Cops: Burglary Suspect Caught Cooking Dope
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JONESBORO, Ark. - A burglary suspect broke into a house, tore open gifts under the Christmas tree and began preparing a batch of methamphetamine before he was caught, investigators said.
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HARBORCREEK, Pa. - An Erie County homeowner returned from a Florida visit to even warmer climes - his house, where police say someone had broken in and had turned up the man's thermostat all the way.
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German authorities were able to pin a burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his DNA at a crime scene, police said on Thursday.
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ATHENS, Tenn. - An armed robbery suspect used the arrest of his partner as a diversion to steal a new patrol car, crash into a ditch, break into a woman's home and then fall asleep on her couch, authorities said.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A pair of Dutch burglars' bad luck shifted into high gear when they were caught fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in on bicycles belonging to the very policeman who arrested them.    Police in a suburb of the eastern Dutch city of Nijmegen said the hapless burglars were trying to break into a house Sunday when neighbors alerted the police...
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WASHINGTON - A quick-acting retiree whacked a teenage robbery suspect over the head with a frying pan, an action praised by District of Columbia police. Police had been pursuing a red Jeep believed to be carrying two suspects following a reported robbery about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday.
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Police had a mug shot of a robbery suspect before he was arrested. Thanks to a camera phone, they even had a picture of his getaway vehicle.
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A man charged with two homicides who was mistakenly released from jail was captured Friday night in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
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German authorities were able to pin a  burglary committed in April on a suspected serial thief after  he left a half-eaten slice of salami carrying a sliver of his  DNA at a crime scene, police said Thursday.
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PALM BAY, Fla. - A homeowner stopped an alleged burglar by beating him into submission with a football helmet. Kevin Williams, 44, of Palm Bay spotted a man outside his window at 3:15 a.m. Monday using a screwdriver to pry at the screen door, Florida Today reported.
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One D.C. police officer helped himself to a woman's credit card while investigating a burglary at her home, another allegedly spit on a nightclub bouncer in a drunken rage and a third was caught soliciting sex within 10 blocks of police headquarters.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. - Police are looking for two women they say sexually assaulted a man with a pair of cooking tongs in a drug-related attack.  Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan police say the victim, a 25-year-old man, awoke Saturday morning with a metal object protruding from his body.
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Chris Chambers, Miamiâs top receiver, was arrested around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after being pulled over several miles south of downtown Charlotte.
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KALISPELL, Mont. - Deputies were taken aback during a chase involving a suspected burglar. He signaled his upcoming turns, Flathead County Sheriff's Sgt. Ernie Freebury said Tuesday.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 20--La Crosse police found about 55,000 rounds of ammunition, weapons, explosives and drugs inside the South Side house of a man arrested Friday night on felony weapon charges.
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WAUKESHA, Wis. - Police said a suspected arsonist was arrested after they found his birth certificate at the scene of a fire this week.
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DUBLIN, Ireland - A suspected burglar accidentally strangled himself while trying to break into a house in the southwest Irish town of Tralee, police said Monday.  Police said the home owner discovered the body of a man Sunday afternoon hanging from the outside frame of a bathroom window.