Mohammad Anwar was shot five times by his own sub machine gun

A policeman was found dead insides a police post within the jurisdiction of Korangi Industrial Area (KIA) Police Station (PS) Monday. Thirty-eight-year old Mohammad Anwar was shot five times by his own sub machine gun (SMG) while he was on duty at police post Ameer Shaheed at Bhains Colony. On-duty policeman, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ahmed Khan Niazi thinks that the post in-charge Nasur Hayat and another colleague Mohammad could be involved in the killing as they were both absent from duty Sunday night, the time of the murder. Niazi said that Hayat had recently arrested some criminals along with a dagger and was promoted by his officials after support from a political party. Niazi alleges that Hayat is an irresponsible policeman who did not do any police course to warrant the promotion....

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Saul Avalos ,Javier Avalos ,Samuel Perez, Elezar Morales arrested

.On Sunday morning, police arrested Saul Avalos 23, of Nuevo, for murder.Investigators learned that Avalos and Javier Avalos 22, had argued with Richardson about money. Saul Avalos allegedly produced a gun and shot Richardson several times. The suspects apparently fled, met with Samuel Perez 21, of Nuevo, and drove to Shadybend Drive in Moreno Valley.Searches in Nuevo and Moreno Valley uncovered evidence linking Saul Avalos to Richardson’s death; they also turned up four pounds of marijuana and several ounces of methamphetamine.Javier Avalos and Perez were arrested as accessories to murder and possession of marijuana. Elezar Morales 22, of Moreno...

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Sean R. Rex tried to rob the business and struck a woman in the head with a gun

Sean R. Rex, 32, who has no permanent address, was arrested at 2:06 a.m. Wednesday at Margie's T-Bird Lounge at 1425 15th St. SW. Rex was in the Stark County Jail where he was held without bond Thursday. Police reports show Rex tried to rob the business and struck a woman in the head with a gun, said Lt. James Cole. Rex was charged with aggravated robbery, illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor establishment, having weapons under disability, carrying concealed weapons, cocaine trafficking, cocaine possession, felony drug tampering and resisting arrest. Jail records said he was wanted on an unrelated warrant in Carroll County. Jail records said he tried to fight with police at the bar, pulling out a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun, then grabbing an officer's gun that had "fallen loose."...

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William D. Johnson,Xavier Baker Both sold stolen weapons at the undercover shop

William D. Johnson, 18, and Xavier Baker, 18, pleaded guilty in separate federal cases that could mean as much as 10 years in prison without parole.Both men were arrested through the undercover operation, Augusta Ink. Both sold stolen weapons at the undercover shop, Colur Tyme Tattooz & Things on Tobacco Road, Richmond County Sheriff Sgt. Blaise Dresser testified Monday.Mr. Johnson pleaded guilty to two charges involving the theft of 40 weapons from Waldens Outdoor World and the sale of several of those guns to undercover agents.Mr. Johnson boasted that he and his friends burglarized the sports store, and that breaking into gun shops was "his thing," Sgt. Dresser testified. Mr. Johnson returned to the tattoo shop with a gun that had been stolen from another gun shop, Shooters, on Patriots...

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Vaughn Rico Wright, Michael William Long,Garnett Lee Long-Parham"The guns were all loaded ... and ready for use,"

A search turned up a loaded .40-caliber Glock handgun in the waistband of Long-Parham's pants, police said. Two more weapons were found near front-seat passenger Long and rear-seat passenger Wright, authorities said. "The guns were all loaded ... and ready for use," Seranko said. Greensburg police said they stopped a vehicle going the wrong way on a one-way street and arrested three Allegheny County men on drug distribution charges. Authorities reported four pounds of marijuana, with a street value of about $6,000, nearly $1,400 in cash and three stolen handguns were seized during the traffic stop about 7:30 p.m. Saturday on West Otterman Street. "Where they were going, we really don't know at this point," police Capt. George Seranko said during a news conference Monday. Charged are Garnett...

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Metro Vancouver had the highest rate of gun crime

Metro Vancouver had the highest rate of gun crime in the country in 2006, part of a trend of relatively high violent crime and weapon use in western provinces, according to a new Statistics Canada report. Calculated by population, Metro Vancouver's gun crime rate was ahead of second-place Winnipeg and third-place Toronto. B.C.'s largest metropolitan area recorded 45.3 violent offences involving guns for every 100,000 people, compared to 43.9 in the Winnipeg region and 40.4 in metropolitan Toronto. The national average for gun-related crime of all types was 27.5, illustrating the modern trend of gun crime in urban areas. For gun-related homicides, the report found Abbotsford had the second-highest rate in Canada behind Edmonton. Provincially, B.C. had 29 gun-related homicides in 2006, and 521...

