Crime & JusticeAqueduct
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Aqueduct employees busted after using ID numbers to create phony comp cards and trade them with casino gamblers (2/22/2012)
(New York) -- A pair of bumbling Aqueduct Racino employees were busted this week after they used their own employee identification numbers to create phony comp cards and...
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Two workers at Aqueduct’s racino handed out forged comp cards in exchange for kickbacks: Prosecutors (2/22/2012)
(New York) -- Two workers at Aqueduct's racino handed out bogus comp cards to gamblers in exchange for a taste of their winnings, authorities said.
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Officials dispel rumors of crime spikes near Racino (1/24/2012)
(New York) -- While reported rumors surface about crime spikes near the Racino, officials hope to dispel the so-called fallacies.
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Crime picks up pace in ‘racino’ precinct (1/22/2012)
(New York) -- Crime has gone up in the Queens precinct that covers the glittering new racino at Aqueduct, The Post has learned. It’s unclear to what, if any,...
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Cuomo Casino Plan: How Organized Crime Could Muscle In (1/20/2012)
(New York) -- Backed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration are continuing plans to build a Las Vegas style casino in New York. The...
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Cuomo's Aquaduct Casino Plan: Will It Boost Crime, Hurt Local Economy? (1/17/2012)
(New York) -- New Yorkers aren't yet ready to get behind the governor's plan to launch the state's first casino.And they may be right: Studies show casinos...
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Residential Schools
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Lawyer disbarred, pleads guilty to taking nearly $1 million from residential school survivors (2/22/2012)
(Winnipeg) -- Howard Lorne Tennenhouse was disbarred by the Law Society of Manitoba Tuesday after pleading guilty to taking nearly $1 million from 55 residential school...
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MORON ALERT: Native school survivors' lawyer disbarred (2/21/2012)
(Manitoba) -- A Winnipeg lawyer has been stripped of his licence to practise law because he overcharged 55 former residential school students of almost $1 million.
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Ex-NHLer describes rape at residential school (2/3/2012)
(Saskatchewan) -- Agony was etched on the face of hockey pioneer Fred Sasakamoose this week as he talked about being raped at an Indian residential school almost seven...
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Missing Women Crisis
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AFN Justice Forum Day 1 to Focus on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women (2/21/2012)
(British Columbia) -- The hundreds of aboriginal women who have gone missing or been murdered top the agenda of a National Justice Forum opening today.
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Ceremony to honour victimized women brings police, First Nations together (2/21/2012)
(Vancouver) -- Families of the missing and murdered women, hundreds of First Nations leaders and the RCMP commissioner all took part in a powerful "cedar bough...
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Missing Women inquiry follows new tack with public panels (2/21/2012)
(Vancouver) -- Missing Women inquiry commissioner Wally Oppal made a surprise announcement Tues-day that he'll soon begin hearing from public panels to assist him in...
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Missing Women inquiry to take new direction and hold public forums (2/21/2012)
(Vancouver) -- Missing Women inquiry commissioner Wally Oppal made a surprise announcement Tuesday that he’ll soon begin hearing from public panels to assist him...
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National inquiry into missing, murdered women urged at Vancouver forum (2/21/2012)
(Vancouver) -- Calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered women were part of discussions during the first day of an Assembly of First Nations justice forum...
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Video Report: Aboriginal men march in Winnipeg for missing and murdered aboriginal women (2/18/2012)
(Manitoba) -- A group of aboriginal men held a march to show solidarity with the families of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada.
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NDP applauds investigation on violence against Aboriginal women (2/17/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Alarmed by the growing number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, fifty-three New Democrat MPs sent a letter of support to the United Nations...
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3 women from same reserve vanished from same Winnipeg street (2/16/2012)
(Winnipeg) -- Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Winnipeg asking for help in finding three women who have vanished.
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Thousands march in support of B.C.'s missing and murdered women (2/15/2012)
(Vancouver) -- It has been a heartbreaking Valentine’s Day tradition for more than two decades. The largest crowd to date marched through the streets of the...
