Category: Crime
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Former Brazilian President responsible for Rio Olympic bid success found guilty
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former Brazilian President who played a key role in Rio de Janeiro’s successful bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years in prison. A judge found him of guilty of accepting bribes from an engineering firm in return for assistance in winning contracts…
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Swim gear stolen from Hawaii military compound
Loads of swim gear belonging to U.S. soldiers have been stolen from a military compound on Hawaii’s Big Island. West Hawaii Today reports the soldiers woke up last week to find two kayaks, 10 to 20 snorkel sets, all of their fishing poles, two tackle boxes and two paddleboards stolen from the military compound. Food, a ukulele…
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Swim Instructor Accused Of Molesting Girls Testifies In His Own Defense
CBS Miami’s Joan Murray reports.
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Eight Brazilians sentenced for plotting jihadist attacks ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics
A Brazil judge has sentenced eight men to up to 15 years for plotting a jihadist attack on the 2016 Rio Olympics. Authorities described the group as an “amateur” and downplayed any ties to the so-called “Islamic State.” Read Deutsche Welle (in English)
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1 Dead, 7 Injured In Shooting At San Diego-Area Swimming Pool
A birthday party at a San Diego-area apartment complex swimming pool ended in a hail of bullets on Sunday night after a gunman opened fire on the crowd, witnesses said. According to police, at least one person was killed and seven others were wounded, “several†of them critically. Their identities have not yet been released.…
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FINA Bureau member arrested in corruption probe
Former Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation (CBDA) President Coaracy Nunes has been arrested as part of an inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds. The 78-year-old had already been removed from his post at the head of the governing body in October following an investigation by the Federal Police and Public Ministry. Nunes, however, remains…
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Ex-Drury University swimmer says hazing ended athletic career
A former swimmer at a university in southwestern Missouri says hazing that he and others endured during his freshman year left him with physical and mental injuries that ended his athletic career. The allegations from Evan Petrich, 20, were confirmed Monday night by Drury University director of athletics Mark Fisher, who said during a news…
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Fancy Bears release 6th batch of hacked WADA data
British triathlete Alistair Brownlee, Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm and New Zealand rower Mahé Drysdale are among another 20 athletes whose leaked data has been revealed by Russian group Fancy Bears’ after the cyber-attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Read Inside the Games