Holiday cop tackles armed robber
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A Leicestershire policeman on holiday in New York disarms a knife-wielding robber after a jeweller is stabbed.
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A holiday drive leads to a frantic rescue mission.
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Two police officers are hurt in a shooting during an attempted armed robbery at a Barclays bank.
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RAPID CITY, S.D. - Police had a brief run-in early Monday with a masked intruder who was threatening employees of a convenience store. But instead of a gun-toting robber, this intruder was a raccoon on a rampage.
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A man who authorities said escaped police custody at a hospital, stole one of their guns and commandeered an ambulance was charged Thursday with more than a dozen felonies.
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ELKO, Nev. - The thief had the bank-robbing part down, putting his finger in his pocket to simulate a gun at a northeast Nevada bank on Tuesday. It was the getaway that proved a bit more difficult.
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MUNCIE, Ind. - Police used a stun gun to subdue a man who started choking a police dog that found him after a chase on foot, authorities said.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Police armed with rifles  and wearing flak jackets manned checkpoints across Rio de  Janeiro on Thursday to prevent muggings and other violence as  tourists flocked to the ocean city for the holiday season.
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Nashville police were able to catch a robber within minutes after a robbery victim used a camera cell phone to snap a mug shot of the criminal as well as the getaway vehicle.
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Police issue e-fit images of men wanted over the shooting of a rail commuter who tried to stop an armed robbery.
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An undercover police officer had been shot, and police were hunting for the suspect's vehicle. They soon found it &#151; with another officer behind the wheel, police said.
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Patrolman Brian Johnson of the Franklin, Mass., Police Department studied a surveillance video showing two men using allegedly stolen credit cards at a Home Depot.
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Police hunt an armed robber, thought to be aged up to 70 years old, who held up a post office in Manchester.
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The e-tailer has another big holiday season.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Police say a tipster may have helped them crack a nut-nabbing syndicate.
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The off-duty police officer who was shot and killed by other officers in White Plains on Friday was trying to break up a fight but failed to drop his gun when ordered to do so, two witnesses said.
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By Chris Echegaray, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Dec. 10--PLANT CITY -- A burglar broke into Harmony Baptist Church and stole Christmas from the children of Hope Children's Home in Tampa.