Richard Ford

Sheriff’s investigators filed another murder charge against Jaime Garcia after connecting him to a fatal May shooting. HARRIS COUNTY, TX — A man already accused of killing a repairman at an Atascocita-area home has been charged in a second, unrelated homicide, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. Investigators charged 32-year-old Jaime Garcia with murder Thursday in the May 26 shooting death of Francisco Navarro, 41. Navarro was found with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle in …

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Police said surveillance video captured parts of the attack inside and outside the Pink Pony club. DORAL, FL — Three men were jailed Thursday after police accused them of beating a 23-year-old man and trying to steal his $240,000 diamond chain during an early morning confrontation at a Doral strip club. Sadien Alexis Mena Cove, 34, Yoan E. Guzman Bango, 33, and Manuel Antonio Barrios, 25, each face attempted strong-arm robbery and battery charges. Police …

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Police arrested Hassan Khan more than a year after the first patient reported an alleged encounter during a medical examination. CHANDLER, AZ — A Chandler doctor faces felony sexual assault and sexual abuse charges after two women told police he initiated sexual contact during appointments at his medical practice, according to court records released after his July 8 arrest. Hassan Khan, 48, worked at American Medical Associates near Chandler Boulevard and Cooper Road when the …

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The 22-year-old pilot safely returned a Cessna 150G to an airfield near Córdoba while authorities began investigating her instructor’s death. CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA — A 22-year-old pilot landed a small training plane alone July 4 after her instructor left the aircraft during a flight over a rural area near Toledo, Argentine authorities and the flight school’s director said. The instructor, 42-year-old Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, was found dead in a field after the student returned safely to …

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Raheem Massiah Askew faces a civil rights charge tied to an alleged on-duty assault at a Newport News hotel. NEWPORT NEWS, VA — A former Newport News police officer accused of raping an intoxicated woman while on duty pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court and was granted conditional bond with house arrest and electronic monitoring. Raheem Massiah Askew was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on one count of deprivation of rights under …

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An 18-year-old was shot outside a home Wednesday evening and taken to a hospital in stable condition. MIAMI, FL — Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputies were searching Thursday for the person who opened fire from a passing vehicle and wounded an 18-year-old outside a southwest Miami-Dade home Wednesday evening, authorities said. The shooting drew deputies and fire rescue crews to a residential area near Southwest 196th Avenue and Southwest 308th Street. The victim was found in a …

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Naomi Meza was wanted on federal probation violation charges tied to smuggling and drug possession. EAGLE PASS, TX — A 48-year-old woman wanted on federal probation violation charges was arrested at U.S. Port of Entry 2 after fleeing to Mexico and spending four years as a fugitive, Eagle Pass police said. Naomi Meza was taken into custody with help from Eagle Pass Police Department officers assigned to the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force. Police said …

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Federal prosecutors say a kidnapping victim was taken to a Fresno apartment during an alleged extortion plot. FRESNO, CA — A Fresno arrest is tied to a federal investigation that charged 37 people linked to three India-based crime groups accused of kidnappings, extortion, drug trafficking and violence across the United States, Canada and Europe, authorities said. The case, announced Tuesday in Los Angeles, marks one of the broadest recent federal actions against alleged transnational gangs …

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Search teams are still looking for five crew members after the Boeing 737 disappeared over the Arabian Sea. KARACHI, PAKISTAN — Pakistani search teams found wreckage Wednesday from a K2 Airways cargo plane that vanished over the Arabian Sea while flying from Sharjah to Karachi, but all five crew members remained missing. The discovery moved the operation from a search for a missing aircraft to a wider recovery and investigation effort in deep water off …

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Jose Rivera, 53, was released after arraignment because the charge is not bail-eligible. NEW YORK CITY, NY — A Brooklyn man has been charged with concealing a human corpse after a cleaning crew found his roommate’s decomposed remains on a couch inside their Crown Heights apartment last week, authorities and prosecutors said. Jose Rivera, 53, was taken into custody the day after the discovery at 1722 Union St., where he and the dead man lived …

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