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Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden
BOSASO, Puntland (AP) — Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed, told...
FBI: Man wearing Captain America backpack stole items from senators' desks during Capitol riot
A Virginia man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol while wearing a Captain America backpack and stole items from senators' desks on the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, court records show. Ryan Joseph Orlando took a pen from the desk of Sen....
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years for financial fraud after victims angrily confront him in court
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them. Those clients got to look Murdaugh in...
Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg says vintage car restorer stole $125,000 from him
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen's drummer, Max Weinberg, is suing the owners of a Florida car restoration company, saying they stole $125,000 by falsely promising him a like-new 1957 Mercedes-Benz and then using his money for personal expenses. Weinberg is seeking...
Robbery suspect's colorful underwear helped police arrest him, authorities say
NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of multicolored briefs peeking out above a robbery suspect's low-slung trousers helped police arrest him more than a year later, federal authorities in New York said Wednesday. The robbery happened at a tobacco shop in Queens on Sept. 14, 2022. Three masked...
More than 100 guns stolen in Michigan after store manager is forced to reveal alarm code
DETROIT (AP) — More than 100 handguns were stolen from a store in southwestern Michigan after the manager was held at gunpoint outside his home and forced to reveal how to turn off the alarm, authorities said Tuesday. All guns except one were recovered and two men were arrested...
The District of Columbia is combating car thefts and carjackings with dashcams and AirTags
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeff Pena contacted his father as soon as he heard that police were passing out auto tracking devices to try to stem a sharp increase in carjackings, auto thefts and other crimes in the nation's capital. “It's just getting crazy out there,” said Pena, whose...
A Chinese man is extradited from Morocco to face embezzlement charges in Shanghai
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese man wanted for allegedly embezzling millions of yuan (hundreds of thousands of dollars) from his company and then fleeing to Morocco was extradited back to China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security said. The man, a financial executive at the...
Officer fires gun at Atlanta hospital while pursuing vehicle theft suspect
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say they arrested a man suspected of stealing a vehicle, after officers chased him to a hospital and one of them fired his gun. When officers responded to a report of a possible stolen vehicle around 12:30 p.m. Friday, a person told them the suspect...
Escaped murderer back in court over crimes authorities say he committed while on the run
A convicted murderer who escaped from a southeastern Pennsylvania prison earlier this year and eluded a massive two-week search before he was recaptured was arraigned Friday on theft, burglary and other charges in connection with alleged crimes committed while he was on the run. ...
