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  • October 2008

    • Jury Out on OJ Case

      Las Vegas Sun  |  Oct 3, 08 2:15 AM CDT

      Jury Out on OJ Case

      (Newser) - The jury in the OJ Simpson armed robbery case begins deliberations today as the former football star faces the possibility of life behind bars for the second time. Simpson, 61, has been charged with 12 robbery, weapons and kidnapping charges linked to a confrontation with a sports memorabilia dealer in a Las Vegas hotel room. More »

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      kidnapping  • OJ Simpson  • celebrity trials  • robbery  • sports memorabilia  • jury  • criminal trial

  • September 2008

    • OJ Prosecution Rests After Witness Waffles

      AFP  |  Sep 29, 08 8:49 PM CDT

      OJ Prosecution Rests After Witness Waffles

      (Newser) - Prosecutors rested their case in the OJ Simpson robbery-kidnapping trial today after a state witness waffled under cross-examination, AFP reports. Michael McClinton admitted that he had not told police about Simpson's request to bring a gun to rob memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas last year. But he testified last week that Simpson had asked him to bring a gun, the AP reports. More »

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      kidnapping  • Las Vegas  • trial  • OJ Simpson  • celebrity trials  • robbery

    • Alleged Simpson Victim Gets Sick in Courtroom

      Las Vegas Review-Journal  |  Sep 15, 08 7:35 PM CDT

      Alleged Simpson Victim Gets Sick in Courtroom

      (Newser) - The first witness in OJ Simpson's robbery-kidnapping trial cut proceedings short by complaining of chest pain and leaving the courtroom, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bruce Fromong, 54, who says he has had four heart attacks since the robbery, testified for hours before pointing to his chest and walking out. But he did not go to a hospital and may testify tomorrow, his attorney said. More »

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      Las Vegas  • trial  • OJ Simpson  • celebrity trials  • court  • robbery  • Bruce Fromong

    • Kenyan Robbers Raid Grandma Obama's Home

      Reuters  |  Sep 11, 08 4:20 AM CDT

      Kenyan Robbers Raid Grandma Obama's Home

      (Newser) - A band of thieves broke into the Kenyan home of Barack Obama's 85-year-old step grandmother yesterday, Reuters reports. "These are just people who think that Obama has been sending me a lot of money," said Sarah Obama. Nothing was stolen from the home in tiny Kogelo village. The burglars tried in vain to remove a rooftop solar panel and found nothing worth taking after they broke into a small outbuilding, police said. More »

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      Barack Obama  • crime  • Kenya  • robbery

  • August 2008

    • Gun-Toting Granny Foils Would-Be Thief

      Uniontown (Pa.) Herald-Standard  |  Aug 19, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      Gun-Toting Granny Foils Would-Be Thief

      (Newser) - An 85-year-old Pennsylvania woman foiled a thief by pointing her .22-caliber revolver at him and holding him at bay until police arrived, the Uniontown Herald-Standard reports. A 17-year-old broke into Leda Smith's home Sunday afternoon, but before the intruder could steal anything, the great-grandmother retrieved her gun, forced the burglar to call 911, and told him to lie face-down on the ground. More »

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      crime  • gun  • Pennsylvania  • robbery  • thief

    • Groom Dies of Injuries in Honeymoon Robbery Attack

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 4, 08 3:02 AM CDT

      Groom Dies of Injuries in Honeymoon Robbery Attack

      (Newser) - A honeymooning groom wounded in what was apparently a botched robbery has died of his injuries, the Daily Telegraph reports. Ben Mullany, 31, was declared dead a week after his pediatrician bride died in the shooting in their honeymoon suite at a popular Antigua resort. The couple will be buried together after services in the same South Wales church where they were married three weeks ago. More »

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      crime  • robbery  • Antigua  • honeymoon  • Benjamin Mullany

