Tag: Crime
Principled skater takes jail time over fine
On the one hand, skateboarding is illegal on Fredericton streets, but on the other, government there encourages carless transportation. A plucky skateboarder found himself caught in the middle of that contradiction...
All the President's Nazis (Real and Imagined)
Larisa Alexandrovna, a Jew whose family was murdered during The Holocaust eloquently takes George Bush to task in this open letter for using that horror for political gain at home during his speech to Israel's...
How B.C. became a world crime superpower
A growing problem here on the Left Coast. Perhaps being too content smoking bud for too long has instilled a certain complacency now provining difficulty to rise above. A port controlled by the Hell's Angels, multinational drug gangs gunning each other down in the streets,...
"Jane Doe" Rape Kits--Effective or Waste?
I applaud the new Federal "Jane Doe rape kit" initiative, but there is another equation here. What about those women who are traumatized and do not seek initial help or gather evidence? What about the women who do...
Bali prosecutor wants short jail term for Austral...
"Denpasar, Indonesia (ANTARA News) - An Indonesian prosecutor on the resort island of Bali Thursday recommended that judges sentence an Australian man to eight months in jail for possessing 0.4 grams of heroin.Prosecutor Agung Atmaja was quoted by AFP as telling the court...
Spammers ordered to pay MySpace 230 mln dlrs
"A US judge has ordered a pair of accused spammers to pay MySpace about 230 million dollars in what was being billed Wednesday as a record-setting punishment for such Internet abuses.Federal district court judge Audrey Collins issued a judgment against Sanford Wallace and...
MySpace spammers fined $230m
"A team of notorious American internet spammers has been fined a record $230m for bombarding MySpace users with adverts for pornography and gambling websites.""A court in Los Angeles heard how Wallace and Rines sent...
Cops arrest man thought to be behind Fla. fires
"The Florida Division of Forestry said 40 homes in the Palm Bay area were destroyed and about 120 other structures, including homes and outbuildings, were damaged. Officials said the total damage estimate was approximately $9.6 million."
Indonesian customs detain two Taiwanese for carry...
"Tangerang (ANTARA News) - Customs and Excise officers at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten Province, have detained two Taiwanese for trying to smuggle in 4.782 kg of crystal methamphetamine and...
CCTV Boom Fails To Slash Crime
As western governments increase spending into the billions on video monitoring of ordinary citizens in public places and extol the crime fighting prowess of CCTV technology, the evidence from Britain seems clear that...
Human rights commission receives over 100 complai...
"The complaints come from individuals or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in all parts of the country and vary widely in substance with most of the cases related to conflicts over natural resources and agrarian matters, Syafruddin Ngulma, a Komnas-HAM member for...
Top police killed in Mexican assassination wave
One of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping commander was assassinated earlier today, which makes him the fourth top police authority to be killed in 10 days."One day after acting federal police chief Edgar Millan was...
Accused Child Molester Sought - San Diego
"Anyone with any information can call Crime Stoppers anonymously (888) 580-TIPS and may be eligible for a $1,000 reward.Police are seeking the public's help in locating a Sacramento man accused of Sexual molestation...
Gunmen Kill Chief of Mexico’s Police
Mexico's police chief Edgar Millán Gómez has been assassinated. NowPublic will continue to follow this story, please post your comments, photos, and video responses below. "MEXICO CITY — Gunmen assassinated the acting chief of Mexico’s federal police early...
A Human Rights Crime
Retired American President and tireless peace activist Jimmy Carter speaks out about the siege of Gaza, and the betrayal of the USA's vaunted stand for Middle East democracy in today's editorial commentary published...