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Twenty-one associates of jailed don Mukhtar Ansari were arrested

Twenty-one associates of jailed don Mukhtar Ansari were arrested from the state capital on Sunday evening. hey were on way to execute crimes involving extortion and land grabbing in different parts of the state capital. Five revolvers, four rifles, one double barrel gun, 118 cartridges and 32 cellphones were recovered from the accused travelling in five SUVs. Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Akhil Kumar said that the arrests were made following a tip-off. “The group was undertaking criminal activities in the name of Mukhtar Ansari for quite sometime now. Investigations revealed that they were in regular touch with Ansari through cellphones or meetings inside the jail or during his visits to district courts,” he said. The Cantonment police intercepted the gang in Rajman Bazaar area. They...

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Oscar Pena, Jr,Sotero Sotelo,firearms were likely going into Mexico and sold he says for one purpose, "Just to kill."

Authorities in Cameron County say a La Cueva Drive Thru in Brownsville was used as a front for illegal firearms and cocaine sales. Undercover sheriff investigators say they purchased both at the business on Central Boulevard. Police said one home on Linda lane in Brownsville is where the suspects stored their drugs and weapons. "It's a big deal here in Cameron County because we in law enforcement are concerned about people having these types of weapons," said Sheriff Omar Lucio.Two people were arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity and possession of a controlled substance. Oscar Pena, Jr. is one of them. He traded in...

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Two people are hurt after a drive-by shooting in North Omaha

Two people are hurt after a drive-by shooting in North Omaha. The victims tell police they were near 27th and Fort around 12:30 Saturday morning, when a dark car pulled up and the people inside started shooting at them.Someone drove 19-year-old Kyle Viktora and 23-year-old Terrell Griffin to the hospital, where police came to investigate. They're both expected to survive.No arrests have been ma...

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Los Angeles police fatally shot an armed suspect and wounded another

Los Angeles police fatally shot an armed suspect and wounded another Thursday in the wake of a fatal gang-related drive-by shooting, authorities said. The drive-by killed a man holding a 2-year-old girl, who emerged from the incident unscathed. The victims and suspects were not immediately identified. The officer-involved shooting occurred shortly after noon at Estara Avenue and Drew Street, but no officers were injured, said Los Angeles police Officer Kate Lopez. "What we do know is that three suspects exited that car - all three with firearms," Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz said. "At least two of them fired at the officers, possibly three fired at the officers. "The officers fired back, striking two of the suspects. One expired at the scene. One was wounded and has been transported to a local...

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Drive-by shooting on Queensland's Sunshine Coast

Two men have been injured, one seriously, in a drive-by shooting on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.The shooting happened around 8:00pm outside the Royal George Hotel in Nambour.One man received the full force of the shotgun blast to his chest and arm, while a bystander received minor injuries.Both have been taken to Nambour Hospital.Police Sergeant Jeff Coote says it appears the incident was sparked by an altercation inside the hotel moments earlier."Two men and a woman have left the hotel," he said."The man who was also involved in the altercation has gone outside, and whilst he was outside, the car has gone past and a shot has been fired from the car whilst it was still moving."There was actually another man walking past at the time, and he was also injured by the shotgun blast."Police are...

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Gerardo Reyes,German Reyes Real, Jose Javier Laris the three faces six counts of attempted aggravated murder and an unlawful use of a weapon

Jackson County grand jury has indicted three men for their suspected roles in a gang-related drive-by shooting Monday night near South Medford High School.In addition to two Talent men arrested Tuesday — Gerardo Reyes, 20, and German Reyes Real, 18 — the grand jury indicted Jose Javier Laris, 18, of Rogue Valley Mobile Village, 3761 S. Pacific Highway, Medford. Each of the three faces six counts of attempted aggravated murder and an unlawful use of a weapon charge, officials said.Investigators suspect that Gerardo Reyes was the driver of a sedan from which shots were fired and his brother, German Reyes Real, was the gunman, Medford police Lt....

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John R. Chambers, 54, was arrested for aggravated robbery and felonious assault on an officer.

Columbus police officer fired his weapon at an armed man after a robbery at a University District pharmacy Thursday evening. The shot missed, but the officer quickly captured the man, police said.John R. Chambers, 54, was arrested for aggravated robbery and felonious assault on an officer. Police listed his address as “streets of Columbus.”The officer, whose name was not released, responded to a report of an armed robbery at Crosby’s Drugs, 2609 N. High St., at 6:55 p.m. Police said the officer spotted a man fitting the description of the robber nearby on W. Hudson Street and ordered the man to stop and drop his weapon.The officer fired when the man ignored the command and displayed his gun, police said. The man threw his gun into a ravine and ran from the officer, who captured him and recovered...

