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GLEN BURNIE - County police said they arrested a Glen Burnie man on attempted murder and drug charges Sunday following an apparent drug deal gone bad, police said.
Police were called to the 200 block of Woodhill Drive at 1:46 p.m. Sunday for a shooting.
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NEW HAVEN -- Police and arson investigators are probing an attempted firebombing of a Fair Haven house Friday morning. About 8:30 a.m., a neighbor called 911 and reported hearing a bang in the area of 187 Dover St. What fire officials discovered was that someone threw a brick through a first-floor window attached to an "incendiary device.
The damage was not severe, but an occupant was injured by broken glass, officials said.
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The attempted rape conviction of a former Auburn Correctional Facility inmate is being reinstated.
The state Court of Appeals last week ruled that the shackling of Raymond Clyde, 40, during his Cayuga County trial was harmless error and that the order of the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, which granted a new trial on related charges, should be reversed.
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A Hillcrest Family Services staff member is hospitalized and a 17- year-old resident of the facility faces multiple charges, including attempted murder.
Jesse N. Shimon, of 2485 Wilbricht Lane, is charged as an adult and remains in custody in the Dubuque County Juvenile Detention Center. He is charged with attempted murder, willful injury, first- degree attempted burglary, third-degree burglary, second-degree theft and serious misdemeanor trespass.
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Much has been said about whether the prosecution should drop the Dominique Strauss-Kahn - aka DSK - sexual-assault case in light of recent revelations about information that undermines the complainant's credibility. It is true that the more ammunition the defense has to impugn the general believability of the complainant, the more difficult the prosecution's job.
Nonetheless, I still think it is a "triable" case, as we say in the trade. I say this not just on instinct and experience. The then- head of the International Monetary Fund was arrested in May on charges of attacking a New York City hotel maid. Even with the unknowns, one can analyze what factors will most influence the jury when the defendant asserts that the complainant consented, as DSK apparently would do. What if we inject...
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A man who attempted to tear a child from her mother's arms in an East End convenience store last year will spend the next 17 years in a mental facility.
Samuel Edward Spain, 31, of Charleston has been under psychological evaluation since he was arrested July 11, 2010. Due to mental illness, he was determined to be not criminally responsible at the time of the incident.
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AMES, Iowa -- In a delicate game in which neither team took control until the final kneel downs, a handful of plays swayed one team to a victory and one team to a loss.
And those plays happened on the ground with the running game in the crucial moments of Kansas' 13-10 loss against Iowa State.
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LINCOLNVILLE A womans request to have a protection order served against her landlord resulted in his arrest on charges related to an attempted rape that allegedly occurred about a month ago.
Augustine Fernandez, 41, who lives on High Street in Lincolnville, is accused of forcing himself on the woman and attempting to have intercourse with her, Lincolnville Police Chief Ron Young said Wednesday.
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A Buffalo man accused of beating an elderly Blasdell resident who interrupted a burglary faces 32 years in prison after a jury convicted him of six counts from that incident and an earlier burglary attempt in Buffalo.
The jury found Albert Jackson, 19, of Pembroke Avenue, guilty of burglary and robbery charges but acquitted him of attempted murder and assault charges.
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The trial of an Evansville man accused of a 2009 attempted rape and burglary began Wednesday in Vanderburgh Circuit Court.
William James Hall, 30, is charged with breaking into the residence of his former girlfriend on the night of June 24, 2009, and attempting to rape her in her bedroom while their son slept in another room.