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Jail tip led cops to suspects in Hadiya Pendleton's slaying
The break came, at last, on Saturday. As pressure mounted over nearly two weeks, Chicago police investigating the slaying of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton followed plenty of leads that hadn't panned out. Then on Saturday, tipped by a Cook County Jail...
Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Criminals, Witnesses
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FBI, SPD arrest more than 20 in alleged narcotics ring
Q13 Fox News reporterFederal and local law enforcement agents fanned out across the Puget Sound and Northern California Tuesday to arrest more than 20 suspects allegedly involved in an oxycodone trafficking ring. U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan announced that 18 Seattle-area...Tags: FBI, Law Enforcement, Substance Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants
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Failure to bring border-crossing fugitives to justice a national problem
Jorge Montiel fled to his hometown near Pachuca, Mexico, after he was alleged to have raped and murdered a Georgia housewife in October 2010.
Federal agents tried to bring the international fugitive to justice, but something stood in the way: the cost....Tags: Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Trials, Colombia
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In Cook County, campus sex-assault suspects rarely prosecuted
Chicago State University police Chief Ronnie Watson was convinced he had a rape case on his hands in the early morning hours of Feb. 20, 2010.
An 18-year-old freshman reported being attacked by a fellow student after going to his dorm room to listen to...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Misdemeanors, Laws, Loyola University Chicago
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Trayvon Martin's father: Family 'betrayed' by Sanford police
In the 20 days since Trayvon Martin was killed, his parents said, their trust in the Sanford Police Department has disappeared.
Tracy Martin, father of the slain teen, told reporters today he felt "betrayed" by law enforcement investigating his son's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Witnesses, Sanford Police Department, Justice System, Police Investigations
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Suspect in 1999 Des Plaines killing manages to elude Mexican police
— For years, Des Plaines police had no idea who committed the grisly 1999 knife murder of United Airlines flight attendant Young Kavila.
The slender 30-year-old was nearly beheaded as she tried to fight off an attempted sexual assault in the...Tags: Immigration, Crime, Law and Justice, David Jackson, Laws, Sexual Assault
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Few arrests, convictions in campus sex assault cases
Women who report sexual violence on college campuses seldom see their accused attackers arrested and almost never see them convicted, according to a Tribune survey of several Midwestern universities.
The survey of six schools in Illinois and Indiana...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Monroe County (Indiana), Social Issues, Police Investigations, FBI
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Across the border, beyond the law
Just days before authorities charged him with sexually assaulting his own daughter, Abraham Caudel hopped a Greyhound bus from DeKalb to California, then crossed into Mexico in a pickup truck driven by his brother.
In the eight years since he returned to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, DeKalb, Laws, Trials, Sexual Assault
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Dr. Ricardo Arze and sex abuse cases shows disconnect between law enforcement, state regulators of doctors
A 17-year-old girl reported to Berwyn police in 2003 that her doctor, Ricardo Arze, had pulled off her clothes and sexually assaulted her in his exam room, state records show.
Two years later, another patient reported to Berwyn police that Arze had...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Trials, Sexual Assault, Depression
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Interim Windermere Police Chief talks about his priorities going forward
Interim Windermere Police Chief Ralph Groover says the next few months are a time to show town residents they are protected by an upstanding police force — despite the recent arrest of his predecessor on corruption charges.
Groover, 51, was sworn...Tags: Law Enforcement, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Windermere, Criminals
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Cops: Long Beach Predator Gropes Girls, Then Thanks Them
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH -- Police in Long Beach are looking for a man they say is responsible for at least seven sexual assaults on young girls. The attacks happened between July 15 and August 5 in the area near Paramount Boulevard and South Street. Police say the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Honda Motor Co., Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Beach Vacations, Police Investigations
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Back In The Classroom After Horrific Sexual Accusations
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe 13-year-old on the witness stand looked to be an ordinary adolescent, her diffident smile unveiling a set of braces. Her attorney began gently, with questions about her favorite band and trips to the mall. Then he brought up "Mr. Ricardo" and...Tags: Punishment, Labor Legislation, Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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