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Armed robbery of the Florida Telco Credit Union

About 11 p.m. Wednesday, a 38-year-old man as arrested in connection to an armed robbery of the Florida Telco Credit Union in the 8100 block of Normandy Boulevard back in August. Witnesses said that on on Aug. 22 the man demanded cash and then fled into the woods. Surveillance footage was released to the media. A week later, a man said he believed the robber was one of his employees. Investigators spoke with the bank manager and a family member and identified 38-year-old Alan Dewayne Holston as the suspect. He was arrested Wednesday.Police are looking for a well-dressed suspect in an armed robbery Thursday morning at the Winn Dixie grocery store in the 11000 block of Old St. Augustine Road. An unknown masked man in a charcoal pin striped suit came in about 6:30 a.m. and demanded the money...

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Patrick Haliburton aka Killy Killy and another man were found suffering from gunshot wounds

One of two men who the police claimed was wanted for murder, was shot and killed, his crony injured and two guns seized. The dead man was identified as Patrick Haliburton, 18, also known as 'Killy Killy' or 'Frost' of Walkers Avenue, Gregory Park, St Catherine. Deputy Superintendent Clive Blair of the St Catherine South Division said the lawmen went to an address along Walkers Avenue when they were greeted by a barrage of gunfire. He says that the police fired at the men and shortly after, Killy Killy and another man were found suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men were found clutching 9mm pistols. They were taken to the Spanish Town Hospital where Killy Killy was pronounced dead and the other man admitted in a serious condition. "These men were wanted for two murders, one on the 16th and...

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Joe Gun Store arrests

Police have made six arrests and recovered about 150 of the more than 200 guns stolen from a Midland County gun dealer earlier this month.WJRT-TV in Flint reports police arrested a 33-year-old Chesaning man and another person about 1 a.m. Wednesday near St. Charles. The Midland Daily News reports two more suspects were picked up in Midland County on Tuesday in Jerome and Greendale townships.The Saginaw News reports local law enforcement and federal agents acting on a tip also raided a Saginaw home Monday and a Chesaning apartment Tuesday. WSGW-AM reports a man and a woman were arrested.Authorities say someone cut the burglar alarm wire and forced open the door of Joe Gun Inc. in Sanford. Stolen were $92,000 worth of weapons and ammuniti...

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England banned all guns in November 1997, gun crime has gone up

England banned all guns in November 1997, gun crime has gone up. As recently as 2006, Scotland Yard noted that more people than ever are carrying firearms as fashion accessories. These are not the law-biding citizens. They are not allowed to carry. A report in January 2006 showed offense involving guns soared by as much as 50 percent in some parts of the country. Kings College in London found that the use of handguns in crime rose by 40 percent in the two years after the weapons were banned. "Hot" burglary rates, defined as burglaries committed while people are in the building, is 13 percent in the U.S. and in gun-free Great Britain it's 59 percent. An American study showed that the No. 1 explanation from would-be burglars not to enter an occupied building was: "I might get shot." The Australian...

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Ammunition used in a Mafia-style hit was traced by cops back to the barracks of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

Ammunition used in a Mafia-style hit was traced by cops back to the barracks of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.Bullet stolen from a Scots Army unit was used in a brutal gangland killing, the Record can reveal.Cops ordered a raid on the battalion HQ after tracing the origin of a bullet taken from a murder victim's body.The Record revealed yesterday how cops smashed a major weapons-dealing ring in a joint raid with Kent Police at Howe Barracks in Canterbury, Kent, which led to soldiers being arrested for allegedly selling bullets and grenades.An Army insider said: "This thing's massive and will cause huge embarrassment for the Army top brass."It's all connected with the Scottish gangsters and civilian shootings committed using Army ammunition."I've heard that murders have been linked...

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Mustafa Ali, Handgun allegedly used to kill two armored car guards

Two men connected to the handgun allegedly used to kill two armored car guards last year were among the latest round of arrests in a wide-ranging effort to crack down on straw purchases, authorities said Tuesday.A dozen people were arrested on illegal gun trafficking charges in Philadelphia from Nov. 13 to Jan. 18.The warrants were issued through the efforts of a gun-violence task force formed in 2006 to round up straw purchasers, state Attorney General Tom Corbett and Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham said at a news conference announcing the arrests."We're going to push for very hard time on all these straw purchasers," Abraham said.Mustafa Ali, 36, is charged with killing armored car guards William Widmaier, 65, and Joseph Alullo, 54, on Oct. 4 as they were servicing an ATM outside...

