Sparks PD warns of Craigslist scam Sparks Police are investigating a fraud incident that occurred on an internet web site after meeting the victim on Friday. The victim visited Craigslist.org and located a house for rent in Sparks. The victim communicated via email with the suspect for nearly a month. At the conclusion of the communications the victim wire transferred … [Read more...]
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Pair arrested during investigation of stolen vehicle On April 10 shortly before 6 a.m., Sparks Police officers located a car with stolen license plates in the parking lot of the Rail City Casino, 2121 Victorian Ave. Officers set up surveillance on the vehicle, and placed tire deflation devices near the front tires in hopes of preventing a pursuit. Two people exited the … [Read more...]
U.S. Clings to Death Penalty Despite Beccaria ‘Rules’
Cesare Beccaria, Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher and politician, was one of the multi-faceted geniuses who sparkled during the Enlightenment. In a celebrated treatise in 1764 called “Crimes and Punishments,” Beccaria condemned the death penalty. But more than two hundred years later America still has not abolished capital punishment. All other cultivated and … [Read more...]