Category : US crime
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard A high-seas shootout pitting drug runners against...
Teen who texted 911 rescued after she was trafficked to California from Mexico
In texts received in Spanish and translated to English, the girl tried to describe her location, though she did not know where she was Authorities...
Accused Canadian serial murderer admits killing four Indigenous women
Jeremy Skibicki, charged with four counts of first-degree murder, is believed to have left bodies of at least two victims in a landfill An accused...
Conman who swindled $175m in ‘massive’ psychic fraud scheme sentenced to 10 years
Patrice Runner, 57, of Canada was convicted in June of multiple counts of defrauding ‘millions of older and vulnerable Americans’ A Canadian conman, who swindled...
US chocolate mogul charged over deaths of Canadian animator and partner in Dominica
Jonathan Lehrer, 57, and alleged accomplice appear in court after bodies of Daniel Langlois and Dominique Marchand were found An American chocolatier and his alleged...
Peruvian man arrested for making more than 150 bomb threats to US schools
Suspect, arrested in Peru, allegedly threatened schools after failing to ‘sextort’ nude photos from schoolchildren A Peruvian man was arrested in Peru for sending more...
Canadian police solve 48-year-old case of teenager’s rape and murder using DNA
Police say West Virginian who died 40 years ago raped and killed 16-year-old Sharron Prior in a Montreal suburb in 1975 Canadian police say they...
Trouser snakes: US man accused of smuggling three reptiles in his pants
New Yorker accused of hiding large Burmese pythons in trousers while crossing from Canada in July could face 20-year sentence A New York City man...
