17-year-old Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Diego to murdering a federal officer during a robbery.
17-year-old Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Diego to murdering a federal officer during a robbery. The teen admitted to illegally crossing into the United States near Campo with a group July 23 and luring Rosas from his patrol vehicle to rob him, according to the plea agreement. During the robbery, Castro Alvarez and Rosas struggled over a gun, and the agent was shot eight times by the teen and at least one other assailant. Prosecutors declined to ... Read Full Story
Tropical Harmony nightclub shootings
man has died and another man has been injured in a double shooting at a nightclub in the West Midlands.Police were called to Tropical Harmony nightclub in Bilston High Street, Wolverhampton, at about 0430 GMT. Two men were found with gunshot wounds and taken to hospital. One of the men later died. The second man's injuries are not believed to be life threatening. About 50 people were thought to have been in the club at the time. They have been asked to contact police. Read Full Story
Liverpool mafia was Britain's first drug-dealing cartel
They call it Easydrugs. With counter-narcotics officers able to monitor emails and telephone conversations, the latest modus operandi of Liverpool's cocaine dealers relies on catching budget flights from Merseyside to contacts throughout Europe, relaying messages and instructions in person, often returning the same day. Such methods help explain why officers have failed to dismantle the Liverpool mafia and curtail its 30-year reign at the pinnacle of the drugs trade. The Liverpool mafia was B... Read Full Story
man was arrested in Malaga for allegedly stabbing another man, aged 37, who threatened him with a knife and attempted to mug him
man was arrested in Malaga for allegedly stabbing another man, aged 37, who threatened him with a knife and attempted to mug him, for which he was also arrested. According to the Local Police, the original victim of the crime struggled with the man who was attempting to rob him of his belongings and managed to take the knife from him, after which, he stabbed him several times in the leg, hand and cheek.The Local Police found the injured man who told them that his attacker had fled the scene. ... Read Full Story
Deputies in Virginia arrested a mother and her son in connection with the shooting deaths of four men outside a Mount Airy appliance store
 Deputies in Virginia arrested a mother and her son in connection with the shooting deaths of four men outside a Mount Airy appliance store.On Tuesday, investigators with the Mount Airy Police Department issued warrants for the arrest of Kathy Young Barnette, 56, and her son, Gregory Brandon Holt, 34, charging them with accessory after the fact.Barnette and Holt both live in Claudeville, Va., so Mount Airy police asked the Patrick County Sheriff's Department to serve the warrants. The tw... Read Full Story
Paul Joseph Derry, now lives in an undisclosed location somewhere in North America under a new identity after he agreed to testify about a Hells Angel
Paul Joseph Derry, now lives in an undisclosed location somewhere in North America under a new identity after he agreed to testify about a Hells Angels contract killing in 2000. His testimony secured four murder convictions against three Hells Angels associates and one full-patch member, all now serving terms in prison.An RCMP document obtained by the Citizen shows that the commissioner of the force now wants to kick their once-coveted agent out of the witness protection program because he “m... Read Full Story
Juan Crispin, 38, claimed the 20-year minimum term he must serve under a life sentence for the murder of Eleni Pachou was excessive.
Juan Crispin, 38, claimed the 20-year minimum term he must serve under a life sentence for the murder of Eleni Pachou was excessive.But judges at the Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh said the sentence was "entirely appropriate" even for a first offender. Lady Paton, hearing the appeal with Lord Carloway, said: "It was a truly appalling and despicable crime with many aggravating features, not least that an accomplished young woman lost her life in a nightmare attack."She said Crispin had ... Read Full Story
Foreign professional hit men sort Mayor of Polop de la Marina, Alejandro Ponsoda, was killed in October 2007 because he opposed a real estate plan.
Mayor of Polop de la Marina, Alejandro Ponsoda, was killed in October 2007 because he opposed a real estate plan.The Guardia Civil on Thursday arrested a suspect in Albatera and reports are now that they are continuing to search for two foreign professional hit men, at least one of them thought to be Czech.Members of the local Town Hall are under investigation as part of the case.The movement in the case comes two years after the Mayor was shot outside his home. He died in hospital eight days... Read Full Story
Spain Cocaine Consumption Highest In European Union (EU)
Spain is the largest cocaine consumer in the European Union (EU), a report by the European drug monitoring authority showed on Thursday. While marijuana consumption slightly fell among the Spaniards, cocaine consumption has spread in the country. Over the past year, 3.1 percent of the Spaniards admitted having consumed cocaine, while 1.1 percent said they did it in the past month, according to the report presented by the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction. During the last... Read Full Story
John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen.
Spanish police have arrested a 44-year-old man who Danish police say is John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen.Danish man sought in connection with Jutland woman’s murder reportedly arrested in Spain Spanish police have arrested a 44-year-old man who Danish police say is John Knudsen, the prime suspect sought in the murder of his girlfriend, Kirsten Bay Andersen.The arrest was made late last night in the city of Zaragoza, said Bent Thuesen... Read Full Story