High visibility policing is part of World Cup security plans Three foreign journalists covering the World Cup in South Africa have been robbed at gunpoint, police say. One of them saw two robbers as they broke into their lodgings near Johannesburg in the early morning. “One of the suspects pointed a gun at the journalist and told him to lie down,” police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi said. The... 

A generic photo of an old man An elderly man was surrounded by seven young black men who punched him and demanded money as he left a Glen Burnie barber shop. Suzanne Collins reports police arrested all of them as they ran toward a nearby light rail station. At the Headquarters Barber Shop in Glen Burnie, Tommy and Earl are still shaken. Their 72-year-old customer was attacked in the parking lot by... 

Stacy Jurich (top left) and Natasha McShane were attacked near this viaduct on Damen early Friday morning. Both were beaten unconscious and were in intensive care later Friday. They were two young women out on the town and celebrating success. One was 24-year-old Stacy Jurich, a recent college grad who earned a glowing work review. The other was Natasha McShane, 23, an exchange student from Ireland... 

Somali Mustaf Jama was jailed for life today for his part in a robbery during which police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead. A gangster who fled to his native Somalia after taking part in a robbery in which police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead was jailed for life today. Mustaf Jama, 29, was told he would serve at least 35 years for the murder of the mother-of-three. Jama was part... 

An Aiken fugitive who, along with two other individuals, reportedly robbed a wheelchair-bound man at a local hotel last month has been arrested in Houston County, Ga. Few details were available on the man’s arrest, but Aiken Public Safety officials said they will extradite the 33-year-old man back from Georgia, where he was arrested Tuesday. Aiken Public Safety investigators said Sherone Nealous,... 

Jannie Fourie in hospital after he was shot nine times in 2008. This is IOL.co.za’s version of what happened: A Woodhill man is in a critical condition in hospital, following a shooting during a house robbery on Tuesday, Pretoria police said. Spokesperson Captain Phillip Lekoantsane said robbers entered a house in Mooikloof Gardens around 2am where a couple was asleep. “The couple heard a noise...