Crime Newswire

Sheriff says crime statistics reflect hard work, residents' vigilance
Journal and Courier
After incidents of violent crime increased nearly 50 percent from 2010 to 2011, Tippecanoe County had only a small increase in 2012 of 1.4 percent, according to statistics that Lafayette, West Lafayette and Tippecanoe County law enforcement agencies ...

WA today
Customs reforms to 'rip out' corruption
WA today
THE AUSTRALIAN Customs and Border Protection Service needs ''massive reforms'' to confront corruption and organised crime, according to the Home Affairs Minister, Jason Clare, who has also vowed that officials involved in graft will be ripped ''out by ...

NBCNews.com
Ex-NBA player's son gets 60-year term for murder
NBCNews.com
The same jury in Dallas County in North Texas found the younger Van Exel guilty of murder on Thursday. Prosecutors had sought a capital murder conviction. Nickey Van Exel fatally shot Eyo in December 2010 and dumped his body at Lake Ray Hubbard on ...
Nick Van Exel's Son Convicted of Murder After Shooting Friend in 2010NESN.com
Son of Nick Van Exel sentenced to 60 years on murder convictionLos Angeles Times
Nick Van Exel's son guilty of murder, sentenced to 60 years in prisonSB Nation Minnesota
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New Miami-Dade police director sets sights on violent crime
MiamiHerald.com
By Charles Rabin and David Ovalle The Miami Herald. J.D. Patterson, a 30-year police veteran and now Miami-Dade Police Department's new director, said he is setting his sights on violent crime. Get Adobe Flash player. Loading... Photos. Related Content ...

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VANCOUVER - The chief of a prominent B.C. First Nation says his son was the man who was shot and killed by police earlier this... CP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-ferreras/

BBC News
Operation Elveden: Arrest in police corruption probe
BBC News
A police officer has been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into allegedly corrupt payments by journalists to police. The 33-year-old Metropolitan Police officer was held at his home in Barnet, north London at about 05:45 GMT as part of ...
Met police officer arrested in corruption probeEvening Standard

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KCK murder toll sees historic decline
Kansas City Star
It's been more than 40 years since Kansas City, Kan., recorded fewer murders than it did in 2012, the police department said Friday. Twenty-two homicides occurred in the city last year, down from 27 in 2011 and 31 in 2010. Not since 1986 has Kansas ...

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'Crime of the Week' is vehicle rifling, theft at Fred Meyer
Juneau Empire
The police are seeking information about a vehicle rifling and theft that took place in the Fred Meyer parking lot last month. Sgt. Paul Hatch said in a news release that at 7 p.m. on Jan. 1, a citizen reported his or her truck had been entered, and ...

Crime Stoppers: Man sought on forgery charges
Bloomington Pantagraph
BLOOMINGTON — McLean County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted on forgery charges. Antwan T. James Jr., 25, last of the 1000 block of West Grove Street, Bloomington, is 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 165 pounds and ...

Investigators on Friday were reviewing the cases that a Texas prosecutor was handling for possible clues about what led to his killing.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Anonymous hackers attacked Twitter this week and may have gained access to passwords and other information for as many... Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-finocchiaro/

Auroran guilty in 20-year-old murder
Chicago Sun-Times
Kane County Assistant State's Attorney Jody Gleason said Reyes admitted his role in the murder several times over the past 20 years — to co-workers, to friends in his street gang, and to cellmates in prison. Several former Reyes associates and fellow ...
Guilty verdict in 1993 Aurora double murderChicago Daily Herald

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WASHINGTON -- It was Christmas night when Sincere Smith, 2, found his father’s loaded gun on the living room table of their Conway, S.C., mobile... Jason Cherkis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-cherkis/

Former US Attorney Expects Organized Crime Will Target Legal Pot
OPB News
Fronts for organized crime may try to get a piece of the action as Washington moves to implement legalized marijuana. That's the prediction of former US Attorney John McKay, a key supporter of Washington's new pot law. As US Attorney, John McKay ...

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Times of India
High corruption risk in defence purchases by India: Study
Times of India
NEW DELHI: India is among the countries that suffer from "high corruption risk" in defence purchases, one of the most elaborate global assessments of corruption in the high spending sector has concluded. According to the report, 'Government Defence ...

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A California judge has forced the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to release some 12,000 pages of church documents revealing how it handled allegations of priest sexual abuse.

California Gov. Jerry Brown is now considering whether to grant parole to a convicted murderer who followed notorious killer Charles Manson, a governor's spokeswoman said.

Police start crime crackdown in the Rundberg Lane area
Austin American-Statesman
Police are starting a crackdown on crime this weekend in the Rundberg Lane area in North Austin that will be funded in part by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department. Nine officers will patrol an area from Middle Fiskville Road to Lamar ...

By Jovon Ferguson
YCTeen Staff Writer

This story originally appeared in YCteen, a magazine written by New York City teens. YCteen is published by Youth Communication, a non-profit organization that helps marginalized youth develop their full potential through reading and writing. It is an excerpt from a longer article titled "The Central Park Five," which ponders the question of whether an injustice like the wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five could happen today.

As an African-American teenage boy growing up in New York City, I'm not afraid of the society I'm living in, but I am conscious of the threats around me. I keep in mind the history of prejudice, racism, and injustice that America has tucked away in its pocket, and I know I have a target on my back.

I know I'm not safe from being wrongly accused, because it has happened to me and others around me far too often. Every day, when you share long gazes with police as they look you up and down deciding whether to stop you or let you go on, you are reminded of their presence and reputation. You are reminded of the aggressive nature of their stop and frisks, and their tendency to grab anyone who "fits the description." That is the kind of accusation you face as a young black man.

I remember one of my friends telling me about his run-in with the police. They stopped him while he was walking past the basketball courts and cuffed him to one of the poles, searching him and even slapping him as words were exchanged. He had nothing on him.

My point is that injustice is ongoing, large scale or small scale. Things like this continue to occur in our society because there is little opposition. Our vision of what's right has been impaired by racism, fear, and prejudice, and if we don't side with justice, injustice will keep happening. We can't be so quick to turn off our mental light bulbs and not think for ourselves. We can't just brush off the Central Park Five, any more than we can brush off Sean Bell and Trayvon Martin and countless others-they're reflections of our society.

Read the full article and watch the Youth Communication's video interview with Yusef Salaam, a member of the Central Park Five.

Learn more about the Central Park Five case.

Check out our youth sub-site to learn about other wrongfully convicted young people.