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem. The demonstration included stones thrown at police and garbage cans ...

Men sentenced in toxic teething medicine case

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:04 -0400

Two Nigerians on Friday were sentenced to seven years in prison for producing a teething medicine that resulted in the deaths of at least 80 children. Abiodun Adeyemo and Ebele Austine Eromosele, who worked for a company that made My Pikin syrup, were found guilty by a court in Lagos, PM News reported. Justice Okechukwu Okeke of a Federal High Court also ordered the pharmaceutical company, ...

New York City police unveil security plans for new World Trade Center

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:03 -0400

World Trade Center includes checkpoints and guard houses. The $40 million plan, presented Thursday in a required environmental impact statement, shows security checkpoints, numerous "bollards" or vertical posts meant to stop vehicles and an elaborate "sally port" so police can enter and check tour buses, the New York Post reported Friday. The newspaper called it a "plan ...

Tri-Co wins $6.3 million St. Louis police HQ renovation contract

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:39 -0400

The Board of Public Service accepted a $6.3 million bid from TRI-Co. Inc. Commercial this week for renovation work on the new St. Louis Metropolitan Police headquarters. The project includes interior renovations and rehabilitation of all four floors inside the 143,000-square-foot building at 1915 Olive St., Maggie Crane, press secretary to Mayor Francis Slay told the Business Journal in an email. ...

Police watchdog clears officers in Vancouver Prince George cases

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:58:04 -0400

British Columbia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of criminal wrongdoing in separate cases, one involving the death of a Vancouver man and the other connected to the injury of a man in a Prince George police pursuit.The Vancouver case involves Christopher Ray, who was shot and killed by a Vancouver police officer last October. At the time, police said the officer was responding ...

Waitress fired after bashing Okla. police on Facebook

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:59 -0400

By Dana Hertneky News on 6 OKLAHOMA CITY - A local waitress is causing a national uproar over a picture and comment she posted about some Oklahoma sheriff's deputies. Ashley Warden posted the picture on her Facebook page Thursday along with the comment: "Stupid Cops better hope I'm not their server FDP." The post has gone viral and is now all over law enforcement sites ...

Long Island college student armed intruder killed

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:54:57 -0400

By Frank Eltman Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. - A junior at Hofstra University and an armed intruder were fatally shot during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, police said Friday. The woman's twin sister was also in the house at the time but was unharmed. It wasn't clear who fired the fatal shots or how many rounds were fired, but authorities said police were involved ...

Ex-Mississippi police chief faces new indictment

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:52:25 -0400

Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of six arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate ...

Elena Ambrosiadou wins legal battle with ex-husband Martin Coward over software

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:49:24 -0400

Two hedge fund tycoons whose marriage "turned toxic" were accused by a judge yesterday of giving "tainted" evidence in their battle over the spoils of their failed ...

Why Former IGP Mike Okiro Is Unfit To Chair Police Service Commission-NOPRIN

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:41:19 -0400

By SaharaReporters, New York A new report by NOPRIN, the Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, has expressed strong opposition to the nomination of Mr. Mike Okiro, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP), as Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), calling on the Senate to decline it. The report follows last week’s nomination of the former police boss by President Goodluck ...

Quebec cop shot herself police confirm

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:53 -0400

Heavily-armed tactical officers mix with uniformed cops at a command post set up at Auvergne and St. Louis streets on Sunday morning after a Gatineau police officer was shot in the leg Saturday night while breaking up a bush party. Her injuries were not life threatening. (TONY SPEARS/QMI ...

Officers cleared in two separate police-involved incidents by B.C. watchdog

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:32 -0400

Vancouver Police Department officers attend the scene of a fatal shooting Oct. 30, 2012. The officer who shot a knife-wielding man was cleared of wrongdoing in an Independent Investigation Office ruling this ...

Moscow refuses permit for LGBT rally

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:37:49 -0400

Officials in Moscow refused to issue a permit for a gay rights rally in Gorky Park, saying the park is already fully booked for "last day of school" activities. Organizers of the planned "Rainbow Rally" said they expected about 200 people to gather in the park May 25 to support equal treatment for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals, but Alexei Mayorov, a city security ...

Police arrest Anonymous suspects in Italy

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:32:42 -0400

Italian police arrested four suspected hackers Friday, accusing them of having taken control of the Italian branch of the Anonymous network. The alleged hackers, aged between 20 and 34, were placed under house arrest near the northern cities of Bologna, Turin and Venice, and in the southern town of Lecce. Six more people were placed formally under investigation and a total of 10 ...

Coroner identifies man shot killed by Denver police

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:27:58 -0400

shot and killed by Denver police Tuesday night .Christopher Dubois, 39, was killed by by gunshots, the Office of the Medical Examiner said in a news release.The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of South Federal Boulevard after police responded to a report of a suicidal person.First responders found a man threatening Denver firefighters with a gun, police said.The man was shot ...

