arrest
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This was the trigger that led to the tracking, arrest and deportation of the family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A watch commander was unable to immediately provide details on the circumstances surrounding Bryski’s arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
For starters, the 46-year-old billionaire was confined to house arrest on his 300-acre Oxfordshire estate in England, fighting off a Swiss extradition request tied to an international money-laundering probe.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Suu Kyi is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, where she has been sequestered since being unseated in a 2021 military coup.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Nine men received smaller rewards for their part in the capture of George Atzerodt, ten for their roles in the arrest of Lewis Powell.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Other arrests this year included a Romanian woman and a Ukrainian man accused of spying on an individual supplying drones from Germany to Ukraine, according to the prosecutor's office.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Police have made no arrests or recovered any cards, which had been graded by Professional Sports Authenticator and were being shipped back to collectors nationwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The wave of arrests is straining an already stretched justice system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
He called Monday's arrests a "very positive development".
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
With the arrests of Sam Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen, and Edman Spangler, Monday, April 17 closed as the most successful day in the three-day-old manhunt.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Rincón, 62 years old, was arrested after returning from exile in Panama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
According to jail records, Bryski was arrested at 8:40 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The 66-year-old had twice failed to get himself arrested so he could spend the night in jail before finally succeeding by sounding off about Erdogan in a park in the Mediterranean resort of Alanya.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The former police chief, 56 this year, was arrested in 2012.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
As the war intensified, the Gestapo arrested people who denounced Hitler, the Nazi Party, or the war.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Police said a security patrol had spotted an abandoned vehicle near the Molesworth base and police found a "small breach" before arresting the men in the early hours of Thursday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Horner was finally dismissed following a slump in form which Red Bull bosses concluded the team did not appear to be capable of arresting under his leadership.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In Europe and elsewhere, co-ordinated, multi-national police and customs operations take place regularly, seizing large numbers of stolen antiquities and arresting some of the traffickers.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Designed by Ma Yansong, the new building in Los Angeles is a structure of arresting and unusual size and shape, but it becomes less impressive once you get inside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
“It’s nothing. You heard them, no one is arresting anyone.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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