arrest
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Prosecutors have issued 33 arrest warrants against customs officers and employees of the National Environment Agency over their alleged involvement in the scheme.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
German lawmakers have called on the government to tighten operational security at its intelligence agencies and repair trust with allies in the wake of Hanning’s arrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Andres Rosas, a spokesperson for the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, was unable to immediately provide information about why Garcia Ortega was at the Salinas Superior Courthouse at the time of her arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
At the time of her arrest she had 15 children aged under 12 in her care, as well as 10 children under primary school age and two children under the age of one.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The action likely saved many Jews from arrest and deportation to the extermination camps.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Then there are the children who ICE arrests with one or both of their parents.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
On Sept. 24, three days before the Fairford arrests, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband posed shaking hands with Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, in a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The arrests, carried out in collaboration with the police, followed a tip-off that led to a swoop on the suspects, all women, accused of selling the bouquets in different parts of the capital, Accra.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Los Angeles police have not released details about their investigation or whether any arrests have been made.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
While King and Abernathy sat in jail, the city’s students were out in the streets protesting their arrests.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
In Illinois, a college senior found himself the sole breadwinner of his family after ICE arrested and detained his uncle.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
A 22-year-old British national who was arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terror in connection with an incident close to RAF Fairford has been released on bail.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The manager of the dump was arrested on Monday as part of a corruption probe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The five arrested men haven’t been charged with a crime and are on bail, but U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
On Saturday, June 27, while Haupt was driving his new car to pick up his cardiogram results, the FBI arrested him.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Ray’s camera flits, with arresting rhythm, between the players; Aparna flits her eyelids as she names Cleopatra during the first round.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The religious-focused work of Ian Kurtis Crist is especially arresting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
The ruling requires federal immigration agents to consider the totality of the circumstances known to them before arresting someone without a warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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