Archive for January, 2009

Men approach 3 teenage boys; police investigating (Detroit Free Press)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Southfield police are investigating three incidents this week in which teenage boys were approached by men in vehicles and, on two occasions, asked to perform sexual acts for money. At least two of the incidents are likely connected, said Southfield Police Chief Joseph Thomas.

Mexican police detain man with $2.5 million (AP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Police say they have detained an Ecuadorean man for carrying about $2.5 million in cash in a suitcase at Mexico City's international airport.

Police crack down in Tibetan capital (UPI)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
LHASA, China, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Chinese police in the capital of Tibet have detained at least 81 people in thousands of raids in a crackdown ostensibly aimed at crime, dissidents said.

Six dead after tour bus crashes in Arizona: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
At least six people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group crashed in Arizona Friday, police and local media said.

Police confiscate drugs, arrest 2 men (Chicago Tribune)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Two men were arrested on the Southwest Side and face charges involving an attempted drug deal involving cocaine and heroin worth more than $2.5 million, Chicago police said today. On Thursday night, Narcotics Section officers followed a Dodge pick-up truck and red Honda from a parking lot in the 6800 block of South Pulaski Road to a garage in the 6800 block of South Keeler Avenue , ...

Six dead after tour bus crashes in Arizona: police (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
At least six people were killed and more than a dozen were injured after a bus reported to be carrying a South Korean tour group crashed in Arizona on Friday, police and local media said.

Man leads police on 9-hour chase, cops say (Chicago Tribune)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
An off-again, on-again pursuit ended today when Oak Brook police nabbed a Gilberts man who officials say had been on the run -- at moderate speeds -- for nine hours. The pursuit began about 5:30 p.m. Thursday near Springfield, where an Illinois State Police trooper noticed the taillights on a Dodge Neon weren't working, said Lt. Luis Gutierrez, a state police spokesman. The trooper tried to ...

Police arrest man driving boom lift at 3 a.m. (AP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
Police knew something wasn't quite right after they spotted a man driving a piece of construction lift equipment down a street at 3 a.m. on Thursday. The man, who appparently had been drinking, was in the lift bucket of the Genie Boom with an unopened six-pack of beer and a bag of beef jerky when police pulled the vehicle over. He was clocked at 2 mph.

Police: Sister beats up bride at wedding reception (AP via Yahoo! News)

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
A woman who wasn't invited to her sister's wedding reception showed up anyway and attacked the bride, pulling out clumps of her hair, police said. Annmarie Bricker, 23, of Valparaiso, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of battery.

Police: Sister beats up bride at wedding reception (AP via Yahoo! News)

Friday, January 30th, 2009
A woman who wasn't invited to her sister's wedding reception showed up anyway and attacked the bride, pulling out clumps of her hair, police said. Annmarie Bricker, 23, of Valparaiso, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of battery.