arrested

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Last month a senior healthcare boss who worked at the Countess of Chester was arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and bailed by police.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The 42 people arrested come from 19 Riverside County cities, with the highest concentrations in Menifee, where six people were arrested; Riverside, where five people were arrested; and Moreno Valley, also with five arrests.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

And elsewhere in the Gulf, Kuwait said that four people arrested earlier this month as they attempted to enter the country by sea had confessed to belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Nourafchan, 43 years old, was arrested last week and charged with securities fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

I glanced around my room nervously, although if this room was monitored, the security officers would have arrested me the minute I opened that stupid life-ruining Cocoon last night.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin