New York State Assembly Speaker Silver Said To Surrender To FBI
New York’s government has been thrown into chaos by the arrest of its assembly speaker.
New York To No Longer Arrest For Small Amounts Of Marijuana
New York City police will no longer make arrests for possession of 25 grams or less of marijuana, starting on November 19.
U.S. Activist Arrested For Feeding Homeless Vows To Continue
Is the price charitable people pay for a good deed?
Police To Discuss Arrests Made In Hit-And-Run Deaths Of Three Girls
Police have made arrests in the hit and run accident that left three dead on Halloween night in Orange County, California.
Mom Arrested After Son Participates In ‘Fire Challenge’
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Charlotte Observer CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A woman has been arrested after allowing her son to participate in the “Fire Challenge,” where participants set themselves ablaze then post videos on YouTube, Facebook, and other social networking sites. Janie Lachelle Talley, 41, of Charlotte, N.C., was charged with contributing to the […]
Baltimore Police Officer To Plead Guilty In Puppy Killing
By Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — A Baltimore police officer will plead guilty to a felony animal cruelty charge after he fatally beat and choked his girlfriend’s Jack Russell terrier, his attorney said Tuesday. Alec Eugene Taylor, 28, a five year veteran of the department was charged in March after the dog’s body […]
Mexico Arrests Entrepreneur In Fraud Case Linked To Citibank, Pemex
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government on Thursday announced the arrest of a wealthy entrepreneur who is accused of a multimillion-dollar fraud involving Citibank and the giant Mexican oil monopoly. Amado Yanez Osuna was placed under arrest and will be charged with fraud, the federal attorney general’s office said in […]
Hacker-Turned-Informant Is A Free Man After New York Sentencing
By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times NEW YORK — A judge Tuesday granted freedom to a computer hacker who helped Anonymous and other groups attack credit card companies, governments from Algeria to Zimbabwe, and media outlets but who turned government informant after his arrest. Hector Xavier Monsegur, 30, who became known among online followers as “Sabu,” […]
Swedish Police Arrest Four In Terror Plot
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police arrested four people on suspicion of preparing a terror attack and evacuated an arts center in the country’s second largest city, security officials said Sunday. The four were arrested in the west coast city of Goteborg and were suspected of plotting terrorism, security service spokeswoman Sara Kvarnstrom said. She declined […]
Prosecutors Leak: We May Have Screwed Up The DSK Case
The New York Times, which had owned the story of IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest on rape charges and had been a favored venue of damaging leaks from police and prosecutors, reported a different kind of leak late Thursday night: the Manhattan District Attorney’s office now believes its case is falling apart because problems with […]