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Melvin Bridges, unlawful use of a weapon Terrence T. Miller arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a weapon

Terrence T. Miller, 33, of Centreville, was arrested on suspicion of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon when police allegedly found him in possession of a loaded 9 mm handgun early Sunday outside the Blue Top nightclub, 817 S. 46th St., Centreville.Centreville Police Officer Corey Allen said the club's security guards called police to the club at 2 a.m., when a shot was fired inside the building.Miller fled investigating officers and was arrested shortly afterward.Allen said no one was hurt in the shooting and police are still investigating whether Miller fired the shot.If convicted, Miller faces between two and three years imprisonment In a separate incident, Centreville police arrested Melvin Bridges, 19, of East St. Louis for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon at 12:30 p.m. Friday...

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"riot" erupted outside a birthday party in the Center Point area

Fairfield police arrested five people on fighting and disorderly conduct charges at a skating rink, according to Police Chief Pat Mardis. Police were called to investigate a report of gunfire in the area, but no one was injured, Mardis said. Saturday-night fights landed six people in Jefferson County jails. Also on Saturday, a "riot" erupted outside a birthday party in the Center Point area, according to Sgt. Randy Christian of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Teenagers began to gather outside a banquet hall in the 2300 block of First Street Northeast that was filled to capacity when a 14-year-old girl got into a fight, Christian said, "and riot conditions followed." A gun was fired, but no one was hit. Birmingham police, Center Point firefighters and deputies working other areas of...

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Driver was Jerome Lamar Joe of Holiday Florida. passenger is Isaac Flowers of Clearwater

Tampa Police Officers responded to a "shots being fired" call in the area of Ybor City this evening at 12:50AM. The suspect vehicle was a purple car. Sergeant James Harris of the District III Street Anti-Crimes Squad observed a 1998 Plymouth Breeze, 4door, bearing Fl Tag 627-JJM near N. Nebraska Ave & E. Floribraska Ave. As it matched the description of one of the vehicles involved in the shooting incident, he ran the tag. The registration check showed that the vehicle was reported as stolen through the Pasco County Sheriffs Office on February 11, 2008.Sgt Harris continued to follow the vehicle until additional officers responded to stop it. The vehicle was successfully boxed in at Nebraska Ave & E. 3rd Ave. As officers approached the vehicle, they observed the driver jump into the...

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Andrew Wright pulling a gun on someone during a football game

Tavares police took down a man for pulling a gun on someone during a football game.Police searched for the suspect, Andrew Wright, for 30 minutes and finally found him at a home on Sinclair Avenue in Tavares. Police said Wright was playing football when he got into an argument with another player and threatened to shoot him."They showed up at the house, wanting to get in the back door and everything saying that they was after him," said Tony Steward who lives at the house police thought Wright was hiding inside.police were also investigating a stolen car they found parked behind the same home on Sinclair Aven...

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Firm that transports prisoners the real CONAIR in court.

The arrest of Eric Scott Kindley, 39, was part of an FBI airport security initiative that has led to the filing of four criminal cases in the last few months, prosecutors said. Kindley surrendered to federal law enforcement, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He is president of Court Services Inc., a Riverside-based company that transports prisoners. Kindley and an employee, Gary Douglas Garratt, 54, of Mountain View, were named in a federal grand jury indictment last Friday. The indictment alleges Kindley instructed Garratt to transport a prisoner from Phoenix to Honolulu. When the airline advised Kindley that two armed law enforcement officers must accompany a prisoner on flights longer than four hours, Kindley instructed Garratt to drive to Los Angeles and take a flight from there....

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Dennis Robert White must spend 16 years behind bars without parole for the fatal shooting of aspiring artist Lee Matasi.

"pitilessness and randomness" of his crime, a judge ruled Friday that Dennis Robert White must spend 16 years behind bars without parole for the fatal shooting of aspiring artist Lee Matasi.White, 30, was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder and received the mandatory life sentence, with a minimum of 10 years in jail with no parole.Because the jury made no recommendation on a possible increase in parole ineligibility up to a maximum of 25 years, a hearing was then held for submissions on that issue.The Crown asked that White be held in prison for between 15 and 18 years without parole, calling the December 2005 killing outside a Vancouver nightclub an "execution-style" shooting and arguing that White's possession of cocaine indicated his involvement in drug dealing.White's lawyer...

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Stephen Kazmierczak "outstanding" student and a "disturbed individual."

Authorities are describing the gunman who killed five students at Northern Illinois University yesterday as both an "outstanding" student and a "disturbed individual."Police say Stephen Kazmierczak carried a shotgun hidden in a guitar case and three handguns onto the campus. They say he bought the weapons legally and had a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card required of all Illinois residents who own guns.Campus police say Kazmierczak "had stopped taking medication and become somewhat erratic in the last couple of weeks." But they declined to provide details.In Lakeland, Florida, the gunman's father briefly came to the door of his home and asked reporters to leave him alone. Saying "this is a very hard time," Robert Kazmierczak said he would make no statements, then broke down in te...

