Govt finally unveils plan for roadside drug testing - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Govt finally unveils plan for roadside drug testing - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "ACT Government has unveiled draft legislation to introduce roadside drug testing.The Legislative Assembly last month gave in principle support to a similar bill put forward by the Liberals.The Greens agreed to hold of debate on the bill until the Government's proposal was unveiled. The Government has been reluctant to support roadside drug testing in the past but released a discussion paper on the issue in March. It has now put forward its own proposal which Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says will...

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British academic studying serial killers held over sick slaying of prostitutes | Herald Sun

British academic studying serial killers held over sick slaying of prostitutes | Herald Sun: "Stephen Griffiths, 40, was arrested after CCTV footage emerged of a woman being executed with a crossbow outside his flat in Bradford, The Sun said.Police fear dismembered body parts of possible victim Suzanne Blamires, 36, may have been eaten or dumped in bin bags.Triple-murder suspect Dr Griffiths was grabbed by armed police after a caretaker discovered horrific CCTV film of a woman being shot in the...

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AFP: Man arrested over prostitute deaths in Bradford

AFP: Man arrested over prostitute deaths in Bradford: "Police have arrested a 40-year-old man over the deaths of three prostitutes in West Yorkshire, while body parts have been found in a river, officers said on Wednesday.The man was detained on Monday and was being questioned on suspicion of murdering the sex workers from the Bradford area.Detectives were quizzing him over the murder of Suzanne Blamires, aged 36, who went missing last Friday, Shelley Armitage, 31, missing since last month, and Susan Rushworth, 43, who disappeared last June.Assistant Chief Constable Jawaid Akhtar of West Yorkshire...

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2 charged with prostitution at Myrtle Beach strip club - WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, Sports

2 charged with prostitution at Myrtle Beach strip club - WMBFNews.com | Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC | News, Weather, Sports: "Two people have been charged with prostitution after Myrtle Beach Police saw them having sex on video, according to a police report.According to a police report, officers were called to Derriere's Gentlemen's Club, 804 Seaboard, St., shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in reference to a group of Hell's Angels bikers. While attempting to locate the bikers, an officer saw two people on surveillance video apparently engaged in various sex acts.The people were identified as Heather...

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Guide to Border Patrol Checkpoints - View From Baja Arizona

Guide to Border Patrol Checkpoints - View From Baja Arizona: "Federal officers can freely stop vehicles for inspection at these checkpoints without any required level of suspicion or justification. That is the law. Most of these checkpoints have separate areas reserved nearby where a vehicle can then be nearly stripped under what is called “secondary inspection”. The referral of a vehicle to “secondary inspection” needs only to be “selective” and does not require any “reasonable suspicion”. “It is best if you do not annoy, abuse, alarm, alert, tease, torment, or disturb a Border Patrol Agent at...

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News - South Africa: Rolex gangster strikes terror

News - South Africa: Rolex gangster strikes terror: "businessman and his wife had just stopped to swipe a tag to open the gated community's boom gate after a morning of leisurely shopping for expensive watches. Then all hell broke loose.A silver Volkswagen Passat pulled in behind them at high speed and rammed the couple's Mercedes-Benz CL 500 Sports.'Instinctively, I knew it was a hijacking or a robbery,' the man sai...

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Revealed: Prison officer sacked for smuggling mobile phone to inmate is still visiting him in jail - The Daily Record

Revealed: Prison officer sacked for smuggling mobile phone to inmate is still visiting him in jail - The Daily Record: "Cara Wright was fired on the spot when she was snared supplying a banned mobile to David Allan - serving life for the murder of Scott McNeil.She was axed from Addiewell prison near West Calder, West Lothian, and Allan was moved to Edinburgh's Saughton prison. The 28-year-old mum is now visiting him there.She is making the journey from her home in Broxburn, West Lothian, every week to spend time with Allan. He was jailed for life with pal Shaun McGrath, 22, for kicking dad-of-one...

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North West Evening Mail | News | Laundering gang told to hand over ill-gotten cash

North West Evening Mail | News | Laundering gang told to hand over ill-gotten cash: "The biggest sum to be reclaimed – £33,803 – represents the realisable assets of Linshu Che, boss of the Wonder Wok takeaway in Howe Street, Barrow.Yesterday’s hearing was told she benefited by £427,635 through her criminal activities.Che, 27, was given three years in prison for her part. The court heard she owned several cars in succession and enjoyed luxury shopping sprees.Her then-boyfriend, chef Tai Wen, 29, received two-and-a-half years in prison. A confiscation order for £260 was made against him. He was...

