Category: Crime
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Hungarian swimming executive denies murder of business rival
Hungarian police have arrested an executive at world swimming’s governing body for the murder of a media tycoon in Budapest 20 years ago but suspect Tamas Gyarfas is innocent, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Police have never resolved who ordered the murder of Hungarian mogul Janos Fenyo who was sprayed with submachine gun bullets at…
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Former Indiana high school swim coach once again facing federal charges
A former Fishers High School swim coach previously sentenced to federal prison for stealing from Nashville, Tenn.-area churches is now facing a new set of federal charges on allegations of passing bad bills at a minor league baseball game in Ohio. Kenneth J. Stopkotte, 52, is being held in the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio after being…
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Hungarian police arrest member of world swimming’s governing body over 1998 murder
When Hungarian media tycoon Janos Fenyo was gunned down in his car by a dozen submachine gun bullets in downtown Budapest two decades ago it shocked the country and police never found who ordered the murder. Now police have detained Tamas Gyarfas, an executive at world swimming’s governing body, on suspicion of ordering the murder,…
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16-Year-Old Maryland Student Who Died in School Shooting Loved Swimming
The 16-year-old student shot in the head at Great Mills High School in Maryland is being remembered for her love of swimming, snow and her family. Jaelynn Willey died late Thursday night, hours after her mother, Melissa Willey, announced that she would be taken off life support, saying, “She is brain dead and has nothing,…
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Brown University suspends men’s swim team after confirming hazing allegations
Brown University has announced that it has found its men’s swimming and diving team responsible for incidents of hazing and other conduct code violations. As a result, the university said in a statement, it is suspending the team as a student organization through May 27. The suspension prohibits any team activity. The team will be…
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Top USA Swimming officials under fire for alleged culture of abuse
Top USA Swimming officials are under fire for what critics say was a culture of sexual abuse that was allowed to persist for decades unchecked. A stunning new investigative report first published in the Orange County Register found that since 1997, more than 250 coaches and officials were either arrested, charged or disciplined by USA…
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Only On 2: Popular Swim Coach Relates Story Of Being Shot By Man Breaking Into His Car
Adam Crossen says he has no regrets and he was just defending his property. It’s an interview you will see Only On 2. Stacey Butler reports.
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Young Athletes Accuse USA Swimming Coaches Of Sexual Harrassment
Young athletes of USA swim team claim they were preyed upon by trusted members of their teams. Katie Neilsen tells us one of the accused is from Los Gatos.
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What ever happened to the Stanford rape case?
In 2016, Judge Aaron Persky gave 18-year-old Stanford freshman and swimmer Brock Turner six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman who’d passed out behind a dumpster near a campus frat party.