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Six Korean-American men who organized a brutal attack on a middle-aged Korean couple were apprehended by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Asian Gang Team. One by one, the sheriff's Asian gang detectives tracked them down.
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Officer Larry Nehasil, 48, married and a father of two, is the department's first line-of-duty death. He had previously worked for the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
Read More →LeadsOnline, a nationwide online system that records secondhand transactions, kept a record of the reported stolen items and alerted the police when several of the items turned up at a secondhand store. The information led police to one of the individuals involved in the theft ring.
Read More →Jurors chose the death penalty for one of two men who broke into a Connecticut home three years ago of endocrinologist Dr. William Petit and raped and murdered Petit's wife and two daughters before torching the house
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Drug-related home invasions are especially prevalent in the Sunbelt. Southern Arizona, Texas, and Atlanta serve as distribution points for traffickers delivering narcotic loads from Mexican drug trafficking organizations to distribution points where dealers and street gangs wait for their arrival.
Read More →Cassady needed 240 pints of blood after he and two other deputies were shot Friday after responding to a home invasion. Cassady was put into a medically induced coma.
Read More →Hayes was convicted of 16 of 17 felony counts against him for his involvement in the murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and 11-year-old Michaela.
Read More →Edgar Antonio Lucha had been hiding under the bed and explained to the homeowner that he had been under the influence of drugs, when explaining why he was hiding under the bed frame.
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Tucson PD officers responding to a suspicious-activity call of armed men in a residential alley were met with two heavily armed former marines just home from Iraq. According to the initial investigation, one marine double-crossed his buddy on a drug deal, by bringing in a third crew to rob the "hydro weed." One was a skilled markesmen with a heavy duty arsenal determined to fight, when the high-powered rifle malfunctioned. Responding officers used airborne and K-9 units to search unpaved alleys and scrub brush between the homes, where the suspects were eventually apprehended by the home invasion unit. Crime scene photos courtesy of Tucson PD.
Read More →A Boone County (Mo.) Sheriff's deputy detained two men over the weekend, who broke into his home to attempt a robbery. The deputy was waiting for the men, as they kicked down his door, and took them into custody without firing shots.
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