A Brooklyn judge Thursday rejected the government’s extraordinary request to ban a powerful Gambino crime family capo from mixing with members of organized crime behind bars.
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A knife-wielding man menacing passersby on the Brooklyn Bridge was tackled and subdued Thursday by a private security instructor out for a stroll.
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Tests confirmed that DNA on the coverlet wrapped around Imette St. Guillen’s body matches the brother of her suspected killer, prosecutors said Thursday.
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Accused Craigslist killer Philip Markoff reportedly tried to hang himself in his jail cell with shoelaces and was placed on suicide watch Thursday.
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An Islamic extremist accused of murdering a Christian professor in 2004 has been arrested in Indonesia, police say. Spokesman Abubakar Nataprawira said the suspect, Amirullah, was a member of a terrorist organisation but he would not confirm reports …
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A Champlin woman who skipped out on probation for a deadly road rage crash is behind bars. Beth Rademacher, 30, was arrested in Toledo, Ohio. She’s being held at the Lucas County jail on a Hennepin County fugitive warrant. Rademacher was convicted in …
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FLAGSTAFF, AZ — U.S. Marshals, along with Flagstaff police, arrested a man Thursday who allegedly called in a bomb hoax to the Flagstaff City Hall. In a press release, the Justice Department announced that marshals and police arrested Douglas …
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State police say they have ended their search for a Greensburg man who was wanted for multiple sex offenses involving a minor. Forty six-year old Gary E. Oler was arrested in south Pittsburgh, Tennessee yesterday, after surrendering to authorities …
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Matthew Marino was sentenced in New York to 21 months in prison for knowing about the fraud on the investors in the now-collapsed Bayou Hedge Funds and taking steps to conceal it. Marino was also ordered to pay $60 million in restitution.
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Randy Zacherle, of Nespelem, Washington, was sentenced to 26 months in prison for possessing child pornography.
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