ringleader
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UK government officials are in talks with Pakistan about the possibility of deporting a Rochdale grooming gang ringleader to the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Ms. Allen adds credibility to these theories, however, by piecing together Richmond’s likely role as the ringleader of the cohort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The ringleader ended up pleading guilty and being sentenced to more than 10 years in prison; the other three received sentences ranging from 18 months to five years.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
In “The Hunting Wives,” Brittany Snow stars as Sophie O’Neil, an ex-Bostonian housewife who gets pulled into the world of Malin Akerman’s socialite ringleader Margo Banks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
The State has not been looking for a third person, a ringleader for this crime, because I think they recognize that this person doesn't exist.”
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
More than 85 arrests were made, including the two suspected ringleaders, both from Poland, Kraag said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Energy Transfer identified two U.S.-based Greenpeace entities and the umbrella group Greenpeace International as the ringleaders responsible for the pipeline fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Reuss and another suspect, a former paratrooper, are alleged to have been the group’s ringleaders.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
"From where do we start to change the country? The ringleaders don't get caught," says Luz María, Christian's mother.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
True to form, the Durham police focused on the protest’s white participants, assuming them to be the ringleaders, and arrested Carl Hickey, a twenty-one-year-old Duke Divinity School student, and Gordon Carey.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
