Liberian teen gets probation in gang-rape of 8-year-old girl

Liberian teen gets probation in rape of child

PHOENIX – A teenage Liberian refugee who pleaded guilty in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix last summer has been sentenced to probation.
A juvenile court judge Wednesday also sent the 15-year-old boy to a secure treatment center for at least a year.
He was the oldest of …. Original source  : Liberian teen gets probation in gang-rape of 8-year-old girl.

British police investigate gunman’s motive in deadly rampage that killed 12

UK police look for motive in shooting spree

WHITEHAVEN, England – British detectives searched for clues to the motive behind a taxi driver’s murderous rampage in a tranquil part of rural England that left 12 people dead and more than two dozen wounded before he committed suicide.
More than 100 officers were scrutinizing why suspected gunman Derrick …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : British police investigate gunman’s motive in deadly rampage that killed 12.

Fake shootout case: Police to seek army officer’s custody (Lead, superseding previous story)

SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir Police will seek the custody of an Indian Army major accused of killing three villagers April 30 in a staged shootout in the Machil sector of the Line of Control (LoC) that divides the state between India and Pakistan.

“The accused officer has been identified as Major Bhupender of 4 …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Fake shootout case: Police to seek army officer’s custody (Lead, superseding previous story).

AP Impact: Despite calls for more troops, data shows US-Mexico border is actually pretty safe

AP Impact: US-Mexico border isn’t so dangerous

MEXICO CITY – It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer.
It’s the U.S.-Mexico border, and even as politicians say more federal troops are needed to fight rising violence, government data obtained by The Associated Press show it actually isn’t so dangerous after all.
The top four …. Read the original article  : AP Impact: Despite calls for more troops, data shows US-Mexico border is actually pretty safe.

Somali security forces free pirated ship after gangs refused to surrender and killed captain

Somali security forces free ship, captain killed

NAIROBI, Kenya – An official in the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland says security forces in his northern region stormed a Panama-flagged cargo vessel taken by pirates a day earlier and freed it.
Minister of Marine Transport and Ports Said Mohamed Raage says authorities decided to free the ship by …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Somali security forces free pirated ship after gangs refused to surrender and killed captain.

British police investigate gunman’s motive in deadly rampage that killed 12, injured 25

UK police look for motive in deadly shooting spree

LONDON – Police in a tranquil part of rural England are searching for the reasons behind a murderous rampage by a taxi driver, who killed 12 people and wounded another 25 before killing himself.
More than 100 officers are investigating the attacks by Derrick Bird. It was Britain’s …. Original source  : British police investigate gunman’s motive in deadly rampage that killed 12, injured 25.

Two suspected Maoists killed in Bihar

PATNA – Two suspected Maoists were killed in a gun battle with police in Bihar’s Munger district Thursday morning, an official said.

Security forces, including the Central Reserve Police Force, surrounded an area near a forest after a tip off that more than 100 Maoists had gathered there, a police official said.
In the gun …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Curtain lifting on former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial 18 months after arrest

Curtain lifting on Blagojevich corruption trial
CHICAGO – Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sees the start of his corruption trial as the end of an 18-month ordeal that began with his humiliating arrest.
Jury selection starts Thursday, and the federal courtroom is expected to be packed.
Blagojevich told a radio audience recently that the … Read more >>>.

Jamaicans wary of new promises to end decades of entrenched ties between politicians, gangs

Jamaica struggles to cut ties between gov’t, gangs

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Before Jamaican security forces stormed into his poor West Kingston neighborhood, George Green got jobs and help with food bills from a fugitive slum boss. Garbage trucks left the cracked streets spotless.
Today, the walls of the Tivoli Gardens housing project are pockmarked with bullets and … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Jamaicans wary of new promises to end decades of entrenched ties between politicians, gangs.

Chile police check hotels, homes in hunt for longtime Holloway suspect sought in Peru killing

Chile police hunt Dutchman sought in Peru killing

LIMA, Peru – Police in neighboring Chile are checking hotels for a young Dutchman long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway who is now being sought in the killing of a woman in Peru.
After Peruvian officials announced Wednesday that Joran van der Sloot is …. Original article  : Chile police check hotels, homes in hunt for longtime Holloway suspect sought in Peru killing.

