arrested

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On June 14 of last year, federal agents arrested Luo at New York’s JFK airport as she was attempting to board a flight to China, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Renteria was arrested at his Placentia home April 24 following a four-month investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

It is unusual to see Buddhist monks - much less such a high-ranking figure - arrested in Sri Lanka, where they are both politically powerful and venerated by society.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Pallegama Hemarathana was receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo when he was arrested on Saturday.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Arnold, a thirty-one-year-old Confederate army veteran and former schoolmate of Booth’s, was arrested based on a tip.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson