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News: LA man arrested, 40,000 fake erectile drugs seized Man arrested, counterfeit sex drugs seized in LA Jurors see video of interview in webcam spy case Manitoba woman arrested after cocaine found hidden on 15-month-old granddaughter Conservatives set to make omnibus crime bill reality with final Commons vote Attorney: Accused NYC madam unfair target of case Accused NY madam's attorney: Black book irrelevant Denver authorities: Dead inmate was serial killer CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest Tremoulinas arrested over drink driving Journalist arrested in New Delhi bomb attack Atty: Accused NYC madam unfair target of case Indian police: Journalist arrested in connection with Delhi bomb attack on Israeli diplomat Calif. man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend California man arrested in killing of girlfriend with cannon US promises $107 million more to fight drug crime CA man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend Boy, 9, sentenced in Wash. school shooting Hacker implicated in Anonymous Stratfor hack arrested, charged Human rights' group warns of crime wave in Ivory Coast More corporate crime charges coming: Attorney General Holder Iraqi police: 10 arrested in Haditha killing spree Jurors Can Come to a Verdict in $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After All: Guilty Two arrested in Anglican child abuse investigation Law enforcement official: LulzSec hackers arrested LA man arrested, 40,000 fake erectile drugs seized Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:06 PM PST Associated Press - A 71-year-old former law enforcement officer from South Korea was arrested Wednesday, days after customs officers found his luggage and golf bag stuffed with nearly 40,000 phony Viagra and other erectile dysfunction pills at Los Angeles International Airport, federal authorities said. Full Story Top Man arrested, counterfeit sex drugs seized in LA Wed,7 Mar 2012 05:45 PM PST Associated Press - Federal authorities say a former South Korean law enforcement officer has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle nearly 40,000 counterfeit erectile dysfunction pills in his golf bag and luggage. Full Story Top Jurors see video of interview in webcam spy case Wed,7 Mar 2012 02:46 PM PST Associated Press - "Yes," Dharun Ravi said in a video of a police interview played for jurors Wednesday, he violated his Rutgers University roommate's privacy by seeing him in an intimate moment with another man. Full Story Top Manitoba woman arrested after cocaine found hidden on 15-month-old granddaughter Wed,7 Mar 2012 01:18 PM PST Associated Press - GODS LAKE NARROWS, Man. - A northern Manitoba woman faces drug charges after police found three grams of cocaine hidden in her baby granddaughter's clothing. Full Story Top Conservatives set to make omnibus crime bill reality with final Commons vote Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:58 AM PST Associated Press - OTTAWA - The Conservative government is poised to make good on its election promise and vote in a sweeping crime bill that will swell the prison population and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Full Story Top Attorney: Accused NYC madam unfair target of case Wed,7 Mar 2012 09:49 AM PST Associated Press - Prosecutors and defense attorneys have presented contrasting views of a New York woman jailed on a seven-figure bail on a single charge of promoting prostitution. Full Story Top Accused NY madam's attorney: Black book irrelevant Wed,7 Mar 2012 06:56 AM PST Associated Press - Prosecutors and defense attorneys have presented contrasting views of a New York woman jailed on a seven-figure bail on a single charge of promoting prostitution. Full Story Top Denver authorities: Dead inmate was serial killer Wed,7 Mar 2012 06:30 AM PST Associated Press - Denver authorities say a man convicted of three murders who died in prison in 1996 killed four other women and might be responsible for as many as 20 homicides. Full Story Top CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest Wed,7 Mar 2012 05:54 AM PST Associated Press - Nearly all of the 72 people arrested during this week's protests over funding for higher education at the state Capitol have been released, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Full Story Top Tremoulinas arrested over drink driving Wed,7 Mar 2012 05:39 AM PST AFP - Bordeaux left-back Benoit Tremoulinas was arrested on Tuesday evening on suspicion of drink driving, club president Jean-Louis Triaud revealed on Wednesday. Full Story Top Journalist arrested in New Delhi bomb attack Wed,7 Mar 2012 03:48 AM PST Associated Press - Police arrested an Indian journalist to investigate possible links to the bombing of an Israeli diplomatic vehicle last month in New Delhi, authorities said Wednesday, the first apparent breakthrough in an attack that Israel blamed on Iran. Full Story Top Atty: Accused NYC madam unfair target of case Wed,7 Mar 2012 12:36 AM PST Associated Press - Prosecutors and defense attorneys