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LINCOLN, Neb. - Kevin Holder's rap sheet is 43 pages long, dating back to 1980, and he just got another entry - his 226th arrest. Police say they caught him Sunday morning after a brief chase and found burglar tools in his possession. "He's very well-known to Lincoln police officers," Police Chief Tom Casady said. Holder's convictions include criminal mischief, marijuana possession, violation of protection order, assault, resisting arrest, assault on an officer, possession of cocaine. Many were misdemeanors, but he also has been sentenced to at least three prison terms for felonies, including a four-year stretch starting in 1996....

By 2003, Damian Campos, a Mexican immigrant, had seven arrests for driving under the influence in northern Colorado and used 13 different names. Immigration officials never tried to deport him — not until he rolled a vehicle last year, killing Marcos Martinez, one of his softball teammates. Police suspect Campos was driving drunk that day in May, too, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation and court records. A jury in Weld County deadlocked on a DUI charge but convicted Campos of vehicular homicide-reckless driving. ~snip~ That he did not come to immigration officials' notice earlier is not a surprise. DUI...

The wife of a man charged with plotting terror strikes in Ontario grew up in Halifax as a "pretty wild child" but turned her life around when she found Islam, a close friend says. Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, 44, was named Sherry MacAulay when she attended Cornwallis Junior High School and Queen Elizabeth High School before dropping out in Grade 10, said Wendi Petersen, her former classmate. "Islam was just the most amazing thing for her; it really turned her around," Ms. Petersen said. "She had a disastrous first marriage, she had problems with drugs and alcohol, and Islam was the...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. -- Among the patrons at the News Café, an airy bar downtown, the debate erupted almost as soon as Representative Patrick J. Kennedy finished making his emotional appearance on a television above the liquor bottles and colored lights. Kennedy, the six-term congressman who represents this old factory city, said he would enter a rehabilitation clinic for his addiction to pain medication, a day after crashing his car into a barrier outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Bobby LaBonte was not impressed. ''He lost my vote, I'll tell you that," said the 58-year-old former Marine, who called himself a...

A man accused of stealing an off-duty Orange County deputy's car with her son inside had just been released from jail on similar carjacking charges minutes before the crime, Local 6 News has learned. Investigators said Deputy Tonjali Frost, 37, her bail-bondsman husband and her 4-year-old son were at a RaceTrac gas station across the street from the Orange County Jail near John Young Parkway Monday night putting gas in both of their cars. Police said when Frost's husband ran into the station to pay for gas, Jerome Nez jumped into the couple's white Jeep sport utility vehicle and drove...

Man who attacked coach during White Sox game gets prison term Posted: Saturday Mar 11, 2006 12:00 PM CHICAGO (AP) - The man who attacked Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa during a game has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for a probation violation. Cook County Court Associate Judge Joseph M. Claps ruled Friday that William Ligue Jr. violated probation when he was charged in April 2004 with breaking into a car in suburban Harvey and leading police on a brief chase. Claps increased Ligue's sentence to 57 months in prison. "Despite what (the original judge) decided...

Deported cattle rustler leads police on harrowing chase By GREG WELTER - Staff Writer ORLAND -- A man convicted of stealing dairy cows in 2001, then deported to Mexico after serving a three-year state prison term, led police on a lengthy vehicle and foot pursuit early Friday morning near Orland. After running several stop signs and driving at speeds up to 100 mph during a seven-mile chase, Matias Bravo Nares, 35, stopped his 1995 GMC pickup in a field on Capay Road in Tehama County and attempted to run from officers. At one point, he stopped to remove his shirt...

LOS ANGELES - Actor Tom Sizemore missed a probation violation hearing Tuesday after checking into a live-in drug rehabilitation program. If the court finds Sizemore violated probation, he could be sent to prison for up to three years. The actor was ordered into drug treatment after pleading guilty in October to possession of methamphetamine. Sizemore, who played baseball player Pete Rose in last year's ESPN movie "Hustle" and had roles in films including "Natural Born Killers" and "Saving Private Ryan," has denied violating the terms of his probation. Prosecutors allege Sizemore tried to falsify a urine test for drugs and...

