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Friday, October 31, 2008
Pirates rule Somali coast
World |
October 31, 2008
Reporting from Haradhere, Somalia, and Nairobi, Kenya – Straddling a wooden crate filled with $1 million in cash ransom, a cranky old pirate bellows names from a notebook as his anxious, bleary-eyed minions lean against the stone walls of their cramped hide-out. Read more
Monday, September 8, 2008
Crime rate higher for deportees
California | Local |
September 8, 2008
Illegal immigrants who have been deported at least once from the United States are far more likely than other immigrants to repeatedly commit crimes, according to a study by the nonprofit Rand Corp. Read more
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A thief, yes, but far from common
National |
July 6, 2008
Doris Payne never carried a gun. Read more
Friday, June 13, 2008
Japanese gangster offered $1 million for visa that would allow liver transplant at UCLA, sources say
California | Local |
June 13, 2008
Desperate for a liver transplant at UCLA Medical Center, the leader of Japan’s third-largest organized crime group offered as much as $1 million to potential intermediaries to help him obtain a U.S. visa, according to several people who said they were solicited for assistance. Read more
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Senator seeks data on UCLA transplants
California | Local |
June 7, 2008
An influential U.S. senator sent a series of letters Friday seeking additional details about four liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center involving patients who were suspected members or associates of Japanese organized crime groups. Read more
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Colombian paramilitary chief to be sent to U.S. for trial
World |
April 3, 2008
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday that he would extradite the first former paramilitary warlord to face U.S. justice after he violated a government peace deal by ordering crimes from his prison cell. Read more
Thursday, August 30, 2007
World in Brief / PANAMA - 1992 murder suspect may lead assembly
World |
August 30, 2007
Panama’s ruling party has nominated a lawmaker who was charged
with the murder of a U.S. soldier in the 1990s to head the National Assembly. Read more
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
In Brief / INTERNET - MySpace deletes sex offenders
Business |
July 25, 2007
Internet social networking site MySpace said it had detected and
deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service, more than four
times the figure it had initially reported. Read more
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Killer Nurse Donates Kidney to N.Y. Man
National |
August 20, 2006
The former nurse who admitted killing 29 patients in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania has donated a kidney to a gravely ill New York man. Read more
Friday, May 12, 2006
State Parole Director Is Fired
California | Local |
May 12, 2006
Amid controversy over the placement of paroled sex offenders at
hotels and motels near Disneyland, the state fired its parole chief
and began removing offenders from areas closest to the theme park,
officials said Thursday. Read more
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
No Molesters in Disney Area, Legislator Asks
California | Local |
May 10, 2006
The state has placed more than 20 high-risk sex offenders on parole
in hotels and motels near Disneyland, and in some cases moved them
from place to place to avoid registering their addresses, a
legislator charged Tuesday. Read more
Monday, May 8, 2006
L.A.’s Busiest Crooks to Do More Time
California | Local |
May 8, 2006
Working from research showing that 10% of criminals commit up to half
of all crime, Los Angeles police officials and prosecutors have
agreed on a program to seek the stiffest possible penalties for the
most frequent repeat offenders, even for relatively minor crimes. Read more
Friday, March 3, 2006
Group Pushes to Loosen Limits on Ex-Inmates
California | Local |
March 3, 2006
For years, Dorsey Nunn informally compiled the grievances of other
former prisoners denied housing, frozen out of job interviews or
abruptly fired years after they had done their time. Read more
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
DNA Cases May Strain LAPD’s Resources
California | Local |
February 28, 2006
The Los Angeles Police Department lacks the resources to handle a
wave of cold-case investigations expected to result from evidence
gathered through a new state program that collects DNA from convicted
criminals, officials said Monday. Read more
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Army Accepting More Recruits With Criminal, Drug Histories
National |
February 14, 2006
Struggling to boost it ranks in wartime, the Army has sharply
increased the number of recruits who would normally be barred because
of criminal misconduct or alcohol and illegal drug problems, again
raising concerns that the Army is lowering its standards to make
recruiting goals. Read more
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Sex Offender Arrested in Child-Abuse Case
California | Local |
December 10, 2005
A registered sex offender was arrested last week on suspicion of
attempting to meet with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old boy,
authorities said. Read more
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Rio’s Most-Wanted Man Is Killed in Police Raid
World |
October 30, 2005
Police killed the head of a drug-trafficking gang that controlled Rio
de Janeiro’s biggest slum, officials said. Read more
Gang Uses Deportation to Its Advantage to Flourish in U.S.
California | Local |
October 30, 2005
On a sweltering afternoon, an unmarked white jetliner taxies to
a remote terminal at the international airport here and disgorges
dozens of criminal deportees from the United States. Read more
Friday, October 21, 2005
One of O.C.’s 10 Most Wanted Was Already in the Bag
California | Local |
October 21, 2005
When Dist. Read more
Friday, October 7, 2005
Charity Denies Knowing It Hired Con Man
California | Local |
October 7, 2005
A local chapter of the American Red Cross, already embarrassed by the
hiring of a notorious con man as an executive fundraiser, is now
fighting accusations that senior managers tried to cover up their
knowledge of the man’s background. Read more