have presented contrasting views of a New York woman jailed on a seven-figure bail on a single charge of promoting prostitution. Full Story Top Indian police: Journalist arrested in connection with Delhi bomb attack on Israeli diplomat Tue,6 Mar 2012 09:44 PM PST Associated Press - NEW DELHI - Indian police say they have arrested a New Delhi journalist in connection with last month's bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat's wife in the capital. Full Story Top Calif. man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend Tue,6 Mar 2012 09:26 PM PST Associated Press - A man was arrested Tuesday after a homemade cannon blasted through his mobile home, killing his girlfriend in a mountain community near San Diego, authorities said. Full Story Top California man arrested in killing of girlfriend with cannon Tue,6 Mar 2012 07:01 PM PST Reuters - POTRERO, California (Reuters) - Authorities arrested a 39-year-old man suspected of killing his girlfriend on Tuesday by shooting a homemade cannon into a room of their remote California trailer home. Richard Dale Fox, who was treated for wounds he suffered in the blast, was booked on suspicion of detonating an explosive device in a manner resulting in death, said San Diego Sheriff's Department homicide Sergeant David Martinez. ... Full Story Top US promises $107 million more to fight drug crime Tue,6 Mar 2012 06:12 PM PST AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged $107 million more in aid to Central America under a security initiative to tackle organized crime amid soaring drug violence in the region. Full Story Top CA man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend Tue,6 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PST Associated Press - A man was arrested Tuesday after a homemade cannon blasted his mobile home and killed his girlfriend in a remote mountain community east of San Diego, authorities said. Full Story Top Boy, 9, sentenced in Wash. school shooting Tue,6 Mar 2012 02:17 PM PST Associated Press - A 9-year-old Washington boy who brought a gun that discharged and critically wounded a fellow third-grader at school has been sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to write a letter of apology to his victim. Full Story Top Hacker implicated in Anonymous Stratfor hack arrested, charged Tue,6 Mar 2012 02:08 PM PST The Daily Caller - A hacker purported to have been involved in the December 2011 cyberattacks on private intelligence firm Stratfor was arrested late Monday evening in Chicago. The hacker was one of six members of hacktivist group Anonymous charged with "computer hacking and other crimes," the FBI said Tuesday. Full Story Top Human rights' group warns of crime wave in Ivory Coast Tue,6 Mar 2012 12:37 PM PST AFP - Ivory Coast should take urgent steps to disarm former rebels involved in rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouake, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. Full Story Top More corporate crime charges coming: Attorney General Holder Tue,6 Mar 2012 11:55 AM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department plans to take action in the coming months against individuals involved in corporate fraud, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday, adding that fines against companies are not enough of a deterrent. "We're gonna make some news with regard to holding individuals responsible for things we tend to think of as corporate crimes," Holder said at a meeting of state attorneys general in Washington. ... Full Story Top Iraqi police: 10 arrested in Haditha killing spree Tue,6 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST Associated Press - Iraqi security forces on Tuesday arrested 10 suspects in a shooting spree that left 25 police dead a day before, the Iraqi government said. Full Story Top Jurors Can Come to a Verdict in $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After All: Guilty Tue,6 Mar 2012 10:56 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - Jurors in the trial of Allen Stanford said on Monday they couldn't come to a decision on whether the financier had carried out a $7 billion ponzi scheme, but they changed their mind on Tuesday and convicted him on all but one of 14 criminal counts. Stanford's scheme was the biggest fraud since Bernie Madoff's, Reuters notes, but the trial almost resulted in a hung jury. When the eight men and four women of the jury told U.S. ... Full Story Top Two arrested in Anglican child abuse investigation Tue,6 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PST AFP - Two men in their 70s were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of sexual abuse of young men and children as police investigate claims of abuses by Church of England vicars decades ago. Full Story Top Law enforcement official: LulzSec hackers arrested Tue,6 Mar 2012 07:59 AM PST Associated Press - Top members of the computer hacking group LulzSec have been arrested and will face charges in New York, a law enforcement official said Tuesday. Full Story Top

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