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2008 Radovan Karadzic arrested on war crimes after a 12 year manhunt
2006 17 Islamic men are arrested in a plot to bomb targets in Toronto 1998 New England Patriot David Meggett arrested in Toronto on sex assault charges 1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges 1998 Larry Wayne Harris and Bill Levitt arrested for possession of anthrax 1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care 1997 U.S. telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia 1997 Anaheim Angels Tony Phillips arrested for purchasing cocaine 1995 FBI arrested Timothy McVeigh and charge him with Oklahoma City bombing 1995 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC 1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder 1994 John Wayne Bobbitt and Kristina Elliot arrested for domestic battery 1994 CD-councillor H Selhorst arrested for hard-drugs trade 1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana 1994 Dudley Moore arrested for hitting girlfriend 1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop 1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt and Derrick Brian Smith arrested and charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan 1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder 1993 Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed) 1993 Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder arrested for public drunkiness 1993 Allman Bros guitarist Dickey Betts arrested for shoving 2 cops 1993 Cincinnati Red pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession 1993 David Lee Roth arrested in New York City for purchasing marijuana for 1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested again on suspicion of murder 1993 Different Strokes actor Todd Bridges arrested for stabbing a tenant 1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder 1993 Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo 1993 Harry Connick, Jr. arrested at a New York airport for gun possession 1992 Ray Sharkey, actor, Wiseguys, arrested for narcotic possession 1992 New York City Ballet star Peter Martins, arrested for beating his wife 1992 Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of Jul 2, 1991 concert 1992 5 New York City cops arrested in Hauppauge Long Island for selling cocaine 1992 Noriega's wife Felicidad arrested for stealing buttons from dresses 1991 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe arrested for cocaine possession 1991 Poet Maria Elene Cruz Varela arrested in Cuba 1991 Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics 1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges 1991 Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in Los Angeles 1991 Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida 1991 James Farentino of Dynasty arrested in Canada for cocaine possession 1991 2 of Mia Farrow's daughters arrested for shoplifting lingerie 1991 Jack La Lanne, 76, arrested for suspicion of DWI 1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics 1991 Former child actor Adam Rich arrested for breaking into a pharmacy 1991 New Kid Donnie Wahlberg, arrested on arson charges in Kentucky 1991 Military coup in Thailand, Premier Choonhaven arrested 1990 Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession 1990 South Africa worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity 1990 Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant 1990 National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards 1990 Washington D.C., Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting 1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slaping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman 1989 French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice 1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test 1988 2,000 U.S. anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics 1988 Gerrit John Heijns murderer, arrested 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 Padres pitcher LaMarr Hoyt is arrested at US-Mexico border for drugs 1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report) 1986 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested 1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested 1986 Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling 1986 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam 1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China 1985 South African attorney/UDF leader "Dulah" Omar arrested 1985 South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong 1985 U.S. sailor Michael L. Walker arrested for spying for U.S.S.R. 1984 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested 1984 Paul and Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados for possession of cannabis 1984 Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested 1984 Braves pitcher Pascual Perez is arrested for cocaine possession 1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in New York City 1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia 1982 Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty) 1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery 1982 Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested 1981 South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested 1981 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery 1981 Rocker Papa John Phillips arrested for drug possession 1981 Wendy O Williams arrested in Milwaukee for on-stage obscenity 1980 Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins arrested for possession of drugs 1980 John Phillips of Mamas and Papas is arrested on drug charges 1980 Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Mickey Hart are arrested for incitement 1980 Joseph Doherty and 3 other IRA men arrested for murder 1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium 1979 LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham 1978 Laugh-in's Judy Carne arrested at Gatwick Airport for drug possession 1977 Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested 1977 Indira Gandhi arrested 1977 Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, New York, accused of being "Son of Sam" 44 caliber killer 1976 War criminal Pieter Menten arrested in Zurich 1976 Mao Tse-Tung's widow Jiang Qing and "Gang of Four," arrested and charged with plotting a coup 1976 "Gang of Four" arrested in Beijing 1976 Japanese ex-premier Tanaka arrested, Lockheed Affair 1976 Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa 1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested 1972 Paul and Linda McCartney are arrested in Sweden on drug possession 1972 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate 1972 West German police arrested RAF leader Ulrike Meinhof 1971 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses 1970 Angela Davis arrested in New York City 1970 Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14 1970 Steven Stills arrested for drug possession 1970 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness 1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily 1970 Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession 1969 Jim Morrison arrested on an airplane by FBI for drunkeness 1969 Jefferson Airplanes Paul Kanter, arrested for marijuana possession 1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing peace in Detroit 1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself at Dinner Key Auditorium 1969 Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert 1968 Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull arrested for drug possession 1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace 1967 Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war 1967 Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents 1967 Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece 1967 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested 1967 Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested) 1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio, 300 arrested 1967 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors 1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges 1966 Joean Baez and 123 other ani-draft protestors arrested in Oakland 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma, Alabama 1964 Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested) 1964 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later 1963 South African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested 1963 South African worker's union leader Billy Nair arrested 1963 South Africa worker's union leader Curnick Ndlovu arrested 1963 State of siege proclaimed in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini arrested 1962 Nelson Mandela arrested for incitement and illeagally leaving South Africa 1962 Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia 1962 OAS-leader ex-general Salan arrested in Algiers 1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested 1961 Martin Luther King, Jr. and 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany, Georgia 1961 27 Freedom Riders arrested in Jackson, Mississippi 1961 South Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested 1961 Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo 1960 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in West Germany 1960 Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested in Atlanta sit-in 1959 Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires 1957 Mad Bomber (George P. Metesky) accused of 30 explosions, arrested 1956 Nelson Mandela and 156 others arrested for political activities in South Africa 1956 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested and exiled to Seychelles 1955 Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus 1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt 1954 British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested) 1954 Miltary rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested 1953 Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba 1953 Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested 1953 GDR Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage" 1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow 1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges 1949 A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog arrested in Scheveningen, Netherlands 1948 Hungarian cardinal Mindszenty arrested 1948 U.S. Communist Party chairman William Forster arrested 1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him 1945 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary 1945 Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested 1945 Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested 1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason 1945 Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police 1945 Wally van Hall, "banker in defiance," arrested 1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews from the Nazis, arrested by secret police in Hungary 1944 Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal, Netherlands 1944 Anton de Kom arrested by Surinam resistance fighter 1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis 1944 Anne Frank's last diary entry; 3 days later she is arrested 1944 Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested 1944 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested 1944 Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested 1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested 1944 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested 1944 Belgium resistance fighter/author Kamiel van Baelen arrested 1943 J Postma, C Schalker, D Goulooze arrested for leading illegal CPN 1943 Dietrich Bonhoffer arrested by nazis 1943 Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested 1943 Jan Dieters (leader of illegal CPN) arrested 1942 Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" campaign by the All-India Congress 1942 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp 1942 Titus Brandsma arrested by German occupiers 1941 Czechoslovakian premier general Eliasj arrested by nazis 1941 Spy Richard Sorge arrested in Tokyo 1941 3,600 Parisian Jews arrested 1940 Cleveringa arrested by nazis 1940 Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France 1940 21 "not neutral" nazis and communists arrested in Netherlands 1937 Reverend Martin Niemoller (Bekennende Kirche) arrested in Germany 1934 Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping Lindbergh baby 1934 418 Lutheran ministers arrested in Germany 1933 Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov and Vassili arrested in Berlin 1933 German presidential candidate Earnest Thalmann (KPD) arrested 1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama 1927 For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1927 Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath 1925 Lenny Bruce, Leonard Schneider, comedian, arrested on obsenity 1925 Greek premier Papanastasiou orders General Pangulos arrested 1925 John T. Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee 1923 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM 1920 10,000 U.S. union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids) 1917 41 suffragists are arrested in front of White House 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket White House 1916 Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control) 1916 Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control 1914 Tampico incident - U.S. ship crew arrested in Mexico 1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia 1913 Mohandas K. Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa 1907 English suffragettes storm British Parliament and 60 women are arrested 1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City 1901 Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday, New York 1898 China's empress-mother Ci Xi and emperor De Zong arrested 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus arrested accused of espionage 1894 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol 1892 Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass 1876 Bank robbery by James/Younger fails (Cole/Bob/Jim Younger arrested) 1871 Boss Tweed (William Macy Tweed), Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, arrested after New York Times exposed his corruption 1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination 1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1858 Richmond "Daily Dispatch" reports 90 blacks arrested for learning 1854 Anthony Burns, slave, arrested by U.S. Deputy marshals in Boston 1852 Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants 1833 Prudence Crandall, a white woman, arrested for conducting an academy for black females at Canterbury Conn 1807 Vice President Aaron Burr arrested in Alabama for treason; later found innocent 1794 Hungarian revolutionary Ignac Martinovics arrested in Vienna 1785 French cardinal De Rohan arrested 1777 de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress 1776 Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested 1734 John Zenger, arrested for libel against New York col gov; later acquitted 1716 Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested 1688 King James II arrested 1681 Earl of Shaftesbury arrested for high-treason 1677 Earl of Shaftesbury arrested/confined in London Tower 1661 French superintendant of Finance Nicolas Fouquet arrested 1656 1st Quakers (Mary Fisher/Ann Austin) arrives in Boston (arrested) 1620 Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft 1603 Sir Walter Ralegh arrested 1581 English jesuit Edmund Campion arrested 1569 Duke of Norfolk arrested 1559 Spanish archbishop Bartholome de Carranza arrested as heretic 1553 English Hugh Latimer arrested 1540 Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister 1529 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey arrested 1523 Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested 1416 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay 1278 680 Jews arrested (293 hanged) in England for counterfeiting coins 155 Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at stake |
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