Law & Crime :: Crimes

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  German family traveling through Albuquerque struck by thieves

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - It's a tourist tragedy. A German family visiting New Mexico victimized by thieves, and those thieves took something their daughter needs to survive. It wasn't the way the Murmann family visiting from Germany wanted to spend their vacation -- reporting a theft to Albuquerque Police. "We never had some problems in the U.S. with some thieves or something like that, so I was a little bit confused, what's going on, what's happened?" Uwe Murmann said   Read More ...

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  Eight sentenced to jail for right-wing terror crimes in Germany

  Dresden, Germany (CNN)Eight people have been found guilty of being members of a right-wing terror organization by a court in Germany. A federal court in Dresden handed down the verdict Wednesday after a yearlong trial of members of the so-called "Freital Group," a terror cell founded in eastern Germany in 2015 accused of firebombing two refugee homes and an office and car belonging to the left-wing, pro-immigration Die Linke party   Read More ...

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  Hala was nine years old when she was killed, burried alive after an air strike. Assad’s and Putin’s bombs killed her

  Last year, Hala fled from Qaboun (Damascus) to East Ghouta with her family. Initially, they sought refuge in the village of Mesraba. However, after an air strike on their house they fled to Baitsawa, another village in the besieged region of East Ghouta. There, his daughter Hala (9) and her grandfather were murdered. Hala’s father, Nazir Al-Midani (34), is telling BILD how he dug a bunker for his family in Baitsawa, seven meters below ground   Read More ...

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  German shepherd shot three times saving 16-year-old from armed robbers

  Millions of animal lovers celebrated National Love Your Pets Day earlier this week. One Washington family, however, has another reason to celebrate their unconditional love for their beloved dog, a German sheperd named Rex. His 16-year-old owner Javier Mercado was home alone Wednesday when two people broke into the house. Rex sacrificed himself to save the day, taking a beating and three bullets for Javier   Read More ...

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  German shepherd shot three times saving 16-year-old from armed robbers

  Millions of animal lovers celebrated National Love Your Pets Day earlier this week. One Washington family, however, has another reason to celebrate their unconditional love for their beloved dog, a German sheperd named Rex. His 16-year-old owner Javier Mercado was home alone Wednesday when two people broke into the house. Rex sacrificed himself to save the day, taking a beating and three bullets for Javier   Read More ...

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  'Hero' German Shepherd Beaten and Shot Multiple Times Saving His 16-Year-Old Owner from Burglars

  A German Shepherd was shot multiple times and badly beaten as it did all it could to protect his 16-year-old owner from two men who broke into their home in Des Moines, Washington. The 2½-year-old dog, Rex, was shot through the neck and legs trying to protect his owner, Javier, who hid in an upstairs closet after he heard noises of shattering glass downstairs and called 911, according to a GoFundMe page for the dog   Read More ...

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  German court hands 'Laserman' life sentence for 1992 killing

  BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Wednesday sentenced a Swedish man to life in prison for fatally shooting a woman in Frankfurt 26 years ago. Prosecutors had reopened the case as part of a nationwide review of suspected far-right killings. A Frankfurt regional court said it found John Ausonius guilty of murdering restaurant employee Blanka Zmigrod in 1992. Ausonius allegedly believed the victim, who was Jewish, had stolen his electronic diary   Read More ...

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  Mary Waithera, Kenyan medic murdered in Germany buried in emotional sendoff

  Mary Waithera was found lying lifeless in her shop in Essen town and was confirmed dead at a nearby hospital. German police have released the photo of a Tanzanian said to be the main suspect. During the burial in Kinamba village, family and leaders challenged Germany not to relent in their efforts to trace the suspect. Alice Kimathi the mother of Mary Waithera Kimathi who was murdered in Germany three weeks ago breaks down during her daughter’s burial in Kinamba village in Naivasha   Read More ...

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  Afghan gets life term in Germany for killing Christian mother

  A German court on Friday handed a life term to an Afghan asylum seeker who stabbed to death a compatriot mother-of-four because she had converted to Christianity. Prosecutors told the court in the town of Traunstein that the accused was furious because she had turned her back on the Islamic faith. The 38-year-old woman had earlier asked the man if he wanted to convert too, a request that was “irreconcilable with his Muslim faith,” prosecutors said during the trial   Read More ...

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  Polish leader signs controversial law on Holocaust speech

  WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's president on Tuesday signed as a nation for Holocaust crimes committed by Nazi Germany, defying both criticism from Israel and a warning from the U.S. But in a move that appeared designed to soften the impact of his decision, President Andrzej Duda said he would also ask Poland's constitutional court to evaluate the bill -- leaving open the possibility it could be amended   Read More ...

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  German triple murderer sentenced to life in jail

  BERLIN: A German court Friday sentenced to life in prison a 25-year-old man who murdered his grandmother before killing two police officers by running them over with his car. In the triple murder a year ago, the man first stabbed to death his 79-year-old grandmother while under the influence of drugs, at Muellrose, a small town near the eastern city of Frankfurt an der Oder   Read More ...

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  German who bragged online of child murder sentenced to life

  BOCHUM (GERMANY) (AFP) - A German man who stabbed to death a nine-year-old boy, bragged about it online and then killed another man while on the run was sentenced to life in jail Wednesday. Marcel Hesse, 20, committed the grisly crimes out of "bloodlust", dissatisfaction with his life, delusions of grandeur and "to satisfy his sadism and show off", prosecutors said during his trial   Read More ...

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  German Marcel Hesse jailed for 'sadistic' double killing

  A German teenager who stabbed to death his neighbour's nine-year-old son and then killed an ex-school friend while on the run has been jailed for life. Marcel Hesse, now 20, lured the boy to his basement in the town of Herne last March, stabbing him 52 times. He bragged of the murder online then stabbed the 22-year-old ex-school friend after he was confronted about the killing   Read More ...

• Sticky-fingered thieves behind massive chocolate heist remain at large, police say

  German police are still on the hunt for the sticky-fingered perpetrators responsible for stealing nearly half a million dollars’ worth of chocolate from two tractor-trailers on Friday night. Police said Monday that the two trucks, carrying 48.5 tons of the sugary goodness (valued at $496,100) were stolen from an industrial park in southern Germany. One truck was spotted Saturday near the French border and was still full of the stolen chocolate once it was recovered   Read More ...

• Thieves steal 48.5 tons of chocolate from German industrial park

  Chocoholics know just how serious cravings can be, but a crew of German thieves took it to a whole new level. German police announced on Monday that two tractor-trailers hauling 48.5 U.S. tons of chocolate — valued at over $496,100 — were stolen from an industrial park in southern Germany on the evening of Jan. 26, according to the Associated Press   Read More ...

• German police arrest eight people in organised crime raids

  BERLIN (Reuters) - German police and customs officers searched 140 properties in western Germany and arrested eight people on Tuesday as part of an investigation into organised illegal work in the construction industry. Prosecutors said they believed the suspects had created a complicated network of companies, using bogus invoices to evade paying social security contributions and taxes on a large scale   Read More ...

• German police arrest eight people in organized crime raids

  BERLIN (Reuters) - German police and customs officers searched 140 properties in western Germany and arrested eight people on Tuesday as part of an investigation into organized illegal work in the construction industry. Prosecutors said they believed the suspects had created a complicated network of companies, using bogus invoices to evade paying social security contributions and taxes on a large scale   Read More ...

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  German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate

  Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. BERLIN (AP) — Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

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  German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate

  Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

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  German police hunt thieves who stole trucks containing 44 tons of chocolate

  Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said on Monday (Tuesday NZ Time) the trailers packed with €400,000 (NZ$675,000) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night (Saturday NZT). One was found on Saturday (Sunday NZT) hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

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  Thieves Steal 2 Trucks With Nearly $500,000 Worth of Chocolate

  (BERLIN) — Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there’s no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

• German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate

  BERLIN (AP) - Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

• German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate

  BERLIN (AP) — Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

• German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate - | WBTV Charlotte

  BERLIN (AP) - Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

• German police hunt thieves who stole 44 tons of chocolate

  BERLIN (AP) — Police say two truck trailers loaded with 44 tons (48.5 U.S. tons) of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany and there's no sign of the sticky-fingered perpetrators. Police said Monday the trailers packed with 400,000 euros ($496,100) worth of chocolate were stolen from an industrial park in Freiburg on Friday night. One was found Saturday hauled by a Polish truck that had stopped at a rest area near the German-French border   Read More ...

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  Poland moves to make phrase 'Polish death camps' a criminal offence

  Polish politicians have given the green light to a bill to criminalise statements which suggest Poland bears responsibility for crimes committed by Nazi Germany. Phrases such as “Polish death camps” would be made a criminal offence, punishable by up to three years in prison or a fine. The bill will also make it illegal to deny the murder of around 100,000 Poles by units in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army during the Second World War   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders

  A German nurse who allegedly killed his victims out of boredom has been charged with 97 murders, potentially making him one of the country’s deadliest serial killers. The nurse, Niels Hoegel, was already serving a life sentence for six convictions for homicide and attempted homicide. He was charged with another 97 murders Monday, prosecutors said in a press release. He is accused of giving victims various non-prescribed drugs in an attempt to show off his resuscitation skills to colleagues and fight off boredom   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders

  (CNN)A German nurse who allegedly killed his victims out of boredom has been charged with 97 murders, potentially making him one of the country's deadliest serial killers. The nurse, Niels Hoegel, was already serving a life sentence for murdering six patients. He was charged with another 97 murders Monday, prosecutors said in a press release. He is accused of giving victims various non-prescribed drugs in an attempt to show off his resuscitation skills to colleagues and fight off boredom   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders

  A German nurse who allegedly killed his victims out of boredom has been charged with 97 murders, potentially making him one of the country’s deadliest serial killers. The nurse, Niels Hoegel, was already serving a life sentence for murdering six patients. He was charged with another 97 murders Monday, prosecutors said in a press release. He is accused of giving victims various non-prescribed drugs in an attempt to show off his resuscitation skills to colleagues and fight off boredom   Read More ...

