Crime Newswire

The Guardian
Pimlico stabbing: man arrested on suspicion of murder
The Guardian
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager believed to have been attacked by a gang wielding swords and knives. Hani Abou El Kheir, 16, died from multiple stab wounds after he was set upon on in Pimlico, central London ...
Man arrested on suspicion of murder over Pimlico 'sword' stabbing of 16-year ...Metro
Pimlico Stabbing: Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murder of Hani Hicham Abou El ...IBTimes.co.uk

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Teen murder suspect in shooting near Linden-McKinley to be evaluated
Columbus Dispatch
Franklin County Juvenile Court Judge Terri Jamison ordered the evaluation yesterday for Shyquan D. Washington, 17, who faces a delinquency charge of murder in the death of 15-year-old Kaewaun D. Coleman. Defense attorney Daniel Fletcher filed a ...

The man suspected of holding a 6-year-old hostage in his Alabama bunker was due in court yesterday in a separate case: Jimmy Lee Dykes allegedly shot at his neighbors in a December property feud. A standoff between police and Dykes continues, with Dykes reportedly in the bunker with the boy....

Washington Post
China sentences 2 Tibetans on murder charge for inciting self-immolations in ...
Washington Post
BEIJING — A Chinese court convicted two Tibetan men of murder and handed out harsh sentences Thursday over accusations they incited others to self-immolate, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The court in Aba prefecture in the southwestern province ...
Tibetans guilty of murder for 'inciting immolations'BBC News
China convicts Tibetan burning 'inciters' of murderBangkok Post

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Philadelphia Inquirer
Surveillance cameras prove helpful in crime probes
Philadelphia Inquirer
To city officials and law-enforcement experts, the footage offered another reminder of the crucial, ever-growing role that surveillance cameras play in helping authorities fight - and solve - crime. "I don't think we needed this incident to remind us ...

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The Guardian
Chinese protesters plead guilty after water pollution riot in Qidong
The Guardian
Fourteen people have pleaded guilty to encouraging a riot in eastern China last year in which scores of police were hurt and the local Communist party chief was stripped half-naked in a mass protest that ultimately forced the scrapping of a wastewater ...
14 charged over riot in Qidong, Jiangsu province, plead guiltySouth China Morning Post

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CNN's Anderson Cooper looks at a bizarre story out of Georgia, where police say workers stole $65,000 in chicken wings.

Opinion: Hate crime legislation has good intentions, but falls flat
LSU The Reveille
Levy said Congress defines a hate crime as a criminal act “in which the defendant's conduct was motivated by hatred, bias, or prejudice, based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation ...

Disease of corruption possibly fatal to country
Malaysia Kini
Honourable Justice KG Balakrishnan once said "the pervasive culture of graft provokes pessimism about the quality of governance", and turns every social institution upside down. There is no doubt that corruption causes massive human deprivation and ...

Efficient way to fight crime: Just go where the crashes are
KATU
When Clark County sheriff's deputies combined a map showing traffic collisions (in red) and a map showing property crimes (light blue) they found the dark-blue areas, which are high crime, high traffic collision areas. Police say they can then ...

Tacoma police unveil 'Crystal Ball of Crime'
KING5.com
The department is rolling out a new software system call 'Pred-Pol', which uses an algorithm to define, and predict where crime could occur. The system mines data from the past five years, and can define potential problems spots based on time of day ...

Police in Bangladesh arrest 2 garment factory owners on negligence, murder ...
Fox News
Smart Export Garment Ltd. Chairman Sharif Ahmed and managing director Zakir Ahmed face charges of negligence and murder, and a police case has been filed against the duo and another official. Garment industry workers and labor rights groups had ...

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Nia Vardalos made a guest appearance on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as a very aggressive defense attorney squaring off against Assistant District Attorney... Jason Hughes http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-hughes/

China sentences 2 Tibetans on murder charge for inciting self-immolations in ...
Fox News
BEIJING – Chinese state media say two Tibetan men have been convicted of murder and given harsh sentences for inciting self-immolations in an ethnic Tibetan region. The official Xinhua News Agency said a court in Aba prefecture in the southwestern ...

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Sharon McPhail to testify in Kwame Kilpatrick corruption trial
Detroit Free Press
Sharon McPhail, who went from being one of Kwame Kilpatrick's most vocal critics to one of his most ardent defenders, will testify for the defense in the former mayor's public corruption trial. Defense lawyers for Kilpatrick; his father, Bernard ...

CBS Local
Vandalism at two Arcadia churches prompts hate crime investigation
Pasadena Star-News
ARCADIA - An Arcadia church was vandalized and set on fire for the second time in the past two weeks in what police are investigating as possible hate crimes. The break-ins and vandalism took place about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Holy Angels Church, ...
2 Churches Vandalized In Arcadia; Hate Crime SuspectedCBS Local

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NBC4 Washington
Possible Juror Misconduct in Former Culpeper Police Officer Murder Trial
NBC4 Washington
The jurors in the murder trial of former Culpeper Town Police Officer Daniel Harmon-Wright were sworn in and questioned one by one Wednesday about possible misconduct. A clerk found two dictionaries and a thesaurus in the deliberation room, prompting ...
Possible Misconduct Investigated In Culpeper Murder TrialW*USA 9
Ex-Culpeper officer's murder trial nears endSan Francisco Chronicle

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Independent Online
Pussy Riot's cathedral video banned
Independent Online
Members of the female punk band "Pussy Riot" (L-R) Yekaterina Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova sit in a glass-walled cage before a court hearing in Moscow. Related Stories. Court denies Pussy Riot appeal. Footage of feminist ...

Inquirer.net
Aquino warns unabated corruption breeds 'corrupt' leaders
Inquirer.net
Speaking at the 5th Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) in Pasay City, Aquino acknowledged that the “greatest challenge for any modern society” was how to “stem the corruption” that he said feasted on the moral fabric of ...
Fight against corruption to continue: Aquinogulfnews.com
Aquino: True public service 'a key in fighting corruption'Sun.Star
PNoy highlights anti-corruption efforts in 5th GOPAC conferencePhilippine Information Agency
GMA News
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17-year-old charged with murder in Park Manor shooting Tuesday afternoon
Chicago Tribune
The shooting happened about 12:20 p.m. in the 7400 block of South Champlain Avenue - the 41st murder of the year, surpassing the monthly total from 2012, which was an increase over 2011. Quovadus Mahomes, of Dixon, is accused of killing 27-year-old ...

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