LIMA, Peru (AP) 鈥� Peru's government will impose harsh penalties for those who steal a cellphone, including life in prison if a robber kills someone while stealing their mobile device.The changes to the country's penal code, approved recently in Congress, went into effect Thursday.Peru's penal ...
CHICAGO (AP) 鈥� A teenager who was shot and wounded during a 2019 shootout between suburban Chicago police and a bank robbery suspect inside a music school has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the city of Des Plaines.Rylan Wilder signed off this week on the settlement, nearly four years ...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� The Detroit Tigers complex in the Dominican Republic was targeted Wednesday in the latest robbery of a Major League Baseball facility in the country, police said.One man was apprehended and police are searching for four others who entered the complex ...
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) 鈥� A GameStop clerk who police say fatally shot a fleeing shoplifter has been charged with manslaughter.Derrick Guerrero, 33, was working at the video game retailer's store in a suburban Fort Lauderdale strip mall Tuesday night when a man grabbed five boxes of Pokemon ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) 鈥� A Las Vegas police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison for stealing nearly $165,000 in a trio of casino heists, including one in which he was found guilty of brandishing a department-issued weapon.Caleb Rogers, who has been on unpaid suspension in a ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Three members of a California family pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey, federal prosecutors said.Brothers Tou Sue Vang, 32, and Andrew Vang, 28, ...
