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Warehouse set to process convention arrestsP. SOLOMON BANDA ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 07:09 p.m., August 15, 2008 DENVER (AP) - Individuals arrested at the Democratic National Convention will be processed at an industrial warehouse with chain-link cells topped by razor wire, a facility some have compared to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. Groups planning marches, concerts and other events during the Aug. 25-28 convention dub the center "Gitmo on the Platte," for the nearby South Platte River. **SNIP** "Of course if the numbers are overwhelming, that's all going to be out the door," said Capt. Frank Gale, a sheriff's spokesman....

PALESTINIAN security forces in the occupied West Bank today arrested dozens of demonstrators calling for the resurrection of the Islamic caliphate, security officials said. Police loyal to president Mahmoud Abbas arrested more than 50 members of Hizb al-Tahrir (the Islamic Liberation Party), a group calling for the replacement of the Palestinian Authority and Arab governments with a greater Islamic state. The group was founded in 1953 and has branches all over the world. When they were arrested the activists were heading to a football stadium in the town of Beit Jalla outside Bethlehem for a demonstration marking the anniversary of...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly. Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, was given a suspended sentence for subversion in 2004 having been detained by police in Wuhan for posting online essays in support of fellow dissident, Liu Di. Du was then released into house arrest, Reporters Without Borders said in an emailed statement, but was arrested this week having been accused of posting articles on overseas websites...

Nepalese police have arrested some 560 Tibetan women, including many Buddhist nuns, after breaking up demonstrations against China's crackdown in Tibet. In the first example of all-women protests, three rallies in Kathmandu were quickly stopped by police. It was the biggest round-up since Tibetan exiles began near daily demonstrations in March. Protestors wearing black armbands wept and shouted "We want free Tibet" as they were dragged to police vans. Police said those detained were being held in detention centres around the capital, and would be freed later.

Eight youths from Jerusalem were arrested Tuesday on suspicion they assaulted and stabbed two Israeli Arabs, residents of the Shuafat refugee camp, Army Radio reported. The assault occurred on the eve of Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism near the entrance to the Pisgat Ze'ev shopping mall. One of the victims sustained moderate wounds and his friend did not require any medical care. Advertisement According to Army Radio, the eight suspects said during police questioning that the assault was part of efforts to rid the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of Arabs.

A weekend wedding turned into an unforgettable first night for these two newlyweds. Police say a bride and groom spent their first night as a married couple in jail after their wedding party at a Vallejo home got out of hand. When police had to return a second time to the home Saturday night, officers stunned both the groom and his cousin with a Taser when they both became aggressive towards the officers. The groom and cousin were arrested for allegedly resisting arrest. The bride was taken into custody on suspicion of public intoxication.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday condemned Myanmar for new arrests of political activists, which it said contributes to a "climate of fear and repression" ahead of a referendum on the constitution. "We condemn the Burmese (Myanmar) regime's continued arrests and attacks on peaceful political activists," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement. "These blatant human rights abuses contribute to the climate of fear and repression in Burma as the regime prepares to conduct a referendum on its draft constitution," he added. He said the military junta over the weekend arrested five Muslim community leaders in...

CHICAGO (Associated Press) -- Six Iraq war protesters disrupted an Easter Mass on Sunday, shouting and squirting fake blood on themselves and parishioners in a packed auditorium. Three men and three women startled the crowd during Cardinal Francis George's homily, yelling "Even the Pope calls for peace" as they were removed from the Mass by security guards and ushers.

BISBEE — U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 16 illegal immigrants from a vehicle in Sierra Vista on Tuesday morning. The incident took place at about 6:20 a.m. when agents attempted to stop a Chevrolet Suburban, said Jesus Rodriguez, spokesman for Border Patrol’s Tucson sector. “The driver fled in the vehicle from the agent, and then the agent terminated, and when he got to the intersection of Calle Mercancia and Highway 92 in Sierra Vista, the driver bailed out of the vehicle,” Rodriguez said. “The suspect driver left the vehicle in drive, so the vehicle collided with another vehicle that was...