  • June 2008

    • Gold Stash May Solve $51M British Heist

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 8, 08 8:12 PM CDT

      Gold Stash May Solve $51M British Heist

      (Newser) - After a long, bloody trail, British investigators may be close to cracking the case of six robbers who lifted $51 million in gold from a London warehouse 25 years ago. Last week, while tracking proceeds from organized crime, Scotland Yard detectives uncovered six suitcases packed with $15 million worth of gold inside a deposit box, the Guardian reports. More »

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      London  • robbery  • gold  • Heathrow Airport  • organized crime

  • May 2008

    • Drugged California Tourist Killed by Train in Rome

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 27, 08 4:27 AM CDT

      Drugged California Tourist Killed by Train in Rome

      (Newser) - An elderly American tourist drugged by a thief was killed by a train as he wandered along the tracks in a daze, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 76-year-old traveler and his wife were befriended by a man who gave them drug-laced cappuccinos in a Rome train station and then robbed them as they slept. A 54-year-old suspect has been arrested. More »

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      Italy  • theft  • robbery  • Rome  • tourists  • drugging  • cappuccino

    • Martha Reeves' Stolen Equipment Turns Up

      Detroit Free Press  |  May 9, 08 9:30 PM CDT

      Martha Reeves' Stolen Equipment Turns Up

      (Newser) - Recording equipment reported stolen from former Motown star Martha Reeves has turned up in a Detroit pawnshop, the Free Press reports. The equipment was taken last week from the childhood home of Reeves, who's now a Motor City councilwoman. More »

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      Detroit  • robbery  • city council  • Motown

  • April 2008

    • Japan Busts US Sailor in Murder-Robbery

      Reuters  |  Apr 3, 08 6:05 AM CDT

      Japan Busts US Sailor in Murder-Robbery

      (Newser) - Japanese police arrested a US sailor today on suspicion of stabbing a taxi driver to death and then robbing him, Reuters reports. The 22-year-old Nigerian national serving in the American Navy was already in US custody on charges of desertion. The American ambassador to Japan was forced to apologize for yet another US serviceman implicated in a crime in recent months. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Japan  • US military  • robbery  • military bases  • sailor

  • November 2007

    • NYC Murder Rate in Free Fall

      New York Times  |  Nov 23, 07 11:02 AM CST

      NYC Murder Rate in Free Fall

      (Newser) - The murder rate in New York City hit a new low this year—the lowest it's been in the 44 years reliable statistics have been kept, reports the New York Times . And if early analysis holds up, of the fewer than 500 murders this year, fewer than 100 will have been committed by strangers. Most assailants in the city of 8.5 million were friends, spouses, parents, boyfriends, rival drug crew members, and other acquaintances. More »

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      murder  • New York City  • crime  • rape  • robbery  • NYPD  • crime statistics

    • Dealer Describes OJ 'Invasion'

      Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 9:30 PM CST

      Dealer Describes OJ 'Invasion'

      (Newser) - OJ Simpson led several men into a memorabilia dealer’s hotel room “in a military-style invasion” and took tens of thousands of dollars worth of items, the dealer, Bruce Fromong, testified yesterday. He kicked off a 2-day hearing in Las Vegas to determine whether Simpson and others should stand trial on charges that could put the disgraced NFL great away for life. More »

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      Las Vegas  • OJ Simpson  • robbery  • sports memorabilia  • Bruce Fromong

    • OJ Hearing Kicks Off in Vegas

      CNN  |  Nov 8, 07 3:00 PM CST

      OJ Hearing Kicks Off in Vegas

      (Newser) - OJ Simpson arrived in a Las Vegas court today to begin a two-day probable cause hearing to determine if his robbery case goes to trial. Eight witness were expected to testify against Simpson, including several who will confirm that guns were used in the Sept. 13 incident in which the ex-footballer took sports memorabilia he claimed was stolen from him, CNN reports. OJ's lawyers will not call witnesses. More »

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      Las Vegas  • OJ Simpson  • robbery  • sports memorabilia

  • October 2007