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Carlos Leon,Christopher Ault,Jordan Cole

"Two of these thugs are 17-year-old Crips members who were trying to make their bones and they figured by doing a robbery, a carjacking, it would carry some weight in their little criminal enterprise," Chief Mike Chitwood with the Daytona Beach Police Department said.Police believe that if Gibson had not saved herself by jumping out of her trunk she possibly would have been killed as part of the gang behavior. Charity Gibson, 26, said she was forced into the trunk of her car at gunpoint during Tuesday's incident."I'm glad personally, and maybe this sounds a little bit crazy but I’m glad it happened to me, because I was prepared, rather than to somebody else," Gibson said. "Hopefully these guys will get justice."Police said two teenage gang members, Carlos Leon, 17, and Christopher Ault, 17,...

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Kenrick Rowe,Juno Daniel was banned by a court from having a firearm for 10 years for a previous incident involving a firearm.

Kenrick Rowe, 31, and Juno Daniel, 25, both of Toronto, are charged with robbery while armed, possessing an unregistered restricted firearm, possessing a restricted firearm with ammunition, possessing a restricted knowing it's unauthorized, and wearing a disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence. Daniel is also charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a firearm with prohibited. banned from having a firearm for a decade by a court was arrested with a loaded handgun following a store robbery in Etobicoke. Toronto holdup Det.-Sgt. John Brown said uniformed officers recovered the 9 mm pistol in a high-risk takedown at Alliance Ave. and Rockcliffe Blvd. shortly after the 9:41 p.m. Thursday robbery of the Islington Ave. shop. Brown said plainclothes officers spotted a vehicle...

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Gun tracker

Criminals don't sit still. They move from place to place, Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray s Cooperative police work among cities on the Route 222 corridor in recent years has helped track individual criminals and gangs, Gray said.And the guns they use, Gray said, also often don't stay in one place. New technology and cooperative efforts discussed at a conference this week in Baltimore can be used to track those guns on an even larger scale.Gray and mayors from 11 cities from New York to Annapolis met Wednesday and agreed to share ballistics information that could link guns to crimes used in different cities.A presentation to the mayors focused on shell casings from one handgun that showed it had been used in crimes in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, he said.A criminal caught with that gun...

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Reports this morning say the victim may have been killed by the Real IRA on suspicion of being an informer.

Dissident republicans are reported to be the prime suspects in the murder of a young man whose body was found near the border in Co Donegal last night. The victim, who was in his early 20s and from Strabane in Co Tyrone, was found shot dead in Donnyloop, near the village of Castlefin, at around 7.30pm.The scene has been preserved pending a technical examination today.Reports this morning say the victim may have been killed by the Real IRA on suspicion of being an inform...

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Stockton police arrested Chanreasmey Prum

Stockton police arrested Chanreasmey Prum, 21, and booked him into the San Joaquin County Jail on suspicion of murder and street terrorism in the shooting death Friday of 13-year-old Aaron Kelly at Stockton's Louis Park. Prum also faces other felony and misdemeanor charges from a previous incid...

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Fugitive of the Week Jermaine McBee

U.S. marshals arrested fugitive Jermaine McBee about 12:30 p.m. today at a house in the 10500 block of Garfield Avenue.McBee, 36, was hiding in a closet and refused to come out, Marshal Pete Elliott said. "So he had to be Tasered," he said.McBee was a Fugitive of the Week last month. A tipster helped marshals locate him, Elliott said.McBee is accused of selling guns in Cleveland, including a Mac 10 submachine gun marshals confiscated during a previous arrest. He has convictions for felonious assault, burglary and drug trafficking, which makes it illegal for him to have a g...

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Joseph "Fat Joe" Agate,; Joseph "Joe Rackets" Casiere, 72, of Toms River; Cody Farrell,; Ronald Flam,Gotti associates

Joseph "Fat Joe" Agate, 60, of Manchester; Joseph "Joe Rackets" Casiere, 72, of Toms River; Cody Farrell, 29, of Manalapan; Ronald Flam, 35, of Jackson; and Michael King, 41, of Freehold.indicted are Gotti associates who prosecutors said were part of a committee that helped the crime family's heir, John A. "Junior" Gotti, run the operation during the initial years of his father's imprisonment.John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico of Hillsdale, the 71-year-old reputed to be the acting boss, was charged with being at the top of the broad racketeering conspiracy. Nicholas Corozzo, 67, was accused of extorting construction companies, running a major illegal gambling operation in Queens, and ordering a gangland hit that also took a bystander's life in 1996.The allegations against the gang were the usual...

