Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Daily News: Crime and Trials News Headlines - Kenyan sentenced to death for murder, kidnap of Britons

Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:44 AM PDT
Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News:

Kenyan sentenced to death for murder, kidnap of Britons 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:44 AM PDT
(Blank Headline Received)MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan judge has sentenced a man to death for the murder of British tourist David Tebbutt and handed him a separate jail term for abducting the victim's wife from a remote beach resort near the Somali border. The murder and kidnap in 2011 shook Kenya's tourism industry. The wife, Judith Tebbutt, was taken away by boat and held by Somali pirates for six months. Soon afterwards, Kenya's military launched an offensive against al Shabaab militants then controlling much of Somalia. ...
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Police: Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:29 PM PDT
Green paint is seen on the pedestal of the statue of Joseph Henry, outside the headquarters of the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, Monday, July 29, 2013. U.S. Park police say the marring of the Smithsonian's first secretary was discovered on July 26, the same day that the Lincoln Memorial was splattered with green paint. The Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History is seen in the distance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the National Mall, authorities said.
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Woman arrested for defacing Washington's National Cathedral 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:28 PM PDT
By Tom Ramstack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman was arrested for allegedly dumping green paint on portions of the National Cathedral on Monday, while police continued to investigate similar acts of vandalism at other monuments in Washington, D.C. The Episcopal Church cathedral was locked down after the paint was found on the entrance and in two chapels. The unidentified woman was arrested after a police sweep of the premises, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said. "An adult female has been arrested for defacing property," police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump told Reuters. ...
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Britain losing battle against internet crime, MPs say 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:21 PM PDT
Keith Vaz speaks during an interview in New DelhiBy William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of MPs said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinises the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ...
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Crime novelist Leighton Gage dies from cancer 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 06:28 PM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) — A crime novelist whose books were inspired by Brazilian law enforcement has died. Leighton Gage was 71.
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Britain losing battle against internet crime, lawmakers say 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:03 PM PDT
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of lawmakers said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinizes the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ...
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DC Green Paint Vandalism Suspect Arrested 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:55 PM PDT
WASHINGTON — A woman was arrested today and charged with defacing property for allegedly throwing green paint on the organ at the National Cathedral, and investigators are looking into whether she is the same person who splashed similar paint on the Lincoln Memorial and a...
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Labor Commissioner's Wage Theft Investigation of Public Works Contractor Leads to Two-Year Prison Term 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:01 PM PDT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the result of a criminal referral by California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su's office in January 2012, the owner of a Southern California construction company last Friday pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 in employee wages from two public works contracts and filing false tax returns to hide his theft. Reza Mohammedi, 58, of Tustin was sentenced to two years in state prison by Orange County Superior Court Judge R. Fitzgerald on July 26. He is the owner of Irvine-based Southland Construction. ...
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Wing-eating champ El Wingador faces NJ prison term 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:52 PM PDT
WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A five-time Buffalo wing-eating champion known as El Wingador has pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in New Jersey.
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'Real Housewives' star to plead not guilty in NJ 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:17 PM PDT
FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pulsonic shows "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars, Teresa Giudice, left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show sponsored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Teresa and Giuseppe NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — "Real Housewives of New Jersey' star Teresa Giudice (JOO'-dice) says she and her husband, Joe, hope to resolve federal fraud charges as quickly as possible.
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Mexican Ranch Owner Sentenced For Scheme To Defraud The U.S. Export-Import Bank 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:11 PM PDT
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced that on July 29, 2013, Judge Philip R. Martinez, U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, sentenced Osvaldo Kuchle-Lopez for his role in a scheme to defraud Ex-Im Bank of approximately $3.21 million.Federal law enforcement agents arrested Kuchle, a ranch owner in Mexico, on February 17, 2010 as he crossed the border into the United States. ...
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Death penalty for Kenyan for killing UK man 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:03 AM PDT
LAMU, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan man was Monday sentenced to death for the September 2011 killing of a British man who was shot dead and his wife kidnapped by Somali gunmen at an island resort on the Kenya coast.
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The Swedish Serial Killer That Maybe Wasn't 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:57 AM PDT
The Swedish Serial Killer That Maybe Wasn'tIf you read anything this morning, it should be Chris Heath's stirring profile in GQ of a Swedish serial killer who has been locked up in a mental hospital for the last 23 years for committing at least eight gruesome, sexually violent murders — but the catch is the killer may have cooperated with authorities too eager to solve the cases in order to fuel his own egomania and drug addiction.
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8 arrested in Calif. city after US Open of Surfing 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:16 AM PDT
Alejo Muniz, of Brazil, was crowned the men's champion of the 2013 Vans US Open of Surfing competiont after defeating local surfer Kolohe Andino in the men's final on Sunday, July 28, 2013, in Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Kevin Lara) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT.HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An unruly crowd surged through a Southern California city's seaside downtown after the U.S. Open of Surfing, brawling, looting a bicycle shop, clashing with police and trashing property before authorities broke up the melee and made arrests, authorities and witnesses said.
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4 arrested in Indonesia boat sinking, 20 dead 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:05 AM PDT
The death toll from the sinking last week of a boat carrying asylum seekers has reached 20, while four people have been arrested for people smuggling in connection with the incident off Indonesia, police ...
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Protesters arrested at Mass. coal-fired plant 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:10 AM PDT
Dozens of climate activists were arrested Sunday at a rally protesting a coal-fired power plant in Somerset. Forty-four protesters demanding cleaner, alternative fuel sources were arrested at the Brayton ...
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Egypt Islamists arrested as EU official visits 
Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:40 AM PDT
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, where protesters have installed a camp and hold daily rallies, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 28, 2013. Deadly clashes broke out during funerals of slain supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Sunday, as the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood urged his followers to stand fast after more than 80 of them were killed in weekend violence. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police have arrested two leaders of an Islamist party, the latest to be swept up in a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, while the European Union's foreign policy chief was to meet with officials in Cairo on Monday in an attempt to mediate an end to the political deadlock.
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