http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Crime headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:00:04 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=30 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633230&ref=rss A prostitute has been jailed for 21 days after complaining of breaking her nails at community work and failing to carry out voluntary work at a Wanganui primary school.Tala Jepsen, 19, appeared in New Plymouth District Court for... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:07 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633228&ref=rss A man from the central North Island township of Mangakino says a false accusation of rape levelled against him is a stigma he'll never be able to shake.Leonard Joseph, 42, was last week acquitted at the High Court in Rotorua on... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:43:33 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633207&ref=rss A bag full of money split and notes went flying as a balaclava-clad man tried to wrestle it off an 18-year-old girl in front of lunchtime shoppers at Albany yesterday. Police were last night still looking for the man, who fled... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633209&ref=rss Police are investigating a political stunt involving the burning of a New Zealand flag in the grounds of Parliament yesterday. Two members of the Republic of NZ Party, Jack Gielen and Kerry Bevin, tried to burn the ensign and... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633215&ref=rss CHICAGO: A Chicago man admitted yesterday that he scouted out the Indian city of Mumbai for a 2008 terrorist attack that left 166 people dead and plotted an attack on a Danish newspaper over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.David... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633213&ref=rss PHILADELPHIA: The woman accused of trolling the internet as Jihad Jane has appeared for the first time in public, after six months of detention.Colleen LaRose pleaded not guilty to the four-count indictment at a brief arraignment... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633203&ref=rss Stephen Versalko knew deep down he would be caught and was relieved when his huge $17.8 million fraud was discovered.The admissions are found in a Corrections Department report released to the Weekend Herald which describes... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633202&ref=rss The ASB bank investment adviser who stole $17.8 million charged his parents interest on an $80,000 loan to move into a retirement home - then asked for the money back when the fraud was discovered.Stephen Gerard Versalko was this... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633201&ref=rss A Bay of Plenty honey company which sent a novice worker on a quad bike without a helmet has been fined $78,000 after the man's death.The man's family will get $60,000 of the fine.The 21-year-old Wellington man died in hospital... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633200&ref=rss Investors owed millions of dollars by a New Zealand man who claims to have a knighthood want to know why he appears to have gone unpunished, despite being charged with fraud in the United States.A Herald investigation has revealed... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633195&ref=rss One of New Zealand's most dangerous sex criminals attacked two women while on parole and under Corrections Department supervision.Described as a timebomb by family, Andre Charles Port served a 10-year prison sentence for sexually... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633194&ref=rss An agitated, drunk Timorese cop was screaming at him in broken English, his hand reaching for his pistol.A few metres away, another local officer - later revealed to be ex-militia with gang links - was running around the Suai... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633145&ref=rss Unsupervised inmates in a maximum security prison tipped over a crane in a "high-risk near-miss" accident in the same work yard from which a prisoner escaped unnoticed by using an angle grinder.A Corrections staff member tried... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633127&ref=rss Throughout human history, young men have been responsible for the vast preponderance of crime and violence - especially single men in countries where status and social acceptance depend on being married and having children, as it... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633125&ref=rss On platform one at Bolton train station in England a mob of about 100 men punch the air in unison as a chant goes up: "Muslim bombers, off our streets! Muslim bombers off our streets!"Their voices echo loudly, and as more men... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633121&ref=rss With his face gazing from posters celebrating the 600th anniversary of the founding of this historic city, Narendra Modi - Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat - likes to present himself as a man of destiny. Yet slowly... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633116&ref=rss Leon Laclau shared his life, and often, his bed, with Marga over 20 years - all while serving as a Catholic priest in a town in the French Pyrenees.His clerical leadership eventually expelled him, prompting protests from his flock... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633114&ref=rss A Roman Catholic bishop in Ireland ordered a priest to remain silent over his views church officials should not tell police about child abusers within the priesthood.Bishop Dermot Clifford said Monsignor Maurice Dooley, an expert... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633104&ref=rss With a couple of hours to kill in Wellington on Monday I tossed up between the spy dome trial and Te Papa. Since it was a sunny afternoon and Te Papa offered a longer walk along Wellington's new waterfront I went there.Wrong decision.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10633110&ref=rss Hamilton police were amazed when they watched a driver swap places with his passenger while police were attempting to pull him over during a routine stop this morning.The bizarre switch took place in busy commuter traffic and... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:56 +1200