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Review: Bone found is adult human skull fragment
RIVERTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a bone found last week in West Michigan has been confirmed to be part of an adult human skull. The Mason County sheriff's department says the bone was among a group of 12 bones found Friday in...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Anthropology, Riverton
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Officials: Woman, 76, dies after brush fires grow
LONDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say a 76-year-old woman who was burning several small brush piles in southeastern Michigan has died after winds prompted the fires to grow out of control. The Monroe County sheriff's department says the body... -
Authorities finish roundup of all the Cash Out Boyz
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- A South Bend police officer investigating robberies was scouring social media sites for connections among suspects back in 2011. A name new to law enforcement at the time emerged from her research: the Cash Out Boyz. Almost simultaneously,...Tags: Theft, Witnesses, Punishment, Gang Activity, Prosecution
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How will the Boston Bombings impact security at large public events locally, like the Sunburst?
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Local law enforcement officials say what happened in Boston is a reminder to police everywhere, that no matter where you are, tragedies like this can happen anywhere. The Sunburst Race is one of the premiere running events in the...Tags: Government, Politics, Laws, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Safety of Citizens
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Dog that served 3 Afghan tours has new job in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pete's career as an explosives and firearms sniffer started out with the U.S. Marine Corps — in Afghanistan. But after three tours as one of the few and the proud K9s in the corps, Pete came to Indianapolis five months...Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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West Mich. officials investigate suspicious death
VALLEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities in West Michigan are investigating a suspicious death of a man at a home. The Allegan County sheriff's department said in a statement that the body of 37-year-old Jody Snyder was found Saturday night in... -
New Year's drunk driving arrests up in Michigan
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan law enforcement's drunk driving crackdown over the New Year's holiday has resulted in more than 100 drunk driving arrests. Michigan's Office of Highway Safety Planning announced Tuesday that between Dec. 27 and Jan. 1...
Tags: Criminals, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fort Wayne police worry about surge in bank heists
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A surge in bank and credit union robberies has police in Indiana's second-largest city worried that serial robbers may be behind the heists, some of which have involved employees being bound or injured. Fort Wayne has...
Tags: FBI, Business Institutions, Shootings, Theft, Criminals
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Obama administration spent $18 billion on immigration enforcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from a non-partisan immigration policy think tank concludes the Obama administration has made immigration its highest law enforcement priority, spending more money -- $18 billion -- on immigration enforcement in the...
Tags: Government, Elections, Migration, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Immigration
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Michigan militia members cleared of conspiracy
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the government's case against seven members of a Michigan militia, dismissing the most serious charges in an extraordinary defeat for federal authorities who insisted they had captured homegrown rural...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Government, Hutaree, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Armed posse patrols timber land in sheriff's place
O'BRIEN, Ore. (AP) — The sheriff's department in a vast, rural corner of southwest Oregon has been racked by budget cuts and the jail can hold only the worst offenders. But people in Josephine County aren't about to approve higher taxes to increase... -
Berrien County shuffles money to limit staff cuts
BERRIEN COUNTY – A public outcry and some money shuffling means the Berrien County Sheriff's Department will only lose one officer in next year's budget cuts. The county is facing a $300,000 deficit. To help balance the budget, departments...
Tags: Government, Politics, Unemployment, Safety of Citizens, Career and Workplace
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