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Thousands Turn Out for Largest Women’s Memorial March to Date (2/15/2012)
(Vancouver) -- First Nations and women’s groups may have been shut out of the Missing Women’s inquiry, but their voices were heard loud and strong on...
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Events Commemorating Aboriginal Female Victims of Violence (2/14/2012)
(Ottawa) -- Across Canada today, thousands of people are gathering to remember the 700 or more aboriginal women who have disappeared or been murdered over the past two...
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Moon rises again over Sisters in Spirit (2/7/2012)
(Canada) -- That was the last count of murdered and missing Aboriginal women by the Sisters in Spirit initiative before the government pulled its funding from the Native...
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Slow pace of Pickton inquiry may cause public to lose confidence: commissioner (1/31/2012)
(Vancouver) -- The army of lawyers at the inquiry into the Robert Pickton case has received reinforcements, prompting the former judge overseeing the hearings to worry...
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RCMP apology over Pickton murder ‘not enough,’ victim’s father says (1/29/2012)
(Vancouver) -- An RCMP apology for failing to do more to catch Robert Pickton sooner has been dismissed as meaningless by families of women murdered by the serial killer.
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Tense exchange at Pickton inquiry over officer's actions (1/26/2012)
(Vancouver) -- A former Vancouver police inspector who has faced intense criticism at the Robert Pickton inquiry is disputing some of the allegations against him,...
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Pickton inquiry hears serial killer concerns dismissed (1/24/2012)
(British Columbia) -- A renowned criminologist says his warnings a serial killer might be behind the disappearance of sex workers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside...
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Supreme Court
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GAO report confirms big declination rate in Indian Country cases (2/21/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Federal prosecutors turn down 50 percent of cases in Indian Country, the Government Accountability Office reported.
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Wynn Resorts
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Philippine regulator denies casino graft (2/21/2012)
(Philippines) -- The Philippines' gaming regulator confirmed Wednesday that top officials accepted free luxury accommodation from a Japanese tycoon but denied these...
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First Nations Politics
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Aboriginals worried about effects of Tory crime bill (2/20/2012)
(Ottawa) -- The government's omnibus crime bill could put more aboriginals behind bars rather than addressing the source of high crime and incarceration rates among...
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Florida Gaming
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Officials: Little Crime Associated With Casinos (2/20/2012)
(Florida) -- Anti-casino groups claim casinos and crime go hand-in-hand. “Crime rates in case of communities to be 84 percent higher than the nationwide average,...
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Casino opponents: Gambling would lead to more crime (2/2/2012)
(Florida) -- Allowing resort casinos in Miami-Dade County would lead to a spike in crime — from rapes to burglaries — an anti-gaming group charged on...
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Do more casinos mean more crime? (2/2/2012)
(Florida) -- Local 10 already debunked the statement made by casino advocates that the jobs created through the expansion of gambling would reduce what is said to be...
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Native Voices
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Guest Post | A Native American Student Responds to a Times Article About His Home (2/17/2012)
(New York) -- An article by Timothy Williams, “Brutal Crimes Grip an Indian Reservation,” which appeared on the front page of The New York Times on Feb. 3,...
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Seneca Nation
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Diaz Sr.: Investigate Mark Grisanti Like You Did Hiram Monserrate (2/15/2012)
(New York) -- Earlier this morning, the outspoken State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. called on Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos to investigate Buffalo State Senator Mark...
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Video Released of Sen. Grisanti Attacked at Seneca Niagara Casino (2/15/2012)
(New York) -- A violent brawl erupted the night of Saturday, February 10 at the Seneca Niagara Casino when Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-NY, allegedly tried to calm a heated...
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Police say fight might not merit charges (2/14/2012)
(New York) -- Police officials indicated Monday that they do not believe any crime was committed during a weekend brawl at a Niagara Falls casino involving State Sen....
