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FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa's remains ends
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A search of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, an FBI agent announced Wednesday as authorities ended the dig. "We did not uncover any...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Building Material, FBI
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UPDATE: Woman in "Jamaican lottery scam" behind bars
A 74-year-old woman is behind bars in the Kosciusko County Jail, accused of defrauding an elderly couple. Kosciusko County Sheriff’s detectives drove to Georgia last week and arrested Joanne McCrary, of Calhoun, Georgia, on two counts of felony...
Tags: Trials, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Security
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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: Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests, Social Issues, Criminal Laws, Laws
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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: Trials, Facebook, Concerts, Punishment, Prisons
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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: Trials, Prisons, Facebook, Punishment, Prisons
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Cash Out Boyz member admits guilt
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — One by one, the gang members began to topple following a federal indictment handed down in December that charged seven Cash Out Boyz members in a racketeering case. Throughout March, April and May, six of the seven men accused of...Tags: Theft, Prosecution, Gang Activity, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Television Industry, Television Stations, FBI, James P. Hoffa
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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: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Shootings, Laws, Illegal Immigrants, American Civil Liberties Union
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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... -
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: Mexico City, Activism, Elections, Politics, Felipe Calderon
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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: Costa Rica, Colombia
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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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