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'Preppie Killer' Busted in NYC Drug Sting

Cops: Dealt cocaine with girlfriend from Manhattan apartment

(Newser) - Robert Chambers, the notorious "preppie killer" who served 15 years in prison for strangling a young woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex, has been arrested for repeatedly selling cocaine to undercover police, according to law enforcement authorities. Chambers, 41, struggled with police during the...

Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers
Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers
Oct 8, 2007 8:19 AM CDT

Paper Hunts Journalist's Killers

Nine in custody, gunman still on the run

(Newser) - Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and Russian prosecutors know the identity of the assassin who gunned down journalist and outspoken Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, whose murder caused international outrage a year ago. Since her death nine people have been arrested, but the gunman and the person who ordered the killing remain...

Louisiana Police Kill Gunman in Office Shooting Rampage

Two victims dead, three wounded

(Newser) - A retired Louisiana city maintenance worker went on a rampage in an Alexandria law office early today and opened fire on five people before police arrived and shot him dead. The gunman killed two people and wounded the others, one seriously. Police had closed down much of downtown in an...

OJ Loses Black Support
OJ Loses
Black Support
Sep 29, 2007 3:21 PM CDT

OJ Loses Black Support

Steadfast 71% who thought him innocent in 1994 now down to 40%

(Newser) - OJ Simpson has seen his steadfast defenders in the black community run for cover in the wake of his hypothetical confession and his new legal mix-up: a Washington Post survey concludes that whereas 71% of African Americans thought he was innocent of the 1994 double-murder rap at the time, only...

McCann Prosecutor: No Body, No Case
McCann Prosecutor:
No Body, No Case
Sep 25, 2007 3:36 AM CDT

McCann Prosecutor: No Body, No Case

'Extremely complicated' to move forward, says prosecutor

(Newser) - A Portuguese prosecutor has announced that unless the body of Madeleine McCann is found, it would be nearly impossible to convict her parents of her murder. Suspects Kate and Gerry McCann vowed to continue to search for their daughter, who disappeared on vacation from her bedroom while her parents were...

Spector Judge Rejects Option of Manslaughter

Jury may be asked to deliberate further in celebrity murder trial

(Newser) - Saying it would imply a guilty verdict of some kind is the goal, the judge in Phil Spector's murder trial today decided against having deadlocked jurors deliberate a lesser charge of manslaughter. The jury said yesterday it was split 7-5 after seven days of deliberation over the charge facing the...

Jury in Spector Case Deadlocks
Jury in Spector Case Deadlocks
Sep 18, 2007 5:03 PM CDT

Jury in Spector Case Deadlocks

Judge may send panel back to rule on manslaughter

(Newser) - The jury in the murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector declared itself deadlocked this afternoon after 7 days of deliberation. The jurors said they're split 7-5, but not which verdict they favor. The judge said he may send the panel back to the drawing board to rule on...

Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead
Suspected
Cop Killer
Shot Dead
Sep 14, 2007 7:00 AM CDT

Suspected Cop Killer Shot Dead

Miami-Dade police corner fugitive after daylong dragnet

(Newser) - Miami-Dade police last night cornered and shot dead the man suspected of killing one cop and wounding three others with an assault rifle yesterday morning. Officers tracked Shawn Sherwin LaBeet to a suburban apartment complex and fired when they saw he was heavily armed. "He's dead and you can...

'Chessboard Killer' Goes on Trial
'Chessboard Killer' Goes
on Trial
Sep 13, 2007 10:20 AM CDT

'Chessboard Killer' Goes on Trial

Confessed murderer of dozens lured victims to Moscow park

(Newser) - A confessed serial killer goes on trial today in Moscow, charged in the murders of at least 49 people. Alexander Pichushkin wanted to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard, and after being arrested last year, he said in a TV interview that "a...

Dealers, Killers, and a Nobelist: Guatemala Goes to the Polls

Murders mar run-up to Sunday's election

(Newser) - Der Spiegel travels to Guatemala, where this Sunday's elections present an eye-opening array of candidates, from Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú to a less savory slate of cartel leaders, convicted murders, weapons smugglers, and at least one man accused of genocide. Guatemala's crime rate is sky-high, and now the candidates...

Life Imitates Art: Polish Crime Writer Convicted

Novelist gets 25 years for murder he wrote

(Newser) - The Polish author charged with a gruesome murder similar to one he wrote about in a novel has been convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. A Warsaw court found Krystian Bala guilty yesterday after prosecutors demonstrated that his 2003 novel Amok contained information that only the murderer could...

Gunman Faces Murder Charge as Cop Dies 41 Years Later

Deadly infection linked to shooting: prosecutor

(Newser) - A 71-year-old career criminal will now be tried for murdering a police officer who has died more than four decades after being shot. Gunman William Barnes has already served 15 years for shooting and paralyzing the Philadelphia cop in 1966. The 64-year-old officer died last month from complications of a...

Dunne Wanted Daughter's Murderer Killed

Now-disgraced PI talked famed crime writer down

(Newser) - Crime writer Dominick Dunne asked Anthony Pellicano to put out a contract on his daughter’s killer’s life—and relented only when the private investigator talked him down. Dunne hired the now-incarcerated Pellicano to follow John Thomas Sweeney in the mid-1980s; the Vanity Fair writer now tells Slate he...

Crime Rocks New Orleans
Crime Rocks New Orleans
Aug 29, 2007 5:59 AM CDT

Crime Rocks New Orleans

Two years after Katrina, criminals flood city

(Newser) - Only two-thirds of the population of New Orleans has returned since Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city two years ago—but crime has returned full force. The murder rate in the Big Easy is rocketing, crime is a constant fear among citizens and many are arming themselves for...

Russia Arrests 10 for Murder of Journalist

Chechen crime group, government officers implicated

(Newser) - Ten men were arrested today in the murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya last October, the Guardian reports. A Chechen organized-crime boss led the group responsible for the slaying, Russian authorities say. Those arrested are said to include current and former officials in the interior ministry and the security...

Ex-Klansman Gets 3 Life Terms for 1964 Murders

72-year-old cancer patient says he'll appeal

(Newser) - A 72-year-old ex-Klansman drew three life sentences today for his involvement in the 1964 murders of two black teens in Mississippi, the Clarion-Ledger reports. "Justice is ageless," the judge told James Ford Seale, who was found guilty in June of kidnapping and conspiracy in the abduction, beating, and...

Boy, 11, Shot Dead, and UK Press Reels

Youth's murder provokes shock, anger across British media

(Newser) - An 11-year-old boy was shot dead in Liverpool yesterday, leading to soul-searching and recriminations across the British press. Rhys Jones died in his mother's arms, apparently an innocent victim in a showdown between two local gangs. Rhys's photograph is on the cover of almost every newspaper today alongside claims of...

Murder, She IMed
Murder,
She IMed
Aug 23, 2007 2:38 PM CDT

Murder, She IMed

A modern love triangle—three people, even more identities, one very real crime

(Newser) - A married 45-year-old former marine carried on a tempestuous IM relationship with an 18-year-old girl. Thomas Montgomery pretended to be an young sniper in Iraq to win the heart of Jessi. When the deceit was exposed, she took up—online—with a younger friend of his. A jealous Montgomery shot...

Key Suspect Nabbed in Schoolyard Executions

Busted as he prepared to flee country: cops

(Newser) - A principal suspect and his teenage half brother have been arrested in the New Jersey schoolyard executions of three college students in a crime that has shattered the Newark community. Nicaraguan immigrant Rodolfo Godinez, 24, and the teen were arrested in two separate apartments near Washington, D.C., and were...

Apartheid Officials Escape Jail Time in Murder Plot

(Newser) - After pleading guilty, five former security officials in South Africa received suspended jail sentences today for their involvement in a bizarre, apartheid-era murder plot. Onetime law and order minister Adriaan Volk and four others admitted they had tried to kill Frank Chikane, a priest and anti-apartheid activist, in 1989 by...

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