MMA Stomping Grounds: UFC fighter Tito Ortiz arrested - Mixed martial arts blog by The Baltimore Sun - baltimoresun.com

MMA Stomping Grounds: UFC fighter Tito Ortiz arrested - Mixed martial arts blog by The Baltimore Sun - baltimoresun.com: "Tito Ortiz has been arrested, on a felony domestic violence charge, according to TMZ.They are reporting that his wife Jenna Jameson had “visible injuries” when the cops arrived at the Huntington Beach Bad Boy's house in California.Ortiz was recently a coach on “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series on Spike TV. He was supposed to fight Chuck Liddell in the season finale. But was replaced by light heavyweight Rich Franklin because of personal issues with his famil...

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"Most Wanted" fugitives has been extradited from the island of Antigua in the West Indies

One of Hudson County's "Most Wanted" fugitives has been extradited from the island of Antigua in the West Indies after his arrest by local authorities working with the U.S. Marshals Service, county officials said yesterday."We appreciate, as always, the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, especially since we were dealing with an international fugitive," said Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio of Wednesday's arrest of Weston Gordon, 45, formerly of Clendenny Avenue.Several Caribbean newspapers reporting on Gordon's arrest refer to him as an ex-police officer, but no additional...

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updated 4:47 p.m. ET April 23, 2010 CAMP HILL, Pa. - Police are investigating a corrections officer for allegedly smuggling drugs and cell phones into

updated 4:47 p.m. ET April 23, 2010 CAMP HILL, Pa. - Police are investigating a corrections officer for allegedly smuggling drugs and cell phones into the Camp Hill State Pris...

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When I was a “police officer”

When I was a “police officer” back in the early ’70s the transformation was just starting to take place from a mentality of a public servant working for the citizens to “law enforcement”. The first I noticed of it was when the police departments started preferential hiring of ex-military people returning from Viet Nam. They started introducing military tactics into the department, including the first SWAT team. They quit referring to people on the street as citizens and started calling them “civilians”, or more commonly “assholes”. “They looked for opportunities to use their new toys provided...

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Police: Man Shot To Death Inside Car In Newport - Cincinnati breaking news, weather radar, traffic from 9News | Channel 9 WCPO.com

Police: Man Shot To Death Inside Car In Newport - Cincinnati breaking news, weather radar, traffic from 9News | Channel 9 WCPO.com: "Police continue to investigate after an altercation leads to a deadly shooting in Newport Thursday evening.Newport police say the altercation began at the River Crest Apartment Complex in Newport Thursday around 7:30 p.m.Investigators say a man in his mid-30's was then shot and killed inside a moving car on Columbia Street between 4th and 5th streets.Police say a .9mm gun was recovered in the car. Whether that is the gun used in the shooting has not been released.'There...

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IRAN: FOUR HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

IRAN: FOUR HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING: "Iran hanged four men in a prison in the southeastern province of Kerman for drug smuggling, Iran's Students News Agency reported, quoting local judicial authorities without saying when the hangings took place. The report identified the executed men as Mehdi N., Feizollah B., Nazar B. and Gholam ...

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Australia's 'smiling assassin' killed in high security prison - Telegraph

Australia's 'smiling assassin' killed in high security prison - Telegraph: "locked in a maximum security section of a Victorian jail, he was bludgeoned over the head with the stem of an exercise bike by a fellow inmate. He later went into cardiac arrest and died. The murder, if it is linked to Williams's criminal activity before he entered prison, would make him the 30th victim of a vicious gangland war, which he stoked between 1999 and 2006. 'the baby-faced killer' and 'the smiling assassin' Williams, 39, was serving three life sentences for the killing of five underworld figures. With a minimum...

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Woman guilty of running Glasgow brothel - Crime Gossip

Woman guilty of running Glasgow brothel - Crime Gossip: "Sheriff court: Woman guilty of running brothel A woman could face a jail term after being convicted of running a brothel in Glasgow. Ruth Hewson was found guilty of assisting in the management of the New Blythswood Sauna, in the Anderston area, on November 13 2008. The 56-year-old had gone on trial last month at Glasgow Sheriff Court. Hewson, who lives in the city's leafy Dalziel Drive, Pollokshields, was due to be sentenced on Mond...

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Fulton sheriff's deputy caught with cocaine, pot | ajc.com

Fulton sheriff's deputy caught with cocaine, pot  | ajc.com: "Fulton County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Friday night for drug possession, authorities said. More Atlanta/Fulton news » Deputy Jacqueline Dunn was charged with cocaine and marijuana possession, but it is unclear how much of either drug she had on her at the time of her arrest.Atlanta police picked Dunn up in Adams Park in southwest Atlanta, authorities said.Fulton County Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said Dunn will be placed on indefinite suspension and is being investigated by the Sheriff’s office’s internal affairs...

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Despite Death Row settlement, still a fight :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime

Despite Death Row settlement, still a fight :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Chicago Crime: "Wallace 'Gator' Bradley received an undisclosed settlement for his work on former Death Row inmate Aaron Patterson's court cases last week.A court hearing last week pitted Bradley, a former Gangster Disciples enforcer, against Patterson, who appeared via a closed-circuit TV feed from a federal prison where he's serving a gun conviction.In Patterson's gun case and wrongful-conviction lawsuit that led to a $5 million settlement with the city, Bradley had accompanied him in court as a so-called 'urban translator.'Once...

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The Associated Press: Drug smuggler arrested in bestiality case in Wash.

The Associated Press: Drug smuggler arrested in bestiality case in Wash.: "convicted cocaine smuggler has been arrested for running what authorities say appears to be a bestiality farm in Washington state in which visitors could engage in all sorts of twisted sex acts with animals.Douglas Spink was arrested at his ramshackle, heavily wooded compound near the Canadian border in Whatcom County along with a 51-year-old tourist from Great Britain who is accused of having sex with three dogs.Dozens of dogs, horses and pet mice were seized, along with what investigators described as thousands of images...

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The Press Association: Premier league footballer 'threatened by gang'

The Press Association: Premier league footballer 'threatened by gang': "member of a south London gang told the BBC that one Premier League player had grown up with gang members and now had to pay them protection money or risk being attacked and having his career ended.The gang member said: 'The people above me have ordered this person that he has to pay them a certain amount of money every couple of months.'That's just in case, so no one can touch you for three or four years but you are still paying that money every three months to keep yourself safe.'It's £15,000 every two or three months, that...

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Dutch to raise minimum age for prostitutes to 21

Dutch to raise minimum age for prostitutes to 21: "Dutch government said yesterday it plans to raise the legal minimum age for prostitution to 21 from 18 as part of stricter permit rules for brothels and registration requirements for prostitutes.Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin has sent the proposal to Parliament as an addition to legislation which updates the law regulating prostitution and sex businesses. “People at the age of 21 can make a better judgment about working as a prostitute than 18 year olds; also they are better equipped to deal and negotiate with clients,” the Ministry of Justice...

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Police probe Steven Purcell on 'drugs and corruption' - Scotsman.com

Police probe Steven Purcell on 'drugs and corruption' - Scotsman.com: "Glasgow Council leader Steven Purcell was last night at the heart of a full-scale criminal investigation.The former Labour councillor is facing a police inquiry which is understood to centre on his admitted use of cocaine and allegations of corruption.In an unusual move Strathclyde Police yesterday formally confirmed the 37-year-old was under investigation.Their announcement came after one of Mr Purcell's closest allies was questioned at a Glasgow police station on Wednesday by the force's elite group of detectives, the Major...

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CTV Montreal - Police demand leads to strip club closure - CTV News

CTV Montreal - Police demand leads to strip club closure - CTV News: "Club Temptation, on Ste. Catherine at Mansfield, was a hangout for street gang members, and officers were worried the club would become the scene of a deadly shootout.The club is owned by Richard Goodridge, who reportedly co-founded a gang called The 67 ten years ago with Ducarme Joseph.Over the years the pair had a falling-out, and Goodridge is now considered to be an associate of the Mafia.Last month Joseph escaped an attempt on his life that left two men dead, and injured two more, and police are worried that Joseph's associates...

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Sisters sentenced for smuggling suspected drug money | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Sisters sentenced for smuggling suspected drug money | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "San Benito sisters were sentenced to federal prison Monday for trying to smuggle into Mexico nearly $400,000 of suspected drug money that had been picked up in Houston.Zu-Haidy Berenice Torres, 31, and Karla Judith Torres, 25, were each sentenced to two years in prison for evading a currency reporting requirement, according to federal authorities.They each must also serve three years of supervised release.They were convicted Jan. 7 after pleading guilty.Federal officials said the pair...

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A1 gang member smuggled phone and drugs into jail | Derby Evening Telegraph Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET

A1 gang member smuggled phone and drugs into jail | Derby Evening Telegraph Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET: "Jacob Alps passed the phone, anabolic steroids and cannabis to a 40-year-old inmate at Nottingham Prison.The 20-year-old was under an anti-social behaviour order at the time of the offence, after a district judge said she was satisfied he was a member of the notorious Derby gang, the A1 Crew.The gang has been linked to a number of firearms incidents in Derby.For the latest smuggling offence Alps was jailed for 15 months.Judge Jonathan Teare said: 'The Court of Appeal says that those...

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Hamburg Police Seize 1.4 Tons of Cocaine in Biggest German Haul - BusinessWeek

Hamburg Police Seize 1.4 Tons of Cocaine in Biggest German Haul - BusinessWeek: "Police in the German port of Hamburg seized 1.3 metric tons (1.4 tons) of cocaine concealed in wood briquettes shipped from Paraguay, the biggest-ever haul of the drug in Germany.In nationwide raids that followed interception of the drug shipment yesterday, police made seven arrests, seizing cash and searching 19 properties with suspected links to the crime. Further individuals are being investigated, Hamburg police said today in a statement.The cocaine, hidden in more than 1,240 compressed sawdust bricks, is of a...

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cocaine king" Darko Saric allegedly planned the assassination of Serbian President Boris Tadic

Balkan criminal gang accused of drugs smuggling and led by "cocaine king" Darko Saric allegedly planned the assassination of Serbian President Boris Tadic, officials said Monday.The Serbian secret service had uncovered several assassination plots targeting Tadic and several other state officials involved in an investigation against Saric and his gang, state secretary for the Ministry of Justice Slobodan Homen told Beta news agency."Because of these and other information, the security level was raised to the highest possible level," he said, adding that the plots were made in retaliation for the...

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Abu Dhabi court has sentenced a woman to life in prison for smuggling a large amount of the sedative valium

Abu Dhabi court has sentenced a woman to life in prison for smuggling a large amount of the sedative valium, in the first such ruling against a woman in the emirate, the local press said Tuesday.The seven-month pregnant Palestinian was arrested in Abu Dhabi while trying to sell part of the shipment, which was valued at 300,000 dirhams (81,677 dollars), to an undercover police officer, The National daily reported.At an earlier hearing on Sunday, prosecutors had called for her to face the death penalty.The woman is expected to give birth in prison, a fact which under United Arab Emirates law must...

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Tribeca '10 | An Insider's Look at the Russian Mafia in Alexander Gentelev's 'Thieves By Law' - indieWIRE

Tribeca '10 | An Insider's Look at the Russian Mafia in Alexander Gentelev's 'Thieves By Law' - indieWIRE: "Russian Mafia: what can’t they do? After this insider’s look into the world of, ahem, “hypothetical” crimes, it’s pretty clear that the answer is nyet. Following the stories of three mafiosi-cum-businessmen, Thieves By Law paints a fascinating tableau of men that would make Tony Soprano cringe. Most intriguing, though, are their personal histories interwoven with the evolution of the Russian Mafia itself. Beginning in Stalin’s gulags and slowly transforming into an international organization,...

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UK's Anti-Gun Unit "Operation Trident" present rented replica guns on national TV as recovered il, page 1

UK's Anti-Gun Unit "Operation Trident" present rented replica guns on national TV as recovered il, page 1: "Here at Mick's Guns we are often asked if we have replica guns to hire out for film and theatre work. We actually have quite a collection, and this collection will significantly increase when Operation Trident are forced to return all of Mick's possessions. You may remember seeing Mick's replica guns used by Operation Trident in their media fiasco, telling the British public they have taken real guns off the street, holding them in certain ways that hid the tell tale signs they were actually...

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Murphy 'shocked' over gangster at fundraiser - Scotsman.com News

Murphy 'shocked' over gangster at fundraiser - Scotsman.com News: "Scottish Secretary was forced to deny a gangster had contributed to his election campaign after a notorious underworld figure was spotted at a Labour Party event.Jim Murphy said he was 'shocked' that Lewis Rodden – who is known as 'Scooby' and was jailed in 2005 for extortion – had been seen at the fundraising dinner in the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow last month.He was compelled to deny that Mr Rodden, who was shot in the chest in Amsterdam in an attempted gangland hit in 2001, had contributed to Labour Party coffers at the event,...