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shooting in northwest Jacksonville

man is at Shands Jacksonville with non life-threatening injuries following a shooting in northwest Jacksonville.Police say someone in a car drove up to man walking down Daniel Street near Kings Road and shot him in the face.Police have no witnesses or suspec...

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Joshua K. Martin shooting into an occupied dwelling

Joshua K. Martin, 19, has been booked into the Shawnee County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied dwelling. Pankratz said police were called to the 300 block of S.E. 34th at about 2:20 a.m. on a report of shots fired at a residence. Their investigation led them to Martin. No one was injured in the shooting. Pankratz said police were called to the same residence at about 9:15 p.m. Monday on a report of shots fired. No one was injured and that case remains under investigation. Police also are investigating a report of a shooting into a residence at about 2:30 a.m. today in the 3400 block of S.W. Atwood. No one was injur...

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Marcian Missick,Jeffier Nelson shot

Two men were shot in a drive-by shooting in the parking lot of the Tradewinds Apartments early Tuesday morning, police said.According to Police Press Officer Superintendent Basil Rahming, around 12:20am, three males traveling inside a champagne coloured van pulled up in the parking lot of Tradewinds Apartments on Adventurers Way.Before they were able to exit the vehicle, someone opened fire on the van from behind, shattering the windows and hitting two of the men, police said.The trio pulled off and drove to the Central Police Station on the Mall, where they reported the incident, according to Mr. Rahming. He said an ambulance transported the two injured males to hospital.They were identified as Marcian Missick, 36, of Hawksbill and Jeffier Nelson, 33, of Bass Lane.Their injuries were reportedly...

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Tyriek M. Tyner stopped by police, and a .22-caliber handgun was recovered.

Tyriek M. Tyner, 18, was charged Monday.According to the charges:Three people, described by police as victims, went to the Brookdale Library on the afternoon of Feb. 5 on Shingle Creek Parkway and were approached by three other people, one of them Tyner. The two groups began arguing inside the library.The victims left the library and walked toward the Best Buy store across the street. Tyner and the other two in his group left the library in a white car.As the first three walked past the Best Buy, the driver of the car shot at the victims. No one was hurt.Tyner was stopped in the car several days later by police, and a .22-caliber handgun was recover...

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well-known hitman murders Dale George Henry has rocked the tight-knit expat community in Thailand

Dale George Henry, 48, was shot point blank in the head Feb. 3 in his home in Ranong, Thailand. His 27-year-old wife, a Thai woman who married him five years ago, is accused of hiring a hitman so she could collect on his $1-million life insurance policy.Now, Mary-Jane Matheson is left worrying about making arrangements, not for funeral flowers, but her own safety.Hire security -- that's the first thing we'll want to do. I'm frightened of hitmen," Matheson said before boarding a flight Monday night to Vancouver"I've been told to go straight to the embassy. I'm going to ask them to have somebody pick me up."Family learned of Henry's death only last Tuesday, when his brother Richard was contacted by police at his home in Victoria.Richard has flown to the southeast Asian country and will sit inside...

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Paddy Doyle gangland "soldier" from Dublin

Russian mafia hitmen shot dead Paddy Doyle on the Costa del Sol, senior gardai claimed this weekend.'Doyle was typical of the third generation of gangland "soldier" from Dublin. He was aggressive, showy and started fights at a whim. He and his ilk are unlike the older Irish criminal types on the Costa who live a very quiet life and just get on with their business. Our intelligence suggests Doyle simply crossed the people you don't cross on the Costa, the Russians.'Doyle, the survivor of a vicious criminal turf war in south Dublin which has claimed at least 10 lives, was gunned down in Estepona last Monday. Veteran detectives with the Garda Siochana's 'Operation Anvil', the drive against Dublin's crime gangs, said the 27-year-old had beaten up a close relative of a Russian mafia leader based...

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Edwin G. Edgley, 54, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of second-degree assault-domestic violence.

Edwin G. Edgley, 54, was arrested on suspicion of two counts of second-degree assault-domestic violence.Edgley's family members told deputies that he pointed a semiautomatic pistol at his wife and adult son and threatened to shoot everyone who got in the way of his shooting another adult son who was not at the house.At around 8:30 p.m., deputies, along with members of the Tactical Detective Unit, the regional SWAT team and a tracking dog team, surrounded the house.Edgley's wife and son had left the house, at 6511 N.E. 73rd Court, but Edgley remained inside. According to a sheriff's office bulletin, Edgley reportedly had access to a high-powered rifle and was making suicidal threats.The sheriff's office hostage negotiator convinced Edgley to leave the house at 9:34.Edgley then tried to run...

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firefighter drive-by shooting outside a Comfort Suites hotel.

Charles "Chucky" Whitaker is not coming back. And now, his wife, his teenage daughter, a stepson who recently joined the Navy, and an extended family of Dallas firefighters are left to wonder why.The 38-year-old firefighter was put on life support after a drive-by shooting early Monday that seriously injured him and a colleague. Police in Peoria, Ariz., say that doctors pronounced Mr. Whitaker dead early Wednesday.His family stood by his bedside as the life-support devices were removed, Dallas Fire Chief Eddie Burns said."We do not claim to understand the issues surrounding this tragic incident that led to the untimely demise of our brother," the chief said Wednesday. "What I can tell you is that Charles 'Chucky' Whitaker led a life rich in meaning. His contribution to the department and to...

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Sgt. Michael Ciresi is charged with 10 counts

Albert E. DeRobbio Jr., a former state trooper who is a son of the chief judge of Rhode Island District Court, testified in Superior Court that he struck up an acquaintance with informant Mark Pine while he was serving a 30-day sentence for violating a no-contact order. He said Pine told him he had been arrested after a home invasion in Pawtucket, where he tried to steal drugs and money.“He told me he got the gun from a policeman’s glove compartment. He was laughing that the policeman didn’t know he had taken the gun from his car,” said DeRobbio, recalling a conversation he said took place in April 2005. According to that conversation, Pine thought the break-in at the home of drug dealers on East Avenue, Pawtucket, would be an “easy score” because he believed no drug dealer would call the...

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Collin Hawkins used a gun to carjack a man in Baltimore

Collin Hawkins used a gun to carjack a man in Baltimore on Nov. 22, 2006, and was arrested less than a month later after shooting a city police officer in Northeast Baltimore, according to city police.In connection with the shooting of the officer, Hawkins was convicted of possession of a firearm by a felon and using a firearm in a violent crime, according to prosecutors. He also was convicted of carjacking for the Nov. 22 incident.Federal authorities said Hawkins had been previously convicted in state courts on five drug-related arrests in five years. That made him eligible for the "three strikes" law that enables prosecutors to see a long prison sentence for his recent conviction."We pursued this case in federal court because, as a result of Collin Hawkins' criminal record, this conviction...

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Robert Allen Young, 24, guilty Wednesday of armed robbery and assault and battery with intent to kill

Jurors found Robert Allen Young, 24, guilty Wednesday of armed robbery and assault and battery with intent to kill after a three-day trial in Spartanburg. Prosecutors said Young shot Dixon "Dick" Ijioma, 48, twice in the head during a holdup at about midnight on Nov. 1, 2006.sentenced to 50 years in prison in the 2006 non-fatal shooting and robbery of a local cab driverCircuit Judge Derham Cole levied the sentence, and Young must serve 85 percent of the prison term before he is eligible for release, according to the 7th Circuit Solicitor's Office.Police said Young was riding in Ijioma's taxi when he attacked him near the corner of Longview Drive and Belmont Street, then stole his cab. Ijioma was able to run to Mamasun Cocktails and Dreams on Whitney Road, where employees called 911.Ijioma...

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Operation Trilogy

Armed police raided a "charity hostel" after it became linked with gang crime.The intelligence-led operation targeting members of the notorious Ghetto Boys gang was launched last Wednesday morning.Police from Lewisham police's proactive gang disruption team Operation Trilogy were backed up by officers from the Met's specialist firearms unit CO19.They burst into St Christopher's Fellowship home in Boyne Road, Lewisham, at around 2am and recovered two handguns capable of firing 13 rounds of ammunition, and a silencer.Seven people were arrested.Detective Inspector Sarah Davies, from Operation Trilogy, said: "Since the turn of the year Operation Trilogy has taken five guns off the streets, which can only make our communities safer."The suspects, all aged under 26, are being quizzed at a South...

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Drive-by shooting in Desert Hot Springs.

Police arrested two men and two juveniles Sunday in connection to a drive-by shooting in Desert Hot Springs.The suspects were spotted in a vehicle on Palm Drive at Third Street about 12 p.m., according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department.Officers tried to pull them over, but the suspect vehicle sped off. One of the passengers, Anthony Paez, ran from the vehicle but was later captured.Police arrested the driver, Miguel Ruiz, on charges of felony evasion. The juveniles were arrested on several felony charges, according to the police department. One of them had two loaded handguns.They were taken to Riverside County Juvenile Hall in Indio.The other suspects were booked into the Riverside County Jail in Ind...

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Brandon Coffman, 17, was taken into custody by Columbus SWAT officers on Vendome Drive this afternoon.

Brandon Coffman, 17, was taken into custody by Columbus SWAT officers on Vendome Drive this afternoon.The teen is charged with a delinquency count of murder in the shooting death of Kenyanna Bradley, 21.Bradley was on her front porch on Kelton Avenue on Oct. 28, 2006, when four males in a car pulled up and one began shooting. She was shot in the back while trying to run into the front door, authorities said.On Wednesday, Paul K. Hayes, 20, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Bradley's death. Christian Domis, assistant prosecutor, said that Hayes and Coffman fired several shots into the apartment building, the site of a previous confrontation, and that Bradley was not the intended target.Coffman, whose address police didn't provide, became...

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Rey Alberto Davis-Bell, 23, is accused of shooting to death Degene Berecha Deshasa

Rey Alberto Davis-Bell, 23, is accused of shooting to death Degene Berecha Deshasa, 31, an Ethiopian immigrant who owned the restaurant Philadelphia Cheese Steak at 23rd Avenue and East Union Street.King County prosecutors say Davis-Bell also fired at a customer, seriously injuring him, and a restaurant employee.Last Wednesday's shooting left Dashasa's friends and relatives mourning and questioning why anyone would want to hurt the man.An owner of the same restaurant was shot to death a few blocks away in 2003; the case remains unsolved.Police said Davis-Bell, who was also charged with illegally possessing a gun, is a gang member with a prison record. His alleged rampage began earlier that day, when police say he fired at least nine times through the window of his ex-girlfriend's West Seattle...

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You can do dial-a-gun in Glasgow. You can have a gun in a couple of hours to order.

"Gun crime is up and, if it is not parallel with London, it is not far behind. You can do dial-a-gun in Glasgow. You can have a gun in a couple of hours to order."Detective Chief Superintendent John Carnochan, of Strathclyde's Violence Reduction Unit, said: "Although knives are the weapon of choice, firearms are used in homicides and we are vigilant about emerging trends."The issue is not what weapon is used to kill but rather the loss of a lif...

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James Jackson of Crotona Park is facing charges for the Saturday attack on Tim Kim

A 44-year-old man was arrested in the shooting of an Athlete's Foot worker in the Bronx and was awaiting arraignment Tuesday night, officials said. James Jackson of Crotona Park is facing a slew of charges for the Saturday attack on Tim Kim, 17, in a Fordham store, police said. The victim, who is brain-dead, remained on life support at St.Barnabas Hospital while doctors prepared to harvest his organs, said his girlfriend, Kerrylee Ways,...

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Patrick Doyle was hit by Costa del Sol gang in Estepona

Spanish police are investigating possible links between a massive cocaine seizure on the Costa del Sol yesterday and the murder of Irish drug dealer Patrick Doyle. Eight men, including one Irishman, were arrested following the seizure of 115kg of the drug close to where Doyle was shot dead on Monday in Estepona.Spanish officials say the men in custody may have links to the murder.They also believe the 27-year-old Dubliner was shot dead by rival drugs traffickers in Spain rather than as a result of an Irish gangland feud.Meanwhile, an Irishman who was with Doyle at the time of his murder is understood to have come forward to the policePolice hunting...

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Dexter Cox

Dexter Cox has been charged with first degree murder. According to a Police Affidavit, Cox confessed to shooting Vidulich, taking his gun and his Ford Explorer - then setting the S-U-V on fire.Another affidavit says Cox was arrested Wednesday in connection to a shooting outside Frayser High School. Police found him, searched a nearby home and found a gun they say was stolen from the Officer's home. Investigators then realized they had their guy.Mack McKinna has some harsh words for Cox, calling him "a little 18 year-old punk, who killed a good policeman." McKinna, and other neighbors are happy to hear an arrest has been made. The crime scene tape is still outside Vidulich's home. Since Monday, there has been a constant police presence - squad cars, and the CSI Command Post is still across...

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Why was Martin Foley shot.

The grim reality of the attempt on Martin Foley's life began to sink in after the middle of last week when his body, weakened from three previous gun attacks, began to react severely to infection caused by the latest bullet wounds. Foley's spleen had been destroyed in one of the previous attacks. A normal healthy person can survive well enough without one, but the spleen is a necessary organ for helping the body repair itself from blood infection and Foley's is no longer there to do the job. He was "touch and go" on Thursday morning.Senior garda sources said yesterday that while they can't be sure what will happen in terms of serious gangland crime in Ireland this year, they are certain that there are enough live disputes between gangs to ensure that there will be more killing in the coming...

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Jorge “Rivi” Ayala

contract killer Jorge “Rivi” Ayala, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben says: “He told me where there is a body buried in Miami, by the Florida turnpike. It’s all developed now, malls and condominiums. He knows where all the bodies are buried. We told the police. I think he told the police too. I just don’t think they care.” Now serving three life sentences for 12 counts of murder, Rivi is a chillingly cool customer. He affably reels off the names of the victims he dispatched as if he were running through a shopping list. “The guy is one of the most pleasant interview subjects, the most laid-back, easy-going, polite, friendly and simple to...

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