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Law enforcement agencies have brought a violent offender to justice after a lengthy investigation. The United States Marshals Service announced the arrest of 25-year-old Nygee Taylor, who is accused of participating in the brutal attack on a female victim in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The assault, which occurred on October 5,
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A 59-year-old hostage, Shankar Lal Swami, was abducted by three persons, including two India Reserve Battalion personnel, on Wednesday from Kangla Fort in Imphal. The body of the hostage was found the next day in a fish farm. The police have arrested five accused in connection with the case, including
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The trial in the gangrape and murder of software engineer Nayana Pujari, which was deferred multiple times, will finally resume at the district and sessions court in Pune on January 8, 2012. Pujari, 27, was found murdered in Rajgurunagar, about 50 km from Pune, on October 8, 2009. Her body
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The Sunday serial rapist, accused of kidnapping and murdering 14-year-old Louise de Waal, faced over a dozen cameras during his first appearance in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court, where he was charged with multiple counts of rape, kidnapping, and murder. The suspect, who has been wanted by police for
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Johannes Jacobus Steyn, the man accused of being the Sunday serial rapist, made his first appearance in the Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court, where he was met with a mixture of curiosity and concern. Steyn, who has been linked to a string of abduction and rape cases, handed himself in
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A British executive was murdered, and his wife was kidnapped by pirates during a raid on a Kenyan beach resort. David Tebbutt, 58, the finance director of Faber & Faber, was shot in the head as he tried to fight off the gang, while his wife, Judith, 55, was taken
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The case against Craig Arno and Jessica Kisby, the Atlantic County couple charged in a crime spree that includes murder, kidnapping, and arson, has taken a significant turn with the discovery of surveillance tapes that allegedly show key moments of the alleged abduction and killing of Martin Caballero. The tapes,
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Kim Wolfe, a 44-year-old correction officer, pleaded guilty to murder and other charges in the triple murder case that shook Long Island in 2010. Wolfe shot and killed her ex-girlfriend, Stacie Williams, a 45-year-old nurse's aide, and her uncle, as well as wounding her grandfather and taking a
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A decomposed body, later identified as 21-year-old cab driver Anand, was found in Kyathasandra, Tumkur district, with stab injuries and slit throat. The body was discovered on Saturday, and a post-mortem was conducted at Tumkur Hospital. Investigations revealed that Anand was murdered by a gang of five over a rivalry
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Shahbaz Ali Taseer, son of slain Governor of Punjab Salmaan Taseer, was kidnapped in broad daylight from C-2 Gulberg-III, Lahore, on August 27. Four men riding a car and a motorbike intercepted and held him hostage on gunpoint near his office at around 10:54 am. The Model Town Police
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A pair of twin brothers, Jeff and Christopher George, have been accused by authorities of running a massive prescription pill trafficking operation in Palm Beach and Broward counties, involving 30 co-conspirators, including 14 doctors. According to U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer, the enterprise made millions by selling powerful prescription drugs
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Bulgaria, a fractured ex-Communist nation, has been grappling with rampant corruption and organized crime, testing its readiness for European Union membership. The country's prime minister, Boyko Borisov, has launched a high-profile campaign called "Operation Octopus" to decapitate organized crime, but critics argue that the effort has
