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Police: Arrest in Case of Dead Chinese Student
By not in system - AOL NewsTORONTO -- A 29-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a college student whose frantic boyfriend in China watched though a webcam as she struggled with an attacker, police said Wednesday. Brian Dickson was charged with first-degree murder, Toronto police spokesman Tony Vella told The Associated Press. Dickson was scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning. Police did not release any more details but asked the media not to publish any photos of Dickson, saying it could compromise the investigation. The body of York University student Liu Qian, 23, of Beijing, was found Friday ...
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Police Look at How Houston Kindergartner Got Gun
By not in system - AOL NewsHOUSTON -- Police are trying to determine how a Houston kindergartener got a loaded gun that he brought to an elementary school, where officials say it accidentally fired when it fell from his pocket as he sat down for lunch, wounding himself and two other students. Some parents said the incident has made them think twice about safety at the school and they wonder if additional security measures, including extra officers and even metal detectors, are needed. School district officials said extra security would be in place Wednesday to allay parents' fears. Houston Chronicle / AP A ...
FBI Takes to the Sky in Long Island Serial Killer Search
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe FBI took to the air today to assist the Long Island serial killer investigation. The federal law enforcement agency is using high-tech planes and helicopters equipped with high-resolution cameras to take aerial images of beach areas where at least eight sets of human remains have been found in the past four months. "The aviation bureau [previously] identified a significant number of items that aren't natural to the area," Nassau County Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said at a 7 a.m. media briefing today. "It is unknown at this time what they are, and that is what we are doing ...
To Discourage Public Urination, Australian City Introduces Open-Air Urinal
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsAfter a city official described its urine-soaked streets as a "disgusting mess," open-air urinals are being introduced into the downtown area of Sydney, Australia, to discourage drunks from peeing in public. The al fresco toilets, also seen in some European and Canadian cities, are aimed at stopping people from urinating on residential doorways, in bank ATM lobbies and on the streets. Sydney's center apparently is so plagued by public urination that the local council claims it faces a yearly clean-up bill of $7 million, and it's desperate to stem the tide. City of Sydney Sydney, ...
Body Count Along NY Beach Highway Now at 10
By not in system - AOL NewsGARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The number of possible victims of a serial killer rose to 10 on Tuesday after authorities confirmed that two sets of remains found along a New York highway a day earlier are human. Authorities have not definitively linked all the remains found in the past five months to the same suspect, but they have said four Craigslist escorts found in December were likely victims of a serial killer. Related Stories NY Police: Missing Woman Not Among 8 Beach Victims Is Long Island Serial Killer an Ex-Cop? Just Speculation, Expert Says Detectives ...
1 Dead After Shooting Aboard UK Nuclear Sub
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- A British sailor aboard a nuclear-powered submarine allegedly shot dead a crew member and seriously wounded another Friday while the vessel was on a goodwill visit to an English port, officials said. A sailor was detained aboard HMS Astute and arrested on suspicion of murder. Police and military officials said the incident was not related to terrorism, but offered few details about what may have prompted a sailor to open fire during a tour of the submarine by local dignitaries, including the mayor of Southampton, in southern England. Britain's Press Association news agency ...
Lack of Police Blamed for Crime Wave Gripping Egypt
By not in system - AOL NewsCAIRO -- Gunmen kidnapped a grandniece of Anwar Sadat and demanded a ransom. In one southern city, robbers didn't bother to wait until dark to target pedestrians. In another, a brawl between two school children led to a gunbattle that killed five. A police state barely three months ago, Egypt has seen crime soar 200 percent since Hosni Mubarak's ouster from the presidency. Murder, violent theft and kidnapping are leading the surge, security officials said. In many ways, this country of more than 80 million has become a free-for-all for criminals taking advantage of a weakened police force ...
1 Killed, 1 Hurt Falling Out of Tour Bus in Mass.
By not in system - AOL NewsSHIRLEY, Mass. - One man was killed and another injured when the two fell out of a bathroom window of a tour bus in Massachusetts that was coming from a brewery in New Hampshire, Massachusetts State Police said Sunday. Police said Thomas Johnson, 31, of Gardner was killed when he fell Saturday night onto Route 2 in Shirley. Seth Davis, 34, of Winchendon was in fair condition at a Worcester hospital, a nursing supervisor said Sunday. The Colonial Tours bus was heading back to Gardner in central Massachusetts from the Red Hook Brewery in Portsmouth, N.H. The bus company and brewery did not ...
Police: Missing Mother's Body Found in Church Septic Tank
By David Lohr - AOL NewsThe body of a missing mother of three has been recovered from an underground septic system behind a rural Ohio church after the woman's mother-in-law told authorities where to find the corpse, according to police. Authorities had been searching for 25-year-old Summer Inman since March 22. She was in an alleyway behind a bank that she was cleaning when two men forced her into a car, police in the town of Logan said. Logan Police Authorities in Ohio have recovered the body of Summer Inman from inside an underground septic system behind a rural church. "The body ...
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