arrested

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Police said Leiva was arrested three days later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

He was arrested in May 2020 after trying to break into a neighbour's flat, which led to his first admission to a psychiatric ward at Highbury Hospital in Nottingham on 25 May.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

In some cases, governments have pre-emptively arrested operatives they were tracking before the war started.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Duterte was arrested in March last year, flown to the Netherlands on the same day, and is detained in The Hague awaiting trial.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Or, even worse, what if they arrested him?

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady