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US military guns keep vanishing, some used in street crimes
Pulling a pistol from his waistband, the young man spun his human shield toward police. “Don’t do it!” a pursuing officer pleaded. The young man complied, releasing the bystander and tossing the gun, which skittered across the city street and then into the hands of...
AP: Pistol stolen from Army armory tied to Boston robbery
BOSTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation into firearms missing from the U.S. armed services has tied a stolen Army pistol to a Boston armed robbery. Police recovered a Sig Sauer M11 semi-automatic after the street mugging in January 2016. It’s the same kind of...
Critical entities targeted in suspected Chinese cyber spying
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A cyberespionage campaign blamed on China was more sweeping than previously known, with suspected state-backed hackers exploiting a device meant to boost internet security to penetrate the computers of critical U.S. entities. The hack of Pulse...
With Massachusetts armory theft, military guns went public
The young barber was walking to the car after the first Saturday night party of the new year when a robber put a pistol to his head and demanded everything. Wallet, gold watch and jewelry in hand, the robber was hanging out on a dark Boston avenue when a police patrol car...
Man accused of shooting suspected catalytic converter thief
LAKEWOOD, Wash. (AP) — A 54-year-old man has been arrested and accused of shooting a suspected catalytic converter thief, then dragging him with his truck and leaving his body in a field south of Tacoma. According to court documents, at 3:45 a.m. Saturday someone...
Convict gets life in prison for Tennessee official's death
RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted felon accused of raping and killing a Tennessee corrections administrator and then escaping from prison on a farm tractor was sentenced to life without parole Monday after striking a deal with prosecutors. Curtis Ray Watson told a judge...
State prison inmate in Tucson dies; Appears to be a suicide
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona prison inmate in Tucson has died and it appears to be a suicide, authorities said Monday. Arizona Corrections Department officials said 67-year-old Michael L. Ring died last Thursday “from an apparent act of self-harm by a...
Police: 5 arrested in CT after crashing stolen ride-hail car
GLASTONBURY, Conn. (AP) — Five teenagers crashed a stolen car in Connecticut, called a ride-hailing service, then stole the ride-hail car and crashed it, authorities said. Glastonbury Police Lt. Corey Davis said the five teens aged 15 to 18 were riding in a stolen BMW...
Police: Man took ambulance, said he was driving to hospital
BALTIMORE (AP) — A man having a medical crisis stole an ambulance in Baltimore and told officers he was driving himself to the hospital, police said. When a fire department medical unit responded to a call on Seagull Avenue early Monday, police said in a news release...
New Orleans man accused of leading chase in stolen ambulance
GRETNA, La. (AP) — A New Orleans man is accused of stealing an ambulance outside a New Orleans emergency room and then leading a chase through suburbs across the Mississippi River. Kevin Arnold, 33, was arrested early Sunday on charges including aggravated flight,...
