Japanese pop star arrested after allegedly appearing nude and drunk in Tokyo public parkTOKYO — A Japanese pop star was arrested Thursday for public indecency after being found drunk and naked at a Tokyo park, police said. Former Jaguars wide receiver Jimmy Smith charged with drug possession after traffic stopJACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Former Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Jimmy Smith was pulled over Wednesday afternoon and found with crack cocaine and marijuana in his car, the Florida Highway Patrol said. State troopers charge NY driver after he’s clocked going 134 mph on upstate roadPAWLING, N.Y. — State police said a 23-year-old man clocked driving at more than 130 mph on an upstate New York road is facing multiple traffic charges. Police said a trooper spotted Michael DiBernardino’s 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer doing 134 mph in a 55-mph zone Tuesday afternoon in the Dutchess County town of Pawling, near the Connecticut border 65 miles north of New York City. FBI reports arrest in Mexico of suspect in 2007 slaying of 4 illegal immigrants in OhioCINCINNATI — Authorities in Mexico have arrested a man in the slayings of four Mexican construction workers who had been beaten and methodically stabbed in the heart at the Ohio apartment they shared, a prosecutor said Wednesday. British releases all 12 suspects arrested in terror raids this monthLONDON — British police released the last of 12 suspects rounded up in a series of dramatic anti-terror raids earlier this month, failing to charge any of the men, authorities said Wednesday. Police: US father, 2 sons arrested in Mexico for allegedly kidnapping womanTIJUANA, Mexico — Police say they have arrested a U.S. man and his two sons for allegedly kidnapping the father’s girlfriend. UK authorities say they want to deport 9 men caught up in terror raidsLONDON — British authorities are seeking to deport nine terrorism suspects arrested earlier this month in a highly publicized police operation, officials said Tuesday. French interior minister says police find 200 illegal migrants in mass ID check in CalaisCALAIS, France — French police raided tent camps for a mass identity check Tuesday and detained nearly 200 people found without residency papers around Calais, an English Channel port that is a magnet for illegal migrants trying to reach Britain. 45 years after Freedom Summer, Miss. quietly gets rid of laws meant to thwart civil rightsJACKSON, Miss. — While researching a case, attorney Ed Blackmon stumbled across leftovers of Mississippi’s segregationist past — laws enacted to discourage the fight for equal rights for blacks. Connecticut police arrest woman twice in 3 hours on drunken driving chargesFARMINGTON, Conn. — Connecticut police booked a 29-year-old woman for drunken driving, and then charged her with the same crime less than three hours later when they spotted her behind the wheel again. Police arrest SKorean man for allegedly getting $1 million death benefits in scam with wifeSEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean man was arrested for allegedly pretending to have died at sea three years ago to defraud insurance companies of nearly $1 million, which his wife collected, police said Tuesday. |