arrested
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When the Shanghai Municipal Police arrested them for suspected communist activities on June 15, 1931, the pair identified themselves as the Belgians Hilaire Noulens and Marie Motte—no, it was Fernand and Marie Vandercruyssen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sanchez was arrested shortly afterward, but Easter fled the scene and wasn’t found until Wednesday, when he surrendered and was taken into custody, the CHP statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A man who allegedly terrorized Philadelphia residents while wearing a creepy Halloween mask has been arrested in Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The net began to tighten when, in October 2000, Slobodan Milošević was himself arrested and later delivered to the Hague.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
He had no idea that George Dasch had already confessed, and that everyone in Dasch's group had been arrested.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple