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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 21, 2009

FBI-Led Task Force Joins Anti-Gang Effort in Minnesota

A federal effort designed to dismantle gangs at their core will roll out soon in the Twin Cities, months after the Metro Gang Strike Force was shut down amid allegations of misconduct and evidence mishandling.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2009

California K-9 Killed By Police After He Bites Officer

Billy bit another officer assisting on the call. The dog did not let go when his handler ordered him to do so, and the officer being bitten shot him to death, Scott said.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 17, 2009

Drug War Surges In Tijuana: 24 Dead In Two Days

Five victims were shot inside a seafood restaurant, four were decapitated and one was shot and hanged from a bridge. A surge in gangland-style killings in Tijuana is being linked to two rival drug-trafficking groups vying for control of the region.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2009

Calif. Tactical Unit Kills Bank Robber Who Took Hostages And Shot Customers

The shooting of the 47-year-old man by Shasta County sheriff's SWAT deputies ended a three-hour stand-off that involved the suspect dragging a female hostage into the bank vault.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 16, 2009

Police Fatally Shoot Woman With Meat Cleaver

Modesto police shot a woman on a California playground after she allegedly entered school grounds and began hitting herself in the head with a meat cleaver.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2009

Philly Fugitives Owe City More Than $1 Billion

Before the robbery, Scott had skipped out under the courts' “deposit bail“ system, which requires many offenders to pay only 10 percent of their bail while signing IOUs for the remainder. In the early 1970s, it replaced a system run by largely corrupt private bail bondsmen.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 15, 2009

Atlanta Police Bust Six Gang Members for Smash-and-Grab Robberies

The four adults and two juveniles were being questioned by detectives Tuesday morning, Atlanta police spokesman Otis Redmond said. Redmond said three of the suspects had arrest warrants for previous thefts at a Radio Shack store in Atlanta and Georgio's Big and Tall men's store in the Greenbriar Mall.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 14, 2009

Unarmed Victim Zones

Like civilians trapped in a store, bank, or restaurant when a gunman barges in and starts shooting, the Fort Hood soldiers were left with their bare hands as their only weapons.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2009

Police Arrest 66 UC Berkeley Protesters

Police arrested 66 people on trespassing charges today at UC Berkeley. Most of the arrests were of protesters who've been inside Wheeler Hall this week holding a teach-in and other "open university" activities.

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Videosby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2009

North Las Vegas SWAT Subdues Prisoners

In this episode of "Fugitive Strike Force," North Las Vegas PD's SWAT unit heads to a prison armed with less-lethal pepperball rifles to subdue unruly prisoners. The show of force usually works, but officer Jason Scarale is ready, saying "We've had guys who want to be the tough man on the block, then we show them who's boss."

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