criminal
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In 2018, months after Holmes was indicted on criminal charges, the two went to Burning Man in the Nevada desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
He says he provided US authorities with proof that a criminal investigation had been opened against him back in Russia for desertion.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
US government officials raided the home of Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar this week as part of what's being called a "federal criminal investigation".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Although the lawsuit focused on immigration courthouses, the ruling also covered state criminal courthouses, restoring earlier restrictions that barred civil immigration arrests in or near courthouses except in limited circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
There were no second chances for a time-traveling criminal.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“Masterplan” is a lot of fun, because it’s a kind of crime procedural involving likable criminals with lofty aspirations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
They asked not to identify their tracking methods to avoid tipping off criminals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The ICC, based in The Hague, is heir to the Nuremberg tribunals that prosecuted Nazi war criminals after World War II and special courts that held trials after the Yugoslav wars and the Rwandan genocide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and customer numbers are now in the hands of cyber criminals.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
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