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SCOTLAND NEWS INFORMATION BLOG.: MURPHY EMBROILED IN GANGSTER SCANDAL

SCOTLAND NEWS INFORMATION BLOG.: MURPHY EMBROILED IN GANGSTER SCANDAL: "Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy and the Labour party face serious questionstoday after reports a convicted gangster - on first name terms with aLabour member of Strathclyde Police board - attended a fundraiser for hiselection campaign.This is not the first time Scottish Labour has been exposed over links toconvicted criminals, drug dealers and gangsters, with the Red Rose dinnerin 2002 and most recently revelations that Labour's former leader inGlasgow was interviewed by the SCDEA over links to organised crime.Following reports...

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Hundreds of Hells Angels gang members converge for funeral | Herald Sun

Hundreds of Hells Angels gang members converge for funeral | Herald Sun: "HUNDREDS of Hells Angels gang members from around the world have converged in Adelaide for the funeral of former member George Petropoulos, The Advertiser reported. Mr Petropoulos, 44, died of a heart attack in Sydney last month.Once charged with murdering three members of an opposition outlaw motorcycle club, Mr Petropoulos was cleared in that 1999 case when prosecutors dropped the charges because witnesses would not testify.Meanwhile five members of the Hells Angels in town for the funeral were due to appear in the Adelaide...

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'Fagin' gang mutilated kids | The Sun |News

'Fagin' gang mutilated kids | The Sun |News: "Cops say the gang of modern-day Fagins had sneaked 168 kids aged seven to 15 into the country for 'criminal activities'. Gang members believed disabled children were more likely to evoke pity in passers-by, so maimed their own children to increase their earning potential. This included deliberately breaking their arms and legs. Romanian police also confirmed that 17 people were now in custody as a result of raids in the gipsy dominated village of Tandarei in Ialomita county, southern Romania. Those in custody can be held for up to 29 days while investigations...

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6 suspected gang members arrested in Livermore

6 suspected gang members arrested in Livermore: "alleged Norteño gang members went after people they thought were rival Sureños, but in many cases their targets were innocent Latinos, said Livermore police Lt. Ava Garavatti.The crimes were committed at the behest of Norteño gang leaders who directed that Sureños be attacked 'on sight,' Garavatti said.The most serious incident was the Oct. 26 stabbing death of a man near Walnut Street and Livermore Avenue. The victim, whose name wasn't released, was mistaken for a rival gang member, police said. Raul Martinez Jr., 25, was arrested Wednesday on...

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Goldman seeks to foreclose on Tiger apology resort | Business News | Reuters

Goldman seeks to foreclose on Tiger apology resort | Business News | Reuters: "Goldman Sachs Mortgage Co, which holds the $193 million senior mortgage on the Sawgrass Marriott golf resort, said owner RQB Resort LP filed for bankruptcy protection on March 1, a day before a hearing was scheduled to foreclose on the property, according to court documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Middle District of Florida.Bankruptcy is often used to head off foreclosure as it bars most creditors from collecting what they are owed.Goldman said the property today was worth less than the mortgage and that...

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Teachers charged with smuggling alcohol - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Teachers charged with smuggling alcohol - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Two school teachers have been charged with smuggling alcohol into a dry community in the remote Kimberley.Two years ago, Wangkatjungka became the first Aboriginal community in the state where it became illegal to possess or consume alcohol, under section 175 of the liquor act.Acting on a tip-off, police allege they found alcohol in the two teachers' government house and in their car.Inspector Jim Cave says it is a disappointing situation.'We're obviously not very happy. It takes a fair amount of work to...

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Mexican Ring Smuggled Hundreds of Pounds of Meth a Month into Southern California : Eastern Group Publications

Mexican Ring Smuggled Hundreds of Pounds of Meth a Month into Southern California : Eastern Group Publications: "Ten people in LA and the Inland Empire were arrested last Thursday, April 1, for alleged involvement with a Mexico-based drug trafficking ring accused of smuggling 200 pounds of methamphetamine every month into Southern California.According to Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the ring, known as the “Don Chuy Trafficking Organization,” would obtain meth in Mexico and transport it to the U.S. through hidden compartments in false car batteries in vehicles driven across...

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