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N.Y. Gaming
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Spano: A gaming lobbyist with a felony (2/13/2012)
(New York) -- Nick Spano may not be able to vote in New York. But he can lobby. How much longer he represents gaming interests remains to be seen.
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Mohegan Sun
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Scranton man arrested after alleged theft at casino (2/11/2012)
(Pennsylvania) -- State police arrested a Scranton man early Thursday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs after he allegedly picked up a wallet another patron left behind.
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Mother arrested after leaving five-year-old son to gamble at casino (1/27/2012)
(New York) -- A mother wanted on counterfeiting charges has been accused of leaving her five-year-old son alone in a hotel room so she could gamble.
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Police: 5-year-old left alone in hotel room while mom gambled in Conn. casino (1/27/2012)
(New York) -- A New York City mother was behind bars Thursday after police say she left her 5-year-old son alone in a Connecticut hotel room while she went to gamble.
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Internet Cafes
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10 charged with gambling after raid in Fremont (2/4/2012)
(Ohio) -- Twenty-eight criminal charges were filed Friday in Fremont Municipal Court against 10 people accused of being involved in three Internet cafes recently shut...
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Internet cafe staff charged (2/4/2012)
(Ohio) -- Police filed 28 criminal charges against 10 people Friday, all stemming from the January raids on three Internet cafes in the city. The night of Jan. 7,...
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Owners of Strip Club and Alleged Internet Gambling Business Charged with Concealing More Than $4 Million of Income from the IRS (2/4/2012)
(Illinois) -- The operators of an adult entertainment club in Elgin were charged with conspiracy to impede the Internal Revenue Service in the collection of federal...
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Tobacco & Cigarettes
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Manitoba Dakota Chundee Smokes Raids Latest in Growing Tobacco War (1/31/2012)
(Manitoba) -- Manitoba authorities are stepping up efforts to halt sales of cigarettes that are federally labeled but not marked for purchase in the province.
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Hearing delayed for two former Creek Nation workers (1/24/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- A magistrate judge has rescheduled the plea hearing for two former Creek Nation employees accused of bilking the government out of more than $2.5 million...
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Sheldon Adelson
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Gingrich's billionaire campaign backer under federal investigation after lawsuit alleges he hushed possible ties to Chinese organized crime (1/28/2012)
(USA) -- The billionaire casino mogul who has breathed new life into Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign with millions of dollars in donations is facing a federal...
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Bribes, Chinese Mob Ties Alleged at Casino of Gingrich Money Man (1/27/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The casino company run by the principal financial backer of Newt Gingrich's presidential bid, Sheldon Adelson, has been under criminal...
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Alaska Native Corporations
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Plea deal for 1 in massive contracting fraud case (1/26/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- A former Army Corps of Engineers employee has agreed to plead guilty for his role in what prosecutors say may be one of the largest and most brazen...
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Lansing Casino
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MSU professor says purported crime, bankruptcies caused by casinos are myths (1/26/2012)
(Michigan) -- Speculation has begun as to how a casino planned for downtown Lansing by Mayor Virg Bernero and the Sault Ste. Tribe of Chippewa Indians would impact the...
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Sweat-Lodge Deaths
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James Ray asked by prosecutors to prove he's broke (1/18/2012)
(Arizona) -- Prosecutors who secured negligent homicide convictions against a self-help author want him to prove he's broke. James Arthur Ray has asked a judge to...
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Black Friday
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Key player in Internet poker scheme bets on a plea bargain (1/17/2012)
(New York) -- He knew when to fold 'em. A career crook who duped American banks into processing billions of dollars in illegal Internet wagers struck a plea bargain...
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Other News
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Ronnie Gilley: No trucks for vote on bingo bill (2/22/2012)
(Alabama) -- Country Crossing developer Ronnie Gilley said he never offered to buy trucks from a state senator's dealership as a way to get his vote on a gambling...