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  ‘Angel of death’ nurse is charged with killing 97 more patients after being convicted of murdering six by deliberately triggered heart attacks

  AN evil male nurse dubbed the “Angel of Death” who is serving life for killing six patients with heart attack-inducing drugs has been charged with another 97 murders. The third trial of Niels Hoegel, 41, accused of being the worst serial killer in German post-war history, is expected to start later this year, a court spokesman in Oldenburg said. Hoegel has admitted to injecting patients with drugs that cause heart failure or circulatory collapse so he could then try to revive them and, when successful, shine as a saviour in front of his colleagues   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders at hospitals - | WBTV Charlotte

  BERLIN (AP) - A German nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Monday. The new indictment against Niels Hoegel was expected after officials said in November that he may have killed more than 100 patients in total. He worked at a clinic in Oldenburg from 1999 to 2002 and in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005   Read More ...

• Nurse charged with 97 more murders

  A German nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said yesterday. The new indictment against Niels Hoegel was expected after officials said in November that he may have killed more than 100 patients in total. He worked at a clinic in Oldenburg from 1999 to 2002 and in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005   Read More ...

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  German killer nurse charged with 97 new murders

  BERLIN: German public prosecutors on Monday said they had brought new charges against a killer nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, accusing him of killing another 97 people with lethal injections. If found guilty, it would make him Germany’s deadliest serial killer. The man, identified only as Niels H. under reporting rules, has admitted to deliberately injecting patients at two clinics in northern Germany with deadly drugs and then trying to revive them in order to play the hero   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders at hospitals

  FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2015 file photo former nurse Niels Hoegel, accused of multiple murder and attempted murder of patients, covering his face with a file at the district court in Oldenburg, Germany. The German nurse already serving a life sentence for two murders has been indicted in nearly 100 more killings. News agency dpa said prosecutors in Oldenburg said Monday, Jan   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders at hospitals

  BERLIN (AP) — A German nurse who is already serving a life sentence for two murders has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Monday. The new indictment against Niels Hoegel was expected after officials said in November that he may have killed more than 100 patients in total. He worked at a clinic in Oldenburg from 1999 to 2002 and in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005   Read More ...

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  German nurse charged with 97 more murders at 2 hospitals

  BERLIN, GERMANY — A German nurse serving a life sentence for two murders has been indicted in nearly 100 more killings. News agency dpa reported that prosecutors in Oldenburg said Monday they have charged Niels Hoegel with 97 counts of murder. The charges relate to the deaths of 35 patients at a hospital in the northwestern German city and 62 more in nearby Delmenhorst   Read More ...

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  German nurse is charged with 97 new murders

  A male nurse in Germany has been charged with 97 new murders, two years after being jailed for life for killing two patients “out of boredom”. The man, known as Niels H. under German reporting rules, could become the country’s deadliest serial killer if convicted. Police have dubbed the case as post-war Germany’s worst killing spree. An investigation into Niels’ murders was widened after he talked about killing up to 30 people during his trial in 2015   Read More ...

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  Killer nurse charged with murder of 97 more patients

  BERLIN -- A German has been charged with killing 97 more patients over several years at two hospitals in northwestern Germany, prosecutors said Monday. The new indictment against was expected after officials said in November that he may have killed more than 100 patients in total. He worked at a clinic in Oldenburg from 1999 to 2002 and in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005   Read More ...

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  German killer nurse charged with 97 new murders

  BERLIN (Reuters) - German public prosecutors on Monday said they had brought new charges against a killer nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, accusing him of killing another 97 people with lethal injections. If found guilty, it would make him Germany's deadliest serial killer. The man, identified only as Niels H. under reporting rules, has admitted to deliberately injecting patients at two clinics in northern Germany with deadly drugs and then trying to revive them in order to play the hero   Read More ...

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  German killer nurse charged with 97 new murders

  BERLIN (Reuters) - German public prosecutors on Monday said they had brought new charges against a killer nurse already serving a life sentence for murdering two patients, accusing him of killing another 97 people with lethal injections. If found guilty, it would make him Germany’s deadliest serial killer. The man, identified only as Niels H. under reporting rules, has admitted to deliberately injecting patients at two clinics in northern Germany with deadly drugs and then trying to revive them in order to play the hero   Read More ...