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M&S model Noemie Lenoir 'attempts suicide' in Paris - Telegraph

M&S model Noemie Lenoir 'attempts suicide' in Paris - Telegraph: "Miss Lenoir, 30, was staying with Claude Makelele, the former Chelsea football star with whom she has a son, when she is thought to have taken a cocktail of drugs and alcohol at his home on Sunday, a police source said. Miss Lenoir, who also fronts campaigns for l'Oréal, Gap, Next and Victoria's Secret, is believed to have called an ambulance before cancelling it a short time later. She was taken to hospital where she was found...

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'I'm hurt by the Prime Minister': Guergis

'I'm hurt by the Prime Minister': Guergis: "Prime Minister Stephen Harper fired MP Helena Guergis for undisclosed allegations of 'criminal behaviour,' she said on Monday in her first public comments about the scandal. But she denied using illegal drugs and said she still does not know what those allegations are, or what she did to get her kicked out of the Conservative par...

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Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Sean Connery in Costa del Sol probe

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Sean Connery in Costa del Sol probe: "SEAN Connery has been ordered to appear before a Spanish magistrate investigating alleged financial irregularities over a house sale deal.The James Bond star, 79, and his wife Micheline Roquebrune, 81, will be quizzed in the millionaires’ playground of Marbella, Costa del Sol. Five lawyers have also been ordered to appear before the court after police raided offices on Wednesday in an operation named Goldfinge...

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Sex-change prostitute strangled - mirror.co.uk

Sex-change prostitute strangled - mirror.co.uk: "man savagely murdered a sex-change prostitute after booking her for an hour, then strangling her and setting her naked body alight to hide his crime, a court heard yesterday.The partly charred body of graduate Andrea Waddell, 29, was found by firefighters in her Brighton flat last October.Satellite installer Neil McMillan, 42, from Brighton, denies murder.The prosecution said Mr McMillan had drunk seven pints of lager before taking a taxi to Ms Waddell's flat. He was 'worked up and angry', they said. It was alleged the pair had sex before he strangled...

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Iran Executes Five Activists, Sending Message to Critics - NYTimes.com

Iran Executes Five Activists, Sending Message to Critics - NYTimes.com: "Iranian government hanged five Kurdish activists, including a woman, on Sunday morning in the Evin prison in Tehran in what appeared to be an effort to intimidate protesters from marking the anniversary of last year’s huge anti-government rallies after the June 12 election. RelatedTimes Topic: IranSunday’s executions brought the total for the weekend to 11. Six men convicted of drug smuggling were hanged on Saturday. For the past few years, Iran has had the highest number of government executions after Chin...

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Rick Ross Denies L.A. Robbery Reports | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street

Rick Ross Denies L.A. Robbery Reports | Street Gangs Resource Center – Los Angeles and California | The Gang Experts | Crips | Bloods | Mara Salvatrucha | 18th Street: "Rapper 40 Glocc has been in the news in the past for running up on out of town rappers who are visiting Los Angeles. So his claims that Rick Ross was robbed in Los Angeles should not be a complete surprise.In an interview with SpliffTv, Rapper Rick Ross has responded to reports that he was robbed of a valuable chain earlier this week in California. Rick Ross addressed the rumors, while announcing the release of a new mixtape/EP...

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George Rekers' explanation is one for the ages - Fred Grimm - MiamiHerald.com

George Rekers' explanation is one for the ages - Fred Grimm - MiamiHerald.com: "Professor George, as he styles himself on his website, ProfessorGeorge.com , offers a vaguely plausible (alcohol might help) explanation. He didn't procure the services of a 20-year-old male prostitute to join him on a 10-day-jaunt through England and Spain for purposes of prostitution. ``Following medical advice Professor George Rekers requires an assistant to lift his luggage in his travels because of an ongoing condition following surgery.'' With a line like that, and a note from a doctor, who knows how many relationships...

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Network of human traffickers forced women into prostitution in Amsterdam | DutchAmsterdam.nl

Network of human traffickers forced women into prostitution in Amsterdam | DutchAmsterdam.nl: "arrest of five pimps and four operators of window brothels in Amsterdam’s Red Light District the Netherlands’ Public Prosecution Service believes it has captured an international network of human traffickers.Enforcing their demands with brute violence the gang forced a large number of women to work as prostitutes. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reports the women, recruited in both Hungary and the Netherlands, were constantly monitored and were ferried between their home and work. They were not allowed...

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Police News - Officers Hunt Transvestite Gangster

Police News - Officers Hunt Transvestite Gangster: "Police in Greater Manchester are investigating after a cross-dressing robber was identified as part of an armed gang who targeted a jewellers shop.The cunning criminal hid his identity under a hijab and burka and was given access to the Capri store in Benson Street, Bury. But as soon as the door was buzzed open three others barged in, one of them terrifying staff with a shotgun.The gang filled their bags, grabbing bangles, rings and lockets before they ran back into the street and were driven away in a waiting getaway car.Police are now appealing...

