2014 Event The Mexican government captures Hector Beltran Leyva, head of a family-run crime organization primarily involved in drug trafficking 2014 Event Former Press Secretary James S. Brady dies at age 73; Brady's death has been ruled a homicide due to a gunshot wound made 33 years earlier by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; Hinckley was found to be insane and was not charged with the original crime 2014 Event Brazilian police distribute pamphlets to World Cup visitors with instructions on how to behave in the event of a robbery; the advice is meant to protect victims from injury or death during crime 2013 Event Investigators on the case of the October 2012 Kunsthal gallery theft of paintings by Picasso, Matisse and Monet, discover paint, canvas and nails in the oven of a woman whose son has been charged with the crime 2012 Event The Golden Dagger award for best crime novel of the year is awarded to Irish writer, Gene Kerrigan, for 'The Rage' 2011 Event Over 110 people are arrested in Queens, New York as part of the largest identity theft and retail crime ring in U.S. history 2011 Event In the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Public Security arrests over 2,000 people in an effort to crackdown on gang-related crime 2011 Event Rejean Hinse, a Quebec man wrongly convicted of a crime in the 1960s and acquitted 30 years later, receives $13.1 million in compensation 2011 Event North Korea attests it has detained Jun Young Su, a U.S. citizen; they plan to charge him with 'committing a crime' against their country 2010 Event The United Nations appoints Russia diplomat, Yury Fedotov, to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 2010 Event Ejup Ganic, former President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is stopped while trying to escape war crime charges, at London Heathrow airport 1996 Death Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1996 Death Michel Lebrun, crime writer, dies at 65 1994 Death Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87 1994 Event Medgar Evers' murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson Miss, 30 years after the crime 1992 Event Supreme Court rules hate crime laws violated free-speech rights 1989 Event Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC 1987 Death Ken Drake, actor (Crime and Punishment USA), dies 1984 Event 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested 1975 Event Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell and Mardian convicted of Watergate crime 1974 Death Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58 1973 Birthday James Haven, actor producer, Angelina Jolie's brother, appeared in 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show and the film 'Monster's Ball' 1972 Death John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79 1970 Birthday Aisha Tyler, born in San Francisco, California, actress, writer, author, appeared on 'Ghost Whisperer', 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation', 'Friends' television shows 1968 Death John Davidson, actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc), dies at 80 1964 Birthday Victoria Sellers, born in London, England, actress, Crime Zone, Warlords 1962 Death Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48 1961 Event "Detectives," TV Crime Drama; moves to NBC-TV 1961 Birthday Laurence Fishburne, born in Augusta, Georgia, actor, director, producer, known for role of Morpheus in 'The Matrix' movie, stars on 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' television show 1959 Birthday Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1954 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) 1953 Event "Racket Squad," TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS 1952 Birthday Maria Schneider, born in Paris, actress, Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor 1951 Event Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates 1947 Birthday Bill Smitrovich, actor, Crime Story, Miami Vice 1945 Event Nazi war crime trial opens in Nuremberg 1943 Birthday Andre Techine, director and writer, Scene of the Crime, Rendez-Vous 1940 Death Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), suicide at 63 1930 Birthday Colin Dexter, born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, author, crime writer of 13 detective novels and 33 episode television series featuring fictional character Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, portrayed by John Thaw 1919 Birthday Bernhard Wicki, St. Polten Austria, director/actor, Crime and Passion 1917 Birthday Jan Miner, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Crime Photographer 1917 Birthday Sidney Sheldon, born in Chicago, American writer, Academy-Award winner, crime fiction novelist 1914 Birthday Frank Lovejoy, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw 1909 Birthday Leo Malet, born in Montpelier, France, writer, novelist, aligned with Surrealists, friends with Renee Magritte, Andre Breton, famous for crime novel character Nestor Burma 1908 Birthday Inez Courtney, born in New York City, actress, 13th Man, Crime Ring, Raven 1907 Birthday Elizabeth Morna MacTaggart Ferrars, crime writer 1896 Birthday Herbert R O'Connor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, Sen-Md, TV narrator, Crime Syndicate 1894 Birthday Cliff Hall, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Crime Photographer 1884 Death Juan B Alberdi, Figarillo, Arg writer (Crime of War), dies at 74 1881 Death Feodor M Dostoevski, Russian novelist (Crime and Punishment), dies at 59 1876 Birthday Willem A Bonger, Dutch sociologist/criminologist, Race and Crime 1853 Birthday Alphonse Bertillon, born in France, anthropologist, devised crime ID system 1834 Event 1st U.S. interstate crime compact (New York - New Jersey) ratified 1821 Birthday Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russia, novelist, Crime and Punishment
