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'Al-Qaeda Sympathizer' Busted in NYC Bomb Plot

'Lone wolf' Jose Pimentel was 'hour away' from finishing first bomb: Cops

(Newser) - A suspected lone wolf terrorist has been charged with plotting to kill US soldiers and police with bombs he was building in his Manhattan apartment, according to law enforcement authorities. Jose Pimentel, 27, who goes by the name Muhammad Yusuf, intended to test three bombs in mailboxes before using explosives...

Movie Snack Costs Texan 80 Years in Prison

Man tried to pay with counterfeit money

(Newser) - And you thought your multiplex overcharged for snacks. Two hot dogs, two sodas, and a tub of popcorn has cost one Texas man 80 years in prison—because he tried to pay for them using a counterfeit $20 bill, reports the Dallas Morning News . The 48-year-old man, who has a...

Judge Who Freed Sandusky on Bail Linked to His Charity

Prosecutor demanded $500K bail, judge let him go for $100K

(Newser) - The judge who let busted former Penn State defensive coach Jerry Sandusky out of jail earlier this month on $100,000 unsecured bail has done volunteer work for the charity Sandusky founded, according to the New York Daily News . Sandusky reportedly used his Second Mile charity, which reached out to...

Cops Storm Occupy Portland
 Cops Storm Occupy Portland 
Nov 14, 2011 3:39 AM CST

Cops Storm Occupy Portland

50 Busted, Protesters Take to Streets

(Newser) - Hundreds of defiant protesters took to the streets yesterday after cops stormed Occupy Portland encampments and busted 50 people. Mayor Sam Adams ordered the camps shut because of what he called unhealthy conditions and increased crime triggered by drug users and thieves drawn to the sites, reports AP . Authorities erected...

Two Dead as Shots Fired at Occupy Oakland, Burlington

Days of both camps could be numbered

(Newser) - Two men were killed last night on separate coasts after shots were fired in or close to the Occupy Oakland and Occupy Burlington encampments. Protesters clashed with police as cops tried to close part of the Vermont camp, and local politicians were calling for the California protest site to also...

Missing Boy's Mom: Cops Doubt Her Story

Julia Biryukova wasn't out of gas when she says she left tot to get gas

(Newser) - A Washington state mom who said her son vanished from her car while she was walking to get gas actually had plenty of fuel in her tank, according to cops. The situation described by mom Julia Birykova is "strikingly similar" to an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims ...

2 Peacocks, 19 Prostitutes Found in Mexico Prison

You gotta wonder what they were in for...

(Newser) - Ah, the finer things in life: marijuana, booze, sex, cockfighting, exotic birds—if you live in Acapulco, all this and more can be found at a prison near you. Mexican authorities conducted a surprise search of the Acapulco penitentiary yesterday morning and found 19 prostitutes, two sacks of marijuana, 100...

Man Busted in 2 Sex Assaults at Wall Street Camp

Teens assaulted in tents: police

(Newser) - A Brooklyn man has been arrested for two sex assaults on teenagers at the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park. One of the victims, 18, reported to police she was raped in a tent in the camp; a 17-year-old protester said she was groped in her tent. Tony Iketubosin,...

4 Senior Citizens Busted in Plot to Attack Atlanta

Militia members aimed to use guns, bombs, ricin to kill officials, citizens: authorities

(Newser) - Four members of a renegade Georgia militia have been busted in a plot—which they reportedly shared with an FBI informant—to use guns, bombs, and a toxin to kill government officials and citizens. One of the men, who are all over the age of 65, discussed a plan to...

Man Busted in Flight Attendant's Mexico Murder

Nick Aaronson found bound, strangled in hotel

(Newser) - A man has been busted in the murder of a US Airways flight attendant who was found naked, bound, and strangled in a Mexico City hotel. FBI agents nabbed the suspected killer of Nick Aaronson using a hotel surveillance camera and tracking the GPS on his stolen cell phone, reports...

Serial Rapist Attacking Alumnae of Dallas Sorority

Texas attacker has personal info on victims: cops

(Newser) - A serial rapist spotted on surveillance video appears to be stalking alumnae of a particular sorority in Dallas, police have revealed. Four members of Delta Sigma Theta have been raped in their homes in the last 11 months by an attacker who had personal information about them, reports the Dallas ...

Michael Douglas' Son Admits Smuggling Drugs in Jail

Cameron Douglas says he's had drugs behind bars for months

(Newser) - Cameron Douglas has pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs into jail in the middle of a sentence for heroin possession and meth trafficking. "God knows I'm sorry about this situation," Michael Douglas' 32-year-old son said in a Manhattan courtroom yesterday. Douglas was taken from prison and is being...

Tortured Teen Held 10 Years by Dungeon Keeper: Cops

Case 'makes you want to cry,' says Philly police commissioner

(Newser) - Police rescued eight children from a Philadelphia home where four mentally disabled adults were found chained in a cellar . The kids ranged in age from a 2-year-old to a 19-year-old girl, who had been snatched 10 years ago and tortured so horribly it " makes you want to cry ,"...

Judge May Order Lohan Back to Slammer Today

Prosecutors want her behind bars for blowing off community service

(Newser) - Prosecutors are out to put Lindsay Lohan back behind bars after she blew off her community service . Lohan has never shown up at an LA coroner's office, where she was supposed to work 120 hours, and rarely appeared at a women's shelter, where she was required to put...

'Dungeon Woman' May Have 50 Victims

4 victims chained in cellar may be just tip of brutality: cops

(Newser) - The Philadelphia woman suspected of chaining four mentally challenged adults in a basement dungeon to steal their Social Security checks may have brutalized as many as 50 other victims in similar schemes, according to investigators. Linda Ann Weston had documents, including drivers licenses and signed power-of-attorney forms, linked to dozens...

Austin Powers Thug Killed Cell Mate: Police

Joseph Son, who played Random Task, suspected in sex offender's murder

(Newser) - A jailbird California actor who played Doctor Evil's henchman in an Austin Powers film is suspected of killing his sex-offender cell mate, investigators have revealed. The 50-year-old victim was serving two years for failure to register as a sex offender. He was found dead in a cell in Wasco...

Rand Pulls Pot-Crime Study After LA Complains

It suggested that dispensaries reduced crime

(Newser) - Backers of medical marijuana got a surprise victory a few weeks ago in the form of a study from the Rand Corp . Researchers concluded that after Los Angeles authorities shut down hundreds of dispensaries last year, crime actually increased around the closed facilities. The victory proved short-lived: Rand has pulled...

Homeland Security Tests 'Pre-Crime' Detectors

'Non-intrusive' sensors collect data on prospective crooks

(Newser) - Homeland Security is trying to make Hollywood's science-fiction fantasies come true, CNET reports. While the Tom Cruise film Minority Report portrayed psychics who predict crimes, DHS officials are using a "prototype screening facility" to "detect cues indicative of mal-intent" in people, according to a DHS document. The...

Kansas City Baby Girl Vanishes From Crib

Dad arrives from work before dawn to find daughter gone

(Newser) - Missouri police have launched a massive manhunt for a baby girl who vanished from her crib in the middle of the night. "We've exhausted everything we can at the original scene," said a police spokesman. "We've opened up the crime scene and are doing everything...

As Verdict Nears, Tired Knox Dreams of Seattle, Family

Nerve-wracking appeal taking its toll

(Newser) - In a letter to an Italian lawmaker, an increasingly frazzled Amanda Knox admits she's exhausted and often dreams of Seattle. Knox, who is appealing her murder conviction and 26-year sentence in the horrific death of her roommate in their Italian apartment, could be deemed innocent and freed in a...

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