Crime News

ABC / Zuma Press

Brian Wells sits surrounded by police after an Aug. 28, 2003, bank robbery in Erie, Pa. Moments later, a bomb strapped to his body exploded, killing him. Wells told police he had been abducted and forced to commit the robbery. But prosecutors said Wednesday that Wells helped plan it.

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Carlos Osorio, AP

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will resign his elected post, serve jail time and pay the city $1 million as part of a plea deal Thursday where the mayor admitted to a pair of felony obstruction charges in a sex and misconduct scandal.

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Rui Viera, AP

Investigators picking through the rubble at a burned-out mansion in western England found the bodies of a couple and their teenage daughter. Police said Tuesday they believe Christopher Foster, a former millionaire gone bust, killed his wife and daughter, set their home on fire and then shot himself.

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STR / AFP / Getty Images

An Egyptian lawmaker and business tycoon was arrested Tuesday in the slaying of Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim, Egypt's chief prosecutor said. The 30-year-old chanteuse was found decapitated in her Dubai apartment in July.

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