arrest
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Vorcaro told police he had "friends in all branches of government" upon his arrest last year.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
It marks the first such arrest in weeks of attacks on Qusra.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“But Mama, I think they want to arrest you. I can accompany you, but I don’t think it’s to interview you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
At the end of the interview, in 1971, his future boss made a crack to a colleague: “Have you checked his arrest record?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
After his arrest all trace of him simply vanished, and Lilya and her mother and eight-year-old brother, Yuri, could only guess what had happened to him.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Several cars filled the streets around South Figueroa Street and West Alondra Boulevard, where police told OnScene.TV they’d towed about 160 vehicles, made dozens of arrests and located six guns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Namora cited the spread of false information about protest locations and student arrests, which he said are "likely intended to spread fear and discourage civilians from taking part in the demonstrations".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Deputies did not make any arrests at the time they served the search warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They have made a series of arrests in relation to the crash and two arrests in relation to the house fire.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
His system worked well at identifying criminals with fake names and prior arrests, and it worked a lot better than the identification system it had replaced, which was no identification system at all.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Officers in Baytown, Harris County, Fort Bend County, Temple and Pasadena also have been arrested, disciplined or investigated.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Thornton’s attorney also told TMZ earlier this week that he “did not engage in any illegal conduct, was not arrested and has not been charged with any crime.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
A total of 27 people have been arrested as part of a wider police operation against organised crime, following the crash.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Castro was arrested in Texas, where he lives, shortly after the state charges in Minnesota were announced, sparking a standoff between the two states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Even better, I shall have them arrested for disturbing the peace. They are a disturbance to the peace of my home. Miss Lumley, you must ring for a constable, quickly!”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
About 18 months later, when another arresting wire failed on the Truman, the Navy investigation listed “high operational tempo and inadequate manning” as a “causal factor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Macron has been pushing for French children to spend less time in front of screens, which the government fears is arresting their development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
For much of its history, the ICC didn’t bother those countries as it concentrated on arresting suspects and obtaining convictions in its African cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a podcast, Mansour spoke about how in the 1970s and 1980s soldiers would confiscate posters and postcards, arresting the sellers.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Nobody’s arresting anybody, Arturo,” Aunt Tuti said, squeezing past Wilfrido.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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