Theft
NEW YORK - The 85-year-old son of philanthropist Brooke Astor was sentenced Monday to as many as three years in prison for exploiting her mental frailty to plunder her millions, but the legal saga surrounding the society doyenne's fortune will persist with planned appeals.
BELGRADE, Serbia - Three Serb members of the infamous "Pink Panther" ring of thieves were convicted Friday of Japan's biggest-ever jewel heist, which nabbed treasures including a $27-million (euro19-million) diamond necklace.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A former South Carolina church deacon has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for trying to rob a bank.
NEW YORK - A TV producer accused of trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million said he needed money to visit his son and would mask the transaction as a business deal, prosecutors said Tuesday.
CAMDEN, N.J. - A man known to police as "Spider-Man" for his daring escapes and who starred in gay porn videos with his twin brother has been sentenced to three years in prison for burglary in New Jersey.
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- Ex-Home Depot manager pleads guilty in Georgia
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- Teen accused in celeb home burglary to stand trial
- Neb. man gets 3 years for stealing SD fire truck
- Jury issues death sentence in Pa. officer slaying
- Ga. high court rules mower isn't a motor vehicle
- Georgia court rules mower isn't a motor vehicle
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- La. businessman indicted in alleged Ponzi scheme
- Jurors in Md. mayor's trial keep asking questions
- Jury begins deliberations in Baltimore mayor trial
- Police: Vermont man stole bus, posted video of it
- 2 counts dropped in Baltimore mayor's theft trial
- Mozambique: Major corruption trial begins
- Ohio chief's trial begins in Parker-Broderick case
- FBI halts search of Cleveland home for the evening
- Suspect in Ohio killings was arrested last year
- Ark. jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor death
- Jury chooses life sentence in TV anchor killing
- Animal house of horrors is uncovered outside NYC
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- Ex-astronaut gets 1-year probation in attack
