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• Three Teens Arrested For Home Invasion

• March 12, 2007 (Danville, IL) -

  Danville police have arrested three teens for the March 1 home invasion of an elderly woman. Deputy Director Doug Miller said the teens – who are not being identified because they are 14, 15 and 16 – were arrested Thursday afternoon on preliminary charges of home invasion, armed robbery and aggravated battery to a senior citizen.

  They were being detained at the Vermilion...

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• Four Face Kidnapping Charges

• March 12, 2007 (Campbellsville, KY) -

  Four people have been indicted on charges alleging that they kidnapped a juvenile and held him for ransom.

  Jeremy Lynn Hollins, 27, of 315 Handley Ave., William J. Miller, 21, of 436 N. Poplar St., and Sidney Shively, 18, of 266 Smith Ridge Road, all in Campbellsville, and Deshawn M. "Trey" Howlett, 27, whose last known address is Louisville, were indicted Tuesday by a Taylor...

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• Big-city Murders Way Up Since ’04, Study Finds; 10 Percent Jump In Slayings Is ‘no Aberration,’ Police Think Tank Says

• March 09, 2007 (Washington, DC) -

  The murder rate jumped by more than 10 percent among dozens of large U.S. cities since 2004, a study shows in the latest sign that a national lull in violent crime has ended.

  Robberies also spiked during the two-year period, as did felony assaults and attacks with guns, according to the report to be released Friday by the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington-based law...

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