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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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crime • drunk driving • marijuana • Oregon • pot

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

Do-Nothing Bystanders Watched, Filmed Calif. Rape

Two arrests made in vicious 2-hour attack

Oct 27, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two arrests have been made in a homecoming night rape of a 15-year-old high school student that was witnessed by as many as 15 do-nothing bystanders. Some may have even participated in the two-hour attack in a San Francisco suburb while others apparently filmed the assault with cell phones, according... More »

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California • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • homecoming • sex assault

Fast-Food Customer Punches Out 'Zombie'

Man's nose broken by attacker freaked out by living dead

Oct 26, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man at a fast food restaurant in Iowa called another customer a zombie and punched him—twice. The victim was slugged in the eye as he stood at the counter to order food near the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. As he called police on his cell... More »

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Iowa • crime • fast food • attack • assault • zombie • Zombieland

Wildfire Suspect Charged in Heart Attack 'Murders'

Unusual case links arson to deaths

Oct 23, 09 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - California officials have taken the unusual step of charging a wildfire arson suspect with murder in the death of 5 people who suffered heart attacks escaping the flames. Prosecutors intend to prove the stress of the fire caused the deaths in the massive 2003 San Bernardino blaze. The groundbreaking case... More »

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California • crime • murder • heart attack • arson • California fires • California wildfires • San Bernardino

 Swiss Tipped 
 US to Polanski Trip 

Move gave LA prosecutors time to whip up arrest warrant

Oct 20, 09 8:53 PM CDT
(AP) - Swiss authorities set in motion the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case as he traveled to the country last month, emails obtained by the AP show. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice alerted US law enforcement Sept. 22 that Polanski, 76, was due in... More »

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crime • Switzerland • Los Angeles • extradition • Roman Polanski • child rape • arrest warrant

 'Swap Wife' 
 Calls Heene 
 Mad Wiz 
 With Temper 

'My dad can really yell,' son told her

Oct 20, 09 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The "swapped wife" who lived with the Balloon Boy's family as part of a TV reality program described dad Richard Heene as a mad scientist with a short fuse. Sheree Silver said Heene screamed at her, and son Bradford said: "My dad can really yell, can't he?" Silver... More »

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crime • TV shows • Colorado • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • Wife Swap • balloon boy • Mayumi Heene

UConn Football Player Slain
on Campus

Cornerback Jasper Howard, 20, was stabbed to death

Oct 18, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A University of Connecticut football player has died after being stabbed on campus early this morning. Jasper Howard, a junior cornerback from Miami and the first member of his family to attend college, was 20. Two groups of people scuffled as a dance at the student union was letting out,... More »

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crime • football • death • stabbing • University of Connecticut • college football • Jasper Howard • Storrs, Conn.

poetic justice

 The Last Word in 
 Roman Polanski 
 Commentary 

Calvin Trillin: 'He only raped one little girl'

Oct 15, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The debate raging over Roman Polanski—hairsplitting over the definitions of guilt, genius, and rape, among other pertinent terms—has been missing one thing: verse. Veteran journalist and author Calvin Trillin dons his poet hat to take up the slack, devastatingly. His latest contribution to the Nation's "Deadline Poet"... More »

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crime • rape • fugitive • poetry • film director • Roman Polanski • Calvin Trillin • statutory rape

 Brit Dad Busted 
 in Kids' Death 

Mom found children unresponsive after visit with father

Oct 15, 09 3:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man separated from his wife was arrested yesterday after his two young children were found unresponsive in his home and were later declared dead. Police believe the father strangled the girl, 4, and 2-year-old boy, reports the Telegraph. They were discovered by their mom, who arrived to collect the... More »

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crime • murder • father • joint custody • infanticide • mother • child murder • marital woes

 Jaycee: I'm Happy to Be Home 

Dugard releases first statement, photos of herself as an adult

Oct 14, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard’s 18-year kidnapping ordeal is over, and she spends her time now riding horses, cooking, and maybe collaborating on a book. The 29-year-old lives “a surprisingly normal life” with her mother and daughters Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11, says her mother’s stepmother. Now, Dugard speaks out... More »

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crime • kidnapping • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard

 Vicious Beating 
 of NY Gay 
 Caught 
 on Tape 

Jack Price remains in coma

Oct 14, 09 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The brutal hate-crime beating of a gay man on a deserted Queens street was captured on a neighborhood surveillance video. Jack Price, 49, tries repeatedly to escape his attackers who continue to punch and stomp him on the tape. "From beginning to end, it was absolutely horrible," Price's... More »

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homophobia • crime • hate crime • arrest • taped beating • videotaped beating • gay • Jack Price

 Dad Used 
 Facebook to 
 Proposition 
 Daughter: 
 Cops 

Self-described 'Bad Daddy' faces up to 30 years in prison

Oct 11, 09 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Pennsylvania man who used Facebook to proposition his 13-year-old daughter has been charged with attempted incest and unlawful contact with a minor, police say. After tracking down the girl, with whom he had had no contact for a decade, he asked to meet her for sex, writing, "Not... More »

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social networking • crime • Facebook • Pennsylvania • incest

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