Police to seek custody of army officer in fake shootout case

SRINAGAR – The Jammu and Kashmir Police will seek the custody of an army officer accused of killing three villagers on April 30 in a staged shootout in Machil sector of the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the state between India and Pakistan.

“The accused officer has been identified as Major Bhupender of 4 Rajput …. Read the original article  : Police to seek custody of army officer in fake shootout case.

Young Dutchman long suspected in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance now sought in Peru killing

Suspect in Holloway case sought in Peru killing

LIMA, Peru – A young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba is the prime suspect in the weekend killing of a Peruvian woman, police said Wednesday.
Joran van der Sloot is being sought for Sunday’s death of 21-year-old Stephany Flores in …. Source  : Young Dutchman long suspected in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance now sought in Peru killing.

Ohio man arrested in Detroit airport breach agrees to 12 months of psychiatric treatment

Man arrested in airport breach agrees to treatment

DETROIT – An Ohio man accused of walking through a passenger screening checkpoint at Detroit Metropolitan Airport without a boarding pass has reached a deal with prosecutors in which he’s undergoing psychiatric treatment.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Detroit says Kalyan L. Policherla agreed last month to a year … Original source on Gaea Times at : Ohio man arrested in Detroit airport breach agrees to 12 months of psychiatric treatment.

Mexican prosecutors begin process to ask US to extradite TV producer in wife’s death at resort

Mexico begins extradition process for TV producer

CANCUN, Mexico – Cancun prosecutors said Wednesday they have begun extradition proceedings for a TV producer being sought in his wife’s death at a posh hotel in this Caribbean resort after officially confirming he is not in Mexico.
Quintana Roo state assistant attorney general Rodolfo Garcia said his office submitted … Original article on : Mexican prosecutors begin process to ask US to extradite TV producer in wife’s death at resort.

Dallas man convicted of killing hospital worker in ‘93 carjacking executed in Texas

Texas executes man for 1993 carjacking murder

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A man convicted of fatally shooting a Dallas hospital worker during a carjacking more than 17 years ago was executed Wednesday night in Texas, marking the 12th lethal injection this year in the nation’s busiest execution state.
George Jones, 36, exhausted his court appeals and his lawyer … Read more >>.

Lawyers say White House chief of staff Emanuel subpoenaed for Blagojevich trial

Lawyers say Emanuel subpoenaed in Blagojevich case
CHICAGO – Lawyers for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich have subpoenaed White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel as a witness at his corruption trial, attorneys close to the case and a White House official say. White House adviser Valerie Jarrett also was subpoenaed, another White [..] Read the original article: here.

Nevada jury sentences man to death by lethal injection for rape-murder of college coed in Reno

Jury sentences man to death for Nev. coed murder

RENO, Nev. – A jury sentenced a Nevada man to death Wednesday for raping and killing a college coed after sexually assaulting two others in a string of attacks that had the city of Reno on edge for most of 2008.
The same jury that convicted James Biela, …. Read the original article  : Nevada jury sentences man to death by lethal injection for rape-murder of college coed in Reno.

Utah attorney says Gary Coleman and wife Shannon Price divorced in 2008

Attorney says Gary Coleman, wife divorced in 2008

SALT LAKE CITY – New details surrounding TV actor Gary Coleman’s death have emerged with his attorney saying the child star of “Diff’rent Strokes” and his wife divorced in 2008, and Utah authorities releasing a tape of her frantic 911 call after he struck his head in a … Original article on : Utah attorney says Gary Coleman and wife Shannon Price divorced in 2008.

Coroner rules homicide in death of Mexican man shot with stun gun, says meth abuse contributed

Coroner: Mexican man’s stun gun death a homicide

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego County coroner ruled Wednesday that the death of a Mexican migrant at the U.S. border was a homicide, five days after an American immigration officer shot him with a stun gun.
The cause of death was determined to be a heart attack, with …. Read the original article  : Coroner rules homicide in death of Mexican man shot with stun gun, says meth abuse contributed.

Taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in rampage

SEASCALE, England – A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England on Wednesday, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said. The rampage in the county of Cumbria was Britain’s …. Original article  : Taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England.