News 8/26/2011: Sheriff: Homicide case looks unlikely

News from violent crimes happening now, on Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 1:29pm. Someone's mother or sister, son or father, is being victimized as you read this. These events happened very recently. As unsettling as they are to read, they all beg one question - could this happen to YOUR mother or sister? YOUR son? Or have you prepared yourself for similar events?

Yale announces availability of locks designed to integrate into digital homes
by SecurityInfoWatch

These new deadbolt locks are the first products in the Yale Real Living portfolio of home control and home security solutions. Available with either a sleek touchscreen or pushbutton keypad, Yale's new platform of intelligent locks are designed to ...
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Woodland man pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide
by The Columbian

By Laura McVicker A Woodland man pleaded not guilty Friday to vehicular homicide in the traffic death of a 76-year-old Vancouver man. Tyler G. Peabody also entered his plea to two counts of vehicular assault in connection to the injuries sustained by ...
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Homicide suspect arrested in Brooksville
by Hernando Today

By TONY HOLT | Hernando Today BROOKSVILLE - One of the three suspects in last week's home invasion homicide has been arrested, deputies said. Authorities said they linked the suspect to the crime following a DNA match from a bloody bandage left behind ...
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Investigators: Man feared homicide probe, hid girlfriend's body in west Cocoa
by Florida Today

BCSO booking photo Fearing a homicide investigation, a man who found his girlfriend dead in their bedroom last month hid her body amid swampland west of Cocoa, according to sheriff's agents. Jonathan Lee Banks, 25, was arrested in the early morning of ...
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Sheriff: Homicide case looks unlikely
by News Courier

“At this time, until we can make a definitive judgment, it's looking less and less like a homicide.” Neighbors at the scene Wednesday outside Green's home at 26943 McLemore Circle described Green's death as suspicious. Green and her husband, ...
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