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18 years in prison for driver who killed four in DUI crash (2/22/2012)
(California) -- A woman who was drunk and high on methamphetamine when she crashed a GMC Yukon head-on into a Toyota Camry near the Pala Casino in 2007 -- killing two...
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Police arrests constable who video-graphed Jarawa women (2/21/2012)
(India) -- Cracking the case of videography of semi-naked Jarawa tribal women, police on Tuesday arrested a constable who had allegedly asked the victims to dance and...
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Manhunt on Red Lake reservation for escaped armed robbery suspect (2/21/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A Redby, Minn., robbery suspect escaped from jailers taking him to a medical appointment Tuesday in Bemidji, running way, then stealing a vehicle,...
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New charges for banished Band member (2/21/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Zachary Isaiah Jon Nayquonabe, 24, of Onamia, was arrested on Feb. 12 after an Onamia Police officer responded to a report of a possible assault.
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Pa. man busted on drug warrant after casino win (2/21/2012)
(Pennsylvania) -- A man accused of dealing drugs had his luck run out when he won $2,500 playing blackjack at a casino near Philadelphia.
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Man sentenced to life in slaying of NorCal woman (2/21/2012)
(California) -- A man convicted of raping and strangling a Rancho Cordova woman has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
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Higher Crime, Fewer Charges on Indian Land (2/20/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Indian reservations have for years grappled with chronic rates of crime higher than all but a handful of the most violent U.S. cities. But the...
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Pueblo sends unpaid speeding tickets to collection agency (2/20/2012)
(New Mexico) -- Headed west from Albuquerque on I-40 just past the Rio Puerco, there is a stretch of interstate where speeding laws get a little blurry.
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Dine College still employs 2 with DWIs (2/20/2012)
(New Mexico) -- Two employees of Diné College remain employed after being convicted of drunken driving offenses.
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Arsonist torches Oneida Nation-owned home (2/20/2012)
(New York) -- Police are seeking an arsonist who torched a vacant Oneida Nation-owned house in Verona Tuesday. Oneida Indian Nation Police Superintendent Arthur Pierce...
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95-year-old woman left in car while caretaker goes gambling, police say (2/20/2012)
(Florida) -- A Boca Raton caretaker went gambling at a Coconut Creek casino on Sunday and left a 95-year-old woman sitting alone in a car for almost two hours, according...
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Woman accused of elderly abuse makes court appearance (2/20/2012)
(Florida) -- A caretaker accused of leaving her elderly client alone in a car while she went gambling appeared before a judge. On Monday, 53-year-old Mary Holly was...
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Native American team using ancient methods to fight drug war in Arizona (2/19/2012)
(Arizona) -- It’s one of the only federally funded community-based patrolling units in the nation that uses Native Americans to protect our lands.
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Stomp ground members seek justice for vandalism (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The Echota Ceremonial Ground, located near the Cherokee Heritage Center, was vandalized in October 2010, and since then members of the stomp ground have...
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LETTER: Link not proved between gambling, more crime (2/18/2012)
(Hawaii) -- Whether gambling should be made legal in Hawaii is certainly something subject to reasonable debate. However, the discussion should be based on accurate...
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Ore. tribal courts deliver 'restorative justice' (2/18/2012)
(Oregon) -- For years, Judge Donald Costello sentenced offenders to jail and prison terms, only to see them back in his courtroom with nothing to show for their time...
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Gambler ‘cheats’ e-bingo machine but not manager (2/18/2012)
(Philippines) -- A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday afternoon for allegedly using some P11,500 in counterfeit bills at an electronic gambling station in Manila.
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Gambling lords defy Digos City crackdown (2/18/2012)
(Philippines) -- Illegal gambling operators are defying a city council resolution shutting down betting stations here known as frontons. The resolution, which became law...
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Husband, wife sentenced in Rockland-based gambling ring (2/18/2012)
(New York) -- Husband-and-wife members of a Rockland-based multimillion-dollar gambling ring have been sentenced on federal charges resulting from a county investigation...
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