arrested

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The night before Wignall was arrested in October 2019, Dodsworth said her children phoned her at work and warned her not to come home.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The indictment supersedes a previous indictment of Singamas Marketing Director Vick Nam Hing Ma, who was arrested in France last month.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

It’s also ineffective and inhumane, he argued, because people arrested will simply end up back on the streets.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The couple were arrested at their County Down home more than two years ago.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

If the Mona Lisa had been stolen in England, where fingerprints were searchable, Perugia would have been arrested almost immediately.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day