Tag: Crime
Greek tax officer dies 7 months after axe attack in office
THESSALONIKI — A tax office employee who had been attacked with an axe in his workplace nearly seven months ago has died, a Greek...
Iran summons Belgium envoy over sentencing of diplomat
<p>TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has summoned Belgium’s ambassador in response to the 20-year prison sentence given an Iranian diplomat convicted of planning a thwarted...
AP Exclusive: Man recounts torture in Maduro’s Venezuela
<p>CARACAS, Venezuela — The ransom calls began soon after Carlos MarrĂłn learned his father hadn’t returned from his evening walk. The kidnappers wanted to...
Court won’t delay extradition of 2 nabbed in Ghosn’s escape
<p>BOSTON — A U.S. appeals court refused Thursday to put on hold the extradition of two men wanted by Japan on accusations that they...
Facing US investigation, Honduras president denies drug ties
MEXICO CITY — Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández denied once again Monday accusations from United States prosecutors that he protected drug traffickers in exchange...
Hearing set for Ohio nonprofit’s bribery scheme guilty plea
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has scheduled the guilty plea hearing for a nonprofit that authorities say was used as part of a...
Man pleads guilty to driving through crowd at Jones rally
GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. — An Alabama man who drove his three-wheeled motorcycle through a crowd of supporters of then-U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, injuring one woman,...
Ex-medical manager wins $3.6M in whistleblower settlement
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis-based medical supply company’s former manager has won $3.6 million in a settlement of her whistleblower lawsuit accusing that company and...
Hearing set for Ohio nonprofit’s bribery scheme guilty plea
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge has scheduled the guilty plea hearing for a nonprofit that authorities say was used as part of a...
Honduran-born US citizen settles lawsuit over jailing
<p>NEW ORLEANS — A Honduran-born United States citizen has settled a lawsuit with a Louisiana sheriff’s office that jailed him in 2018 on suspicion...