From The Wire
Police Retrieve Ring From Stomach
CICERO, Ill., Aug. 9 (UPI) — A home repairman working in Cicero, Ill., stole a diamond ring, then swallowed it to keep its owner from getting it back, law enforcement officials said. Wilfredo Gonzalez, 30, of Chicago has been charged with felony theft. The Chicago Tribune reported Gonzalez was doing remodeling work in the alleged […]
632,000 Pot Plants Seized In California
UKIAH, Calif., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Law enforcement officers who spent three weeks combing California’s Mendocino National Forest collected a pile of 632,000 marijuana plants, officials say. The Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and state Department of Justice said officers also seized about 2,000 pounds of processed marijuana, $38,000 in cash and 20 vehicles. A total […]
Witness At Alleged Gangster's Trial Killed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Florida police are investigating the shooting death of a man scheduled to testify in a case against an alleged gang leader, The Palm Beach Post reported. The Post, citing unidentified sources, reported the body of Eguel Geffrard, 25, was discovered about 7 a.m. the parking lot of […]
Witness At Alleged Gangster’s Trial Killed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) — Florida police are investigating the shooting death of a man scheduled to testify in a case against an alleged gang leader, The Palm Beach Post reported. The Post, citing unidentified sources, reported the body of Eguel Geffrard, 25, was discovered about 7 a.m. the parking lot of […]
Salgado Says Spain Is On Target
MADRID, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado said Spain would hit its financial goals this year without an international bailout. “Spain’s fundamentals show we are very far from requiring a bailout,” Salgado said during a radio interview, The New York Times reported Tuesday. With help from the European Central Bank, yields on […]
Crowd Turns Rowdy At Boehner's Ohio Office
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Staff members at the Ohio office of Speaker of the House John Boehner say they locked the office doors when a protest by union groups and others got rowdy. About 125 protesters showed up at the Republican congressman’s West Chester office Tuesday and wanted to send two protesters […]
Crowd Turns Rowdy At Boehner’s Ohio Office
WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Staff members at the Ohio office of Speaker of the House John Boehner say they locked the office doors when a protest by union groups and others got rowdy. About 125 protesters showed up at the Republican congressman’s West Chester office Tuesday and wanted to send two protesters […]
Pew Report Details Religious Restrictions
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) — More than two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries where restrictions on religious beliefs and practices have increased, a U.S. report says. The report. released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, found more than 2.2 billion people live in countries where government restrictions […]
N.Y. Groping Suspected Arrested
NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (UPI) — A serial groper accused of molesting women in 12 attacks in New York has been arrested, police said. Jose Alfredo Perez Hernandez, 18, was taken into custody Monday night after police tracked his cell phone to a Queens apartment, the New York Daily News reported. Police said they were […]
Missing Lake Tahoe Diver’s Body ID’d
CARSON CITY, Nev., Aug. 9 (UPI) — A body recovered from California’s Lake Tahoe has been identified by authorities as a diver who disappeared in the lake 17 years ago. The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said Monday the body of Donald Christopher Windecker, 44, a city planner in Reno, was […]
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