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Gywan Levine Jr., 12, was fatally shot during a robbery. (Courtesy NBC New York)

Boy, 12, killed in robbery attempt

Jen Maxfield, NBC New York
NBC New York - The mother of a 12-year-old boy who was shot and killed on a Jersey City street Friday night is pleading for justice in her son's death.
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Police are looking for a man who allegedly took $500 from a 3-year-old boy at a liquor store in the Bronx. The theft was caught on surveillance video. (Courtesy NBC New York)

Man stole $500 from tot in liquor store

Jonathan Viliotti
NBC New York - New York police are looking for a man seen on surveillance cameras snatching $500 from a 3-year-old boy's hand at a liquor store in the Bronx.
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A Glynn County Sheriff's Deputy directs 17 year-old De Marquise Elkins out of the courtroom in the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. after Elkin's first appearance hearing in Magistrate Court Monday, March 25, 2013. Elkins and a 15 year-old were arrested Friday, March 23 and charged by warrant in the shooting death of 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. (AP Photo/The Brunswick News/Bobby Haven)

2 teens plead not guilty in Ga. baby slaying

Russ Bynum, Associated Press
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Two Georgia teenagers pleaded not guilty Thursday to murdering a baby who was shot in the face during what authorities described as an attempted street robbery...
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Sharpe James listens during a press conferance where police announced the arrest of Sherry Murphy in connection with the death of one boy and the abuse of two others January 9, 2003 in Newark, New Jersey. Murphy was allegedly caring for the boys when police discovered one boy dead and the other two dehydrated and near starvation and locked in a squalid basement apartment. (Photo by Monika Graff/Getty Images)

Arrest made in mugging of ex-Newark mayor Sharpe James

Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Police have made an arrest in the mugging of the former mayor of New Jersey's largest city...
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Janet Strickland. (Photo courtesy of NBC Chicago)

Authorities: Grandmother told grandson to kill grandfather

Alexandria Fisher, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - Chicago resident Janet Strickland was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery with a firearm after her husband was fatally shot in the gangway near his home on the Far South Side while on his way to dialysis, police said.
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Kali Smith (left), Shahaid Smith (right) (Photo courtesy of NBC Philadelphia)

Half brothers arrested in separate armed robberies

Lauren DiSanto, NBC Philadelphia
NBC Philadelphia - Two men in Pennsylvania who are former members of the Kutztown University football team have been arrested. Shahaid and Kali Smith, who are half brothers, are facing charges in separate armed robberies that happened on and off campus...
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O.J. Simpson leaves court after closing arguments for his trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on October 2, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Simpson and co-defendant Clarence 'C.J.' Stewart are standing trial on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy related to a 2007 confrontation with sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel. (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)

OJ's ex-girlfriend sentenced in ND robbery case

Dave Kolpack, Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A woman who dated O.J. Simpson for more than a decade after he was acquitted of murder has received a four-year suspended sentence in North Dakota for allegedly trying to snatch someone's purse...
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Photo Courtesy WZZM13

Michigan man claims his $7.5K vintage black porn collection stolen

Carrie Healey
the GRIO REPORT - Earlie Johnson returned home last week to his Muskegon, MI home to find he had been robbed. Three flat-screen TVs, as well as Johnson's extensive collection of African-American pornography was stolen from his house, reports WZZM13...
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Security footage shows woman who conned salesmen out of luxury SUV keys.

Range Rover thief arrives on foot, leaves with luxury car

Bisi Onile-Ere, NBC News
VIDEO - As you watch video from a Dearborn Heights, Michigan car dealership, keep your eyes on the woman at the center of the screen...
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(Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP, file)

Man detained by Taye Diggs charged with burglary

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors say a man who was detained by Taye Diggs after the actor found him at his home has been charged with felony burglary...
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