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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2008

Los Angeles Offers $500K Reward to Help Catch Serial Killer

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a $500,000 reward to help catch a serial killer believed responsible for 11 slayings in South Los Angeles and Inglewood over the last two decades.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarNovember 30, 2007

The Freight Train Riders of America

Like the muffled whispers about the "Black Hand" of the Mafia in the Italian community, the "train freaks" whispered of a gang of outlaws that lived to ride the freight trains in the West. They were robbers, burglars, and hijackers with colorful names. Cross one of their members, and they would get you.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 1, 2006

Muhammad Gets Six Life Terms in Maryland Trial

Twice-convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad was sentenced Thursday to six consecutive life terms in prison with no possibility of parole, a sentence prosecutors consider insurance in case his Virginia death sentence is ever overturned.

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Articlesby Dean ScovilleJune 1, 2006

Killer Stops

There is probably no more misunderstood law enforcement duty than traffic enforcement. Cops who perform this duty often think of it as tedious and futile. And the motorists who are pulled over for traffic violations feel like they are being picked on and tapped for fines that fill local government coffers.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 22, 2005

Death Penalty Upheld for Beltway Sniper

The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld John Allen Muhammad’s capital murder convictions and death penalty for his involvement in the October 2002 D.C.-area sniper shootings.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2004

Two Sentenced in Beltway Sniper Case

John Allen Muhammad, 43, was sentenced to death and Lee Boyd Malvo, 19, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for their roles in the Washington D.C.-area sniper spree that killed 10 people in 2002.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 1, 2002

Superman Syndrome

Al Qaeda is alive and kicking; we are still at war; they still want to kill us, and the intelligence community, the military, and law enforcement may not be able to prevent the attack.

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Articlesby Andre BelottoNovember 1, 2002

Big Game Hunters

Unfortunately, the big game hunter spends so much time waiting for the big arrest that lots of good and equally important enforcement duties are missed. And that could have dire consequences.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 25, 2002

Sniper Suspects Could Face Death Penalty

Sniper suspects John Allen Muhammed and John Lee Malvo will be charged with six counts of first-degree murder in Maryland, and Muhammed could face the death penalty, say Maryland state prosecutors. Other states also plan to prosecute the suspects.

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Articlesby John BankstonJanuary 1, 1996

Case File: Aileen "Lee" Wuornos

At age 15, Wuornos traded her hard life at home for the dangerous world of the streets. She started drinking and taking drugs. And she slept in abandoned cars or wherever else she thought she'd be safe.

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