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Daily News: Crime and Trials News Headlines - Suriname leader's son extradited to US on arms charges

Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:05 PM PDT
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Suriname leader's son extradited to US on arms charges 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:05 PM PDT
File picture shows the seal of the US Drug Enforcement AdministrationThe son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse has been extradited from Panama to the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges, federal prosecutors said.
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Colo. potty peeper sentenced to 3 years in prison 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:39 PM PDT
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who hid in the tank of a portable toilet at a yoga festival to spy on women has been sentenced to three years in prison and 10 years of probation.
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Suriname leader's son arrested on US drug charge 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:36 PM PDT
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, arrives to a court hearing in Paramaribo, Suriname. A Panamanian and another U.S. officials confirmed Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 the arrest of Dino Bouterse. A U.S. official said Bouterse was arrested Thursday while traveling on a diplomatic passport. The official said he has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on drug and weapons charges, including cocaine trafficking. (AP Photo/Edward Troon, File)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The son of the president of the South American country of Suriname has been arrested on U.S. drug and weapon charges, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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7 NY airport baggage handlers arrested 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:58 PM PDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven men who worked as contract baggage handlers for El Al Airlines in New York have been charged with stealing iPads, iPhones, cash and jewelry from passengers' luggage.
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Suriname president's son arrested on U.S. drug smuggling charges 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:57 PM PDT
By Lomi Kriel PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A son of Suriname's president has been arrested in Panama and sent to New York to face charges of smuggling cocaine into the United States, U.S. authorities said on Friday. An indictment against Dino Bouterse filed in a federal court in the Southern District of New York, alleges the 40-year-old imported more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States between December 2011 and August 2013. Bouterse was arrested at Panama's Tocumen International Airport on Thursday, authorities said. ...
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Nugent's wife arrested with gun at Texas airport 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:57 PM PDT
FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent addresses a seminar at the National Rifle Association's convention in Pittsburgh. Celebrities have courted politicians, and vice versa, since the dawn of Hollywood, but what happens when the alliance backfires, when the two worlds are suddenly speaking different languages? (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)DALLAS (AP) — The wife of rock musician Ted Nugent has been arrested after a handgun was found in her carry-on luggage at an airport security checkpoint.
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Venezuelan man who shot U.S. attaches sentenced to prison 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 12:40 PM PDT
By Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan man has been sentenced to 5-1/2 years in prison for shooting and wounding two U.S. military attaches at a strip club in the capital, the attorney general's office said on Friday. Carlos Mejias, 32, admitted he shot the U.S. Embassy employees in the early hours of May 28. The office said Mejias got into an argument with them at the Antonella 2012 club, better known as "Angelus," in the city's upscale Chacao district. "Later he pulled out a gun and repeatedly fired at the Americans, leaving them wounded at the location," it said in a statement. ...
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Ga. baby killing trial up to jury after closings 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 12:37 PM PDT
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A defense attorney for a man accused of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller said the investigation was flawed and police ignored other leads and suspects, while the prosecution said witnesses may have had shifting stories but video and other evidence don't lie.
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US Embassy says son of Suriname president arrested 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:02 AM PDT
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname President Desi Bouterse, arrives to a court hearing in Paramaribo, Suriname. A Panamanian and another U.S. officials confirmed Friday, Aug. 30, 2013 the arrest of Dino Bouterse. A U.S. official said Bouterse was arrested Thursday while traveling on a diplomatic passport. The official said he has been indicted in the Southern District of New York on drug and weapons charges, including cocaine trafficking. (AP Photo/Edward Troon, File)SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The son of the president of the South American country of Suriname has been arrested on U.S. drug charges, U.S. and other officials said Friday.
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NBA's Lamar Odom arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:27 AM PDT
Basketball player Lamar Odom departs the New York state Supreme Court after a child custody hearing with his ex-girlfriend, Liza Morales, in ManhattanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBA basketball player Lamar Odom was arrested early on Friday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after police noticed his Mercedes SUV steering erratically on a Los Angeles highway, authorities said. Odom, 33, the husband of reality television star Khloe Kardashian and currently not under contract with any team, was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers at 3:25 a.m. local time after he was spotted "driving in a serpentine manner," police said. Police said the former Los Angeles Lakers player passed two exits on the U.S. ...
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Kerry: U.S. has proof Assad guilty of 'crime against humanity' 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:27 AM PDT
Top diplomat promises U.S. not making Iraq-style mistakes
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Free agent Odom arrested for drunk driving 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:25 AM PDT
Lamar Odom for the Los Angeles Clippers drives to the basket on May 3, 2013 in Memphis, TennesseeFormer Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom was arrested Friday for allegedly driving under the influence of drink or drugs near Los Angeles, traffic police said.
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Fattah Announces $1.7 Million in Anti-Crime Funding to City of Philadelphia 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:14 AM PDT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA-02) announced today that the City of Philadelphia has been awarded more than $1.7 million in anti-crime funding from the Department of Justice. The support for the Philadelphia Police Department comes through the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Fattah, the Senior Democrat Appropriator overseeing DOJ funding, has long championed JAG on behalf of Philadelphia and cities throughout the country. ...
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NBA's Lamar Odom arrested for DUI in Los Angeles 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:13 AM PDT
FILE- This March 26, 2013, file photo, shows Los Angeles Clippers' Lamar Odom during an NBA basketball game in Dallas. Odom was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence early Friday, Aug. 30, 2013, after a CHP officer saw his white Mercedes-Benz traveling erratically on a San Fernando Valley freeway. The CHP says Odom, 33, was arrested after failing a field sobriety test. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Basketball star Lamar Odom was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence early Friday after a California Highway Patrol officer saw his white Mercedes-Benz traveling erratically on a San Fernando Valley Freeway.
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Ghana court rejects request to extradite Ivorian fugitive 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 08:54 AM PDT
Justin Kone Katinan, budget minister for Laurent Gbagbo's government, speaks during a news conference at his office in AbidjanACCRA (Reuters) - A court in Ghana on Friday rejected a request to extradite a senior ally of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, saying the warrant issued by Ivorian authorities was politically motivated. Justin Kone Katinan, Gbagbo's former budget minister, was arrested in August last year in Accra on an international warrant accusing him of masterminding the looting of banks in the Ivorian capital. ...
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Canadian polygamist found guilty of tax cheating 
Friday, Aug 30, 2013 06:48 AM PDT
A bride places a wedding band on the finger of her soon-to-be husband during in Manila on February 14, 2013Polygamy, human trafficking and child abuse accusations never stuck, but the leader of a polygamous community in westernmost Canada has been found guilty of tax wrongdoings.
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