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 Peru Gang Accused 
 of Killing to Harvest Fat 

Cosmetics firms said to pay $60K/gallon; experts skeptical

Nov 19, 09 10:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Peruvian police today arrested four men accused of killing dozens of people and selling their fat to cosmetics companies in Europe. At a news conference that featured several bottles of fat, which police say the gang sold for $60,000 per gallon, authorities didn’t produce any evidence of sales,... More »

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crime • Peru • gang violence • cosmetics • strange stuff • fat harvesting

Brit Strangles Wife During Nightmare  

Prosecutors believe him, seek verdict
of insanity

Nov 18, 09 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A British man admits he strangled his wife but swears he did it while having a nightmare. Prosecutors have accepted his explanation, backed up by a battery of medical tests documenting a sleep disorder. Instead of pursuing a murder conviction, they want a jury to declare that he acted during... More »

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crime • England • murder trial • sleep disorder • verdict • Brian Thomas • sleepwalking • sleeping man strangles wife

 FBI After Calif. 'Geezer Bandit' 

Man in 70s, toting oxygen tank, suspect in 5 bank robberies

Nov 17, 09 7:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The FBI has jumped in on the pursuit of a California robbery suspect authorities have dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” The most recent of the five heists came yesterday outside San Diego; surveillance video of previous incidents shows a man believed to be in his 70s and, in at... More »

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FBI • crime • bank robbery • San Diego • bank robber • surveillance video • Geezer Bandit • oxygen tank

Machete-Armed Mugger Steals Man's Tacos

Robber doesn't take anything else

Nov 17, 09 2:34 PM CST
(Newser) - A mugger stole a Chicago-area man’s tacos and nothing else on Sunday. The victim was walking back to his car carrying 16 tacos from a restaurant when he was cornered by a man in a black ski mask brandishing a machete. The mugger demanded the food but didn’t... More »

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Chicago • crime • mugging • dinner

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

 Mom Charged 
 With Sex Slavery 
 in Girl's Death 

Shaniya moved in with mother just last month

Nov 17, 09 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The mother of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl found dead appeared in court yesterday and was charged with human trafficking and felony abuse. Antoinette Davis, 25, delivered daughter Shaniya to a man "with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude ," according to court documents. Davis was... More »

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crime • kidnapping • murder • abuse • child rape • Shaniya Davis • Shaniya Davis found • shaniya davis found dead • Antoinette Davis charged with sex slavery

 'Night Stalker' 
 Charged 
 in Elderly 
 Rapes 

'Gerontophile' attacked women as old as 93

Nov 16, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - A Londoner has been busted for a host of crimes, including rape, targeting the elderly over the last 17 years. Delroy Grant, 52, appears in court today to face 11 charges of rape, burglary and indecent assault. But police believe he is responsible for some 108 crimes, striking as often... More »

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elderly • London • crime • rape • Britain • Night Stalker

 Mo. Cops Seek Bodies, 
 Kids' Notes on Abuse 

Police dig up farm where 5 men charged with child rape

Nov 12, 09 4:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Investigators are digging up property at a Missouri farm where an elderly man and his four sons have been charged in repeated sexual assaults of young relatives, according to officials. Police are searching for bodies, as well as buried glass jars containing handwritten notes by children detailing their abuse up... More »

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crime • Missouri • incest • sexual assault • child rape • sodomy • Burrell Mohler • Lexington, Mo.

CATCH HIM IF YOU CAN

 Teen Robin Hood 
 Leads Cops on Merry Chase 

He's stolen planes, boats during 18-month spree

Nov 11, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Whether they want to arrest him or turn his life into a movie, everyone wants a piece of teen fugitive Colton Harris-Moore. The 18-year-old, on the run since April 2008, is wanted for at least 50 burglaries—some of them Catch Me If You Can-style capers involving planes and speedboats,... More »

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crime • Facebook • fugitive • burglary • Pacific Northwest • teenager • Colton Harris-Moore

 Months of Clues 
 Missed in Hasan 
 Rampage 

Shrink grew increasingly agitated, but superiors didn't act

Nov 9, 09 4:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Signs that the Fort Hood gunman could snap emerged not just days before his deadly rampage, but months earlier, say witnesses. Major Nidal Malik Hasan bought a gun soon after he arrived at the base last summer, and grew increasingly agitated and vocal over years about his opposition to the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Texas • crime • Muslim • mass shootings • troops • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan

 Triple Mugging 
 Rattles Central Park 

One man busted, cohorts on the loose

Nov 9, 09 3:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An armed mugging of three men in Central Park has rattled New Yorkers who were beginning to get used to feeling safe strolling in Manhattan's famous green space. Two park strollers were accosted before dawn yesterday by a gunman and two cohorts who emptied the men's pockets. When a third... More »

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New York City • crime • Manhattan • Central Park • gunman • mugging

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Drunk Driver Calls Cops to Report Stolen Weed

Man sought help in tracking down another intoxicant

Nov 6, 09 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A 21-year-old Oregon man called police to report that ¾ of an ounce of marijuana had been stolen from his car while he was drinking in a bar. After waiting for deputies, he began driving—despite being drunk—and called 911 again to complain. Dispatchers found him difficult to understand,... More »

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Teen 'Didn't Think Twice' About 911
Call in Rape

18-year-old recalls finding Calif. victim

Nov 5, 09 4:59 PM CST
(Newser) - The 18-year-old girl who called 911 to alert authorities to the brutal gang rape of a teenager says she “didn’t even think twice” about picking up the phone. California police are calling Margarita Vargas “the Good Samaritan” for her courage—after making the call, she went to... More »

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San Francisco • crime • rape • gang rape

 Jaycee Shielded 
 Kidnapper 
 From Cops 

Stockholm syndrome turned victim into abductor's defender

Nov 5, 09 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard lied to a suspicious parole officer in a desperate bid to protect her abductor when she was discovered, according to just-released report of her questioning. Jaycee, kidnapped when she was 11 in her northern California town, called herself Alyssa and presented herself as Phillip Garrido's wife.... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • abduction • sexual assault • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Rapist Lived 
 Openly Among 
 Rotting Victims 

Anthony Sowell reeked

Nov 3, 09 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The Ohio rapist arrested in the strangulation of six women lived openly among their rotting corpses in his home, according to cops. Bodies were found exposed in bedrooms and the living room. Officers said the stench was overpowering. "Not a pretty sight inside the home," said a Cleveland... More »

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crime • murder • Ohio • rape • strangulation • rapist • Anthony Sowell

Boy, 4, Found Dead in Dryer; Teen Busted

Toddler was dead when he was placed in dryer

Nov 2, 09 2:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after the body of a missing California toddler, 4, was found in a clothes dryer in the teen's home. Police said Alex Christopher Mercado's body was placed in the dryer after he was killed. Alex's parents reported him missing over the weekend, and the... More »

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California • crime • toddler • clothes dryers • teenager • child murder

 Cops Find 6 Bodies 
 at Rapist's House 

He's arrested as search in Cleveland continues

Oct 31, 09 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cleveland police have arrested a convicted rapist and discovered the remains of six bodies in and around his house. They're asking relatives of missing persons to bring them anything with DNA evidence to help identify the victims, reports the Plain Dealer . Anthony Sowell, 50, has lived at the house since... More »

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crime • Cleveland • bodies • rapist

Green Joyride Sours
for Paris' Rental Bikes

Vandalism, theft hurt pioneering program

Oct 31, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A public bicycle-rental program launched in Paris in 2007 amid green good feeling has found reality to be a rough ride. Locals and tourists alike get unlimited access to Vélib’s fleet for about $1.50 a day, but some 80% of the $3,500 bikes have been stolen... More »

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crime • tourism • Paris • bicycles • green transportation • V?lib'

 Citizen Convoys 
 Take on Jersey Crime 

Volunteers cruise Newark streets to deter thugs

Oct 29, 09 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volunteer convoys have been cruising Newark's roughest streets over the last month in an effort to cut crime rates and fly the flag for law enforcement. Citizens taking part in the "Crime Caravan" program hit the streets in packs of vehicles that resemble crime response units, led by off-duty... More »

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crime • New Jersey • Newark • Cory Booker

Five Youths Held in 'Barbaric' Calif. Gang Rape

Victim knew one 15-year-old assailant, was drinking with them

Oct 28, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco-area cops have arrested three more young men in the savage gang rape, beating, and robbery of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance while dozens more watched. Five youths are being held, ranging from a 15-year-old boy who knew the victim to a 21-year-old. The girl was drinking... More »

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California • high school • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • sexual assault • beatings

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