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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: London police use super recognizers to fight crime California man arrested in stabbing death of Dodgers fan Man arrested for 'sextortion' involving Miss Teen USA Elvis impersonator wrongly arrested for sending ricin to Obama sues accuser Colo. farmers arrested in fatal listeria outbreak NYC accountant is arrested in Madoff fraud Colo farmers plead not guilty in listeria outbreak Nine auto parts makers to plead guilty to U.S. price fixing Japan car parts makers in price-fixing plea NYC accountant arrested in Madoff fraud Anti-crime effort in Puerto Rico is paying off, officials say NY accounting exec-lawyer arrested in Madoff fraud

London police use super recognizers to fight crime  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:04 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — Paul Hyland almost never forgets a face. He's a "super recognizer," and that's giving an unusual kind of help to his employer: Scotland Yard. Full Story	Top
California man arrested in stabbing death of Dodgers fan  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 08:40 PM PDT By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A 21-year-old California man was arrested on Thursday in the stabbing death of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan just blocks from the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium in a fight between fans of the rival franchises. Michael Montgomery of Lodi, California, was booked on suspicion of homicide, San Francisco police said. Police gave no information on a second man who was detained earlier on Thursday and it was not immediately clear if he remained in custody. ... Full Story	Top
Man arrested for 'sextortion' involving Miss Teen USA  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 07:57 PM PDT Los Angeles (AFP) - Federal investigators in California arrested a 19-year-old man accused of hacking into online accounts of women including Miss Teen USA and threatening to publish nude photos of them. Full Story	Top
Elvis impersonator wrongly arrested for sending ricin to Obama sues accuser  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 06:36 PM PDT By Emily Le Coz JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - An Elvis impersonator from Mississippi falsely accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the man authorities now believe is the real perpetrator. Paul Kevin Curtis, who was arrested and released in April, wants an unspecified amount of money from James Everette Dutschke for defamation of character, emotional distress and financial loss. ... Full Story	Top
Colo. farmers arrested in fatal listeria outbreak  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 05:28 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — The owners of a Colorado cantaloupe farm were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from a 2011 listeria epidemic that killed 33 people in one of the nation's deadliest outbreaks of foodborne illness. Full Story	Top
NYC accountant is arrested in Madoff fraud  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 04:08 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — An accounting executive was arrested Thursday on charges he helped Bernard Madoff maintain his historic fraud with false bookkeeping meant to deceive some of the wealthiest victims, though his lawyer said his client was himself "a victim of a sociopath." Full Story	Top
Colo farmers plead not guilty in listeria outbreak  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 02:40 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — The owners of a Colorado cantaloupe farm have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a 2011 listeria epidemic that killed 33 people. Full Story	Top
Nine auto parts makers to plead guilty to U.S. price fixing  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 12:47 PM PDT By Diane Bartz and David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine companies based in Japan and two executives have agreed to plead guilty and to pay almost $745 million in fines for their roles in long-running conspiracies to fix the prices of auto parts sold to U.S. car manufacturers, the Department of Justice said on Thursday. The settlements are the latest in an ongoing probe into price fixing of a broad range of car parts that has now ensnared 20 companies and 21 executives. The companies have agreed to pay $1.6 billion in fines overall. ... Full Story	Top
Japan car parts makers in price-fixing plea  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:55 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Nine Japanese auto parts manufacturers and two of their executives will plead guilty and pay $740 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of more than 30 products sold to many of the world's largest automakers operating in the U.S., the Justice Department announced Thursday. Full Story	Top
NYC accountant arrested in Madoff fraud  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:51 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A senior partner at a Manhattan accounting firm was arrested Thursday on charges he participated in and helped direct false bookkeeping during Bernard Madoff's historic fraud. Full Story	Top
Anti-crime effort in Puerto Rico is paying off, officials say  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:48 AM PDT SAN JUAN (Reuters) - An anti-crime initiative that put more federal agents in Puerto Rico and boosted coordination with the U.S. mainland is making streets safer in both places, top U.S. and Puerto Rican law enforcement officials said on Thursday. The effort, Operation Caribbean Resilience, began in July 2012 and has been expanded over the last three months in the U.S. territory. ... Full Story	Top
NY accounting exec-lawyer arrested in Madoff fraud  Thursday, Sep 26, 2013 11:11 AM PDT A senior partner at a Manhattan accounting firm has been arrested on charges he participated in and helped direct false bookkeeping during financier Bernard Madoff's historic fraud. Paul Konigsberg was ... Full Story	Top

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