LANCASTER - "He was always smiling. He was just a happy young man," Steve McWright said about his son, 16-year-old Brian McWright. The youth was a Junior ROTC cadet at Lancaster, a boxer and a young person with a deeply spiritual side to his life, his father said. The teenager died Monday after he was declared brain dead in the crash caused by the motorhome that Christopher Anthony Hall was driving, allegedly away from a weekend hit-and-run accident that killed another person. McWright was in a car with three other teenagers when they were hit by a motorhome allegedly driven...

June 21, 2005 Man arrested in hatchet attack on pit bull By CATHY SMITH Sentinel staff writer SUMMIT — A 47-year-old man was arrested early Saturday after attacking a pit bull with a hatchet. The female pit bull, Vina, belonged to an electrician doing work on the suspect’s home. Vina apparently attacked the man’s Lhasa apso. Vina was mortally wounded and a deputy shot her, sheriff’s deputies said. "It was a very unfortunate incident," Sgt. Fred Plageman said. Freeway, the Lhasa apso, was taken to county animal services. Manager Mike McFarland said the dog appeared to be doing well Monday....

DEDHAM, Mass. - Singer Bobby Brown (news) was released from the county jail Thursday after spending a night behind bars for failing to pay $63,500 in child support. AP Photo   Brown was released after the Norfolk Probate and Family Court received the money. "I thought it was paid," Brown told reporters as he left, calling the matter a "misunderstanding." "Things happen like that when other people are dealing with your business," he said. Brown was due back in Family Court on Friday morning. The judge had ordered him to return after the child support was paid. On Wednesday, Family...

<p>March 23, 2004 -- LOS ANGELES - Former Long Island Lothario Joey Buttafuoco pleaded guilty to auto-insurance fraud yesterday and immediately began serving a one-year jail term.</p> <p>With good behavior and Los Angeles County's policy of early release for nonviolent offenders, Buttafuoco will probably serve only six months in jail, prosecutors said.</p>

<p>WINFIELD, W.Va. — The man who won the largest single lottery jackpot in U.S. history has had a run of bad luck this week: He's been robbed twice and sued.</p> <p>Police said the business office of Jack Whittaker (search), who hit the $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on Christmas 2002, was broken into Tuesday and $2,000 was taken.</p>

LANCASTER - Pain and trauma were constant themes in Helen Carreon's life. In the end, it may have been the pain that killed her. The 30-year-old mother of six was found dead in her Lancaster home on Elm Avenue the morning of Feb. 28, the victim of what appears to be an accidental pain medication overdose. The last two weeks of Carreon's life were a series of tragedies, beginning with a gunshot wound on Valentine's Day. The bullet, which pierced her leg, was allegedly fired by her jealous boyfriend, Byron Matheu, 25, a parolee and reputed gang member. Three days...

Relative: Jones is ‘crazy’ By Lauren Gregory Rome News-Tribune Staff Writer Jerry William Jones’ trail of crimes starts in the late 1980s and includes convictions in Floyd, Gordon, Clayton, Fulton and Henry counties. Most were theft, shoplifting or traffic charges that ended with some time in prison and decades of probation. Jones also lost his mother and stepfather in the ValuJet crash in the Florida Everglades in 1996, which left him with a sizable settlement that relatives said disappeared in no time. And while relatives say they saw hints of violence and heard his threats over the years, they never...

Urban myth turns into a reality on the streets of San Francisco - Homeless Poet Has Shrinking Fortune January 3, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO – One of San Francisco's enduring urban myths – the homeless man with the sizable trust fund – turned out to be more than just a figment of the collective imagination. Lou Dinarde, 68, is a deep-pockets drifter with a drinking problem who reads poetry at North Beach cafes over coffee when he's sober. However, he spends most of his time polishing off bottles of stronger stuff sprawled out on the sidewalk, with the knowledge he had...

Rodney King Arrested For Domestic Violence Rodney King seen here in 1996 after a conviction in a hit and run case. (AP) Oct. 14 (AP) — Rodney King, the black motorist whose beating by Los Angeles police was videotaped a dozen years ago, was arrested for allegedly punching his girlfriend, authorities said Tuesday. King, 38, was booked for investigation of domestic violence on Saturday then released Monday on $50,000 bail, a records clerk at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga said Tuesday. King's girlfriend, JoAnne Naser, 22, of Rialto telephoned police Saturday and said King punched her in...