Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category

Police have reportedly found the young woman in a red shirt who was filmed throwing puppies into a river.
Local police in Travnik, on the eastern edge of Bosnia near the Croatian border, identified the girl after her parents reportedly turned her in, according to news report leaked to local online news outlet Index.hr.
The girl – [...]

Authorities found 52 pounds of marijuana hidden in a tombstone at CVG last week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Cincinnati DHL express consignment operation say they seized the marijuana en route from Kingston, Jamaica to London, England.
Officers first asked when they came upon the tombstone, “Why would someone ship a tombstone?”

A Statesboro man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to a charge he sexually exploited two minors at a Dutch Island residence.
John Michael Coburn, 24, told U.S. District Judge William T. Moore Jr. he secretly videotaped the victims showering then shared a video over the Internet with an unknown user.
The conduct occurred between Sept. 17, [...]

A Turkish migrant arrested in New Zealand for allegedly beating his wife says police failed to understand that the couple were simply engaging in a lively traditional dance.
When Allaetin Can, a kebab shop owner, appeared in court on Thursday, a judge adjourned the case and ordered police to watch a DVD of dancers performing the [...]

An Elko County sheriff’s deputy arrested a Utah woman on nine counts of possession of a hypodermic needle without a prescription on Interstate 80.
According to Lt. Marvin Morton, a deputy was traveling west at 6:29 a.m. Tuesday near Deeth when he came upon a car that had struck a guardrail and was pulled onto the [...]

A 22-year-old man employed as a group leader by the YMCA has been arrested on video voyeurism charges, according to police.
Investigators say Jarrell Jarvis King followed a 10-year-old into the restroom at the YMCA day camp located in the 400 block of Northwest 14th Terrace, reached over the stall and took pictures of [...]

Two Washington County sheriff’s deputies were suspended after being caught last week on U.S. Forest Service property drinking and apparently unclothed, according to accounts released Tuesday. Officer Chris Adkins, 30, and Officer Scarlett Dennison, 42, were issued misdemeanor citations by a Forest Service officer Tuesday morning at the sheriff’s office. Both are charged with possessing [...]

This undated image provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a billboard that will be featured in a 40-state campaign in hopes of catching a bank robber dubbed the “Granddad Bandit.” The FBI announced the plan Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, to use digital billboards to identify and catch the bald, stocky man who the [...]

A Croatian waiter has been arrested after stabbing a customer to death.
The 39-year-old waiter got into a quarrel with the 38-year-old customer at a coffee shop in the eastern town of Nova Gradiska.
The waiter disappeared behind the bar and then reappeared brandishing a knife – which he then plunged into the customer’s chest, stabbing him [...]

A team of robbers takes to bizarre behavior, including dancing, while committing crimes.
The group, possibly strung out drugs, is responsible for two robberies in as many days, police said. The second was caught on surveillance video.
The thieves didn’t have guns in either case, but police said their behavior is what worried the victims.
At [...]

One October day in 2007, a homeless man broke into a car and stole a bike.
He didn’t get very far.
Within minutes, that man, Michael Dupree, was caught trying to sell the bike down the street. He was arrested and sent to jail. Now, he wants payback.
Dupree, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence for burglary [...]