Posts Tagged ‘arrested’

Police arrested Ethiopian student killer in Philippines

August 25 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopian, News, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

JOINT operatives of Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) Station 1 and intelligence operatives arrested on August 16 a suspect involved in the robbing and killing of a 22-year-old Ethiopian student after two months of manhunt. The victim, Senai Mehary Kiros, was robbed and killed last June 13. Police identified the suspect as Gerlon Bambilla, 35 years old, native of Bangud, Abra, and... Read more

3 Eritreans arrested over fake bomb at Phoenix airport ( VIDEO )

August 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Eritrea, Eritrean, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , ,

(Reuters) – Three Africans were charged on Friday with trying to sneak a fake bomb past a screening area at a Phoenix airport, in what the FBI describes as a possible test of security. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Arizona also states that the discovery of the suspicious item, which was a candy... Read more

Zambian woman arrested in Ethiopia for wearing Ivory bracelets

July 27 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Crime, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

A ZAMBIAN woman has been arrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for wearing ivory bracelets. Ruth Mwale, 46, was arrested at Bole International Airport yesterday upon her arrival from Bangkok, Thailand on her way to Zambia. This is contained in a statement released by first secretary for Press at the Zambian Embassy in Addis Ababa, Dorcas Chileshe. Ms Mwale becomes the second Zambian woman... Read more

Details on Ethiopian descent Pentagon bomb scare suspect Yonathan Melaku (Video)

June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , , , ,

More details coming out on Ethiopian descent Yonathan Melaku who is in custody in the suspect of this morning Pentagon bomb scare. Yonathan Melaku was awarded two medals in his nearly four years in the Marine Corps Reserve, but now he will be better known by a less distinguished title: Suspect in a bomb scare at the Pentagon. Melaku joined the... Read more

Yonathan Melaku Arrested at Pentagon for Carrying Suspicious Device

June 17 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Featured, People, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , , , ,

A man who was carrying suspected bomb making materials and pro-al-Qaeda literature was arrested in Arlington National Cemetery early today, triggering a bomb scare that snarled Washington’s morning rush hour. The FBI, however, determined that the material in his backpack was harmless. Brenda Heck, special agent in charge of counterterrorism for the FBI, “There was... Read more

Ethiopia: Swedish woman sentenced 25 years in prison

June 10 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopia, News, People, Uncategorized, World Tags: , , , , , , , ,

A Swedish woman who has been on the run since 2007 has received a 25-year prison sentence in Ethiopia on charges of fraud and human trafficking, Sweden’s TV4 news reports. Ingela Jansson, one of the Sweden’s most notorious fraudsters, was arrested in Ethiopia in January 2010, having absconded from Sweden in 2007. In mid-May, an Ethiopian court handed Jansson a... Read more

18 Arrested in Khat Trafficking Investigation

May 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, News, Uncategorized, United States, Video Tags: , , , ,

Authorities have arrested 18 people in four states, including 10 from northern Virginia, for what they allege was an international trafficking ring that distributed nearly 10,000 pounds of the illegal African drug known as khat. Federal prosecutors in Alexandria charged Yonis M. Ishak of Arlington as the conspiracy’s ringleader. He allegedly paid a network of couriers... Read more

D.C. Business Man Tekle Tewolde ordered to turn over $6.35 million

May 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , ,

The owner of a music promotion business was ordered to turn over $6.35 million Tuesday for operating an unlicensed money transferring business. Tekle Tewolde, 45, is the owner of Who U Wit Entertainment. Besides turning over the $6.35 million, Tewolde, who was sentenced Tuesday, was ordered to turn over an additional $98,050 recovered during a seizure warrant... Read more

Ethopian cafe owner arrested in major khat bust in Washington DC

May 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Crime, Ethiopian, News, People, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , ,

District police charged the owner of an Ethiopian cafe with the illegal narcotic khat after investigators intercepted hundreds pounds of the leafy substance, which is used as a common stimulant in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Police recovered more than 300 pounds of khat that had a street value of more than $95,000, said Lt. John Haines of the 4th... Read more

Ethiopia: Zenawi’s government to charge 121 prisoners with terrorism

April 7 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa Protest, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Protest, News, Politics, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s government on Thursday said it was preparing to charge more than 100 prisoners with terrorism and dismissed calls by a rights groups to release them immediately. The government said it had arrested 121 people in March and accused them of being members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebel group. Campaign... Read more

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