A Colorful Nickname Often Leads to a Criminal's Capture
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SACRAMENTO -- The Spiderman Bandit didn't scale walls and spin webs while robbing banks. Rather, weblike tattoos on his forearms earned him the nickname.
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MIAMI -- He is, depending upon whom you talk to, either a terrorist or a patriot.
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Street robbers often carry out their crimes for the thrill as much as for the financial gain, a report says.
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Police had a mugshot 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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Try not to smile: A top spammer may be sentenced to hard time.
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Only a few hours after Arlington County police detained and then released a suspect in a series of plastic-bag assaults on women, a copycat may have tried the same tactics.
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As an FBI spy catcher, Joseph Navarro could identify traitors through their subtle behavioral tics Â even something as simple as a squint could be a giveaway.
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In the pantheon of nicknames, âSugarâ sets the bar highest. Boxingâs most recent claimant to that moniker is Shane Mosley, and through the ups and
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The names of the characters have also changed.
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In the latest case of Internet names being hijacked, panix.com saw its name slip out of its control and become the center of a cyberhunt to get it back.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A convicted murderer who escaped from a work release program 33 years ago was captured in Alabama, where he had been working construction jobs using his real name, U.S. Marshals announced Saturday.
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SPENCER, Iowa -- The tiny jail here has housed many a typical small-town Iowa criminal since its bricks were laid in 1938 -- drunk drivers, drug abusers, the occasional thief. These days, though, Sheriff Randy Krukow walks the cell row and behind the bars sees a new kind of increasingly typical l...
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Animal DNA is being used as hard evidence in a growing number of "CSI"-type cases to catch criminals of all stripes, from killers to cattle rustlers.
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The next time you call directory enquiries in Italy, you may speak to a convicted murderer.
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Of pimps, government officials and what makes a translator laugh.
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Experts say that the thrill of the spotlight lures some people to false confessions.
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Suspects taken into custody on dubious or nonexistent charges. Detectives who are encouraged to contaminate crime scenes and beat out confessions. Corrupt or outgunned police who call in the army when moving against reputed drug bosses or guerrillas.