arrest
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"There's no immediate arrest if an incident occurs, so we can move around a bit more freely," he had said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Much of this conversation was triggered by the contents of a note that police had found on the boy at the time of his arrest, which was leaked online and widely circulated.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Monk had been duped, according to charges later laid out in arrest warrants secured by the local sheriff’s department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
In a statement provided to The Times on Monday, the Tracy Unified School District said it had placed Pribble, who also is a physical education teacher, on leave before his on-campus arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“If anybody asks, you might tell them that this arrest was made possible, in part, thanks to the fine public education offered at Riverview Middle School.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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In addition to 78 misdemeanor arrests, Leary said police impounded two vehicles whose drivers were “aiding and abetting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Shortly before 15:30, the force said the protest activity had ended without incident and no arrests had been made.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Police had arrested one man and "additional arrests will be pending as our investigators continue to follow the evidence", she said, adding that they had interviewed 15 people in the case.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
There has been a string of recent high-profile arrests, including a July raid that rescued a leaf monkey, a gibbon and hundreds of turtles, as well as multiple interceptions at airports.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
People from previous arrests were sitting or lying about on the mats, too, some of them faces we knew.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Sterling, who appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court, was arrested after crashing on the M3 in Hampshire on the morning of 28 May.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Pribble, 48, was arrested at the high school, and the Tracy Unified School District has placed him on leave pending the results of a criminal investigation, according to the police statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But the debut was overshadowed when manosphere influencer Andrew Tate, who the IBA had brought in to host, was arrested by U.S.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Los Angeles police corralled and arrested scores of minibike riders on Sunday, thwarting a takeover of 6th Street Bridge, police said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
If Bobby managed to get to Hungary without being arrested, he could fly directly to the Philippines.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Berlin expelled a Russian diplomat in January after arresting a woman suspected of spying for Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
On 15 July, when the annual Hong Kong Book Fair opened, national security police searched two more independent bookshops, Greenfield Bookstore and Have a Nice Stay, arresting five people for sedition.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But these arresting scenes are all visual interest without any greater end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Southeast Asia's biggest economy has long battled corruption in its public and private sectors despite strengthening anti-graft laws, creating special investigative commissions and arresting several high profile people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
There was something arresting about the youngster's eyes.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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