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Florida Crime Rate Down, Yet Murder Up
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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Crime in Florida dropped 6.5-percent in 2012 from 2011, with violent crimes overall down 4.3 percent, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's annual Uniform Crime Report released Thursday. But while ...
State crime rate drops; some types upTallahassee Democrat (blog)
Florida's Crime Rate Lowest In 42 YearsWBFS
Latest crime numbers show violent crime up in NW FloridaWEAR
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As the gun debate rages on, one development has sparked great interest: The rise of guns created by 3D printers. With this invention, anyone with... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ross-luippold/

US Attorney Rejects Idea of Corruption Conspiracy Against Minority Pols
Politicker
But U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, one of two federal prosecutors responsible for bringing many of the recent corruption charges, outright rejected any conspiracy theories last night. “There certainly is no conspiracy to look at any particular group,” Ms ...

Stillwater man in court for first time since murder charges dropped
Pioneer Press
A medical examiner later ruled that the death could not be ruled a homicide, and murder charges were dismissed. Richard, 22, of Stillwater and Adam McCloud, 29, of Bayport, argued at Smalley's Caribbean Barbeque & Pirate Bar in downtown Stillwater on ...

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Miami-Dade Crime Down 5.2 Percent In 2012: Florida Department Of Law ...
Huffington Post
Miami crime made international headlines last year when a naked man inexplicably and brutally chewed off the face of another man in broad daylight on the side of a busy road. Yet despite the bizarre and horrific attack, Miami-Dade County saw a lot less ...

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Jewels worth more than $1 million were stolen from a hotel in Cannes, France, police in the nearby city of Nice said Friday.

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Nelson, Georgia, a small town north of Atlanta.

New York Daily News
Internet celebrity 'Kai' arrested as suspect in elderly man's murder
Fox News
ELIZABETH, N.J. – The unlikely pair -- an itinerant hitchhiker turned Internet celebrity and a lawyer three times his age -- met amid the neon lights of Times Square and headed back to a squat brick home on a quiet New Jersey cul-de-sac, authorities say.
Internet celebrity hitchhiker with hatchet arrested in murder caseCNN
Kai 'The Hatchet Hitchhiker' Is Accused Of MurderNPR (blog)
Couch-Surfing on Viral Video Fame, 'Hatchet Hitchhiker' Arrested for MurderThe Atlantic Wire
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A Florida man is accused of pretending to be a home intruder and violently attacking his wife. Timothy Hunter, 29, and his 27-year-old wife contacted... Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-hanson/

Crime alerts for Valley Glen, Rancho Park, 7 other LA neighborhoods
Los Angeles Times
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in nine L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of Los Angeles Police Department data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Six neighborhoods reported a significant increase in ...

NEW YORK – Authorities say a Brooklyn man arrested on drug charges used his job at a pizzeria as a cover as he delivered more than pizza pies.

Officials on Thursday announced the arrest of 45-year-old Ramon Rodriguez. They say he had made at least 19 sales of cocaine to an undercover officer since the fall of 2011.

He was taken into custody on Wednesday night after authorities said he sold a kilo of cocaine in front of the Brooklyn pizza store where he worked, using a pizza box as a cover. More

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Stay off my lawn or you'll end up beneath it! A Houston man uses headstones to deter vagrants and party animals from hanging out on... Andy Campbell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

A homeless man known as 'Kai the hatchet-welding hitchhiker' who has been wanted for the murder of a New Jersey attorney after claiming he had been sexually assaulted has been arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities have announced.

Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 34, who became an internet sensation after saving three people from a crazed driver with his famous hatchet, was arrested on Thursday Glassboro Police Chief Alex Fanfarillo tells NJ.com.

An arrest warrant had been issued for McGillvary in connection to the murder of 73-year-old Joseph Galfy Jr in Clark whose body was found in his home on Tuesday.  More

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kavitha-a-davidson/

Rutgers student involved in Delafield riot arrested for walking naked in ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
In April, Kurzman was charged with disorderly conduct following the Delafield Street ruckus involving a large crowd that included burning of furniture and throwing beer bottles. RELATED. Large disturbance reported in New Brunswick; police in riot gear ...

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Columbia County's crime rate is down
First Coast News
Columbia County has been experiencing growth over the past several years and your Sheriff's Office employees have kept pace with the growth and have dedicated themselves to serving our community. The crime solve rate of 46.3 % is a testament to that ...

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Well, that was fast. Police announced on Thursday evening that reports of a 69-year-old suburban woman being robbed of thousands of dollars of jewelry and... Joseph Erbentraut http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-erbentraut/

CLEVELAND -- An official says a charity set up to help the three women freed from a decade of captivity in a Cleveland house has... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eleanor-goldberg/

Chopard jewels worth more than $1 million have been stolen at the Cannes film festival, local police confirmed to THR Friday.
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The jewelry was stolen from the safe in the Suite Novotel Cannes Centre room of a Chopard employee overnight. The jewelry was due to be loaned to stars walking the red carpet.

Cannes police told THR that the value of the stolen jewelry was about $1.4 million, and that the whole safe was taken out of the wall in the hotel room. Police in the early afternoon were still interviewing the Chopard employee and Novotel staff. The police in nearby Nice were leading the investigation in the case, local police said. More

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Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office east bank crime report, May 16
NOLA.com
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office east bank crime report, May 16. JPSO sign.JPG. Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office east bank crime report, May 16. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive). Print · Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune By ...

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