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CNN —Police say they have arrested a “popular” Tennessee soccer coach after finding videos on his cell phone depicting unconscious boys being raped. Police say they were alerted after Campos left his phone at a restaurant and employees went through the device, looking for information about the owner so they could return it. “What they found, instead, were dozens of unconscionable videos and pictures of children, and so they called police,” authorities said in the news release. Authorities investigated and found hundreds of disturbing images and videos on the 63-year-old’s phone, according to the release. Detectives say the victims may not even know they were raped due to being in an unconscious state.

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London CNN —London’s Metropolitan Police said Monday it was assessing whether there was evidence that a BBC presenter accused of sexual misconduct has committed a criminal offense. The UK broadcaster suspended “a male member of staff” at the weekend after The Sun newspaper reported Friday that a woman had accused an unnamed BBC presenter of paying her teenage child for sexually explicit photographs. In a statement, the Met said detectives from its Specialist Crime Command met virtually with representatives from the BBC on Monday morning. It is a criminal offense in the UK to take or obtain sexually explicit photographs of anyone under the age of 18. The BBC has not yet named the presenter in question.

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☆ BBC sex photo claims are 'rubbish', young person's lawyer tells broadcaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - Allegations that an unnamed BBC presenter paid a young person to pose for explicit photos are "rubbish", a lawyer acting for the young person has told the broadcaster in a letter. The presenter, who has not been named by the BBC or the Sun newspaper, was suspended on Sunday following the claims. The BBC reported on Monday, however, that a lawyer for the young person had written to the broadcaster stating that the allegation was "rubbish". The lawyer said the young person sent a denial to the Sun newspaper on Friday evening, when it first published the allegation, saying there was "no truth" to it, the BBC said. BBC News said it did not know the identity of the young person and had not spoken directly to them, nor had it seen the Sun's evidence.

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☆ New York City shootings: Gunman riding scooter kills 1, injures 3 in Queens and Brooklyn, NYPD says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Nic F. Anderson Artemis Moshtaghian Ashley R. Williams | Nic F. Anderson | Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —One person died and three others were wounded Saturday in a string of shootings in Brooklyn and Queens that New York police described as “random” in nature. A gunman riding an illegal scooter without a license plate opened fire at five different locations in Jamaica, a neighborhood in the Queens borough, and in Brooklyn, according to the New York Police Department. As he’s driving on his scooter, he’s randomly shooting people.”Shell casings appear at one of the crime scenes where four people were shot in separate shooting incidents in New York City on July 8, 2023. But numerous witnesses reported seeing a man riding a scooter “randomly firing at a group of people,” Kenny said. NYPDLess than a minute later, the suspect shot a 63-year-old man in his right shoulder, Kenny said.

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☆ What’s Lost When Censors Tamper With Classic Films
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Niela Orr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

This particular change to “The French Connection” came unexplained and unannounced, so we can only guess at the precise reasoning behind it. We see a bit of banter between two policemen working in what was then called the “inner city,” dialogue underlining their “good cop, bad cop” dynamic; in certain ways, it’s not so different from the set pieces you would find in Blaxploitation films of the era. He is one in a long line of characters that would stretch forward into shows like “The Shield” and “The Wire”: figures built on the idea that “good cop, bad cop” can describe not just an interrogation style or a buddy-film formula but also a single officer. The one newly smuggled into “The French Connection” reveals, to use a period term, the hand of the Man, even if it’s unclear from which direction it’s reaching. Censors, like overzealous cops, can be too aggressive, or too simplistic, in their attempts to neutralize perceived threats.

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“In this instance, the grand jury of the 228th District Court of Harris County found that no crime did occur, that no single individual was criminally responsible,” Ogg said. But a tragedy isn’t always a crime, and not every death is a homicide,” Ogg also said. He’s looking forward to getting back home after being cleared by the grand jury,” Schaffer told CNN. The grand jury met for six hours and homicide detectives testified, according to Schaffer. It was unclear at the time what Scott saw from the stage and whether he was aware of the conditions in the crowd.

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CNN —A 2-year-old boy in Norwalk, Ohio, shot his pregnant mother in the back, killing her and the unborn child, police say. Police received a call just after 1 p.m. on June 16 from the 31-year-old mother, who said she was “shot in the back by her 2-year-old son,” according to a news release from the Norwalk Police Department. Both the mother and her son “were found in the upstairs master bedroom, along with” a pistol, the release said. During their search, detectives seized an additional 12-round magazine for the pistol that the 2-year-old had gotten hold of in a nightstand in the master bedroom. They also discovered a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun with six rounds in the master bedroom closet and an airsoft rifle in the computer room closet.

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Malindi, Kenya CNN —The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. The cult was preparing for the end of the world under the instruction of their its powerful pastor, say investigators. Many find it difficult to comprehend the dark path that Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie allegedly took his followers along. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty ImagesAt a recent hearing Mackenzie denied all knowledge of the horrors that witnesses, inspectors, and survivors believe happened in the Shakahola forest. ‘Intoxicating power’To understand the Shakahola cult, the focus must be on Mackenzie, says Rick Ross, a leading American cult expert who has studied destructive cults for decades.

