Topic: Crime and Law Enforcement

Update: CBS Washington Bureau Given All Clear After Evacuation

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suspicious package brought operations at CBS's Washington office to a standstill just before lunchtime on Tuesday. The building was evacuated for about an hour while police investigated the scene.

By Adam Martin

Dec 14, 2011

Brooklyn Bridge Protesters Are Increasingly Over It

Back in October, protesters arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge and other early Occupy Wall Street marches promised to clog up Manhattan's court system rather than take any kind of deal if their charges weren't fully dismissed, but only 40 percent are sticking to that plan. 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 9, 2011

The Virgina Tech Shooter Was a Local College Student

 

Police just released the identity of the man who killed a Virginia Tech Police officer and then shot himself on Thursday as 22-year-old Ross Truett Ashley, a student at nearby Radford University.

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 7, 2011

Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to 14 Years In Prison

Rod Blagojevich, who's managed to avoid jail time since infamously trying to sell then-congressman Obama's Senate seat, was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Wednesday.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 7, 2011

Mumia Abu Jamal Won't Face the Death Penalty

After decades of protests, marches and public appeals, prosecutors in Philadelphia announced on Wednesday they are dropping their pursuit of the death penalty for Mumia Abu Jamal, who was sentenced to death for killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 30, 2011

Cops Believe the Long Island Killer Is Just One Person Again

The Long Island serial killer is probably one person from Long Island, police now say, revising their theory that as many as three were responsible for the ten bodies found between December 2010 and April 2011.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 29, 2011

Conrad Murray Gets Four Years in Prison

Michael Jackson's personal physician Conrad Murray, who administered a fatal dose of sleeping medication to the singer in 2009, has been sentenced to four years in prison -- the maximum sentence for involuntary manslaughter.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 23, 2011

Facebook's Increasingly Lenient Police Officer Guidelines

As Facebook has worked more with the police over the years, its official officer guidelines have changed.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 22, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Will Post a Protester's $25,000 Bail

One of the protesters arrested during Occupy Wall Street's massive New York protest last week was held on $25,000 bail for a weapons charge, and on Monday night the occupiers voted to post it for him.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 22, 2011

'Lone Wolf' Bomb Suspect Needed a Lot of Help from the the NYPD

The FBI declined to take up New York City's investigation of a terrorism suspect because the police department's own informant helped him so much.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 21, 2011

The Problematic Details of the Latest NYPD Terrorism Arrest

The New York Police Department is proud of itself for the arrest of a "lone wolf" terrorism suspect over the weekend, but the timing of the bust and the ambivalence of federal investigators have some suggesting the department had an ulterior PR motive.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 9, 2011

How Hackers Allegedly Made $14 Million on Traffic Scams

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced indictments against seven Europeans it said operated a massive online fraud scheme that made them $14 million by infecting millions of computers worldwide with malware that redirected Internet searches to fake sites.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 3, 2011

FBI Makes an Arrest for Threats to Eric Cantor's Family

First somebody called Elizabeth Warren a horrible name, now another guy gets arrested for threatening to do unspeakable things to Rep. Eric Cantor's family.

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By Adam Martin

Nov 2, 2011

Kitchen Volunteer's Sex Assault Arrest Shocks Zuccotti Park

The Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park has had to deal with its share of undesirable behavior, from uncooperative drummers to a drug-related arrest, but Wednesday saw the most serious criminal allegations yet, as a volunteer in the encampment's kitchen has been arrested for sexual assault and rape.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 27, 2011

U.S. Convicts its First-Ever Organ Trafficker

A Brooklyn man who pleaded guilty on Thursday to selling organs on the black market had a huge profit margin as he bought kidneys from Israelis for $10,000 and sold them to Americans for $120,000 or more.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 27, 2011

Bernie Madoff Smiles in Prison

Perhaps the most infamous white-collar crook of the last decade, Bernie Madoff took his reputation as a pariah so hard he and his wife Ruth tried to commit suicide, Ruth Madoff told 60 Minutes, but now that he's in prison the convicted ponzi-schemer says he finds himself smiling sometimes, and he's "horrified."

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By Adam Martin

Oct 18, 2011

NYPD's Pepper Spray Cop Docked 10 Vacation Days

Remember the New York Police Department deputy inspector caught on video pepper spraying calm-looking protesters a week into Occupy Wall Street? Of course you do.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 18, 2011

Free World Series Tickets Lands Lobbyist in Prison for Five Hours

A former lobbyist who pleaded guilty to corruption charges in the Jack Abramoff scandal received his sentence today: Five hours in prison for accepting a trip to the 2003 World Series in New York when he was an aide to Sen. Kit Bond.

