Archive for March, 2008

Internet law - fighting computer crime in Singapore

Monday, March 31st, 2008

he Government of Singapore has devoted significant effort to combating computer crime. It passed legislation in 1993 and periodically amends this…

Via: Computer Crime Research News

Police arrest 4 in slaying of Los Gatos businessman Mark Achilli

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Four people have been arrested for the murder earlier this month of a popular 53-year-old Los Gatos businessman - among them an assistant high school football coach from San Jose who bought two bars from victim Mark Achilli less than seven months ago.

Via: Crime

Teen hacker admits cyber crime charges

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A Whitianga teenager, allegedly at the centre of a cyber crime ring causing millions of dollars of damage, admitted six computer crime charges when he…

Via: Computer Crime Research News

Slaying Suspect’s Wife Warned of Risk to Children

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Mark Castillo drowned his three children, one by one, in the bathtub of a Baltimore hotel room and placed their naked bodies in a bed, he later told police. He swallowed 100 Motrin pills and stabbed himself in the neck repeatedly with a steak knife. Then, police said, he drifted into…

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

Nun pleads to stealing from Neb. diocese (AP)

Monday, March 31st, 2008

AP - A Roman Catholic nun accused of stealing from the Omaha Archdiocese and gambling much of the money away has pleaded guilty to theft.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

DoD analyst pleds in China spying case (AP)

Monday, March 31st, 2008

AP - A Defense Department analyst pleaded guilty Monday to delivering classified information about U.S. and Taiwanese military relations to a New Orleans furniture salesman who turned out to be working with the Chinese government.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News

In stabbing case, San Jose man turns himself after seeing mug on “Fugitive Watch”

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A San Jose man who saw his face in a “Fugitive Watch” newspaper turned himself in to police Sunday for allegedly beating and stabbing a man and stealing his shoes late last year, according to officials.

Via: Crime

Condemned Mexican inmates denied appeals

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Seven Mexican-born inmates on Texas’ death row lost their bid Monday to state their case before the U.S. Supreme Court, following the court’s ruling last week that another Mexican-born inmate’s case couldn’t be reopened despite an order from President Bush.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

Man linked to Fort Dix plot gets 20 months

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A man who admitted letting a group of men accused of planning to kill U.S. soldiers at New Jersey’s Fort Dix shoot his guns at a firing range was sentenced Monday to 20 months in prison.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

Teen arrested after Hayward school bathroom shooting that wounded student

Monday, March 31st, 2008

A 17-year-old student at the Royal Sunset Continuation School in unincorporated Hayward has been arrested in connection with an incident at the school in which a 16-year-old student was shot in the leg, according to Alameda County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt.

Via: Crime