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Teen Riding Bicycle Gunned Down in Artesia
KTLA NewsARTESIA -- A teenager was shot and killed while riding his bicycle in Artesia overnight and authorities are trying to find whoever is responsible. The 17-year-old, identified by family members as Jonathan, was shot just after midnight on Pioneer...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Police Investigations, Crimes, Artesia, Teen-agers
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Labor Day Challenge promises competition among South County police departments
Forum Publishing GroupDelray Beach – Police departments from Boca Raton, Boynton Beach and Delray Beach are slated to participate in relay races, volleyball tournaments, billiards competitions, three-on-three basketball, and a meatball-eating contest at the 22nd Annual...Tags: Labor Day, Law Enforcement, Ceremonies, Beach Vacations, Public Holidays
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Melrose Avenue residents on guard after 7 armed robberies in 10 days
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHit by seven armed robberies in 10 days, residents who live in and around trendy Melrose Avenue have launched a publicity campaign warning neighbors and visitors to take precautions in response to the recent crime spree. As many as three suspects,...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Melrose, Crimes, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Los Angeles
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Report questions prosecution in Lansing killing
Associated Press WriterAn assistant county prosecutor lost his job Wednesday after the release of an attorney general's investigation into the handling of a 2005 murder case that ended with what was later deemed a wrongful conviction. Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart...Tags: Law Enforcement, Michigan, Lawyers, Crimes, Police Arrests
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'Stop Snitching' cameraman gets 30 years in prison
By a Sun reporterThe cameraman for the notorious "Stop Snitching" DVDs was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for drug and gun charges, the Maryland U.S. Attorney's office said. Akiba Matthews, 35, of West Baltimore also received three years of supervised release...Tags: Crimes, Punishment, Drug Trafficking, Maryland, Prisons
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Fort Wayne teens catch-and-release shark in prank
Some landlocked Fort Wayne boys have a heck of fish tale about a great white shark that got away. Seven teenagers took a 16-foot-long, 100-pound "shark" that had adorned the roof of an out-of-business seafood restaurant late Friday night, put it in...Tags: Law Enforcement
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Armed Street Robbery In Hartford
Courant Staff WriterA 73-year-old man was robbed around 10 p.m. Tuesday while walking on Barbour Street in Hartford, police said. The victim told police the suspect asked for a light, pulled out a gun and then hit him in the head, police said. The victim surrendered his...Tags: Crimes, Theft
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Suspects In New Britain Home Invasion Sought
Courant Staff WriterPolice said they are searching for multiple suspects who broke into an occupied house on Kennedy Drive late Tuesday. The resident, an older woman, was not injured in the home invasion shortly before 10 p.m., police said. The suspects, described as young...Tags: New Britain, Injuries
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Cops: Knife-wielding man arrested for harassing women
joseph.mallia@newsday.comA man with a knife sowed panic on Main Street in Bridgehampton on Tuesday night, threatening numerous women with the 5-inch serrated blade and prompting several 911 calls, police said. The police officers who responded at 10:35 p.m. to the 911 calls...Tags: Police Arrests
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Police: Woman injured in attack by pit bulls
Police in the Metro East community of East Alton say one of two pit bulls that attacked a woman and injured one of her rescuers has been shot dead. Authorities say the animal was killed and second pit bull captured after the dogs started mauling a 19-...Tags: Injuries
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Police: Teen suspected in Metro East school fire
An act of vandalism isn't stopping a Metro East high school from launching the school year as planned. Police in Columbia say they have a 16-year-old suspect in the Sunday night fire that damaged an outside wall of the local high school. Police...Tags: Schools, Juvenile Delinquency
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Dubuque man says friend's raccoon attacked him
A Dubuque man says his friend's raccoon went crazy before it attacked him. Police say Steven Hines called police early Tuesday morning to report that he had been bitten. Hines had agreed to watch the animal for a few days and decided to let it out...Tags: Animals
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