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Actress Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:02:05 -0400

NEW YORK - Police say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested in midtown Manhattan after she heaved a marijuana bong out of a window.

Wis. budget committee approves DNA upon arrest

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:26:31 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - The Legislature's finance committee Thursday approved a plan in Republican Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would dramatically expand the state's powers to seize DNA from crime suspects.

NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:04:25 -0400

NEW YORK - A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said.

Prescott Valley man accused of molesting a girl

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:46:04 -0400

PRESCOTT, Arizona - Authorities in northern Arizona say a Prescott Valley man has been accused of molesting a young girl.

DC police: 4 arrested in shooting that injured 13

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:25:13 -0400

WASHINGTON - D.C. police have arrested two men, and a fourth suspect has been detained in a drive-by shooting that injured 13 people outside an apartment building.

DCF investigator may have falsified report

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:06 -0400

MIAMI - Authorities say a child abuse investigator may have falsified the substance abuse screening of a South Florida mother who later left her baby to die in a hot car.

Fugitive in LA attempted-murder case held in Colo.

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:23:20 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant.

Transient accused of starting small Flagstaff fire

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52:30 -0400

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - A transient has been arrested for allegedly starting a small wildfire in Flagstaff.

22 charged in Alabama drug trafficking case

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:45 -0400

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Police in Huntsville say more than 20 people have been arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking operation.

NM couple accused of prescription drug trafficking

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:27:58 -0400

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - A Truth or Consequences couple is in custody for allegedly trafficking in prescription drugs.

Warrant for rapper Tim Dog, despite death reports

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:07:41 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February.

Santa Fe recognized for DWI arrests

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:55:03 -0400

SANTA FE, New Mexico - The Santa Fe Police Department is being recognized as the best in the state for working to stop drunk drivers.

Authorities: No sign killing of 2 kids was planned

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:15 -0400

WEST POINT, Utah - A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said.

NM doctor accused of threatening wife, killing cat

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:24:52 -0400

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico - A Los Alamos doctor is in custody for allegedly threatening his estranged wife with an ax and killing the family cat with a bow and arrow.

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:07:47 -0400

LONDON - A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-liners said Thursday.

Little known about suspect in Wash. ricin case

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:41 -0400

SPOKANE, Washington - A 37-year-old janitor who has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in a case that involves letters containing the deadly poison ricin is a registered sex offender who lived in a rundown apartment building near downtown Spokane.

5 arrested in Conn. $4M jewelry heist, kidnapping

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:34:47 -0400

BRIDGEPORT, Connecticut - Five people have been arrested in the robbery of more than $4 million in jewelry, watches and diamonds from a Connecticut store in an elaborate heist that began with the kidnapping of store employees more than 40 miles away, federal authorities said Thursday.

Brazil police arrest 9 for abusing Indian girls

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:24 -0400

SAO PAULO - Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas.

NC mom has son jailed for stealing toaster pastry

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:03:36 -0400

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - A Charlotte woman who apparently had her fill of her son's behavior issues has decided to let local police deal with him.

Arrest made in slaying of former NFL player

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:40:09 -0400

DECATUR, Georgia - Police in suburban Atlanta say an arrest has been made in the death of former NFL player David McMillan III.

County sheriff's pot busts draw ire in Columbia

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:18:57 -0400

COLUMBIA, Missouri - A local ordinance that in some cases treats marijuana possession as a minor municipal violation isn't being followed by Boone County sheriff's deputies who have stepped up patrols within Columbia's city limits, an attorney says.

Suspect arrested in Tucson hit-and-run death

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:44 -0400

TUCSON, Arizona - A suspect is in custody in the hit-and-run death of a Tucson bicyclist.

Ex-USC student gets 7 years for setting bar fire

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:39 -0400

COLUMBIA, South Carolina - A judge has ordered a 22-year-old former University of South Carolina student to spend seven years in prison and get drug, alcohol and mental health counseling after he admitted burning down a Columbia bar.

Salina resident accused of LA gang activity

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:25 -0400

SALINA, Kansas - California authorities have arrested a 31-year-old woman accused of helping coordinate activities of Los Angeles gang members from her home in central Kansas.

Purported psychics arrested in Southern Calif.

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:43:19 -0400

SAN BERNARDINO, California - Authorities say a Southern California couple arrested on felony grand theft charges purported to be psychics and promised at least one customer they could rid her of negative spirits.