Juvenile Detention

Agent rescues woman being dragged
Belleville News-Democrat - A Metro East Auto Theft Task Force agent in East St. Louis possibly saved a State Park Place woman's life Thursday when he spotted her hanging from a Jeep and being dragged by a 16-year-old boy driving what turned out to be her Jeep, police said. The

Pop to it
Cincinnati Enquirer - 1. Clear your midweek calendar for the next five months: "American Idol" starts its fifth season with footage from auditions in Chicago at 8 p.m. Tuesday and 8 p.m. Wednesday on Channels 19, 45. 2. When Fox calls one of its own shows a "train wreck

1 nabbed in bait car sting
AZCentral.com - Daniel Lopez of Mesa is No. 51. Mesa police on Saturday said they arrested Lopez, 17, behind the wheel of a car that didn't belong to him. It belonged to them, and it was a bait car - the kind that shuts off shortly after the driver takes off, and

Rikers Island Closes Gay Housing Unit
New York Blade - The New York City Department of Corrections is in the process of phasing out the gay housing unit at Rikers Island; as of Nov. 28, no new inmates have been admitted. Now a coalition of 18 organizations has formed to oppose the move. Rikers Island

Local dispatches
York Dispatch Online - With the help of a neighbor, Southern Regional Police captured three teens who allegedly stole items from numerous vehicles in Glen Rock shortly after 2 a.m. today. Chief Jim Childs said a man who lives on Hillside Terrace was attacked by the trio

3rd suspect is arrested in beatings of homeless
Orlando Sentinel - FORT LAUDERDALE -- A third suspect was arrested late Monday and held in connection with his alleged role in the beating of homeless men. William Ammons, 18, was brought to the Broward County Jail and was being booked, according to jail officials