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Autopsy: Taser didn't kill man, cocaine overdose did :: WRAL.com

Autopsy: Taser didn't kill man, cocaine overdose did :: WRAL.com: "Wayne County man who died in January during an altercation with deputies died of a cocaine overdose, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.Joe Spruill Jr., 33, became unruly as two Wayne County deputies tried to arrest him for disorderly conduct on Jan. 27, authorities said. One deputy fired his Taser at Spruill to subdue him, and while the deputies were waiting for paramedics to arrive, they noticed that Spruill was lying motionless in the road.Spruill's family said he had a heart conditio...

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Grits for Breakfast: Breakup of contraband smuggling ring implicates prison guards

Grits for Breakfast: Breakup of contraband smuggling ring implicates prison guards: "Troubling new details surfaced Wednesday about the depth of illegal smuggling inside Texas' massive prison system, including revealing glimpses into how convicts may be operating drug- and money-laundering rackets with the help of guards and family members.The new information surfaced in 20 pages of court filings in Travis County, revealing that authorities are investigating a 21-year-old Waco woman and at least five convicts for alleged organized criminal activity at the Coffield Unit near Palestine in East Texas.According...

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Police Officer Accused of Helping Gang Rob Drug Dealers - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Police Officer Accused of Helping Gang Rob Drug Dealers - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com: "New York police officer has been arrested on federal charges for his role in helping a violent robbery crew impersonate police officers so they could rob drug traffickers during bogus raids.The officer, Emannuel Tavarez, supplied the crew with raid jackets that bore the “N.Y.P.D.” insignia, as well as badges, bullet-resistant vests and handcuffs, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday.Officer Tavarez, 30, is to be arraigned on Thursday in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District in Brooklyn.The...

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Stabbed boy, 16, dies in arms of his mother after London gang fight - Telegraph

Stabbed boy, 16, dies in arms of his mother after London gang fight - Telegraph: "Nick Pearton, 16, was attacked with such force that the blade of the knife snapped inside his body, police sources said. His mother Kim Wooley, found him after he staggered to a shop near his home in Sydenham, and she cradled him as he died. Dead teenager was stabbed in suspected gang fightThe victim’s father, Vince Pearton, said the family was in deep shock. 'There's nothing I can say, we can't take it in,' he said. The stabbed boy was the seventh teenager to be killed in less than six weeks in London, and the 10th...

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Bollywood Actor Shiney Ahuja Detained on Rape Charges

Bollywood Actor Shiney Ahuja Detained on Rape Charges: "Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was on Sunday detained for questioning by the police on the charge of raping his domestic help and is likely to be put under arrest.“The domestic help, who has been working at Ahuja’s residence in suburban Oshiwara, alleged that the actor had raped her today afternoon,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Niket Kaushik said.“We have registered a FIR and called Ahuja to the police station for questioning in the matter to verify the facts,” he said.The house maid in her complaint has alleged that Ahuja raped her at his...

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Polish Police and Administrative Corruption: Drunken duo tried to run over Policemen with a tractor

Polish Police and Administrative Corruption: Drunken duo tried to run over Policemen with a tractor: "Two patrolling Policemen form Swintokrzyskie province had an interesting and adventurous night. They noticed a tractor without number palates and wanted to stop it for a control. A driver did not stop and hit the Police car and he tried to do this again.In the beginning a Policeman tried to stop a tractor by using a red light torch. A tractor did ignore this sign and crashed into a Police car and later tried to do it again on reverse gear. Later they started to escape. One of Policemen jumped...

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Deputy faces cocaine charge

Deputy faces cocaine charge: "Deputy Jesus R. Contreras, 29, and another man, Ernesto Castro, 38, both of Nogales, Ariz., were indicted on the charges after authorities determined the men conspired to transport 5 kilograms (11 pounds) of cocaine from an unknown date through March 2, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office press release.Contreras was charged with drug trafficking and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. Castro was charged with drug trafficking.Contreras, who had been a deputy for six years, was accused of transporting the cocaine through an Interstate...

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Jewellery gang's £2.5 million raid on De Beers and Tiffany's at Westfield Centre - Telegraph

Jewellery gang's £2.5 million raid on De Beers and Tiffany's at Westfield Centre - Telegraph: "raiders entered through a fire exit into Europe's largest urban shopping mall in the early hours and smashed their way through the two prestige shops, stealing diamond rings, bracelets and necklaces. Security guards and police were alerted by electronic alarms at the Shepherd’s Bush centre, but the gang got away in three cars at about 1.20am, just as police arrived. There was a high-speed chase across west London but the gang escaped. Thieves steal £500k of watches in 'Italian Job' raidThe chief executive...

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ChronicleLive - News - Today's Chronicle - Pensioner hoarded cocaine for son Paul Hayes

ChronicleLive - News - Today's Chronicle - Pensioner hoarded cocaine for son Paul Ha...

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