AGUA PRIETA, Mexico — “My wife, my son — I have to get back to them,” Daniel kept telling himself, from the moment he was arrested in Seattle for driving with an expired license, all the way through the deportation proceeding that delivered him to Mexico in June. Nothing would deter him from crossing the [...]
Tag: Crime
October 3, 2011
September 27, 2011
July 1, 2011
Synagogue Bomb Plotters Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Three men convicted of plotting to blow up New York synagogues and to fire heat-seeking missiles at U.S. military planes were sentenced to 25 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan handed down punishments today against James Cromitie, 45, Onta Williams, 35, and David Williams, 30, who were found guilty in October [...]
June 30, 2011
Texas town pulls the plug on police department
Attention gun-toting Texas natives: if you were looking to go a’looting, your time is now! City Council members in Alto, Texas, a town of around 1,200, have voted to abolish the city’s police department for at least six months as the community considers if they will be able to afford the force into 2012. As [...]
June 27, 2011
June 24, 2011
Accused Boston Crime Boss ‘Whitey’ Bulger Arrested
Former mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, captured near his coastal California hideout after 16 years on the run, was ordered held without bond Thursday for transfer back to Boston to face charges of murder, extortion and conspiracy. Bulger, 81, one of America’s most wanted fugitives, was lured from his Santa Monica, California, apartment just blocks [...]
June 24, 2011
Hackers Break into Arizona Police Computers
* Arizona DPS confirms “computer issues” * Group says it hacked computer to protest immigration law WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA web site struck an Arizona police web site on Thursday. Lulz Security, saying it opposed a tough anti-immigration law in Arizona, [...]
June 23, 2011
June 21, 2011
June 19, 2011
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June 14, 2011
Texas Teachers May Get Student Criminal Histories
DALLAS — Texas is close to enacting a law that would provide teachers with more detailed information about the criminal histories of students in their classrooms. Texas already provides some background information about students but the new law would turn over details of crimes and arrests that most states keep confidential. Juvenile experts complain the [...]
June 10, 2011
Alabama Passes Tough Illegal-immigration Law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama vaulted past Arizona on Thursday with what is being called the most restrictive law in the nation against illegal immigration, requiring schools to find out if students are in the country lawfully and making it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. Advocacy groups promised to challenge [...]
June 7, 2011
New York Legislators Plan to Propose ‘Sext Ed’
New York state lawmakers plans to push for legislation that would warn teenagers about the perils of sending intimate photos of themselves from cellphones. The move comes amid politicians’ criticism of laws that can leave teens facing felony child-pornography charges for sending nude pictures. The Cyber Crime Youth Rescue Act, which Democrats plan to sponsor [...]