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Society & Culture News tagged with Police

Tracking Sex-Crime Offenders Gets Trickier
Society & Culture  (tags: molestor, sex crime, crime, police, sicko )

Lone
- 1 day ago - washingtonpost.com
The pursuit of Lee Shelton began the moment the convicted sex offender was released from prison
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Police Link Alcohol to West Jordan Murder-Suicide
Society & Culture  (tags: women, violence, crime, murder, police, law, alcohol, sadness )

Lone
- 2 days ago - deseretnews.com
WEST JORDAN -- During her 30-year career as a dispatcher for Salt Lake City Police, Michelle Welch was able to save enough money to buy a brand new home in a gated community on the eastern edge of West Jordan
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Authorities Probing Use of Deadly Force in Fatal Shooting
Society & Culture  (tags: sadness, women, violence, children, police, murder, news )

Lone
- 4 days ago - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
LANCASTER -- A 29-year-old mother of two died after being shot by a police officer, and some of those close to her question whether her death was necessary
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Sergeant Accused of Stealing More Than $600,000
Society & Culture  (tags: police, robbed, police associationcrime, law )

Lone
- 4 days ago - chicagobreakingnews.com
The head of the Chicago Police Sergeants Association was arrested this morning and charged with stealing more than $600,000 from the organization for gambling trips to Las Vegas, stays at Chicago hotels and work on his home.
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Tinley Park Woman Charged With Hate Crime for Tugging on Woman's Head Scarf
Society & Culture  (tags: hate crime, culture, police, religion, rights, women, humans, crime, law )

Lone
- 5 days ago - chicagotribune.com
A suburban Chicago woman has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly yanking the head scarf of a Muslim woman in Tinley Park two days after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.
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Girl, 10, Hit With Taser By Arkansas Police Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: police, tasered, 10 year old child, wrong doings )

Lone
- 5 days ago - chicagotribune.com
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - -- A police officer in a small Arkansas town used a stun gun on an unruly 10-year-old girl after he said her mother gave him permission to do so. Now the town's mayor is calling for an investigation
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New York Toughens Drunken Driving Law
Society & Culture  (tags: law, government, drunk driving, society, politics, police, news, safety )

Cal
- 5 days ago - cnn.com
t is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the vehicle, and will require first-time driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenders to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.
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Police Investigating Sharon Springs Homicide
Society & Culture  (tags: society, crime, murder, death, family, police, violence, investigation, sadness )

Dee
- 6 days ago - wten.com
SHARON SPRINGS, N.Y.- Authorities are investigating a homicide in the Schoharie County village of Sharon Springs while the son of the victim has been arrested in another state.
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Man Charged With Assaulting Officer
Society & Culture  (tags: society, police, crime, violence, safety, Domestic Violence )

Dee
- 6 days ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A Schodack man is facing charges after an Albany police officer was injured while responding to a domestic call early Wednesday morning.
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Extra Police Patrols in Boise Area Make 36 DUI Arrests After BSU/Idaho Game
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, transportation, DUI offender, police, news )

Lone
- 7 days ago - idahostatesman.com
Traffic patrols with the Treasure Valley DUI task force, which includes Boise, Nampa, Caldwell and Idaho State police, had a busy night after the Boise State/Idaho game Saturday, booking 36 DUI suspects
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Suspect in Custody in Oklahoma Murders of 4, Including Pregnant Reality Show Prostitute
Society & Culture  (tags: violence, women, murder, police, crime, news, sadness )

Lone
- 7 days ago - foxnews.com
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A suspect in the killing of four people in Oklahoma City, including a prostitute featured in the HBO reality series "Cathouse," turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday, police said
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Classmates Suspected in Stabbing Death of San Jose Teen
Society & Culture  (tags: teens, murder, crime, police, sadness, news )

Lone
- 7 days ago - mercurynews.com
Classmates suspected in stabbing death of San Jose teen
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Fort Worth Officer Not Indicted in Man's Taser Death
Society & Culture  (tags: police, taser death, dishonesty, crime, corruption, death )

Lone
- 7 days ago - dallasnews.com
FORT WORTH- A grand jury has opted not to indict a Fort Worth police officer who used a Taser twice on a man who died about an hour later.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits Iraq - and Aims to Transfer Military Tactics to California
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, crime, government, police, obituary, interesting, society, rights )

Cal
- 7 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The governor of California trots out his most famous one-liner wherever he goes but, at the Victory military base in Baghdad today, he apparently meant it.
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Indian Burial Grounds Robbed
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, burial site, robbed, police, crime, sadness )

Lone
- 8 days ago - news.cincinnati.com
ANDERSON TWP. - Residents here are hopeful that the cell phone and vehicle left behind Saturday by those who allegedly robbed a Native American burial ground will lead to their swift arrest
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Police Link Alcohol to West Jordan Murder-Suicide
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Tracking Sex-Crime Offenders Gets Trickier
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Sergeant Accused of Stealing More Than $600,000
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