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search warrant stories: 10 news summaries

Men Try to Rob Bank With Fake Search Warrant

Manager outsmarts criminals armed only with handcuffs

Nov 17, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Five Nevada men are set to appear in federal court today after allegedly attempting to rob a bank armed only with handcuffs and a fake search warrant. These criminal masterminds claimed that the search warrant entitled them to take all the money out of the bank’s vault, according to... More »

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crime • bank robbery • forgery • stupidity • search warrant

TMZ Chief May Sue After
Cops Pull Phone Records

Invasion 'breaks federal law, breaks state law,' Levin says

Oct 20, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not so fun being on the other side: TMZ founder Harvey Levin is promising legal action after learning that Los Angeles cops went through his phone records during a leak investigation related to Mel Gibson’s 2007 DUI. TMZ broke the original story. Though the Sheriff’s Department says it... More »

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DUI • TMZ • Harvey Levin • Mel Gibson • anti-Semitism • search warrant • Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department • phone records

 Cops Searched Kidnapper's 
 House, Found Nothing 

Garrido kept his dark secret despite multiple brushes with the law

Aug 28, 09 2:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido had several brushes with the law during the 18 years that police say he held Jaycee Lee Dugard and their two children captive in his backyard, but managed to keep his ugly secret, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Last July, a multi-agency police task force searched Garrido's home... More »

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California • backyards • police • kidnapping • search warrant • warrant • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 Family Member 
 Tipped Off Cops 
 to Jackson Drugs 

Cops suspected murder early on, warrant shows

Aug 28, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police searched Michael Jackson’s rented mansion in Bel Air the day after he died when a family member told them they’d found what looked like heroin there, AP reports. Tests found that the substance was not heroin, but investigators discovered other drugs in Jackson’s home: pot, generic... More »

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heroin • marijuana • Valium • Bel Air • manslaughter • Michael Jackson • search warrant • Conrad Murray

Cops Search Pharmacy That Sold Drug to Jacko Doc

Coroner's report finished, 'confidential'

Aug 12, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police yesterday searched a Las Vegas pharmacy that reportedly sold the drug Propofol to Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, CNN reports. Warrants for earlier searches of Conrad Murray’s home and office have suggested that authorities think Jackson was a drug addict. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles coroner's office says it’... More »

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Michael Jackson • pharmacy • search warrant • Conrad Murray • Propofol

 DEA Raids Jacko Doc's 
 Vegas Home, Office 

Follows search of Houston office last week

Jul 28, 09 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - DEA agents and police raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson doctor Conrad Murray this morning after a raid last week on his Houston office, Fox News reports. Murray is a suspect in the manslaughter investigation of Jackson's death; the warrant served last week called for “... More »

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police • Las Vegas • DEA • doctor • Drug Enforcement Administration • raid • Michael Jackson • search warrant • Conrad Murray

 DEA Hits Jacko Doc's Office 


Jul 22, 09 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A task force of federal drug-enforcement agents, Los Angeles detectives, and local police raided the Houston offices of Michael Jackson’s personal doctor today, ABC News reports. Sources say a search warrant was obtained based on preliminary autopsy results linking Jackson’s death to an anesthetic used only in hospitals.... More »

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entertainment • DEA • autopsy • doctor • Drug Enforcement Administration • Michael Jackson • cardiologists • police raids • criminal investigation • search warrant • Conrad Murray • cause of death • Propofol

Bong Owner Tried to Get $100K on eBay

Eight partygoers have been arrested; Phelps not among them

Feb 10, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The bong case grows. Eight people in Columbia, SC, have been arrested on drug charges stemming from the infamous frat party that Michael Phelps attended, WIS-TV reports. Those eight do not include Phelps himself, but they do include the bong's owner, who reportedly tried to sell it on eBay for... More »

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bongs • Michael Phelps • Columbia University • eBay • South Carolina • marijuana • arrest • criminal investigation • sheriff • search warrant

Cops Knocked Over Using GPS to Tail Suspects

Privacy advocates question warrantless, undetectable tracking

Aug 13, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - As GPS units become cheaper and easier to use, police forces around the country are turning to the technology to easily track suspects. The Washington Post examines the advantages of this new crime-fighting weapon, and the privacy concerns it’s raising among critics. Cops can easily attach a GPS device... More »

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technology • police • privacy • surveillance • GPS • police investigation • criminal investigation • search warrant

 Court Limits Bosses'
 Access to Staff Emails 

Landmark ruling extends constitutional protections to electronic communication

Jun 19, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court has ruled that emails and text messages on work accounts—routinely monitored by some employers—are protected by constitutional safeguards against unreasonable search and seizure. The ruling only applies to electronic communications supplied through outside servers, not internal systems. The ruling forbids service providers from handing over... More »

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email • text message • Electronic Frontier Foundation • corporate monitoring • US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals • search warrant • Jeff Quon • Arch Wireless • Stored Communications Act • Ontario Police Department • 4th Amendment

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