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 Polanski Victim: 'I'm Over It' 

Mom of three is sick and tired of sordid case

Sep 28, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The woman Roman Polanski had sex with when she was 13 never wants to hear about the case again. "I have survived, indeed prevailed, against whatever harm Mr. Polanski may have caused me as a child," Samantha Geimer, 45, said early this year after filing court papers to... More »

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crime • France • Switzerland • sex • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape

 Chicago Student's 
 Beating Death 
 Caught on Tape 

Police beef up patrols after savage gang melee

Sep 28, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago police are stepping up patrols today at a high school where a 16-year-old honor student's gruesome beating death in a gang melee was captured on video. Students scream in horror as Derrion Albert crumples to the ground and covers his head in vain as he's repeatedly pummeled with wooden... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • murder • gangs • video • death • gangsters • honor student • Derrion Albert

 Infant Killed 
 in LA Gang 
 Shooting 

Baby boy killed as he's fed in a parked car

Sep 28, 09 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 4-month-old baby boy was fatally wounded in a gang confrontation as he was being fed in a parked car in Los Angeles, police said. Andrew Garcia was rushed to a local hospital where he died. A pregnant family friend who was feeding Andrew was wounded. A teen with criminal... More »

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crime • murder • gangs • Los Angeles • baby • infant • shooting

US Coast Guard, Brit Navy Seize $380M in Cocaine

Nearly 5.5 tons discovered under concrete floor of fishing boat

Sep 28, 09 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British Navy and US Coast Guard have seized a record $380 million worth of cocaine on a fishing boat off the coast of South America.  The boat was searched for 24 hours before investigators broke up the concrete floor with sledgehammers and discovered 5.5 tons of the... More »

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crime • cocaine • Coast Guard • South America • drug traffickers • British Navy

 Tawny Kitaen 
 Hit With DUI Charge 

Bachelor Party star busted after fender bender

Sep 27, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Troubled actress Tawny Kitaen, best known as the bombshell star of 1984's Bachelor Party, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of DUI, according to Newport Beach, Calif., police. A veteran of the TV show Celebrity Rehab, Kitaen has a history of drug abuse, but it wasn't clear whether she was drunk... More »

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entertainment • crime • DUI • Tawny Kitaen • Newport Beach, Calif.

Poland OKs Chemical Castration for Pedophiles

Controversial new law also covers incest

Sep 26, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new law in Poland will require convicted pedophiles or those who rape family members to undergo chemical castration when their prison term is up. Human rights groups immediately raised objections, but Poland's prime minister isn't budging—he says the criminals in these cases don't qualify as "human,"... More »

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human rights • crime • Poland • pedophile • sex offenders • punishment • incest • castration



 America's Safest Colleges 

In wake of Yale killing, stats point to some virtually crime-free campuses

Sep 25, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of the Yale slaying, the Daily Beast ranks America’s safest colleges. The rankings rest on crime rates from 2006 to 2007, at schools with at least 6,000 students and some on-campus housing. The results:
  1. New York Institute of Technology: Located in a quaint Long
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 Randy Quaid, Wife Arrested 
 for Stiffing Hotel on $10K Tab 

Couple fights cops in west Texas after apprehension

Sep 24, 09 9:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Randy Quaid and his wife were arrested late today in west Texas for skipping out on a $10,000 tab at a California resort—and, a source tells TMZ, cops had to use force to subdue both. Felony warrants were issued for the 58-year-old actor and Evi, a former model,... More »

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entertainment • crime • felony • extradition • resorts • Santa Barbara County • Randy Quaid • Evi Quaid • San Ysidro Ranch • west Texas • unpaid bill

Horrorcore Rap Killings Shock Sleepy Va. Town

Questions abound about music's role in family's slaughter

Sep 24, 09 8:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farmville is a sleepy Virginia town of 7,000, hardly the kind of place you’d expect a Californian “horrorcore” rapper to brutally bludgeon four people to death, Yet that's exactly what 20-year-old Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III, aka “Syko Sam,” is suspected of doing. “I... More »

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California • MySpace • crime • murder • Virginia • small towns • rap music • MySpace Music • horrorcore • Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey

 'Fed' Written on Chest 
 of Hanged Ky. Census Worker 

FBI investigating if incident was based on anti-government sentiment

Sep 23, 09 9:26 PM CDT
(AP) - A US Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law-enforcement official said today, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. The official did not say what type of instrument... More »

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FBI • crime • murder • Kentucky • hanging • US Census • Bill Sparkman • anti-government sentiment

 Plaxico Hit With 2 Years 

Former New York Giant will go to prison for 2008 illegal handgun incident

Sep 22, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress was sentenced today to two years in prison for possessing an unlicensed gun—the gun with which he accidentally shot himself in the leg at a New York nightclub in 2008, TMZ reports. The footballer, joined by his wife, son, and father at the... More »

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(Newser) - Today’s search of the property of Phillip and Nancy Garrido, charged in the rape and kidnap of Jaycee Dugard, found no evidence to link them to the 1980s disappearances of two other northern California girls, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Investigators will continue sifting through areas dug up after... More »

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crime • kidnapping • abduction • child rape • dogs • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif. • Michaela Garecht • Ilene Misheloff

Rapper Who Posted Murder Lyrics Busted in 4 Killings

'I hate everybody,' says aspiring horrorcore singer 'Syko Sam'


Sep 20, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - An aspiring California "horrorcore" rapper who posted songs about killing on his MySpace page is being held as a suspect in the murder of four people, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III, 20, was arrested as he awaited a flight back home from Virginia, where the... More »

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California • MySpace • crime • murder • Virginia • rap music • MySpace Music • horrorcore

German Doc Probed in Poison Death of 2 in Therapy

12 rushed to local hospital during session

Sep 20, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German doctor was being investigated today for possible homicide after two patients in his therapy group died of poisoning, reports AP. Twelve others were rushed to a local hospital after one called emergency services. One is in a coma. The doctor has admitted giving his patients various drugs and... More »

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crime • murder • physician • doctor • therapy

OPINION

 Ivy League Crimes 
 Are More Equal 
 Than Others 

To grab headlines, commit or fall victim to murder at Harvard or Yale

Sep 18, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • homicide • tabloids • media coverage • Oklahoma State University • Harvard University • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • Nancy Grace

OPINION

 Another 
 Murder 
 Defies Race 
 Stereotypes 

Annie Le case latest to stir ugly racial fears, which proved false

Sep 18, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - When news of Annie Le's murder first emerged, scaremongering commentators seized on the dangers of studying on an "urban" campus, blogs author and sportswriter Jeff Pearlman—by which they didn't mean "an endless stream of Starbucks storefronts." Lo and behold, her alleged murderer is a "... More »

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crime • New Haven • Connecticut • stereotypes • racism • Yale • Annie Le • Raymond Clark

(Newser) - A mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News. Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "... More »

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New York City • crime • murder • mob • Mafia • murder trial • John Gotti • Gambino crime family • Charles Carniglia

Dogs Might Have Found Human Remains at Garridos'

Two separate canines indicate scent; cops will delve further tomorrow

Sep 17, 09 9:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dogs trained to sniff out human remains, working separately, alerted police today to the possibility on the property belonging to northern California kidnap-rape suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido, CNN reports. Authorities are also looking for evidence to connect the couple to the 1980s disappearances of girls from nearby towns,... More »

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investigation • crime • kidnapping • dogs • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif. • Michaela Garecht • Ilene Misheloff

 Clark Charged With Murder 

Yale lab tech accused of killing Annie Le arraigned, enters no plea

Sep 17, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Raymond Clark III has been charged with the murder of Yale grad student Annie Le, the Hartford Courant reports. Clark, a lab technician at Yale, was arrested this morning at a motel and arraigned in Superior Court in New Haven. Clark, 24, did not submit a plea. His bail remains... More »

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Yale University • crime • murder • New Haven • Connecticut • arraignment • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • lab technician

 DNA Links 
 Lab Tech to 
 Yale Murder 

Raymond Clark to be arrested today

Sep 17, 09 2:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - DNA from the Yale lab tech suspected in the murder of grad student Annie Le has been linked to her death, sources tell the New Haven Register. Raymond Clark, 24, is expected to be arrested today, and is currently under police surveillance at the Connecticut motel where he's staying. The... More »

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Yale University • crime • murder • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • lab technician

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