Minneapolis police seek 3 men in attempted kidnapping

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:22:44 -0400

A rendering of the suspect from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Minneapolis police are looking for three men who tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl earlier this month. Officers responded to the attempted kidnapping around 2:25 p.m. on May 5. The girl said three white males approached her near 36th Street West and Zenith Avenue South. One grabbed her arm and threatened her. The ...

Cops People of interest in British girls disappearance

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:50 -0400

By Dasha Afanasieva, Reuters British police said on Friday they had identified people they want to question about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old who went missing in Portugal six years ago. Madeleine disappeared from her room at a holiday resort in the Algarve, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, as her parents dined at a nearby restaurant, sparking a global manhunt and transfixing ...

$1 million jewelry heist at Cannes Film Festival

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:34 -0400

Jewelry valued at over $1 million, to be worn by celebrities on the red carpet, was stolen from a Cannes, France, hotel room, police said. The jewels were stolen from a safe in the hotel room of an employee of the Swiss jeweler Chopard, a sponsor of the annual Cannes Film Festival. They were contained in a security box, which was smashed and broken, the British newspaper The Guardian reported ...

Suicide bomber wounds police officer in Ingushetia North Caucasus

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:20:32 -0400

A suicide bomber killed himself and injured a police officer Friday in the in the Russian North Caucasus region of Ingushetia, officials said. The suspected Islamist militant "blew himself up near the Interior Ministry offices at about 7:10 a.m. Moscow time, in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Ingushetia's Sunzhensky district," the Russian news agency RIA Novosti quoted a law ...

Police Round Up Suspects In Tourist’s Murder

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:50 -0400

As investigations into the murder of 34-year-old tourist Kyle Bruner continue, a top police officer said authorities are being led to question more and more people believed to be involved in the case. Police are now questioning four men in connection with the shooting death of the Chicago native and are on the hunt for another. Officers from the Selective Enforcement Team arrested the fourth ...

Judge Scolds Prosecutors- Laments Late Submissions

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:19:48 -0400

Court of Appeal (COA) President Justice Anita Allen on Thursday scolded Crown prosecutors for making late submissions to the court. The court was supposed to be dealing with a case involving former Police Corporal Donovan Gardiner. Gardiner is serving a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted of Desmond Key's manslaughter. Key died of pancreatitis at Princess Margaret Hospital ...

Corpus Christi police seeking driver involved in Friday hit-and-run

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:17:31 -0400

Corpus Christi police are looking for the driver of a blue Chevrolet Suburban who hit a Ford F150 truck Friday morning before 5:42 a.m. on Crosstown Expressway at Morgan Avenue, Senior Officer Kirk Stowers said. Stowers said the truck was driving north on the highway and stalled. It was hit from behind by the suburban, and the driver left without providing insurance information. The crash is ...

Prosecutors plan more charges in Charlottesville fake ID ring

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:55 -0400

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Federal prosecutors say more charges are expected against three Charlottesville residents charged with selling the fake IDs to thousands of college students across the ...

Man killed in Alhambra Police Department shooting

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:36 -0400

Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman Ed Winter confirms a man died at police headquarters, in the suburban city 5 miles east of Los ...

Italian police raid hackers who took on Vatican

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:34 -0400

ROME, Italy (AFP) - Italian police on Friday arrested four alleged hackers believed to belong to the activist group Anonymous for attacking websites, including those of the Vatican and the parliament in Rome.The four have been placed under house arrest and communications police carried out a dozen raids.They are suspected of launching computer attacks on "strategic and institutional ...

Nigeria - Nigerian reporter slapped detained for photographing policeman

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:35:48 -0400

newspaper, was assaulted and detained by police officers after trying to photograph a brawl between a police officer and a commercial tricycle operator. Police also seized Folarin's reporting ...

Cricket Police say players accepted thousands

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:30:00 -0400

Indian police say three cricketers, including test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, allegedly accepted tens of thousands of dollars for spot-fixing. Eleven bookmakers were also arrested in connection with the inquiry, said Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar, as he gave details of three games in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) at the centre of the corruption probe. Kumar said that more ...

Ghana Will Stand By Supreme Court’s Decision – Asantehene

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:05 -0400

The Asantehene further called on government appointees to collaborate with their superiors in an attempt to secure the social-economic development of the ...

High court decision protects innovation

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:26:44 -0400

EditorialThe Supreme Court this week unanimously ruled against an Indiana farmer who argued that patents on biotech seed are exhausted once the crop is sold to a grain elevator.The ruling means that biotech developers like Monsanto can enforce patent protections to bar the planting of genetically engineered seed, even if it has been sold without restriction into the commodity market.We agree with ...

Using dead children’s names ‘common practice’ for undercover UK cops

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:22:13 -0400

UK The use of dead children's identities by undercover officers working for the London Metropolitan Police Service was common practice, a chief constable investigating the matter told MPs. Mick Creedon, who is leading an investigation into undercover policing dubbed Operation Herne, told British lawmakers in a letter that none of the families of the children whose identities were ...