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Pa. abortion trial: Assistant gave anesthesia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman trained only as a medical assistant told jurors Wednesday that she gave anesthesia, set dosing amounts and performed ultrasounds when she worked at a now-shuttered abortion clinic whose owner is charged with killing a...Tags: Procedural Sedation, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Abortion, Career and Workplace
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Man tied to Mafia: Hoffa buried in Detroit area
DETROIT (AP) — A man convicted of crimes as a reputed Mafia captain claims missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa is buried in suburban Detroit. Tony Zerilli was in prison when Hoffa disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975. But he tells...
Tags: James P. Hoffa, Television Industry, Television Stations, FBI
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Mexico swears in president amid violent protests
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ,Associated PressMEXICO CITY (AP) — Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president Saturday vowing to restore peace and security and take on the vested interests that have hindered economic prosperity. As several hundred protesters threw fire...Tags: Elections, Politics, Mexico, Sears, Riots
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Border Patrol under scrutiny for deadly force
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A pair of Mexican drug smugglers in camouflage pants, bundles of marijuana strapped to their backs, scaled a 25 foot-high fence in the middle of the night, slipped quietly into the United States and dashed into the darkness....
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Mexico, Politics, Human Rights, Justice and Rights
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Granger man arrested for bootlegging
State excise police arrested a 42-year-old Granger man for bootlegging alcohol. Patrick O'Brien last week after officers saw him selling liquor out of his car outside the Olive Mini Mart on Olive Street in South Bend. Police say he told them his... -
2 arrested in Colombia after swallowing $80,000
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian police have arrested two men at an airport in Medellin after discovering they were smuggling $80,000 in cash hidden in their stomachs. Authorities say the men swallowed the dollars wrapped in latex, much like some drug...Tags: Colombia, Costa Rica
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Woman charged with smuggling pot into Mich. prison
BLACKMAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit woman accused of choking on marijuana after being caught smuggling it into a southern Michigan prison has been charged. MLive.com (http://bit.ly/LAw43h ) says 31-year-old Kenya Latosha Cabel was charged...Tags: Prisons
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Feds raid motorcycle gang clubhouses in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — More than 200 federal and local law enforcement officers raided Indianapolis and Fort Wayne sites today that are tied to the Outlaws motorcycle gang and rounded up members to face charges that remained sealed. The U.S. attorney's...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Gang Activity, FBI
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Plea bargain ends Niles sex video trial
South Bend TribuneNILES — A Niles teenager accepted a plea-bargain agreement this morning in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles, ending his trial before a jury could be seated. The agreement will result in a maximum one-year jail sentence for the teen, Martell...Tags: Crimes, Prisons, Sexual Assault, Juvenile Delinquency, Trials
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UPDATE: Niles teen sentenced in sex extortion case
NILES – Parnell Martin, one of five Niles High School students accused in a Facebook sex extortion case, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 4 years but no more than 15 years in prison.
Both Trey Nichols and Parnell Martin pleaded guilty....Tags: Organized Crime, Prisons, Trials, Prosecution, Trials
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Top Chicago gang leader sentenced to 60 years
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago gang leader who prosecutors say used murder and other violence to protect his drug-selling operation — even while behind bars — has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Fifty-one-year-old Augustin Zambrano's...Tags: Organized Crime, Trials, Prosecution, Trials, Gang Activity
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Niles teen gets three years in sex video case
South Bend Tribune CorrespondentNILES -- The latest of the five Niles teens to be sentenced in the sex video extortion scandal has received the lightest sentence so far. Trey Nichols was sentenced Tuesday morning in Berrien County Trial Court to three years in prison. Nichols had faced...Tags: Organized Crime, Prisons, Sexual Assault, Defendants, Trials
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