News 8/30/2011: S.W. apartment thief assaults couple with bear spray

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 at 9:29am - the stories below are unfolding out there right now. All of these are real-life events happening to real people like you and I. What could the victims have done to protect themselves - what are YOU doing to stop this happening to you?

Mother and daughter sentenced for plot to kill 91-year-old Dublin woman
by San Jose Mercury News

By Sophia Kazmi OAKLAND -- A mother and daughter were sentenced Monday to spend the next several decades in prison for their roles in a plot that led to the murder of a 91-year-old Dublin woman. Rosa Hill, 36, received 36 years to life in prison for ...
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Brothers Take Deal On Rape, Attempted Capital Murder
by Fort Smith Times Record

Two Fort Smith brothers charged with attempted capital murder and rape cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid trial and were sentenced in Sebastian County Circuit Court Monday. Elvis Aaron Thacker, 23, pleaded guilty to attempted capital murder and ...
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Aruba Murder Suspect Calm With Scratches on Throat: Police Report
by ABC News

Gary V. Giordano, the US citizen being held in the disappearance of 35-year-old Robyn Gardner, covers his head while being led to jail from a police station in San Nicolas, Aruba, Aug. 15, 2011. (Pedro Famous Diaz/AP Photo) In the police report filed ...
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Police Blotter: Would-be Thieves Grateful Borders is Still Open
by Patch.com

The following information has been supplied by the Lower Merion Police Department. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction. By Danielle Vickery Retail Theft: Police responded to a report of a theft that occurred ...
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S.W. apartment thief assaults couple with bear spray
by Calgary Herald

A couple confronted a thief in their Calgary apartment early Tuesday morning, only to be assaulted with pepper spray before the prowler fled with a stolen laptop. The couple was not seriously hurt but required treatment for the effects of the pepper ...
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