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News: Seattle Police Crime Blotter is Now 51 Hyper-Local Twitter Feeds Plea: Customs agent let convict relative into US 7 crew arrested in Hong Kong sinking after 38 die Human rights activist arrested by Algerian police NY trial set next year for 5 ex-Madoff employees US official: Strong evidence of organized crime in attack on CIA agents in Mexico US Fidelis president gets 8-year prison term U.S. judge approves $700 million in Abbott Depakote fines, costs DOJ taps LISC to help drive down crime and drive up confidence in troubled neighborhoods US Fidelis president gets 8-year state prison term 7 crew arrested in deadly Hong Kong boat collision NY doctor: 1 of my personalities led to drug crime Six crew arrested after Hong Kong ferry collision kills 37 6 crew arrested in deadly Hong Kong boat collision Austrian conservative sentenced over bank sale scandal Italy politician arrested in widening funding scandal Nigeria's Boko Haram says no peace talks, spokesman arrested NY doctor: My many personalities led to drug crime Kentucky man arrested in NY bailout fraud probe 4 arrested in VFW shooting in Florida Siblings admit to US bank robbery in multistate crime spree Cambodian broadcaster sentenced to 20 years Lindsay Lohan assaulted in a New York hotel, man arrested Montpellier players arrested over match-fixing UPDATE 2-Handball-Montpellier players arrested over match-fixing Seattle Police Crime Blotter is Now 51 Hyper-Local Twitter Feeds Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:44 PM PDT Mashable - The city of Seattle is taking its police blotter to Twitter. Full Story Top Plea: Customs agent let convict relative into US Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:03 PM PDT Associated Press - A Customs agent in San Diego has pleaded guilty to allowing his brother-in-law, a convicted immigrant smuggler, into the United States. Full Story Top 7 crew arrested in Hong Kong sinking after 38 die Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:00 PM PDT Associated Press - Police arrested seven crew members from two boats that collided in Hong Kong waters, killing 38 holiday revelers, but offered no explanation about how the vessels ran into each other on a clear night in one of the safest and most regulated waterways in Asia. Full Story Top Human rights activist arrested by Algerian police Tue,2 Oct 2012 02:47 PM PDT Associated Press - A member of a leading human rights organization has been beaten and arrested in a southern Algerian city. Full Story Top NY trial set next year for 5 ex-Madoff employees Tue,2 Oct 2012 12:14 PM PDT Associated Press - A trial will be held next year for five of Bernard Madoff's (MAY'-dawfs) former employees who are accused of conspiring in history's biggest Ponzi scheme. Full Story Top US official: Strong evidence of organized crime in attack on CIA agents in Mexico Tue,2 Oct 2012 11:43 AM PDT Associated Press - MEXICO CITY - A senior U.S. official says there is strong circumstantial evidence that Mexican federal police who fired on a U.S. embassy vehicle, wounding two CIA agents, were working for organized crime on a targeted assassination attempt. Full Story Top US Fidelis president gets 8-year prison term Tue,2 Oct 2012 11:30 AM PDT Associated Press - The former president of US Fidelis has been sentenced to eight years in prison on state charges of stealing and fraud. Full Story Top U.S. judge approves $700 million in Abbott Depakote fines, costs Tue,2 Oct 2012 11:06 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Abbott Laboratories Inc to pay $700 million in fines and other costs for illegal marketing of its drug Depakote, in connection with a previously announced settlement, the U.S. Justice Department said. The pharmaceutical maker said in May it would plead guilty to a misdemeanor violation of misbranding. Under terms announced then, Abbott agreed to pay $800 million in a civil settlement, a $700 million criminal penalty and $100 million to U.S. states to resolve consumer protection matters. (Reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Gerald E. ... Full Story Top DOJ taps LISC to help drive down crime and drive up confidence in troubled neighborhoods Tue,2 Oct 2012 08:25 AM PDT PR Newswire - NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Justice is tapping the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to help attack crime hotspots in 15 cities nationwide as part of a sweeping effort to improve the quality of life in troubled communities.LISC was awarded $1 million to guide the Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (BCJI), bringing law enforcement, civic and economic leaders to the table with the neighbors themselves with the goal of making streets safe so business can grow. ... Full Story Top US Fidelis president gets 8-year state prison term Tue,2 Oct 2012 07:57 AM PDT Associated Press - The former president of US Fidelis has been sentenced to eight years in prison on state charges of stealing and fraud. Full Story Top 7 crew arrested in deadly Hong Kong boat collision Tue,2 Oct 2012 07:55 AM PDT Associated Press - Police on Tuesday arrested seven crew members from two boats that collided in Hong Kong waters, killing 38 holiday revelers, but offered no theory about how the vessels ran into each other on a clear night in one of the safest and most regulated waterways in Asia. Full Story Top NY doctor: 1 of my personalities led to drug crime Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:32 AM PDT Associated Press - A doctor once lauded for her AIDS treatment work is blaming one of her dozen or so personalities for a prescription painkillers scheme that defrauded Medicaid out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Full Story Top Six crew arrested after Hong Kong ferry collision kills 37 Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and a company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the mid-autumn festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank. The boat, belonging to Hongkong Electric Co, controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, was taking passengers to watch fireworks in the city's Victoria Harbor on Monday when the two vessels collided near the picturesque outlying island of Lamma. Five children were among the dead. ... Full Story