Captured
Guzman is arrested in a raid of a high-rise condominium in Mazatlan. The raid happens so fast that his guards do not have time to react and he cannot grab his AK-47 which is nearby. He is taken directly to prison. Former Mexican anti-drug prosecutor:
This is a huge success for Mexican authorities that after so many years, this guy will return to prison. All of his victims deserve that.
BitInstant CEO arrested for money laundering
Shrem is arrested at JFK airport and charged with money laundering. Shrem, along with a co-conspirator, is accused of selling over $1 million in bitcoins to Silk Road users, who would then use them to buy drugs and other illicit items.According to the criminal complaint, Shrem allegedly also bought drugs on Silk Road. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara:
As alleged, Robert Faiella and Charlie Shrem schemed to sell over $1 million in Bitcoins to criminals bent on trafficking narcotics on the dark web drug site, Silk Road. Truly innovative business models don’t need to resort to old-fashioned law-breaking, and when Bitcoins, like any traditional currency, are laundered and used to fuel criminal activity, law enforcement has no choice but to act. We will aggressively pursue those who would coopt new forms of currency for illicit purposes.”
The Winklevoss twins response:
When we invested in BitInstant in the fall of 2012, its management made a commitment to us that they would abide by all applicable laws – including money laundering laws – and we expected nothing less. Although BitInstant is not named in today’s indictment of Charlie Shrem, we are obviously deeply concerned about his arrest. We were passive investors in BitInstant and will do everything we can to help law enforcement officials. We fully support any and all governmental efforts to ensure that money laundering requirements are enforced, and look forward to clearer regulation being implemented on the purchase and sale of bitcoins.
Ver:
People own their own bodies, and have the absolute right to put anything they want into it. People like the FBI, and DEA agents who want to lock people in cages for buying, selling, or using drugs are the ones committing evil, and they need to stop. I look forward to the day when they see the error of their ways, and stop committing evil acts in the name of ‘law enforcement’.
The money laundering charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. BitInstant is now offline.
Boyfriend arrested
Ochoa Felix’s boyfriend José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, also known as El China Antrax, is arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on drug trafficking-related charges by Interpol, at the request of U.S. authorities. He is alleged to be a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, and founded and led its Los Antrax assassination squad.
Arrest
Bond protests the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, joining 48 activists at the gates of the White House. D.C. police arrest Bond and the other protesters. Some of the activists tied themselves to the gates with plastic handcuffs; others sit and refused to budge despite officers’ repeated requests. Bond says civil disobedience was again needed.
When you find that ordinary methods of persuasion are not working, you turn to other methods, and this is peaceful, nonthreatening and has been successful in the past, and there is no reason to believe it won’t be successful here. This is not a pipeline to America. It’s a pipeline through America, and it threatens to be a disaster for us if it leaks poisons on the way.
Bodyguards detained
Police in Belize said they had detained three people for questioning in the death of Faull. The three detainees were one of McAfee’s bodyguards, William Mulligan; his groundskeeper, Cassian Chavaria; and a local taxi driver, Cesar Trapp. McAfee:
This is exactly what happened to Soviet dissidents when Stalin took power. If they could not catch the man himself, they rounded up all of his friends,” said McAfee, who added he fears he would be tortured or killed by police.
Tases motorist
Tensing uses a Taser on a motorist during a traffic stop in Greenhills. The officer claims the driver, who is not identified, is resisting arrest. It is not known why Tensing stopped the motorist nor his race. Another driver who is a witness:
Officer had suspect at the side of his car. Suspect started hitting officer and trying to get away. I stopped to help officer and grabbed suspect’s leg. Suspect continued to fight. Officer told him to stop or he would get Tazed. Suspect continued to fight so officer Tazed him and took him into custody.
Tensing reports that he received bruising and cuts to his right index and middle fingers during the struggle.
DUI arrest
Musso is arrested and is being charged with two counts of drunken driving after failing to slow down for police directing traffic. Musso’s blood-alcohol level was higher than .08. He is released on $5,000 bail after his arrest. The police will not be releasing his mug shot.
Hacker arrested
The police arrest Johansson’s hacker, Christopher Chaney, and charge him with 26 counts of computer hacking, identity theft, and wiretapping. He faces a maximum sentence of 121 years in federal prison. As police investigate Chaney under “Operation Hackerazzi,” they find that he is responsible for hacking into the personal accounts of others in the entertainment industry as well.