San Francisco anti-war protests yield arrests Bay City News Service Article Launched: 03/19/2008 09:35:11 AM PDT Police arrested more than 20 anti-war protesters in downtown San Francisco this morning, a spokesman said. The protests mark the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq, and dozens of demonstrators armed with megaphones, drums and signs were walking this morning through the city's Financial District. Police Sgt. Steve Mannina said seven people were arrested at the Federal Reserve Building, 101 Market St., on charges of trespassing and delaying arrest. Fire personnel were responding to some protesters who had their arms locked...

Eight people have been arrested in Jordan for propagating the Christian faith, according to a Saudi newspaper. Jordanian security forces arrested eight people, mostly foreigners, after they were caught distributing missionary material to Bedouin families north and east of the Jordanian capital, Amman, the Saudi daily Al-Watan reported. The authorities received information about the missionaries from local residents who said these foreigners were offering humanitarian assistance to poor Muslim families and distributing fliers promoting Christianity. Sources said they were "enticing" impoverished youngsters by paying them money and calling on them to marry foreign girls. Islam is the state religion in...

MADRID (Reuters) - A Moroccan suspected of direct involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people was arrested on Sunday in Rabat, a judicial source in Spain familiar with the case said on Monday. Abdelilah Hriz, 29, will be tried in his home country for his suspected part in Europe's deadliest Islamist attack, the first time Morocco has agreed to try one of its citizens for crimes allegedly committed abroad, said the source. Spanish Judge Juan Del Olmo recently traveled to Morocco to question Hriz and take DNA samples, the Moroccan state news agency MAP said last...

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine troops have arrested a senior Islamic militant over the kidnap and killing of a group of tourists, including two Americans, in 2001, a military statement said Friday. Soldiers backed by police raided a hideout of the Al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf group in southern Margosatubig island on Thursday, the statement said. Troops arrested Abu Sayyaf commander Tuatin Anahaly and seized a cache of weapons including a pistol that he was carrying, near the city of Zamboanga. Anahaly has been on the run since a two-million-peso (48,700-dollar) bounty was placed on this head over his role in...

WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had a plan to suspend the rules against illegal detention and arrest up to 12,000 Americans he suspected of being disloyal, according to a newly declassified document. Hoover sent his plan to the White House on July 7, 1950, less than two weeks after the Korean War began. But there is no evidence to suggest that President Truman or any subsequent president approved any part of Hoover's proposal to house suspect Americans in military and federal prisons. Hoover had wanted Truman to declare the mass arrests necessary to "protect the country against...

SHERPAO, Pakistan - Pakistani police raided an Islamic school and arrested seven students Friday, hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 50 people inside a mosque packed with holiday worshippers at the home of the former interior minister. Suspicion for the blast, which left bloody clothing, shoes and pieces of flesh scattered across the house of worship, focused on the pro-Taliban or al-Qaida militants active near the Afghan border, where the attack occurred. On Saturday, police examined clothing, shoes and the severed legs of a man in the search for the identity of the bomber. It was the second...

LONDON (Reuters) - A British resident freed from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists was arrested in connection with a Spanish extradition request on Thursday hours after returning to Britain, police said. A police spokesman identified the man as 45-year-old Jordanian Jamil el-Banna. "He is being held on a European arrest warrant alleging terrorist related offences that was issued on behalf of the Spanish authorities," said the spokesman. Police said Banna would appear before a London court later on Thursday. No other details were immediately available. Banna was taken to Guantanamo Bay after being arrested at an airport...

SIERRA VISTA — For the second year in a row, protesters against alleged torture practices being taught on the post were arrested Sunday on charges of trespassing. Two of the three had met Army officials Thursday and were briefed on the human intelligence collector’s course, which includes interrogation methods. Mary Burton Riseley, 65, a Quaker from New Mexico and the Rev. Jerry Zawada, 70, of Nevada had met with post officials last week. Joining them was Betsy Lamb, 69, of Oregon as they walked across Buffalo Soldier Trail just before 1 p.m. Sunday. They were taken into custody by post...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain said on Monday it had arrested 16 people suspected of recruiting Islamist fighters for Iraq and North Africa. The 14 Moroccans and two Algerians were alleged to have indoctrinated others with radical Islamic teachings and about "jihad," or holy war, the government said in a statement. "Moreover, (the group) was allegedly linked with the financing and sending of combatants to different terrorist organisations in North Africa and other countries in conflict like Iraq." Thirteen were arrested in Barcelona and nearby towns, two in Aranjuez, 50 km (30 miles) south of Madrid, and one in the resort...

MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- Spanish police arrested 14 suspected Islamic terrorists early Monday, mainly around the city of Barcelona, a Spanish anti-terrorism official told CNN. Many of the suspects are of Pakistani origin and are thought to be involved in the recruiting and training of terrorists to be sent to fight Western forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the official said. Eleven of the suspects were arrested in Barcelona and nearby towns in northeastern Spain. Two others were detained in Aranjuez, a town about an hour south of Madrid. The other suspect was arrested in the southern coastal city of Malaga,...

CAIRO, Egypt - Police arrested 14 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood as part of Egypt's ongoing campaign against the country's strongest opposition group, the interior ministry and the group said Sunday. The interior ministry said in its statement that the group was arrested Saturday for holding a secret organizational meeting in Sharqiyya Province, 50 miles northeast of Cairo. But the Brotherhood claimed in a statement on its official Web site that they were simply attending a course on making shampoo. The Brotherhood has been banned since 1954 but has continued to operate and is Egypt's most powerful opposition movement....

MINNEAPOLIS U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested at least five people from a Minneapolis apartment building yesterday -- setting off protests in the street. After recent arrests in Willmar, the Hispanic community is fearful that raids will be aimed at arresting illegal immigrants. ICE spokesman Tim Counts says the main goal yesterday was to arrest people wanted for criminal offenses, not immigration charges. He would not disclose the nature of the criminal charges. But more than 100 people including community activists went to the area of East Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue to witness the arrests. Many used camcorders...

Forty Arrested Protesting War as Part of 'Mother of a March' Kevin Zeese Arrests at US Capitol on May 14, 2007. Peace Moms Cindy Sheehan and Tina Richards Among Them Summer of Action Begins – SWARM on Congress to Last to July 31 After rallying in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House more than 250 anti-war advocates marched through Washington, DC to Capitol Hill. When they reached the Cannon House Office Building they formed two circles blocking the street to all traffic. The demonstration was the “Mother of a March” spearheaded by Cindy Sheehan whose son died...

Police today launched the biggest ever crackdown on animal rights extremists, raiding 30 homes across Britain and Europe. More than 300 officers from at least four forces executed search warrants in a series of co-ordinated dawn raids. Protesters outside the Huntingdon Life Sciences Centre in Cambridgeshire The authorities are determined to round up militants they believe have orchestrated terror campaigns against scientists and contractors involved in animal research at laboratories, universities and research institutions. Today's operation was led by four forces in the South-East - Surrey, Hampshire, Thames Valley and Kent - with officers also involved from other forces in...

The driver who crashed a tanker loaded with gasoline and brought down a heavily trafficked highway overpass was given a commercial trucker's license despite a history of criminal convictions, including drug and burglary arrests. James Mosqueda, 51, of Woodland also got a special hazardous materials endorsement last year from the federal Transportation Security Administration. To get it, he had to undergo an FBI criminal history check and an intelligence background check. "It's reprehensible," said Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, who chairs both the Assembly Transportation Committee and the Joint Committee on Emergency Services and Homeland Security. "Someone with that record...

RIYADH (Reuters) - The arrest of 172 suspected militants did not end the al Qaeda-linked threat in Saudi Arabia, the interior minister was quoted as saying on Saturday, vowing to maintain a crack down on the group. Prince Nayef also told the Arabic-language al-Riyadh daily that a Saudi man was being held on suspicion of leading one of the seven cells which had been smashed, foiling a plot to attack oil facilities and military bases. "We cannot say that we are finished from these deviants," said Prince Nayef. "But efforts will continue. The eyes ... are wide open and efforts...

WOMEN OF IRAN ARISE! IF THIS MAN CAN DO THIS, YOU CAN DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. Women of Iran, do not get discouraged by Nancy Pelosi being a traitor to all women, or Condi Rice appearing also be about to betray the 150,000 of you arrested for "poor dress" as per Islamic sharia law. Shot across the bows of Iranian women by Ahmadi-Nejad. Clearly he and his regime has been listening to and frightened by exhortations on an Iranian program for Iranian women to arise and confront his regime. Can you imagine the effort needed to arrest 150,000...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This morning in DeKalb, Marshall and Jefferson Counties, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) spearheaded the execution of four federal search warrants at the homes of members of a group called "The Free Militia." During the search warrants, ATF, along with state and local law enforcement recovered 130 grenades, an improvised rocket launcher with live rounds, a grenade launcher, a machine gun, a short barreled shot-gun, two silencers, numerous other firearms, 2500 rounds of ammunition, explosive components, approximately 70 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), and commercial fireworks. Also recovered was enough ammunition...

Iran: Arrests of peaceful demonstrators and activists continue Source: Amnesty International 4/21/07 Amnesty International is calling on the Iranian authorities to release immediately and unconditionally all those detained in connection with recent peaceful demonstrations by teachers, students and others, to halt all trial proceedings that could result in the imprisonment of prisoners of conscience and to cease harassment of those campaigning to uphold human rights, including trade union and political rights. The organization is concerned that such protestors have been increasingly targeted since Minister of Intelligence Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie publicly accused the womens' movement and student campaigners of being...

CAIRO, Egypt: Police have detained nine members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group as part of Egypt's ongoing campaign against the country's strongest opposition group, a police official and the group said Friday. The Brotherhood members were rounded up late Thursday as they were holding a meeting inside an apartment owned by a member of the group in the northern city of Behira, said the police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. Those arrested included a businessman and senior local leaders of the group in Behira, located about 180...

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2007 – Coalition and Afghan forces arrested four people this morning during an operation targeting a known terrorist safe house, military officials reported. The combined force arrested four military-age men with suspected ties to extremist groups believed to be involved in facilitating the movement of anti-government fighters. Official said some were discovered with large amounts of ammunition and currency. Afghan forces, escorted by the local imam, questioned some men who had recently arrived from Pakistan and were staying in the local mosque. Coalition forces remained outside the mosque during the operation. No shots were fired during...

Five arrested for refusing to leave during overnight protest at port STACEY MULICK; The News Tribune Published: March 13th, 2007 08:02 AM Police arrested five people early Tuesday at the Port of Tacoma after anti-war protestors refused orders to move off the railroad tracks, Tacoma police reported. The five were arrested on suspicion of criminal obstruction and booked into Pierce County Jail, police detective Brad Graham said Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported to the protestors or police. No property damage was reported, Graham said. The arrests early Tuesday bring the total number of protestors arrested at the Port of...

TUCSON — In an operation that officials say marks a new chapter in workplace enforcement, federal immigration officials raided the offices of a Sierra Vista construction company on Friday, arresting the firm’s president and six others for conspiring to hire illegal workers. Officials say the arrests at Sun Drywall and Stucco Inc. represent the first time that criminal charges have been brought against an employer for knowingly hiring undocumented workers. And they promised more arrests to come. “Unfortunately, for many employers, the fines imposed for illegal hiring practices have become just another cost of doing business,” said Alonzo Pena, special...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. agents arrested about 195 people in more than a dozen states in a crackdown on illegal immigrants involving a maintenance business for theme restaurants like Hard Rock Cafe, officials said on Thursday. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency also charged three individuals who operated the company with failing to pay more than $18.6 million in federal employment taxes and for hiding the profits which were later used to buy luxury boats, homes and racehorses. The immigration agency unsealed a 23-count indictment against three Florida residents who operated the business, Rosenbaum-Cunningham International Inc., for harboring illegal...

Investigators from the Counter Narcotics Alliance seized as much as 7,000 pounds of marijuana south of Downtown Thursday morning and arrested four people on drug charges, officials said. Authorities estimated the wholesale value of the marijuana at $500 per pound, which means the bust could have a value of $3.5 million. Members of the multi- agency Counter Narcotics Alliance raided Bearing-Belt & Chain Inc., 430 W. 22nd St., at about 8:30 a.m. and seized an estimated 5,000 pounds of marijuana, said Lt. Kelly J. Lane of the Tucson Police Department. Earlier that day, around 6 a.m., police officers pulled over...

Police arrest five in anti-terror raids Tuesday January 23, 2007 Guardian Unlimited (UK) A police officer photographs a car outside a Halifax address after anti-terror raids in the area. Photograph: Paul Barker/AFP/Getty Images Five people were arrested in separate anti-terrorism operations this morning, two in West Yorkshire and three around Manchester, police have said. Two men, aged 25 and 29, were held in Halifax at 6am "on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism", a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan police said. The London force's anti-terrorism officers carried out the raid in conjunction with West Yorkshire police,...

ATLANTA - Federal authorities said Wednesday they arrested six illegal immigrants who had security badges that gave them access to the tarmac and other restricted areas at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested the men, all Mexicans employed by T.C. Drywall Inc., as they reported to work at the airport Wednesday, agency spokesman Marc Raimondi said. Immigration officials said the men had been hired recently to install drywall inside the airport's secure area. They will appear before an immigration judge and face deportation to Mexico. Immigration officials do not believe the men posed a specific...

ATF Arrests 2 Mexican Nationals for Purchasing 12,750 Rounds of Ammunition Laredo, Texas -- Special Agent in Charge J. Dewey Webb of the Houston Field Division, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced today that ATF special agents have arrested two Mexican men after they purchased 12,750 rounds of ammunition of assorted calibers from a federal firearms licensee in Laredo. Carlos Alberto Osorio-Castrejon of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and Ramon Uresti- Careaga of Mexico City were arrested yesterday after ATF special agents observed them in a Laredo federal firearms licensee taking the ammunition out of the original packaging and...

UPDATE: Professor Ammons is not arrested. Miscommunication. However, 107 deaf protesters are arrested at Gallaudet University so far. More vans are brought in by DC police. Cold temperature is taking a toll on some protesters. Hyperthermia? Ambulance on scene. Many Deaf students, faculty members, staff and alumni throws fit over 1st deaf woman to become the 9th president at Gallaudet University by mostly deaf Board of Trustees early this May. Protest has been simmering since May and exploded last week almost 9 days ago. And..

Just a quick taste of this "quality" citizen of the NFL community ... 10/2003: Jones was sentenced to one year in jail following a bar fight while he was a student at West Virginia University, but the sentence was suspended and he was placed on two years probation. His probation was scheduled to end on Thursday. 4/27/05: Adam "Pacman" Jones was at Club Blaze in Conley, Ga., around 3 a.m. ET on April 27 when officers responded to a fight involving two women. Andrea Akins, a supervisor at the club, told police she was punched in the mouth by a...

LAMESA (TX) - A small, unrehearsed group of protesters gathered Saturday a block south of the Dawson County Law Enforcement Center, marching their way to the Lamesa Police Department to protest the prosecution and detention of 36 people accused of dealing drugs. The arrests in June were the result of a four-month undercover operation by a detective hired by the Lamesa Police Department. A grand jury handed down indictments on 37 individuals June 28. The next morning, more than 80 law enforcement officials swept Lamesa, looking for their suspects. Dawson County District Attorney Ricky Smith said one of those indicted...

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Lincoln police on Monday morning arrested a man for the 226th time after, police said, he was breaking into vehicles. Kevin Holder, 41, has a 43-page criminal history that stretches back to 1980. Lincoln police have his mug shot on file 16 different times. "He's very well known to Lincoln police officers. He's a prolific career criminal," said Lincoln Police Chief Tom Casady.