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☆ What a Commissioner’s Abrupt Exit Says About the N.Y.P.D. Under Adams
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Maria Cramer | Chelsia Rose Marcius | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Sewell, 51, is walking away from a department of 36,000 uniformed officers that saw the rate of major crimes like murders and shootings fall during her tenure. She added about 30 detectives to a sex-crimes unit that for years had been understaffed and overworked. Now, officers, department watchdogs and community leaders are trying to figure out what comes next. Perhaps the most daunting task will be serving a mayor — himself a former police captain — whose administration is believed to have meddled so much that Ms. Sewell felt she had to quit. While previous commissioners said they had to deal with some level of micromanagement, they said they were typically allowed to pick their own teams and rarely had to get approval for discretionary promotions.

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☆ ‘Ridley’ and ‘Endeavour’ Review: Eccentric Sleuths of the British Isles
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in ‘Endeavour’ Photo: Mammoth Screen/MASTERPIECEThe game is afoot Sunday night on PBS, a contest of good vs. evil as prosecuted by brilliant, eccentric and/or tormented detectives. There is a considerable legacy of English crime fiction on our public television, though we ought not look for much innovation in either the first season of “Ridley” or the final season of “Endeavour”: Ever since Poe wrote “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” the sleuths have been slightly off, like major-league pitchers or fly fishermen. The question is how the oddness solves the case. Each show follows a different lead.

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Barnaby Webber and Grace Kumar, both 19-year-old students at the University of Nottingham, and Ian Coates, 65, a school janitor, were fatally stabbed. Coates was later found dead from knife injuries on Magdala Road by a member of the public, police said. Police responded to a "major incident" in Nottingham city center early Tuesday morning. “Barnaby Philip John Webber was a beautiful, brilliant, bright young man, with everything in life to look forward to,” his family said. “At 19 he was just at the start of his journey into adulthood and was developing into a wonderful young man,” the family added.

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Another man was also found dead on a road just outside the city centre. "This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people," Chief Constable Kate Meynell said. [1/5] A police officer walks near a van in a cordon on the Bentinck Road following a major incident in Nottingham city centre, Nottingham, Britain, June 13, 2023. The woman went on the kerb, the man went up in the air," she said. "Awful news for our city to wake up to today," Alex Norris, a lawmaker for Nottingham, said on Twitter.

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☆ UK police say three dead in incident in Nottingham
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

British police said three people had been found dead in the central English city of Nottingham and a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after a van had also tried to run over another three people. Another man was found dead in another road just outside the city centre. "This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people," Chief Constable Kate Meynell said. This investigation is at its early stages and a team of detectives is working to establish exactly what has happened." Multiple roads have been closed and the local tram network suspended across Nottingham while police deal with the incident.

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☆ Miami won't let police officers take off of work on Tuesday as it prepares for Trump's court date, the Washington Post reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Plainclothes detectives have also been asked to wear their uniforms, the Washington Post reported. The Post reported that plainclothes detectives have been ordered to wear uniforms in case they're deployed on Tuesday, too. According to The Post, officials have heightened security around the Miami federal courthouse ahead of Trump's arraignment. At 2024 presidential campaign events over the weekend, Trump called the indictment "ridiculous" and "baseless," the Associated Press reported. The Post reported that there are plans for pro-Trump rallies outside the Miami courthouse on Tuesday, one of which seems to be organized by the Proud Boys' local branch.

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☆ First woman to serve as New York City's top cop announces surprise resignation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, the first woman to lead the nation's largest police department, on Monday said she is resigning after serving 18 months in the post. Mayor Eric Adams, himself a former New York police captain, appointed Sewell as the city's 45th police commissioner when he took office in January 2022. Raised in the New York borough of Queens, Sewell succeeded Dermot Shea, who was appointed the city's top cop in 2019 by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio. Adams credited Sewell with playing "a leading role in this administration's tireless work to make New York City safer." Neither Sewell nor the mayor made clear the effective date of her resignation or made mention of a replacement.

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☆ Ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested by police investigating governing party’s finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nicola Sturgeon speaking during a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh where she announced she will stand down as First Minister of Scotland on February 15, 2023 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested Sunday by police investigating the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party. Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was detained "as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party." The BBC and other media outlets identified the arrested woman as Sturgeon. Sturgeon unexpectedly resigned in February after eight years as party leader and first minister of Scotland's semi-autonomous government.

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☆ Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s Former Leader, Is Arrested in Financial Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

However, Mr. Yousaf’s efforts to establish himself as Scotland’s new first minister have been overshadowed by the extraordinary drama after the recent escalation of the police investigation into the S.N.P.’s finances. The BBC and other British news outlets identified the arrested woman as Ms. Sturgeon. Police Scotland’s inquiry, code-named Operation Branchform, began in 2021 and was reported to have followed complaints about the handling of around 600,000 pounds, or nearly $750,000, in donations raised to campaign for a second vote on Scottish independence. (A first referendum on the question was held in 2014, with Scots voting by 55 percent to 45 percent against independence.) Mr. Beattie resigned after his arrest.

