30 November 2011 Last updated at 01:06 GMT The suspect took out an insurance policy on Robyn Gardner’s life A US businessman held since August over the presumed death of an American woman in Aruba has been released. Gary Giordano, who is now free to leave the Dutch Caribbean island, says 35-year-old Robyn Gardner was [...]
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November 30, 2011
October 23, 2011
October 19, 2011
Gang arrested in New York stole techniques from The Town
A crew of alleged burglars arrested in New York say they learned tricks from the Ben Affleck film The Town to help carry out 62 robberies, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It was reported that the five men, who were arrested by the NYPD last weekend, told detectives that they had splashed bleach on ATMs [...]
September 28, 2011
George Wright’s 41 years on the run – interactive
From being jailed for murder in the early 1960s through to the hijacking of a US airliner and final arrest in a Portuguese hamlet, the former Black Panther has had a remarkable journey as a fugitive from FBI
July 1, 2011
FBI Probes Mishandling of Remains at Arlington Cemetery
The FBI and the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command are now looking into the mishandling of remains and mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery. The probe is part of a broad investigation run by the Justice Department that also includes a federal grand jury, sources tell The Washington Post. The criminal inquiry is seeking evidence of contracting [...]
June 30, 2011
Blackwater killer gets 30 months, Newburgh 4 get 25 years
Before a federal court room this week, US Attorney Neil MacBride was rather blunt about what actions a former Blackwater security guard undertook while working in Afghanistan in 2009. “Justin Cannon opened fire with an AK-47 at the rear of a retreating vehicle and took the life of an innocent Afghan,” is all he needed [...]
June 28, 2011
June 26, 2011
‘Whitey’ Bulger, Accused Mobster, Seeks Court-Appointed Lawyer
James “Whitey” Bulger, the accused Boston mobster arrested in California with $800,000, was given three days to show why a lawyer should be appointed to represent him at taxpayer expense. Bulger, 81, and his girlfriend, Catherine Greig, 60, made initial appearances in federal court in Boston Friday after a trip from California. Bulger, who was [...]
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 21, 2011
June 21, 2011
FBI: Bomb Threat Halts Flights at DC Airport
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says a bomb threat prompted flights to be temporarily halted at Washington’s Reagan National Airport. The FBI says a flight from Dayton, Ohio, was isolated Sunday afternoon. The 44 passengers are being interviewed. FBI bomb experts are also sweeping the plane. The FBI says the threat was made at the [...]
June 19, 2011
Former FBI Agent Who Investigated Oswald Dies
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The FBI agent who many blamed for not investigating Lee Harvey Oswald more closely before President John F. Kennedy’s assassination has died. Funeral services for James P. Hosty Jr. were held Saturday in the Kansas City suburb of Roeland Park, Kan. McGilley and Hoge Johnson County Memorial Chapel said on [...]