Crime Newswire

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Survivor of Newark schoolyard triple murder: 'I was just praying they were ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
NEWARK — As she lay in a pool of her blood, moments after being shot in the head, Natasha Aeriel tried to push herself up off the schoolyard ground. Time after time, she fell back down, leaving a pattern of red handprints where she lay and calling out ...

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LOS ANGELES — A sheriff's spokesman says an investigation into a fight between Chris Brown and Frank Ocean will soon be closed without any charges... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brennan-williams/

Press Herald
Accused Massachusetts crime lab chemist faces civil suit
Reuters
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man who was indicted on drug charges filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court on Monday against a former state crime lab chemist, who stands accused of falsifying evidence in as many as 34,000 ...
Massachusetts crime lab chemist pleads not guilty to falsifying evidenceBangor Daily News
Ex-Mass. chemist pleads not guilty in crime lab casePress Herald
Ex-state chemist Annie Dookhan pleads not guilty in crime lab scandalMassLive.com

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KERO-TV 23
Bakersfield Police Department releases crime statistics for 2012
KERO-TV 23
The Bakersfield Police Department is committed to reducing crime in our community. In an effort to combat crime, the Bakersfield Police Department will proactively and aggressively pursue gang related crimes and use crime analysis to identify crime trends.
Large increases seen in several crime categories in BakersfieldBakersfield Californian
Crime is up in BakersfieldKGET 17

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Super Bowl XLVII will be known for many things but overshadowing everything will be that ridiculous 35-minute blackout that plunged half the Superdome into darkness.... TruTV.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/emily-thomas/

Report shows that Roanoke crime is down
WDBJ7
Overall, the report shows property crimes are down. But residential burglaries are up. And the number of reported shoplifting cases is up by more than 27 percent. Overall, violent crime fell more than 13 percent in Roanoke last year.

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CTV News
Man doesn't remember smashing windows in Stanley Cup riot
CTV News
VANCOUVER -- An accused rioter captured on video smashing windows has no memory of joining the mob scene in downtown Vancouver, a court has heard at the first trial for the hundreds of people charged in the melee after the Canucks lost the Stanley ...
Accused recalls nothing of Vancouver Stanley Cup riotNational Post
1st Stanley Cup riot trial begins in VancouverCBC.ca
First trial in Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot beginsGlobal BC
The Province -CKNW News Talk 980
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Saudi Man Fined for Daughter's Murder
Daily Beast
Saudi Man Fined for Daughter's Murder. A Saudi religious scholar was reportedly let off with nothing but a fine and a short jail term after allegedly beating and raping his 5-year-old daughter to death. The man confessed to using cables and cane to ...

James didn't try heroin until after he got out of the Air Force. His roommate smoked heroin and James never saw any ugly side effects so he thought all the warnings were hyperbole. "I know now he didn't have side effects because he only used on Fridays." Pat LaMarche http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pat-lamarche/

LOS ANGELES -- The 17-year-old bus that went out of control and crashed on a Southern California mountain highway, leaving seven dead and dozens injured,... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-miles/

NESN.com
'Operation VETO' Reveals Asian-Based Crime Syndicate Fixing Soccer Games ...
NESN.com
Organized crime gangs have fixed or tried to fix hundreds of soccer matches around the world in recent years, including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League games, Europol announced Monday. The European ...
Soccer Has a 'Global Crime Syndicate' ProblemThe Atlantic Wire
Asian crime syndicates suspected in global soccer match fixingGlobalPost (blog)
Soccer Infiltrated by Organized CrimeNewser
Telegraph.co.uk -FOXSports.com -PublicServiceEurope.com
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ABC News
Obama Cites 'Murder-apolis' Turnaround as He Takes Gun-Control Push on the ...
ABC News
President Obama took his plan to overhaul the nation's gun laws on the road to Minneapolis, Minn., today, making a public push for lawmakers to act in a state where efforts to reduce violence are showing "that progress is possible." "We may not be able ...

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In a move branded "breathtaking arrogance" by a watchdog group, the Archdiocese of Newark has appointed a priest -- who once confessed to touching an... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-dicker/

WXYZ
First trial in Wayne County corruption probe to begin Tuesday
WXYZ
DETROIT (WXYZ) - The first trial connected to the ongoing Wayne County corruption probe begins tomorrow in federal court. Zayd Allebban is a former Robert Ficano appointee, charged with obstruction of justice and falsifying records related into the ...

Firearm enthusiasts probably won’t find much support from the Latino community as the gun control debate barrels forward. Only 18 percent of Latinos own guns,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roque-planas/

The former trucker who kidnapped a 5-year-old boy in Alabama is dead and the child is safe, Reuters reports. "It's all over," said a law enforcement official. "The boy is OK." Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had seized the boy from a school bus last week after allegedly shooting the driver...

The idea that by serving time one has paid his debt to society is ingrained in our social narrative, but it is not accurate. Once caught up in the tides of the criminal justice system, it is very difficult to escape. The National Transitional Jobs Network http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-national-transitional-jobs-network/

Jodi Arias Testimony: Murder Suspect Says She Lied, Had Plans To Commit ...
Huffington Post
Jodi Arias took the stand today to defend herself in the stabbing murder of her boyfriend, telling jurors that she was abused as a child and lied to investigators because she planned on killing herself. In an uncommon move by her defense team, the 32 ...

Two teens killed by father in apparent murder-suicide, officials say
Los Angeles Times
A small Calaveras County community has been rocked after an apparent murder-suicide in which a man killed his two teenage children and then himself. Calaveras County sheriff's deputies showed up at a Murphys home near Sandalwood Drive and Canyon ...

The standoff between law enforcement and an Alabama man who held a boy in a bunker for seven days ended with the suspect dead and... Michael McLaughlin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mclaughlin/