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Jurors find for plaintiff in Belleville abuse case
A St. Clair County jury has awarded $5 million to a man who sued the Diocese of Belleville, saying it covered up alleged sexual abuse by a priest in the 1970s. The jury on Wednesday evening found the diocese "fraudulently concealed" James Wisniewski's...Tags: Sexual Assault, Justice System, James Wisniewski
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Probation given in fatal hit-and-run at Berwyn train station
Special to the Chicago TribuneA man who fled after driving his sport-utility vehicle into the Berwyn train depot and killing the station agent two years ago will not serve time in prison. Stephen J. Pocina, 46, of Riverside pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide and leaving...Tags: Police Arrests, Vehicles, Trials, Maywood (Cook, Illinois), Police
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Crime lab employee's DNA on gun used in officer's death
Sun reporterA city crime lab employee left his own DNA on the pistol police say was used to kill an off-duty Baltimore detective, indicating that a recently discovered problem with contamination at the lab may be more widespread than officials originally believed....Tags: Social Problems, Defense, Trials, Police, Biotechnology Industry
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Police arrest suspect in murder of Hollywood cabbie
SunSentinel.comHours after passing out posters with his name and picture, police have found the man accused of gunning down a taxicab driver in Hollywood earlier this month in an attempted pre-dawn robbery. Authorities put out posters with pictures of Charvon Jwan...Tags: Murder, Sunrise, Washington Park, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill
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Nassau cops seek 'Bling Bandit' bank robber
matthew.chayes@newsday.comPolite. Loquacious. Relaxed. Blingy. All are adjectives police might use to describe the so-called Bling Bandit, who has eluded robbery detectives during his 2 1/2-month bank-heist spree in western Nassau County. The Bling Bandit, nicknamed because of...Tags: Nassau County, Banking, Police Arrests, West Hempstead, Bank of America Corp.
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Reward for info on Kings Park goat killer soars to $10,000
carl.macgowan@newsday.comThe reward for turning in the killer of a Kings Park goat has grown to $10,000. The Suffolk County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Tuesday it increased the reward, previously $1,000, after appealing for donations last weekend....Tags: Murder, Suffolk County (New York), Imperial and Royal Matters, Smithtown, Police
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Principal In New Iberia Arrested
An Iberia Parish principal who was arrested in July on drug charges was arrested again for allegedly lying during the drug investigation. Thirty-eight-year-old Darius Sias, principal of the Alternative Center for Education in New Iberia, was firt...Tags: Police Arrests, Drug Trafficking, Police
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Overwhelmed Riverside courts dump criminal cases
Frm the Associated PressTwenty-five criminal cases have been dismissed by the overwhelmed Riverside County courts this month because there are no judges to hear them. Nine Superior Court criminal cases were dismissed Monday and Tuesday, bringing the July total to a record 25....Tags: Justice System, Court Administration
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Suspect In Deputy's Death Treated For Rib Pain
The suspect in the recent death of a Lafource Parish sheriff's deputy was taken from the West Baton Rouge Parish jail for medical treatment after complaining about rib pain. Sheriff Craig Webre says that if Billy Joe Daigle is injured, it was probably...Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Assault
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10 arrested as cops shut down South Side drug market
Chicago police said Wednesday that they had closed a South Side drug market in an area that has seen a surge in violence this year as rival gangs battled over drug territory. Ten people—including a 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy—were...Tags: Police Arrests, Drug Trafficking, Police
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Video Tape Beating
The New Orleans Civil Service Commission has refused to overturn the firing of a police officer who was videotaped beating a man in the French Quarter in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The fired officer, Robert Evangelist, asked to be reinstated...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Police, Law Enforcement, Assault
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Rap mogul 'Suge' Knight arrested in Vegas
The Associated PressRap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife, police said. Knight, 43, the founder of bankrupt Death Row Records in Los Angeles, was...Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Assault
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