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  • July 2008

    • Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      Economist  |  Jul 13, 08 5:42 AM CDT

      Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      (Newser) - What would you do with a few million in drug money? Last year, state and federal authorities seized about $2 billion from Mexican smugglers. The feds have to put any seized money into a dedicated fund, but the rules are looser for states. In Texas and Georgia, for example, sheriffs and district attorneys get to keep any seized loot for their departments. The Economist takes a look at the issue and the sometimes iffy purchases that result. More »

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      crime  • Texas  • police  • drug cartel  • drug war  • War on Drugs  • drug cartels

    • Imposter Priest Confessor Nabbed at Vatican

      BBC  |  Jul 6, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Imposter Priest Confessor Nabbed at Vatican

      (Newser) - A phony priest was stopped just as he was about to hear confessions in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the BBC reports. The man had on the right clothes and produced valid-looking priestly documents and Vatican ID—"but the expert eye of our personnel didn't need much to sense something strange in his behavior," said a Vatican judge. More »

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      crime  • Vatican  • priest  • confession  • imposter

    • ATM Thefts On the Rise

      MSNBC.com  |  Jul 3, 08 7:25 PM CDT

      ATM Thefts On the Rise

      (Newser) - ATM theft is a labor-intensive crime: You have to steal a pickup, slam it through a gas station storefront, and haul the ATM out. But that’s exactly what an increasing number of criminals are doing, MSNBC reports. From 2000 to 2006, thieves nabbed about 120 ATMs a year across the country. This year, authorities already have reported 140 thefts—in north Texas alone. While that's an extreme example, thefts are up by smaller amounts all over. More »

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      crime  • bank  • theft  • GPS  • felony  • bank robbery  • ATM

  • June 2008

    • Metro Workers Busted in Transit Sex Ring

      MyFox Washington  |  Jun 27, 08 4:58 AM CDT

      Metro Workers Busted in Transit Sex Ring

      (Newser) - Two workers in the Washington Metro transit system have been busted for running a prostitution ring from one of the train stations, and using a loudspeaker to arrange a tryst, according to police. One of the staffers, a station manager, advertised available "sexual pleasures" in flyers, reports Fox TV. She presented a book of options to an undercover cop that could be obtained on trips to Brazil—or locally, police said. More »

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      crime  • prostitution  • Washington DC  • metro

    • Game Over for Teens 'Acting Out' Grand Theft Auto

      New York Post  |  Jun 27, 08 2:50 AM CDT

      Game Over for Teens 'Acting Out' Grand Theft Auto

      (Newser) - Six bored Long Island teenagers have been busted for acting out the violent themes of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto IV with a real life spree of break-ins, a mugging, a beating and a carjacking, police charge. "These teens have difficulty separating fact from fiction, fantasy from reality," a detective told the New York Post . "It was quite alarming." More »

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      crime  • Long Island  • Grand Theft Auto IV  • carjacking  • video violence  • juvenile crime  • mugging

    • Texas Kids Fed Pills in Forced 'Sex Shows'

      Associated Press  |  Jun 23, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Texas Kids Fed Pills in Forced 'Sex Shows'

      (Newser) - Four children, the youngest just 5 years old, were fed powerful painkillers they knew as "silly pills" and forced to perform sex shows for crowds in a small Texas town, AP reports. Locals had believed the site of the shows was just a swinger’s club. Six adults have been charged in the case, including a parent of children involved; two were convicted and another will be tried today. All three face life in prison. More »

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      crime  • Texas  • child abuse  • sexual abuse  • sexual assault  • Vicodin

    • Writer Charged in Murders He Reported

      Associated Press  |  Jun 23, 08 4:35 AM CDT

      Writer Charged in Murders He Reported

      (Newser) - Getting the scoop proved costly for a Macedonian journalist who has been charged with the murder of two elderly women after reporting on their deaths in his newspaper. Police began to suspect Vlado Tanevski after realizing his articles about the murders contained details that hadn't been revealed to the public. His DNA was later found on the bodies, AP reports. More »

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      murder  • crime  • journalist  • murder trial  • Macedonia

    • Naomi Ducks Prison Time in Airline Assault

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 21, 08 2:09 PM CDT

      Naomi Ducks Prison Time in Airline Assault

      (Newser) - Naomi Campbell was sentenced to 200 hours of community service and about $5,600 in fines yesterday for her tantrum on a British Airways flight, the London Times reports. She pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers and berating the pilot after the airline lost her luggage. "You are not leaving until you find my f***ing bags," she allegedly told the captain. More »

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      crime  • police  • assault  • British Airways  • supermodel  • Naomi Campbell

    • Supermodel Campbell Owns Up to Air Rage

      Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 11:10 AM CDT

      Supermodel Campbell Owns Up to Air Rage

      (AP) - Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty today to kicking and spitting at two police officers during an April "air rage" incident at Heathrow Airport. The short-tempered supermodel went ballistic when a bag was misplaced during the epic delays surrounding the opening of a new terminal. She faces 6 months in prison or a $10,000 fine for each of six assault charges and will be sentenced later. More »

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      celebrity  • crime  • London  • assault  • Heathrow Airport  • guilty plea  • Naomi Campbell  • Terminal 5  • airport terminal

    • Parking Space Spat Leads to Elder Abuse Charges

      CBS13  |  Jun 19, 08 6:23 PM CDT

      Parking Space Spat Leads to Elder Abuse Charges

      (Newser) - A woman in Stockton, Calif., is facing elder-abuse charges after she allegedly attacked a 71-year-old woman who caught her parking in a handicap spot without a permit, CBS reports. The victim says her 26-year-old assailant “put her baby down and came at me with both hands” when she saw the older woman taking a photo of her license plate. The victim was knocked down but not seriously hurt. More »

