Phuket Hunt for 'Mr Big' After Heroin Sting - Phuket Wan

Phuket Hunt for 'Mr Big' After Heroin Sting - Phuket Wan: "PHUKET police are waiting to hear whether two drugs ''mules'' arrested at Suvarnabhumi International Airport yesterday in possession of large amounts of heroin have named a Mr Big Phuket drug dealer.

The pair have confessed and told police that they had made similar journeys more than 10 times. They said they were hired by an unidentified contact and paid $US1000 for every trip.

Opening arguments in trial of accused killer, Jason Cai - San Jose Mercury News

Opening arguments in trial of accused killer, Jason Cai - San Jose Mercury News: "enraged killer who shot attorney Xia Zhao — at such close range that the gun muzzle left an imprint on her chest — was recorded on a neighbor's video camera, running away from Zhao's blood-soaked body.
Just one problem: Though the slim man in the fisherman's hat fleeing down Hamilton Avenue closely resembles accused killer Jason Cai, the image is too blurry to make a positive identification.
But on the first day of Cai's murder trial, prosecutor Brian Welch played the video three times Monday, portraying it as one of many pieces of largely circumstantial evidence whose sum, he said, prove the 51-year-old software engineer shot down Zhao to stop her from suing him for $15 million in his wife's death.
The stranger-than-fiction tale began in 2003 when Cai was charged with drowning his wife, Ying Deng, 30, in a case closely followed by the Chinese-language media. In 2006, a jury acquitted him on the murder charge and deadlocked 8-4 against the lesser-included charge of voluntary manslaughter — after the coroner who examined her body said the drowning could have been accidental. In 2007, the District Attorney's Office dismissed the manslaughter charge. But the mother of his late wife sued him for wrongful death, eventually hiring Zhao as one of the attorneys."

Pistol-packing mama Vanessa Marty pulls gun from baby carriage, opens fire on ex-boyfriend

Pistol-packing mama Vanessa Marty pulls gun from baby carriage, opens fire on ex-boyfriend: "jealous Queens mom, furious that her former flame had a new lover, whipped a handgun from her child's stroller and fired wildly at the father inside the dad's Jersey City apartment.
Vanessa Marty's marksmanship was terrible - but her maternal instincts were worse.
Marty was seemingly oblivious to the fact one of her two young children was only a few feet away - and well within ricochet-range - when she squeezed off an errant shot from her 9-mm. pistol.
'He dives for cover,' said Jersey City Police Lt. Edgar Martinez.
Marty's murderous rage ended in embarrassment - and a slew of criminal charges - when the gun jammed because she used the wrong type of ammo, Martinez said."

Businessman 'guilty' of gun crime

The Weston Mercury - Businessman 'guilty' of gun crime: "WELL-KNOWN businessman has been found guilty of threatening to shoot a bailiff who was trying to clamp his Porsche.

Cam Mu, who owns Dragon Kiss bar and the Sea Palace restaurant in Weston, now faces the possibility of a prison sentence for arming himself with a shotgun during the confrontation last November.

Mu, who appeared on trial for four days at Bristol Crown Court this week, was said to have become angry as Mr Simcock set about immobilising his luxury car in the drive of his home for non-payment of council tax.

Yesterday (Thurs) a jury found the 37-year-old guilty of possession a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, but not guilty of an assault charge for the same confrontation.

Mu could face a lengthy jail term when he is sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on July 1."

Homeowner hospitalized after shootout with 'gang of thugs' | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/11/2010

Homeowner hospitalized after shootout with 'gang of thugs' | Philadelphia Inquirer | 06/11/2010: "man remained hospitalized Thursday after 'a gang of thugs' ambushed and traded gunfire with him as he returned home with his wife and young children late Wednesday, authorities said.
When the shooting stopped, Jermaine R. Edwards had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and one of his attackers lay dead, police said. The other attackers fled.
Investigators were spare with the details as they scoured the crime scene Thursday on Hancock Road. They declined to discuss why Edwards might have been a target. And they said they hadn't yet positively identified the dead man in his house.
But they did say the crime had the markings of a planned home invasion and robbery."

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: Derrick Bird plotted Cumbria massacre for 5 years

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News ::Cumbria massacre Derrick Bird plotted for 5 years: "Bird, a taxi driver, boasted to a prostitute he spent the night with in 2005 that one day he would kill everyone who had ever crossed him.
He also signalled his murderous intent to two friends on a diving holiday last year, warning how he would “get a gun and kill them all” to settle his grudges back home in Cumbria"

Cumbria gunman Bird 'was obsessed with a Thai prostitute less than half his age'

Cumbria gunman Bird 'was obsessed with a Thai prostitute less than half his age': "British gunman, who shot 12 people dead and wounded 11 before killing himself, is said to have had a secret violent obsession with a Thai prostitute less than half his age.


Deceased cabbie Derrick Bird, 52, who was an ex-nuke plant worker, looked every inch the respectable father, and nobody knew that he was secretly lavishing thousands on the 22-year-old he fell for on holiday.

He is said to have flipped over money worries, which were fuelled by the cost of his lust for the pretty hooker."

Cumbria gunman Bird 'was obsessed with a Thai prostitute less than half his age'

Cumbria gunman Bird 'was obsessed with a Thai prostitute less than half his age': "Bird is said to have killed the people he held grudges against, and that he had headed for the taxi rank where he worked in the seaside town of Whitehaven, to blast fellow cabbies for making fun of his love for the hooker.

Two had regularly joined him on twice-a-year trips to Thailand's fleshpots. The group was nicknamed The Bad Boys, and Bird would pick up young girls to bed for around a tenner."

largest weapons shipments found in recent years. Two men have been arrested.

Police in Texas have seized a cache of weapons allegedly being smuggled to drug gangs in Mexico.

The haul, in Laredo on the US-Mexico border, included assault rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

Police say it was one of the largest weapons shipments found in recent years. Two men have been arrested.

The seizure comes two weeks after Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged US lawmakers to help stem the flow of weapons to Mexico.

'Tremendous blow'
Texas police say they acted on a tip-off and stopped a truck. Inside, they found 147 assault rifles, 53 bayonets and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition they believe were heading across the border to Mexico.

"This is one of the biggest cases we've ever seen here in this city," Laredo police officer Alberto Escobedo told Reuters.

"It's a tremendous blow to drug traffickers and organised crime."

Newark police seek information about gun theft | newarkadvocate.com | The Newark Advocate

Newark police seek information about gun theft | newarkadvocate.com | The Newark Advocate: "Newark police are investigating who stole two shotguns, a revolver and a rifle from a Dewey Avenue home April 2 or 3, according to a news release.
Anyone with information about this crime may call Licking County Crime Stoppers at (740) 349-6888 (740) 349-6888 or (888) 488-9058 (888) 488-9058. A coding system protects the identity of the caller but allows the reward to be issued later."