news2019-11-20
U.S. Border Patrol officers arrested a 16-year-old boy at the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine with the help of a remote-control car. It was another instance in a long history of smugglers using ever-evolving, often unusual methods, to get drugs over the bord....Read more
news2019-11-20
University of Miami Prof. Bruce Bagley was arrested on charges of laundering $3 million on behalf of corrupt foreign nationals who collected the illicit funds through bribes and by embezzling from a public works project in Venezuela. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Two years after the mass shooting, the U.S. Department of Justice is giving a grant to victims of the shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Tx. In the incident, 26 people were fatally shot and 20 others were wounded when an assailant opened fire on worshipers. Source: The Crim....Read more
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New York City and New Haven, Ct., agreed to pay $7 million to Derrick Hamilton, who spent more than two decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Detective Louis Scarcella was accused of coercing the only witness. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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A speech Monday by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen pointed toward heightened interest "end-to-end encryption," which makes it nearly impossible for law enforcement and spy agencies to get access to people’s digital communications. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) accuses Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of halting her bill to thwart her reelection campaign; Schumer says Ernst is "afraid of the NRA." Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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At least 22 transgender people killed in 2019 will be honored at Transgender Day of Remembrance vigils on Wednesday. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
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Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh was indicted on corruption charges connected to money she received for a series of children’s books she wrote. Most of her "Healthy Holly" books were never given to children as promised. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-11-20
Release from a long incarceration is only the beginning of an often-traumatic transition to civilian life, even with supporting family and friends. TCR’s (former) prison-based columnist suggests a way to make that transition easier. Source: The Crime Report ( TheCrimeReport.org )....Read more
news2019-11-19
PORTLAND, Ore. – On July 12, Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputies announced they had responded to a crash involving Alejandro Maldonado-Hernandez, as well as Patrick Ator and his wife, Janace Ator, who were traveling in another vehicle. Maldonado-Hernandez, who was in the United States i....Read more
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