Top 6 crew arrested in deadly Hong Kong boat collision Tue,2 Oct 2012 05:40 AM PDT Associated Press - Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested six crew members from two boats in a collision that killed 38 holiday revelers, but offered no theory about how the vessels ran into each other on a clear night in one of the safest and most regulated waterways in Asia. Full Story Top Austrian conservative sentenced over bank sale scandal Tue,2 Oct 2012 02:47 AM PDT Reuters - VIENNA (Reuters) - A former regional head of Austria's conservative People's Party (OVP) was sentenced to 5-1/2 years in jail in a corruption case that could hit support for his movement, part of the country's ruling coalition, in elections next year. Josef Martinz, who led the party in the province of Carinthia, and three others were convicted in a breach of trust case that centered on a scheme to milk money from the sale of state bank Hypo Alpe Adria in 2007. ... Full Story Top Italy politician arrested in widening funding scandal Tue,2 Oct 2012 02:40 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - A senior Italian regional politician was arrested on Tuesday in a widening corruption scandal that could damage former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's already weakened center-right party ahead of a national election in April. Financial police arrested Franco Fiorito, former leader of Berlusconi's People of Freedom (PDL) party in the regional parliament of Lazio, on suspicion of embezzlement, a justice system official said. His lawyers confirmed the arrest. ... Full Story Top Nigeria's Boko Haram says no peace talks, spokesman arrested Mon,1 Oct 2012 10:33 PM PDT Reuters - KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - The purported leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist sect in Nigeria, has denied government statements the group is involved in peace talks and has said its spokesman Abu Qaqa has been captured by security forces. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has said the authorities were in dialogue with Boko Haram via back channels and that this was helping neutralise the threat the sect posed. But Abubakar Shekau, the group's leader, said in a video posted on YouTube on Sunday that no such talks were going on. ... Full Story Top NY doctor: My many personalities led to drug crime Mon,1 Oct 2012 05:36 PM PDT Associated Press - A New York City doctor once lauded for her AIDS treatment work is blaming her multiple personality disorder for a prescription painkillers scheme that defrauded Medicaid out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Full Story Top Kentucky man arrested in NY bailout fraud probe Mon,1 Oct 2012 02:11 PM PDT Associated Press - A Kentucky businessman was arrested Monday in a $100 million scheme that contributed to the collapse of a bank and tried to drain money from the federal bank bailout program before some funds were used to pay his mortgages and to buy designer clothing, jewelry and luxury cars, authorities said. Full Story Top 4 arrested in VFW shooting in Florida Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:15 PM PDT Associated Press - Four men were charged in a shooting at a Veterans of Foreign War post in Florida that killed two people and critically wounded another, authorities said Monday. Full Story Top Siblings admit to US bank robbery in multistate crime spree Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:38 AM PDT Reuters - ATLANTA (Reuters) - Two siblings serving lengthy prison sentences in Colorado in connection with a multistate crime spree pleaded guilty on Monday to related federal bank robbery and firearms charges in Georgia. Lee Grace Dougherty, 30, and her brother Ryan Edward Dougherty, 23, admitted to stealing $5,168 from a bank in Valdosta on August 2, 2011. They face decades-long sentences for the Georgia charges when they are sentenced on December 17. ... Full Story Top Cambodian broadcaster sentenced to 20 years Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT Associated Press - A Cambodian court on Monday sentenced a dissident radio station owner to 20 years in prison on insurrection charges that critics claim are part of a political vendetta by the government. Full Story Top Lindsay Lohan assaulted in a New York hotel, man arrested Sun,30 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan was attacked by a man in a New York hotel on Sunday, her spokesman said, in what media reports described as a scuffle over her demands that photos of her be deleted from his cellphone. Lohan suffered minor injuries following the Sunday morning attack, spokesman Steve Honig said in a statement. Her assailant was arrested, Honig said. A spokeswoman for the New York City Police Department did not immediately comment. Celebrity website TMZ.com, citing sources close to the actress, identified the attacker as a man Lohan met at a New York nightclub. ... Full Story Top Montpellier players arrested over match-fixing Sun,30 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - Several Montpellier handball players have been arrested after an investigation into an alleged match-fixing scandal, a police source told Reuters on Sunday. The source, who declined to be identified, said the players had been arrested after Montpellier's league game at Paris St Germain. They were expected to be transferred to the Paris suburb of Nanterre for questioning by police, the source added. A Reuters photographer saw French Olympic champion Nikola Karabatic being taken into a car by plain clothes officers. ... Full Story Top UPDATE 2-Handball-Montpellier players arrested over match-fixing Sun,30 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT Reuters - (Adds three more persons arrested in Montpellier, Karabatic among those arrested) PARIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Several Montpellier handball players have been arrested after an investigation into an alleged match-fixing scandal, a police source told Reuters on Sunday. The source, who declined to be identified, said the players had been arrested after Montpellier's league game at Paris St Germain. They were expected to be transferred to the Paris suburb of Nanterre for questioning by police, the source added. ... Full Story Top

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