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CNN —Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party (SNP), the most high-profile SNP official yet to be questioned in the probe. But since standing down, the party she led for almost a decade has descended into chaos amid a widely publicized police investigation. Officers have been probing the SNP’s handling of money that was slated for Scottish independence campaigning, according to PA Media. Sturgeon was replaced as leader this year when Humza Yousaf narrowly won a bitter leadership election that exposed divisions within the party. The chaos and legal questions surrounding the party could put its stranglehold on Scottish politics at risk, with the pro-union Labour Party eying a resurgence in the nation.

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☆ Over 300 Cases Tied to Convicted N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Tossed Out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The NewsThe Manhattan district attorney’s office on Tuesday sought the dismissal of 316 convictions tied to a group of New York Police Department officers, sergeants and detectives who have been convicted of crimes related to their work. Hundreds of misdemeanors were thrown out in court on Tuesday, and eight felonies are expected to be tossed Wednesday. The reason was due process violations, according to a statement from the district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg. Eight of the officers who brought the cases have been convicted of charges such as official misconduct, planting drugs, taking bribes, petty theft and lying under oath. A ninth officer, Oscar Sandino, has been convicted of two counts of deprivation of civil rights, a federal misdemeanor, for coerced sexual misconduct against two women in custody.

Persons: Alvin L, Bragg, Oscar Sandino, ” Elizabeth Felber Organizations: New York Police Department, Legal Aid Society Locations: Manhattan

CNN —Nine people were shot, including a one-year-old child, during an altercation between two groups near a busy area of the beach in Hollywood, Florida, Monday night, officials said. Authorities say the shooting happened near Johnson Street and North Broadwalk, a bustling palm-tree lined pedestrian walkway that straddles the beach and features restaurants and shops. The injured were transported to Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, according to Memorial Healthcare System spokesperson Yanet Obarrio-Sanchez. Though the hospital spokesperson said all the victims were in stable condition, Bettineschi noted one person was undergoing surgery late Monday. A family assistance center has been set up near Johnson Street and North Ocean Drive, Bettineschi said.

☆ Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely calls a teacher accused of having sex with 16-year-old student 'heroic'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely praised a female teacher accused of having sex with a teen student. Gutfeld lauded the educator as "heroic" on-air and said he "would have died" to be in a situation like that. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld bizarrely praised a female California teacher accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student as "heroic" on-air, and added that he "would have died" to be in a situation like that. During the segment on Fox News, Gutfeld said, "A 16-year-old boy with like a hot teacher. The Fox News host went on to say: "Am I right to say it's an unfair comparison to do the female-to-male teacher?

☆ A Lego Crime, a YouTube Rivalry, and the End of a Star Wars Friendship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Those who are into Lego Star Wars are among the most popular. It was at an informal contest where Louis met Victor, a fellow Lego Star Wars fanatic. Soon they ranked among the most popular Lego Star Wars YouTubers in France, known for the size and scope of their MOCs. The two friends no longer fit with that satisfying click that comes from snapping together two Lego bricks. Though it must have taken a truck to haul away all of Louis' Lego, no neighbor reported seeing anything suspicious.

☆ Great-grandmother, 95, tasered by officer in Australia had walking frame and knife, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Brisbane, Australia CNN —Homicide detectives in Australia are investigating why a police officer felt so threatened by a 95-year-old woman clutching a walking aid and steak knife that he needed to Taser her inside her nursing home. I can’t take it any further as to what was going through anyone’s mind when he used the Taser,” Cotter said. “This is an outrage.”How it unfoldedPolice say they were called to the address around 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday to reports of a resident with a knife. Two officers found Nowland in her room, with a knife in her hand, Cotter said during the briefing on Friday. “It is fair to say that she was armed with that knife.

☆ ‘Happy Valley’ Review: The End of the Hero’s Journey
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

She’s a contemporary knight errant, upholding a code of decency against the terrors of modern life. “Happy Valley,” whose final season premieres on Monday (streaming on Acorn TV and AMC+, broadcast on BBC America), is a pocket-size, prosaic saga — a hero’s tale contained in three six-episode seasons and embedded in a family drama. Like all mythical heroes, Cawood has an antagonist, the psychopathic rapist and killer Tommy Lee Royce (James Norton), who is the father of her grandson. In its structure, “Happy Valley” is very much a traditional British crime series, with seemingly unconnected plot strands and investigations that wind themselves together against a backdrop of cop-shop politics. In the new season’s major subplot, a less-than-sympathetic female character is caught between two seemingly more capable men whose weaknesses run deeper than hers.

☆ Ukraine's Supreme Court chief justice was detained on suspicion of taking a $2.7 million bribe
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vsevolod Kniaziev, Ukraine's head of the Supreme Court, was detained. Kniaziev was removed from his position as head of the court on Tuesday, The Financial Times reported. Zhevago told the Financial Times that the allegations were "incorrect" and "politically motivated." The anti-corruption unit also released photos of piles of US dollars it says were found by detectives during their investigation into Supreme Court judges. Money found in an undisclosed location in Ukraine by National Anti-Corruption Bureau detectives during their investigation into a corruption case involving Supreme Court judges.

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