arrest
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O'Neill has all the nous in the world to arrest this, but he needs to do it quickly.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
While Russia was seeking my arrest in 2018, I occasionally found the paintings in my Washington-area home had been rearranged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Mummolo maintained that the “overwhelming majority” of the arrest records included a discussion of flight risk but added that agents were “not required to document that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The 81-year-old wore a dark suit and white shirt on Wednesday, which marked the first time he has been seen in person since his arrest in Manila 18 months ago.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“Hi, Chris. Yes, I’m here with a member of the undercover operation that eventually located Mrs. Callahan. What can you tell us about the arrest today?”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Dalhatu told the BBC that security officers had been pursuing suspected illegal miners in the community for several days before making arrests.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Officers monitor suspects from above, then their colleagues are directed to move in on foot to make seizures and arrests.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Police say its database, searchable with a few keystrokes, has sped up arrests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Frimpong’s ruling stems from a lawsuit filed last year by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel and other groups and private attorneys calling to end unlawful stops and arrests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The identities of the man arrested and the hit-and-run victim haven’t been released by authorities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The driver helped PC Kerswell catch up to Roberts, who was arrested and later jailed for one year and two months for a number of driving offences.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
She was arrested several times but was never sentenced to jail time, Ventura County Superior Court records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Deichler, Kamra and Singh visited her property again a week later, on 5 September, before they were later arrested.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In 1937, when Lilya was sixteen, her father, Vladimir Litvyak, was arrested, for crimes he’d supposedly committed against the Communist Party.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Designed by Ma Yansong, the new building in Los Angeles is a structure of arresting and unusual size and shape, but it becomes less impressive once you get inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The ruling requires federal immigration agents to consider the totality of the circumstances known to them before arresting someone without a warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
Berlin expelled a Russian diplomat in January after arresting a woman suspected of spying for Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Everything I told them, and they’re not arresting him?
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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