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Plantation: Police shooting leaves wanted person dead
South Florida Sun-SentinelPolice shot and killed a person wanted on several felony warrants this morning after the suspect tried to flee in a car and dragged an officer through a parking lot, authorities said. Police identified the man killed as Carl Erwin Brewster, 28, of...Tags: Plantation
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DSM police investigate tip scam at IHOP
Des Moines police are investigating a scam at a local IHOP restaurant where a server allegedly altered customer credit card receipts to charge a bigger tip. Police were notified this week by the restaurant's manager that two customers had complained...Tags: Restaurants, Police Investigations, Dining and Drinking, IHOP Corporation, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Letter to Rep. Rush prompts hazmat response
Police in Chicago are investigating a report of a threatening letter at the office of Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush, but the suspicious material found with the letter turned out to be harmless. Authorities say the call came from the office just...Tags: Police Investigations, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris
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Getting tough on drunken driving will cost Wis.
Associated Press WriterGetting tough on drunken drivers won't be cheap. Two of the most talked about measures to strengthen the state's drunken driving laws come with large price tags, which may doom them given a projected $5.4 billion state budget shortfall....Tags: Prosecution, Drunk Driving, Justice System, Road Accidents, Trials
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Ex-wife: Man shot by police had heart transplant
A man fatally shot by a police officer was unbalanced because of medication he was taking after a heart transplant operation, his ex-wife said. Sharon K. Thompson told The News-Sentinel of Fort Wayne that her former husband, Stephen T. Thompson, wasn'...Tags: Murder, Assault, Crimes, Defense, Diseases
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Panel poised to back Blagojevich impeachment vote
Associated Press WriterThe Illinois House committee investigating Gov. Rod Blagojevich released a draft report Thursday that concludes the Democratic governor has abused his power and was poised to recommend he be impeached by the full chamber. "The citizens of this state...Tags: FBI, Mike Bost, Roland Burris, Blagojevich Impeachment Hearing, National Government
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Parents of Ashley Truitt question police inquiry
The parents of Ashley Truitt, the Solon teenager convicted of dumping her newborn baby down a trash chute at a south Florida hotel, said they don't believe their daughter killed the infant. Truitt, 19, pleaded no contest on Dec. 18 to aggravated...Tags: Iowa City, Murder, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Crimes, Trials
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Police find no evidence to back up barber's claim
Associated Press WriterThe psychiatrist of a now-deceased barber who claimed he killed a teen 50 years ago said Thursday she was inclined to believe his claims, even though law enforcement has been unable to find evidence of the crime. Vernon Seitz's claims have almost been...Tags: Prosecution, Minnesota, Murder, Child Abuse, Witnesses
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Hartford Men Charged In Burglary
The Hartford CourantPolice say they arrested two city men who broke into a gay bar on Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford's South End this morning. Peter Soupersad, 43, and Bhutendra Praimchand, 27, are charged with second-degree and first-degree trespass. Police said the...Tags: Wethersfield, Police Arrests
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Man stabbed near Central Park landmark
THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNew York City police say a man has been stabbed in Central Park and is being treated at a hospital. The incident occurred around 6:45 a.m. Thursday near the Wollman skating rink. The 29-year-old man was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill...Tags: Police Investigations, Central Park
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Police investigate dead dogs wrapped in carpet
757-928-6479Two dead dogs were found wrapped in a carpet and discarded behind a Hampton business earlier this week, and police are trying to determine how the dogs died and who disposed of the bodies. The carcasses of two fully grown female pit bulls were found on...Tags: Police Investigations
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School Board Member Pawlowski Apologizes For Altercation, Says He'll Resign
The Hartford CourantA local board of education member arrested and Tasered by police this week is planning to resign from the board and has been placed on administrative leave from his state job. In an interview this afternoon, Henry J. "Hank" Pawlowski Jr., a former...Tags: Schools, East Hartford, Elementary Schools, Censorship, Vehicles
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