Arrests

Arrests

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  UK lawmaker denies sex assault, rape allegations

  A senior British Conservative Party politician arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault said Sunday the allegations against him are ... 

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  Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'

  The death toll in the factory-building collapse in Bangladesh rose to more than 530 on Saturday, a day after the country's finance minister downplayed ... 

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  Witherspoon pleads no contest, fined after arrest

  Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge and paid a $100 fine after berating a state trooper in Atlanta while her husband ... 

• Judge reverses decision to free terror suspect

  A federal judge Friday quashed another judge's surprise order to release an Illinois teenager pending trial on charges he sought to join ... 

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  Boston Marathon suspect's remains claimed

  A mortuary familiar with Muslim services will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died in a ... 

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  Indonesia says 2 arrested for Myanmar Embassy plot

  Hours after Indonesia announced it had foiled an alleged plot to bomb the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta, hundreds of hard-line Muslims gathered outside ... 

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  Arrest made in Okla. cold case dating to 1992

  Oklahoma authorities said Thursday that bodies found last month in a hole initially dug for a septic tank were likely those of three females missing ... 

• Lebanon: Main suspect in 2011 kidnapping arrested

  Security forces have arrested the main suspect in the 2011 kidnapping of seven Estonian tourists and the more recent abduction of a Lebanese citizen ... 

• British soap opera star denies child sex charges

  A longtime star of British soap opera "Coronation Street" has vowed to fight charges he raped a 15-year-old girl in 1967. William Roache said in a ... 

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  Witherspoon: I panicked the night of my arrest

  Actress Reese Witherspoon recalls that she panicked and said "crazy things" the night she was arrested in Atlanta on a disorderly conduct charge. 

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  Violence mars May Day rally in Seattle

  Supporters of immigration reform rallied across the nation on May Day in lively gatherings that were marred by a burst of violence in Seattle, where ... 

• 'Billy the Exterminator' drug charge: guilty plea

  William "Billy" Bretherton, star of the A&E reality TV show "Billy the Exterminator," has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of possessing ... 

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  Official: Arrested student entered US without visa

  One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in ... 

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  Pink Floyd poser arrested for theft by swindle

  A man is accused of pretending to be a member of rock band Pink Floyd at a Minnesota hospital — and racking up as much as $100,000 in unpaid medical ... 

• Islamist preacher arrested in Egypt over slander

  Egypt's state news agency says a hard-line Islamist preacher has been arrested for slandering a famous actress by accusing her of "practicing ... 

• Woman who reported finding baby on beach arrested

  A day after a woman reported finding an abandoned newborn crying in the sand on a Hawaii beach, police arrested her and revealed she's the baby's ... 

• Utah referee critically hurt by soccer game punch

  A referee for a recreational soccer league was in critical condition in a Salt Lake City hospital after being punched in the face by a teenage player ... 

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  France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali

  French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video ... 

• Indian arrested for letting son, 9, drive Ferrari

  Police in India have arrested a man who allowed his 9-year-old son to drive his Ferrari. Mohammed Nisham was arrested on charges of endangering the ... 

• 2 RCR crew members arrested for post-race fight

  Nelson Piquet Jr. was involved in a post-race altercation that led to the arrest of two crew members for Richard Childress Racing, his team said ... 

• Feds: Cartel-linked man arrested on NM dance floor

  Federal officials say a suspected drug trafficker affiliated with the deadly Sinaloa Cartel couldn't dance his troubles away. Omar Cota was taken into ... 

• Dutch cyberattack suspect arrested in Spain

  A Dutch citizen has been arrested in Spain in connection with what experts described as the biggest cyberattack in the history of the Internet, one ... 

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  President arrested in Bosnia corruption crackdown

  Bosnian police on Friday arrested one of the country's presidents along with 18 other people as part of a corruption investigation in one of the ... 

• Arrest in shooting at Calif. Little League game

  A man has been arrested for investigation of attempted murder after he allegedly shot at the father of a player in a Little League T-ball game ... 

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  Kidnapping suspect back in US after Mexico arrest

  A phone tip and a Superman tattoo led to the Mexico arrest and return to the U.S. of a fugitive charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a ...