January 6, 2012
Fire officials say co-owner of an Alexandria, La., business has been arrested after he allegedly tried to set fire to his business in November. The Town Talk reports Nafiz Musleh was booked Friday on a charge of aggravated arson. Officials …
January 6, 2012
An Oconomowoc, Wis., man who allegedly sped down a freeway at nearly 100 mph has been arrested on a tentative charge of fifth-offense drunken driving. The Milwaukee County sheriff’s department says the 48-year-old was arrested Wednesday about 1:30 a.m. Deputies …
January 4, 2012
It was another night of firefighters scrambling across the nation’s second largest city to snuff out a series of arson attacks when a tip came in about a German man who matched the description of someone with a shoulder-length ponytail …
January 3, 2012
Police say a 21-year-old man was arrested after he reportedly stole a $300 television set from a store and fled, leaving his girlfriend’s 9-year-old daughter behind. The Advocate reports that Adrian Churchill was booked Saturday with one count of shoplifting, …
December 22, 2011
The owner of two Los Angeles recycling firms has been arrested after $250,000 worth of stolen plastic products was found. The sheriff’s Industrial Plastic Theft Task Force arrested 43-year-old Juan Arrelano and two employees on Monday. The names of the …
December 16, 2011
An investigation by the Insurance Division’s Fraud Branch led to charges against a Honolulu Police Department (HPD) recruit just weeks before his graduation from the academy. Earl Danielson Jr., 28, pleaded no contest on Monday Dec. 12, 2011, to second …
December 1, 2011
Las Vegas police will pay $83,000 to a tourist who alleged officers used excessive force and broke his ankle when he was arrested while trying to stop an argument between two people on the Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas …
November 17, 2011
Police say a Pennsylvania man rammed his pickup into a Dodge dealership because he was upset that a roadside assistance program didn’t include sending someone to help when he locked his keys in the truck. Fifty-three-year-old Robert Snatchko Jr. was …
November 15, 2011
Indiana State Police say a Tell City woman tried to hire a hit man to kill a 30-year-old Owensboro, Ky., man. Fifty-two-year-old Jane Kleaving was being held without bond in the Spencer County Jail Friday on preliminary charges of conspiracy …
November 7, 2011
Authorities said Friday that a Fort Collins man is suspected of starting a fire that caused an estimated $10 million in damage to two downtown buildings. Police said Benjamin Gilmore, 29, was arrested Thursday night on charges of first-degree arson, …