Crime - Topic - ABC News (original) (raw)
Over the weekend Perry Kouroumblis was arrested in Rome in connection to the 1977 Easey Street murders. It was news that left his friend Phil Akers 'dumbfounded'.
Topic:Homicide14 hours agoTue 24 Sep 2024 at 11:00am
Photo shows Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were housemates in Collingwood in 1977.
A former student teacher tells the ACT Supreme Court she sent explicit images of herself to a school boy she met while on a teaching placement because he was "very persistent and pushy" as she faces charges including persistent sexual abuse of a child.
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A 16-year-old boy is dead and a 15-year-old has been charged after an alleged fight in front of a school holiday lunch crowd in Melton.
Topic:Crime2 hours agoTue 24 Sep 2024 at 11:08pm
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SA Police charges a 20-year-old disability worker with dangerous driving following a fatal crash at Hayborough, south of Adelaide on Sunday that killed a woman using a wheelchair.
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A woman has appeared in court charged with murdering a "family relation" after the discovery of a bodyat the bottom of an outside staircase at a home in inner Cairns.
Topic:Crime1 hours agoWed 25 Sep 2024 at 12:17am
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It has been revealed a former student teacher on trial for sexual offences against a 15-year-old boy was sent 25 friend requests, mostly on Instagram and Snapchat, from other boys at the school where she met the alleged victim.
Topic:CrimeMon 23 SepMon 23 Sep 2024 at 9:55pm
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The man accused of hiding out with a gun near Donald Trump's Florida golf course in an apparent bid to kill the former president wrote a letter months earlier describing an "assassination attempt", prosecutors say.
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The 39-year-old Palm Island woman died two days after suffering a life-threatening head injury.
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Detectives have been praised for collecting and preserving DNA materials during the original Easey Street investigation at a time when little was known about the use of the science in criminal cases.
Topic:CrimeMon 23 SepMon 23 Sep 2024 at 7:47am
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Four people have died and at least 21 were wounded during a shooting in a nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama.
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The LNP announces a plan to create four new early intervention schools for youth at risk of entering a life of crime. But the state government says the funding announcement doesn't add up.
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A 32-year-old man who allegedly stole a car from a Darwin smash repairs shop at knifepoint has been arrested by Northern Territory police.
Topic:CrimeSun 22 SepSun 22 Sep 2024 at 3:40am
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Lawyers allege several Aboriginal NT Police officers experienced racial vilification, derision and an unequal pay system on the job. The police commissioner says it's a "positive step" that they have the confidence to speak up.
Topic:PoliceSat 21 SepSat 21 Sep 2024 at 11:29pm
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The murder of Emma Lovell was a tipping point in public sentiment about the government's handling of youth crime, which is shaping up as one of the major issues that will decide next month's state election.
Topic:CrimeSun 22 SepSun 22 Sep 2024 at 9:01pm
The case is said to have struck at the heart of Melbourne and 47 years later, it's yet to reach a conclusion.
Topic:CrimeSun 22 SepSun 22 Sep 2024 at 8:20am
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Youth crime could decide next month's Queensland election. Thousands of victims are heading to the polls demanding change, but will locking kids up solve the problem in the long run?
Topic:CrimeSun 22 SepSun 22 Sep 2024 at 9:02pm
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American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy is once again picking from the horrific crimes of the recent past to create his newest mini-series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
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At least 53 people have died in Mexico's Sinaloa state as factions of its powerful cartel clash over the arrest of leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada in the United States.
Topic:CrimeSat 21 SepSat 21 Sep 2024 at 12:55pm
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A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious alleged murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.
Topic:CrimeSun 22 SepSun 22 Sep 2024 at 6:02am
Photo shows Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett were housemates in Collingwood in 1977.
Four teenagers have been arrested after allegedly threatening a man in a Melbourne shopping centre car park with a pair of pliers and pulling him out of his vehicle.
Topic:CrimeFri 20 SepFri 20 Sep 2024 at 10:34pm
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