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Friday, July 29, 2011 12:04 AM PDT
Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News:
NYC fugitive busted after taunting police on Facebook
Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:14 PM PDT
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photoAfter making the top-ten list of most wanted criminals on the Utica police department website, Ruben J. Burgos thought it would be an absolutely brilliant idea to promote his infamy on Facebook and taunt police with the phrase "Catch me if you can, I'm in Brooklyn" on his personal Facebook page. Burgos continued down this path of pure genius by also posting a video of himself walking into an unidentified NYPD station house that's assumed to by located in Brooklyn.


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Woman arrested over threats at Philadelphia airport
Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:23 PM PDT
Reuters - PHILADELPHIA (Reuters)- A California woman was in jail on Thursday after being charged with making threats at the Philadelphia International Airport after a flight from England, including references to the September 11, 2001 attacks. Full Story
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Phoenix police: 4 people arrested in child's death
Thu,28 Jul 2011 04:55 PM PDT
AP - Four people were arrested in the death of a 10-year-old girl who police said Thursday had been placed inside a padlocked, plastic footlocker for punishment after months of other abuse. Full Story
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Man who escaped Jeffrey Dahmer arrested over fight death
Thu,28 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT
Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A man who narrowly escaped Jeffrey Dahmer and helped end the serial killer's murder and sexual assault spree two decades ago faced a possible homicide charge of his own on Thursday in Wisconsin. Full Story
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Another Fort Hood terror plot? Army Pfc. Naser Abdo arrested.
Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:58 PM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - Details about a Muslim-American US Army soldier arrested with guns and explosives near Fort Hood, Texas, remain sketchy. Full Story
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Tuesday is NATIONAL NIGHT OUT; Neighbors, Police Join Forces For 'America's Night Out Against Crime'
Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:36 PM PDT
PR Newswire - Contact: Matt Peskin, National Project Coordinator, +1-610-649-7055 Full Story
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3 Indonesians found guilty in Islamic sect attack
Thu,28 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT
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photo The ringleader of a frenzied mob attack that killed three members of a minority Muslim sect was sentenced Thursday to 5 1/2 months in prison in a ruling decried by critics as too lenient and a blow to religious freedom in Indonesia.


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Religious leaders arrested in Capitol
Thu,28 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT
AP - Eleven religious leaders protesting budget cuts affecting the poor were arrested in the Capitol Thursday as the House began debate on a bill to cut spending and raise the debt ceiling. Full Story
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Two brothers arrested in Miami after pilot attacked
Thu,28 Jul 2011 10:21 AM PDT
Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - Two brothers were accused of attacking a pilot at Miami International Airport on Wednesday night after being asked to leave a flight bound for San Francisco. Full Story
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FBI: Arrested soldier had bomb-making materials
Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:22 AM PDT
AP - An AWOL Muslim soldier from Fort Campbell, Ky., who had been granted conscientious objector status will face federal charges after bomb-making materials were found in his motel room near Fort Hood in Texas, an FBI spokesman said Thursday. Full Story
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'Arrested Development' movie confirmed
Thu,28 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT
The Daily Caller - Fans of the Fox program "Arrested Development" will soon have new material to celebrate, as a film based on the sitcom will hit the big screen in 2012. Full Story
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FBI says bomb-making materials found in motel room of AWOL soldier arrested near Fort Hood
Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:46 AM PDT
AP - FBI says bomb-making materials found in motel room of AWOL soldier arrested near Fort Hood Full Story
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Arrested Development Movie a Go ... Again
Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:45 AM PDT
Mashable - Brace yourself Bluth fans, the long-rumored Arrested Development movie is actually going to happen. Actor Will Arnett, who starred as G.O.B. on the 2003 - 2006 Fox comedy series, claimed that the film is in the works and should be in theaters next year. Full Story
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Finnish 18-year-old arrested on bomb suspicion
Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT
Reuters - HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish police have arrested an 18-year-old man after searching his home and finding items that can be used to make explosive devices. Full Story
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Cage to star in film about Alaska serial killer
Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:36 AM PDT
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photo The hunt for Alaska's most infamous serial murderer is about to get the Hollywood treatment.


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AWOL Fort Campbell, Ky., soldier arrested in Texas
Thu,28 Jul 2011 08:19 AM PDT
AP - Police say an AWOL Muslim soldier from Fort Campbell, Ky., who had been granted conscientious objector status has been arrested in Texas on a child pornography charge. Full Story
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US fugitive taunts police on Facebook to catch him
Thu,28 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT
AP - A fugitive who taunted police on his Facebook page to 'catch me if you can. I'm in Brooklyn' has been arrested. Full Story
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Report: Ft. Hood Soldier Arrested for Planning Attack
Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:59 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Fox News reports that an AWOL soldier has been taken into custody at Ft. Hood, the Related: Why Did Major Hasan Kill 13 at Fort Hood? Full Story
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NY fugitive taunts police on Facebook to catch him
Thu,28 Jul 2011 06:54 AM PDT
AP - A fugitive from upstate New York who taunted police on his Facebook page to 'catch me if you can. I'm in Brooklyn' has been arrested. Full Story
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Opening statements set in trial for Warren Jeffs
Thu,28 Jul 2011 12:06 AM PDT
AP - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs' much-anticipated Texas trial begins in earnest Thursday, with prosecutors claiming he sexually assaulted girls he manipulated girls into "spiritual marriage," and defense attorneys countering that their client's religious freedoms were trampled. Full Story
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Accused AT&T-iPad hacker Andrew Auernheimer in plea talks
Wed,27 Jul 2011 07:43 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andrew Auernheimer, accused of hacking into AT&T Inc servers and stealing the personal data of 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users, is in talks to plead guilty after his co-defendant did the same last month. Full Story
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Florida fugitive caught in Colorado after 32 years
Wed,27 Jul 2011 07:29 PM PDT
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photo Officers posing as forest rangers surprised a 60-year-old escapee from Florida at a remote Colorado cabin on Wednesday, bringing a sudden end to his 32 years on the lam after a murder conviction in the 1970s.


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Soldier found guilty of killing Afghan civilian
Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT
AP - A U.S. Army National Guardsman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the chance of parole for the murder of an Afghan civilian. Full Story
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Fla fugitive caught in Colo. after 32 years on run
Wed,27 Jul 2011 06:02 PM PDT
AP - A man convicted of murder in Florida spent 32 years on the run until he was captured in western Colorado, where authorities say he was living in a cabin outside the town of Montrose. Full Story
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U.S. soldier found guilty of killing Afghan civilian
Wed,27 Jul 2011 05:42 PM PDT
Reuters - NASHVILLE (Reuters) - A U.S. National Guardsman who shot an Afghan electrician in the head at close range last year was found guilty of premeditated murder on Wednesday in his court-martial at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Full Story
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