Pakistan bows to pressure and arrests Taliban fighters (Filed: 16/08/2006) Pakistan reacted to pressure from Britain and other Western powers yesterday by arresting dozens of Taliban fighters suspected of attacking British soldiers across the border in Afghanistan. At least 27 suspected Taliban warriors were arrested at the private al-Khair Hospital in Quetta where some were receiving medical treatment for wounds. Meanwhile in the port city of Karachi, police arrested a suspected Islamic militant accused of training religious students to become suicide bombers and deploying them against coalition troops in Afghanistan. There have been months of diplomatic wrangling over Pakistan's apparent...

by Mark Finkelstein August 14, 2006 Maruan Awad Muhareb. Adham Abdelhamid Othman. Louai Abdelhamied Othman. Now you know the names of the three suspects arrested over the weekend, suspected in a plot to blow up the Mackinac Bridge, which connects Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. You wouldn't have known either their names or backgrounds had you relied on the Today show this morning for the information. According to the wife of one of the suspects, the men's families come from Jerusalem. According to NBC reporter Janet Shamlian, who narrated a segment on the situation, those facing terrorism charges are "three...

Pakistan arrests over bomb plot The arrest of militants in Pakistan is said to have provided a lead Pakistan has made a number of arrests in connection with an alleged UK plot to blow up planes flying to the US. "There were some arrests in Pakistan which were co-ordinated with arrests in the UK," said Tasnim Aslam, spokeswoman for Pakistan's foreign ministry. Pakistan had played a very important role in the investigation, she added. UK police are questioning 24 people over the alleged plot, which is said to have involved smuggling liquid explosives onto planes in hand luggage. Sources told...

Mexican authorities have arrested the leader of a wide-reaching organization that allegedly made and distributed forged immigration and identification documents in numerous U.S. cities, U.S. officials said Monday. Pedro Castorena, 42, was arrested Saturday in the western city of Guadalajara while carrying two counterfeit Mexican identification documents that bore his photograph but an assumed name, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, said in a statement. Castorena's arrest "deals a serious blow to one of the largest fraudulent document organizations in the United States," said Julie Myers, the Department of Homeland Security's assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs...

China arrests demonstrators June 4, 2006 - Arrests Mark the 17th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Google China/Google.cn: No coverage Associated Press covers Arrests under "China Marks Annivesary" Yahoo News, Google News & MSN News: Also Buried under peaceful sounding headlines. Yahoo News: "China's Tiananmen Secure on Anniversary " AP Headline: "17th Tiananmen Anniversary Passes in China " While the press outlets of the world choose to avoid negative news on China, speaking about Tiananmen Square events of 1989 remains illegal.

EL ARISH, Egypt - Egyptian police captured six Sudanese, including a one-year-old boy, who were trying to cross into Israel early Friday to seek asylum, a security official said. The six were arrested at dawn as they tried to get over the coil of barbed wire that marks the border in Egypt's northeast Sinai desert, said Brig. Gen. Adel Fawzi, the chief of the North Sinai criminal investigation department.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 565 people on three continents have been arrested over the past year as part of an international operation targeting mass-marketing fraud schemes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The department said about 2.8 million people had fallen victim to the fraud schemes that were carried out through the Internet, by telemarketers and through mass mailings. Through "Operation Global Con," police in countries across North and South America and Europe have uncovered a number of scams and have arrested 565 people since March 1, 2005. The majority of the arrests were made in Spain, followed...

Arpaio’s Posse By Jenni Vinson Trejo May 13, 2006 Joseph M. Arpaio serves as the Sheriff for Maricopa County in Arizona. He’s had plenty of light shed on him by the national media. This week he has been back in the news for making a serious and bold attempt of solving the illegal Immigrant problems that plaque his county. Arpaio has earned the reputation of being the toughest cop in the nation. In the past, he has been scrutinized and criticized because of his rather unconventional methods of dealing with the inmates he has incarcerated in his jails With his...

Thousands of fugitives have been arrested in a seven-day nationwide crackdown on fugitives and violent sex offenders. There were 101 arrests in Nevada. U.S. Attorney for the state of Nevada, Daniel Bogden had no sympathy for the fugitives. "It was not a good week for fugitive sex offenders who were on the run from justice," Bogden said. Carlos Bermudez is one of those fugitives. He's been on the run for close to five years, police say he molested a nine-year-old boy. Bermudez was one of the Las Vegas fugitives arrested in the sweep by local, state and federal agencies. "This...