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Saratoga-attack prosecutors' legal hurdles
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
There are about 30 crimes that California law has deemed egregious enough that prosecutors can directly file charges against juvenile defendants in adult criminal court. Murder, kidnapping and torture are among the felonies listed, as are most sex crimes.

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Hey, it beats big-city crime - Philly.com
Philly.com
The chief said he's received some light-hearted ribbing about the caper from friends in more urban areas, and he said unusual crimes are common, in part, because of the borough's rural flavor. "We had one guy who printed his own mother's obituary in ...

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Guest opinion: Time to thank Montanans who aid crime victims
Billings Gazette
The public is invited to join staff members of the Montana Board of Crime Control along with victim service providers from across the state from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Capitol Rotunda in Helena. Attorney General Tim Fox will speak at noon. p ...

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Richmond Times Dispatch
Investigators are asking anyone who can identify the man in a video released Friday to call Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The incident unfolded about 11 a.m. Thursday in the 2500 block of Semmes Avenue in South Richmond. “He forcefully tried to get ...

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'Pain & Gain' revisits a horrific Miami crime
MiamiHerald.com
Based on an epic three-part story by Pete Collins published in the Miami New Times in 1999 and 2000, Pain & Gain centers on three bodybuilders — Daniel Lugo, Paul Doyle and Adrian Doorbal — who embarked on a crime wave in 1994 involving fraud, ...

Concord Estates to vote on parcel fee for crime prevention
The Advocate
On May 4, voters in the Concord Estates subdivision in south Baton Rouge will decide whether to renew a parcel fee for a crime prevention district that some residents say is working. Early voting for the May 4 election begins Saturday. The measure ...

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Keep that dagger in your backpack, court says
San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
It's a crime for a Californian to carry a dirk or dagger “concealed upon his or her person.” But it's OK if you keep it in a backpack. That was the word Wednesday from a state appeals court, which said a “person,” under this law, includes one's body ...

New York Times
Eerie Stillness at the Center of a Frenzied Crime Scene
New York Times
BOSTON — The scene was extraordinary. The hub of the universe, as Boston's popular nickname would have it, was on lockdown from first light until near dark on Friday. A massive dragnet for one man had brought a major American city to an absolute ...

Press-Enterprise
REALIGNMENT: Is it to blame for more crime?
Press-Enterprise
Property and violent crime is on the rise in parts of Riverside County and California as a whole. And for some, there's already a prime suspect. Critics of realignment, or the shifting of responsibility for low-level offenders from the state to ...

Crime Stoppers: Man wanted on theft charges - Pantagraph.com
Bloomington Pantagraph
BLOOMINGTON — Crime Stoppers of McLean County needs the public's help in finding a man wanted on theft charges. Anthony E. Driscoll, 28, last of the 1300 block of West Market Street, Bloomington, is a black male who is 6 feet tall, weighs 195 pounds ...

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Viola Davis In Talks To Star In Michael Mann's 'Cyber'
Deadline.com
Legendary Pictures is producing the pic, a thriller about cyber crime, which is set to begin shooting in China next month. Davis, repped by CAA and Principal Entertainment, just wrapped production on Prisoners and Ender's Game, both set for fall releases.

First Coast News
Florida makes funeral protesting a crime
First Coast News
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida is making it a crime to protest within 500 feet of a funeral. The Florida Legislature has passed and Gov. Rick Scott has signed the so-called Funeral Buffer bill. It allows judges to sentence offenders to prison for up to ...

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Robbery suspects arrested after tip to Crime Stoppers
KVUE
Since it began in Austin in 1979, Crime Stoppers has assisted law enforcement agencies in taking 18,318 tips, solving 10,708 crimes, making 7,005 arrests, recovering more than $33,332,000 in stolen property and narcotics and paid over $951,000 in ...

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New York Times (blog)
Crime Report: Shoe Attack and Other Assaults
New York Times (blog)
Including the crime above, 10 felonies and one arrest were reported in the 88th Precinct between April 8 and 14, slightly down from last week with 11 felonies and three arrests. Assaults comprise the majority of the reports this week, followed by ...

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Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Reduce Crime, Advocates Argue
Huffington Post
The Vapor Room quickly found its place within the neighborhood and its presence had an interesting, if not counterintuitive, effect: It appears to have reduced crime. "Before the Vapor Room moved in, the neighborhood was riddled with problems: crime ...

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Timeline of bombing suspects' crime spree
MiamiHerald.com
Thursday. 5:10 p.m. FBI releases photos and videos of suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. 10:20 p.m. Reports of shots fired on the MIT campus. 10:30 p.m. MIT police officer Sean Collier, 26, of Somerville, Mass., is found shot in his cruiser at ...
Dzhokar Tsarnaev Near Martin Richard At Crime Scene — New PicHollywood Life
TIMELINE: Investigators say crime spree led up to Watertown searchMore>>My Fox Boston
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The High Crime of Torture
CounterPunch
WAR CRIMES AS POLICY — Douglas Valentine and Nicolas Davies detail the strategic use of torture and assassination by US forces during the Iraq War; RAVE ON: Lee Ballinger on the latest in the war on youth: police crackdowns on raves; THE AFGHAN ...

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CRIME REPORT: Man charged in botched robbery attempt in Kroger parking lot
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Memphis police have arrested a man accused of shooting a woman in the legs after a botched robbery attempt in the parking lot of the Frayser Kroger on Thursday. Durrell Price, 22, has been charged with aggravated assault, especially aggravated robbery, ...

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Using your cell phone to fight crime
wtvr.com
Experts say technology has not only changed the way detectives solve crimes; it has altered how the public helps out. “I'm very pleased to see how quickly they found these two people,” Chuck Renfro, Chairman of the Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers ...

St. John Parish crime report, April 19
NOLA.com
Brad M. Madere, 34, 1700 block of Marseille Drive, LaPlace, LA, was arrested 4/18/2013 and booked with possession of schedule I controlled dangerous substances. Rebecca A. Diaz, 31, 3500 block of Loyola Drive, Kenner, LA, was arrested 4/18/2013 and ...