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 18, 2011

Somebody Stole the Truck Carrying Obama's Teleprompter

A truck that was carrying President Obama's telempromter along with $200,0000 worth of sound equipment was stolen from a Virginia hotel parking lot.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 14, 2011

Wrongful Drug Arrests Are Costing the NYPD a Fortune

NYPD payouts have hit $117.6 mllion annually

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By Adam Martin

Oct 13, 2011

Rhetoric Ramps Up as Obama Pins Terror Plot on Iran

The president said the Iranian government should be held accountable, but Iran's state media says it's a joke

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By Adam Martin

Oct 11, 2011

Whitey Bulger Knew Former Miss Iceland Ratted Him Out

The Boston Globe's report about his downfall probably didn't tell him anything new

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By Adam Martin

Oct 4, 2011

The National Archives Would Like These Priceless Artifacts Back

Stuff that's gone missing: letters from Lincoln, the Wright brothers's original patent

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By Adam Martin

Oct 3, 2011

Ex-Detective Says the LAPD Knows Who Killed Tupac and Biggie

His new book says Sean Combs and Suge Knight were behind the 1996 killings

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By Jake Adelstein

Oct 1, 2011

Goodbye to the Yakuza

Today, on October 1, new laws make all of Japan a lot less friendly for organized crime

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By Adam Martin

Sep 27, 2011

Pepper Spray Cop Has a History of Tangling with Protesters

Anthony Bologna was named in several lawsuits after the 2004 Republican National Convention

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By Adam Martin

Sep 26, 2011

Anonymous Goes After the Pepper Spray Cop's Personal Info

Leaking info is classic hactivism, but police don't see it as simple digital mischief

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By Adam Martin

Sep 23, 2011

Feinstein Blames Her Bank for Her Accountant's Fraud

The California senator sued her former treasurer, and her bank for a lack of oversight

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By Adam Martin

Sep 23, 2011

LulzSec Hacker Exposed by the Service He Thought Would Hide Him

Hidemyass.com didn't, gave details on hacker to investigators instead

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By Adam Martin

Sep 22, 2011

LulzSec's Sony Hack Really Was as Simple as It Claimed

The allure of basic 'hacktivist' data breaches drew in lots of non-experts who were easily caught

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By Adam Martin

Sep 21, 2011

Troy Davis and Casey Anthony: A False Comparison

A Twitter meme juxtaposing the two cases expresses outrage at injustice, but it's a stretch

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 21, 2011

Violent Drug Lord Hoping Community Service Shows Off His Good Side

Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke wrote a letter to his judge asking for leniency

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By Adam Martin

Sep 20, 2011

Gambling's Future Is Online, Offshore

Online gaming is booming abroad, but the Full Tilt Poker prosecution may have derailed it in the U.S.

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By Adam Martin

Sep 16, 2011

As Eight Are Charged for Berlusconi Sex Parties, Putin Blames Jealousy

Prosecutors say Berlusconi associates supplied prostitutes to curry favor with the Italian prime minister

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By Adam Martin

Sep 15, 2011

The Simplest Art Fraud Ever Unsurprisingly Gets Busted

A former Los Angeles dealer allegedly painted over signatures and signed Monet's

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By Adam Martin

Sep 14, 2011

Saudi Prince Faces Rape Charge in Spain, Again

A court ordered the quietly dismissed 2008 case against one of the world's richest men to be reopened

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By Adam Martin

Sep 13, 2011

'Madoff of Campaign Finance' Has Surprisingly Clean FEC Record

The campaign treasurer accused of embezzling millions didn't run into problems with the feds

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By John Hudson

Sep 13, 2011

The CIA Is Investigating Its Muslim Spying Program

The agency wants to "make sure we are doing the right thing"

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By Adam Martin

Sep 2, 2011

Making Sense of This iPhone 5 Story

A guy says Apple folks, posing as cops, raided his house

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By Adam Martin

Sep 2, 2011

Fugitive Professor's Students Saw a Friendly, Disorganized Tough Guy

A professor accused of dealing methamphetamine as the head of a biker gang

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By Adam Martin

Aug 31, 2011

Kosovo Man Says He Shot U.S. Airmen After Watching 'Redacted'

Frankfurt attacker 'can't understand myself how I could have acted this way'

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By Adam Martin

Aug 25, 2011

Photos: Chinese Paper Replicas Fooled the NYPD

A Chinatown merchant was arrested for selling Burberry and Luis Vuitton joss

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By Adam Martin

Aug 23, 2011

Quote: So What Newspaper Do Criminals Read?

A local crime report cites a Bloomberg non-sequitur

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By Adam Martin

Aug 23, 2011

DSK Criminal Charges Officially Dismissed

What may be Strauss-Kahn's final criminal hearing gets underway with a blow to Diallo's camp

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By Adam Martin

Aug 23, 2011

The Prosecution's Version of What DSK Did in Room 2806

DSK will escape criminal charges, but the version of events prosecutors confirmed is unsettling

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By Adam Martin

Aug 19, 2011

Metalheads Rejoice at West Memphis Three Release

The convicts have long been symbols to those outside the cultural mainstream

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By Adam Martin

Aug 19, 2011

Scotland Yard Detective Arrested for Leaking Hacking Details

Police also took in a man believed to be a News of the World reporter

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By Adam Martin

Aug 19, 2011

Prosecution Sources Say Diallo Lawyer Offered to Sabotage DSK Case

The unnamed sources say Kenneth Thompson sought a cash settlement for his client

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By Adam Martin

Aug 18, 2011

The Sneaky Ways People Are Getting Busted for Pot in New York

Two different ways for authorities to circumvent lax drug laws are reportedly on the rise

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By Adam Martin

Aug 17, 2011

North Korean Art Smuggling Ring Sold Illicit Landscapes

Expatriate smugglers went outside the official channels to sell paintings to South Koreans

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By Adam Martin

Aug 17, 2011

The Odd Behavior of a Husband Arrested for a D.C. Socialite's Murder

The younger husband of Viola Drath may have given himself away to police early on

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