Swartz arrested at MIT
After investigators at MIT began to suspect that someone is illegally downloading material from the JSTOR archive they trace the leak to a basement wiring closet where they find a laptop and external hard drive hooked up directly to a network. The laptop and the hard drive are hidden from view by a cardboard box. Secret Service Agent Michael places a surveillance camera in the closet. The surveillance images show Swartz entering the closet three days in a row. Using his white bicylce helmet as a mask, Swartz attempts to cover his face from the cameras as he tries to retrieve the computer equipment that he left their weeks before. On January 6th an officer sees Swartz attempt to leave MIT property with the laptop and hard drive. At 2:11 p.m. Swartz is ID’d on a bicycle on Massachusetts Avenue by an MIT police officer, according to his own report. That report states that when he encounters Captain Albert Pierce of the MIT Police Department, Swartz jumps off his bike and runs down Lee Street. He runs approximately 400 feet before being handcuffed and charged with breaking and entering.
Arrested on assault charge
Pistorius is arrested for allegedly slamming a door on a woman at a party at his home. His family and friends say it was an accident.
Arrested on return to France
Karpeles is arrested by BEFTI (Brigade Investigation of Fraud in Information Technology) after allegations that he stole his employers’ data. He describes the BEFTI officers as “barbaric”, commenting that the arrest was “like no other”. After 13 hours in jail and a search of the servers, Palm Pilot, and other home computers, he was released after making a statement.
Arrested
Balfour is arrested for the killings of Hudson’s mother, brother, and nephew. He is sent to Illinois state prison for first degree murder.
Auto accident, alleged DUI
LaBeouf is involved in a car accident where law enforcement sources say he made a left turn in front of another car, causing the two to collide and LaBeouf’s car to roll. Paramedics arrived on the scene and both parties were taking to the hospital. No major injuries were reported but the actor’s left hand was crushed and required reconstruction surgery. The actor was placed under arrest on suspicion of felony DUI after exhibiting outward signs of intoxication at the scene.
Arrested at Walgreens
Police arrest LaBeouf in downtown Chicago for supposedly refusing to leave a Walgreens under the belief that the actor was intoxicated. The security guard who summoned police, signed a complaint against the actor, who is later charged with misdemeanor count for trespassing. His court date is November 28th.
Drunk driving charge
The actor is charged with misdemeanor drunken driving, driving with an elevated blood alcohol level and possession of an open container of alcohol in his car. Gibson’s publicist, Alan Nierob, says that he has no comment.
Seven members killed, three arrested
A team of vigilantes kills seven members and arrests another three near the town of Damboa in Borno State near the Chad border. Bags confiscated from sect members contain AK-47s.
Arrest: 10 months in federal prison
Ver is prosecuted for selling a product on Ebay called “Pest Control Report 2000”, a firecracker used by farmers to scare deer and birds off their fields. Ver says he was the only merchant prosecuted, and that even the manufacturer was simply asked to stop selling the item.
The reasoning for the prosecution became crystal clear after a meeting with the US prosecuting attorney and the under cover ATF agents from the debate. In the meeting, my attorney told the prosecutor that selling store bought firecrackers on Ebay isn’t a big deal and that we can pay a fine and do some community service to be done with everything. When the prosecutor agreed that that sounded reasonable one of the ATF agents pounded his hand on the table and shouted “…but you didn’t hear the things that he said!” This summed up very clearly that they were angry about the things that I had said, not the things that I had done.
To avoid a seven or eight year sentence Ver signs a plea agreement and is sent to Lompoc Federal Penitentiary for ten months, followed by three years probation.
Arrested: selling alcohol to minors
Houser is arrested and convicted on three counts of selling alcohol to a minor at Rusty’s Buckhead Pub. The bar is closed. After an unsuccessful fight with the city to reopen the bar, during which he flies a Nazi flag from the building, Houser leaves the area. Police:
He was pretty frustrated with the police department and the judicial system generally, and his response was he had a Nazi flag attached to his building. If it wasn’t the size of a sheet, it was pretty close…He was erratic, angry, short-tempered.
Two more murder charges
West is charged with the murders of Shirley Robinson and Alison Chambers following the discovery of more human remains in the garden of his Gloucester home.
Arrested
Guatemalan authorities detain Guzman and hand him over to Mexican authorities near Tapachula. He is wanted on charges of drug trafficking, murder and kidnapping. He denies the charges saying that he is a corn and bean farmer who was sightseeing in Guatemala.