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      crime  • senior citizens  • parking space  • elder abuse

    • Sex Trade on Tenterhooks as Biggest Player Faces Trial

      New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      Sex Trade on Tenterhooks as Biggest Player Faces Trial

      (Newser) - Hookers and pimps are watching closely as “the most influential man” in US prostitution awaits trial. David Elms founded TheEroticReview.com, a site where users rate prostitutes and leave comments along the lines of Amazon book reviews. Sex traders fear his jailing and the subsequent closing of his site could hurt business, reports the New York Times . More »

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      crime  • prostitution  • trial  • escort service

    • Not Guilty-Plea From Ex-CEO in Drug, Fraud Rap

      Associated Press  |  Jun 17, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      Not Guilty-Plea From Ex-CEO in Drug, Fraud Rap

      (Newser) - Broadcom co-founder Henry Nicholas pleaded not guilty yesterday to securities fraud and drug charges, the AP reports. The former microchip king was accused of false accounting as well as dropping ecstasy into associates’ drinks, running a drug warehouse, and using bribery and death threats to keep it all quiet. The company’s former CFO also pleaded not guilty to fraud. More »

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      crime  • drug dealing  • Broadcom  • securities fraud

    • Dad Fatally Beat Baby Son to Oust 'Demons'

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 17, 08 4:21 AM CDT

      Dad Fatally Beat Baby Son to Oust 'Demons'

      (Newser) - A California grocery clerk shot dead by cops as he fatally beat his baby son did so to oust "demons" in the boy, he told witnesses. He removed his son from his car on a rural road and viciously beat him in front of horrified onlookers who tried in vain to stop him. "Good shot," said one witness after a cop downed him. "That guy needed to die." More »

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      murder  • crime  • death  • beatings

    • Soldier Faces Death Penalty for Killing Comrades

      New York Times  |  Jun 16, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Soldier Faces Death Penalty for Killing Comrades

      (Newser) - A soldier may soon face court-martial in the deaths of two US officers in Iraq, whom army prosecutors say he killed in a rare instance of “fragging”—the murder of a fellow soldier. The New York Times examines the case of Sgt. Alberto Martinez, who prosecutors say detonated a mine in Captain Phillip Esposito’s quarters in 2005, killing him and another officer. “I’m convinced this was 100% preventable,” said Esposito’s widow. More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • crime  • US military  • National Guard

    • Snoop's Wife Busted on DUI Charge

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 15, 08 11:13 AM CDT

      Snoop's Wife Busted on DUI Charge

      (Newser) - Snoop Dogg’s wife was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of drunk driving, the Los Angeles Times reports. Shante Broadus, 32, was issued a citation and is scheduled to appear in court next month. Police would not comment on whether other people were in the vehicle. Broadus and Snoop Dogg have been married since 1997 and have three children. More »

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      crime  • drunk driving  • DUI  • drunk  • Snoop Dogg

    • Sketch Released in Schoolgirl Sleepover Murders

      CNN  |  Jun 15, 08 8:51 AM CDT

      Sketch Released in Schoolgirl Sleepover Murders

      (Newser) - Police have released a sketch of a “person of interest” being sought for questioning in the mysterious shooting deaths of two young schoolgirls that have stunned a small rural community in Oklahoma. The man was seen on the same isolated dirt road where the bullet-riddled bodies of two friends who had spent the night together at a sleepover were found in a ditch last week. More »

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      murder  • crime  • shooting  • Oklahoma  • suspect  • Weleetka

    • As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Gas Thefts

      Newsweek  |  Jun 14, 08 11:50 AM CDT

      As Gas Prices Climb, So Do Gas Thefts

      (Newser) - With gas prices soaring above $4 a gallon, gas thefts are up across the country, and thieves are devising ever-more-creative means of snatching the stuff, Newsweek reports. Some manage to keep the gas flowing after paying for only a few gallons; others siphon fuel from unsuspecting drivers’ SUVs. Some even use life-threatening maneuvers to gather hundreds of gallons. More »

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      crime  • gas prices  • gas  • theft  • convenience stores

    • Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons

      Washington Post  |  Jun 12, 08 5:46 AM CDT

      Record 2.3M Crowd US Prisons

      (Newser) - A record 7.2 million criminals were behind bars, on parole, or being supervised on probation in 2006—a figure that cost taxpayers $45 billion and has states rethinking sentencing laws and shipping inmates elsewhere, the Washington Post reports. Of that number, 2.3 million people were in jail or prison, the highest of any nation. More »

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      crime  • probation  • parole  • prisons  • criminal justice system  • incarceration

    • Murder Capital Transforms Into Cultural Haven

      Miami Herald  |  Jun 10, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Murder Capital Transforms Into Cultural Haven

      (Newser) - Once the world's most dangerous city, Medellin, Colombia, is now a relatively safe and culturally vibrant haven for its 2.1 million residents. In 1991, Medellin recorded 6,349 homicides, or nearly 18 per day; today, thanks to improved security under the administration of president Alvaro Uribe, the rate is barely 2 a day, reports the Miami Herald . More »

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      crime  • Colombia  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe

    • Bury Bodies How I Left Them: Alleged Killer

      AFP  |  Jun 10, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      Bury Bodies How I Left Them: Alleged Killer

      (Newser) - Neil Entwistle, the Briton accused of murdering his wife and baby in a Boston suburb in 2006, requested that the bodies be buried “the way I left them,” according to his stepfather-in-law. Joseph Matterazzo, 61, testified yesterday a “wimpering” Entwistle called and asked him to “bury them side by side because that’s the way I left them … I mean, found them.” More »

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      murder  • crime  • murder trial  • Neil Entwistle

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