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HB police chief announces retirement
Huntington Beach Police Chief Ken Small has announced his retirement after 11 years with the city. "He's got 40-plus years in law enforcement," City Manager Fred Wilson said. "It'll be a great loss to the city. I think [Small], in my opinion, was an...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Laws, Bike Week, Daytona Beach, Crime, Law and Justice
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D.A. opposes parole for killer
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas issued a press release Thursday opposing the parole of a woman convicted of murdering her husband with the help of her boyfriend in 1984. Jeanette Lynn Hughes, now 58, was convicted in 1986 of the first-...Tags: Laws, Murder, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Seminar to train team to fight child sex trafficking
An interfaith coalition outraged by child sex trafficking is getting ready to make sex abuse and child prostitution prominent issues in South Florida's houses of worship. A team of advocates will be trained in Delray Beach on June 22 by Shared Hope...
Tags: Prostitution, Christianity, Prisons, Delray Beach, Laws
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Murder? Yes. But 'cold'? No.
Change of SubjectThis revised posting is featured in my Sunday print column “The murder was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner,” said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Maureen O'Brien, speaking earlier this week to reporters about the... -
Homeless man gets life sentence for Davie woman's killing
A homeless man will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing a Davie woman who befriended him and his girlfriend, a Broward County judge ordered Thursday. Oscar Camejo, 59, was given a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for...
Tags: Broward County, Punishment, Laws, Judges, Justice System
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City targets gang leaders
Chicago Tribune reportersLocal authorities, armed with a powerful new state RICO law, said they charged dozens of leaders and senior members of a notorious West Side street gang with operating a violent, $11 million-a-year heroin and cocaine operation responsible for seven...Tags: Garry McCarthy, Heroin, Criminals, Murder, New York City
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Letters to the Editor - June 16
Finish the job of Medgar Evers To the editor: Mississippi’s tireless civil-rights worker, Medgar Evers, was killed 50 years ago. An assassin’s bullet mortally wounded Evers in front of his home, leaving a widow and depriving three...Tags: Verizon Communications, Government, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Laws
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Slain North Shore man lived in 2 different worlds
Colin Nutter was a young man from the North Shore on the brink of two worlds. After minor scrapes with the law as a teen, by 20 he had taken some college classes and was eager to return to school. He worked two jobs and had bought his first car,...
Tags: Nursing, U.S. Army, Peace Corps, Highwood, Laws
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Politics as Usual
Toomey reaffirms background check support Six months after the Sandy Hook murders of 20 children and six adults, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., reaffirmed his support for expanding background checks on firearms sales, and said he hopes the Senate can...Tags: Executive Branch, Allyson Schwartz, Joe Biden, Arts and Culture, Local Government
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Officials: Murder, intimidation kept $11 million-a-year gang going
Tribune reportersThe top leaders of one of Chicago’s most violent street gangs have been charged in a sweeping racketeering case that alleges they controlled their West Side drug empire through pattern of intimidation, kidnappings, shootings and murder dating back...Tags: Garry McCarthy, Prisons, Organized Crime, Laws, Criminals
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Ohio football player, convicted of rape, gets sex-offender status
A Steubenville, Ohio, football player, convicted of raping an alcohol-impaired high school girl, must register as a sex offender every six months for the next 20 years, a judge ruled Friday. Trent Mays, 17, must register as a Tier II sex offender, Judge...
Tags: Football, Prisons, Laws, Schools, Sports
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Black Souls gang leaders ordered held without bail
Tribune reporterAmid heavy courthouse security, the alleged top leaders of one of Chicago’s most violent street gangs were ordered held without bail today on sweeping racketeering charges that allege they controlled their West Side drug empire through intimidation,...Tags: Prisons, Organized Crime, Laws, Police Arrests, Criminals
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