arrest
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While Castillo has been in jail since his arrest, Chavez was released on bail and sought asylum in the Mexican embassy in November 2025.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Immediately after his arrest, Pirro and Trump claimed they had definitive proof Hearn had caused more than $1,000 in damage.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fire officials took 65-year-old Herbert Wayne Smith into custody on Monday around 7:45 p.m., according to arrest records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
ICE has argued that the expired visas are grounds for arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A letter to that effect was sent to Bobby in Belgrade, and upon announcement of the indictment, federal officials issued a warrant for his arrest.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
The arrests were made following a disturbance involving a group of men in Pontnewydd, near Pontypool, at about 19:15 on Thursday evening, Gwent Police said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Michoacán’s governor said in a statement that the U.S. action was a “preventive” measure after recent high-profile arrests by the Mexican government of criminals accused of extortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
While earlier cases primarily involved ICE pursuing immigrants with final deportation orders, the arrests now involve people with expired visas but another form of legal status pending, such as a green card or asylum application.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
It said more than 17,000 arrests had been made since July 2024, a 122% increase on the previous two years, with a record number of immigration raids and arrests in the last six months.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Every day there were more and more arrests.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Arendt began gathering evidence of Nazi antisemitism and was arrested in the summer of that year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The 37-year-old was arrested earlier this week in a forest near the city of Spokane, Washington, where more than 65,000 people were forced to evacuate due to three fires.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Wright and Schwalbe were both arrested the same day.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
In July, ICE reported it had arrested 51,000 people, the largest number in the Department of Homeland Security’s history, according to ABC News.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Remember Vladimir Petlyakov, one of the aircraft designers who’d been arrested during the Great Terror and spent three years in prison?
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
She told her arresting officers she did not know Levy's name but she had seen him in the area.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Having been caught out, the force stepped up its efforts to investigate who was behind the illegal event, eventually arresting more than 40 people and charging 25, several of whom have now been convicted.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju defended the government on Tuesday, saying it had acted swiftly after the exam paper leaks by arresting several people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
It works because her voice is singularly arresting, yet it’s no single sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
To the wingless a more arresting phenomenon is their dissimilarity in every particular except shape and size.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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