Tunnel Started Under His Prison Cell Toilet SAO PAULO – An inmate serving a 100 year sentance for multiple robberies was found dead on Sunday in a unfinished tunel under his cell at the state prison in Avaré, reported the … Continue reading
Second Evangelical Church Robbery this Week SAO PAULO – Another evangelical church was robbed on Saturday in Várzea Paulista. This time bandits took electronics from the faithful as well as the church. Police said that the two armed men entered … Continue reading
Operação Garimpo resulted in the arrest of eight members of a specialized gang BELO HORIZONTE, Minas Gerais – The Civil Police have arrested eight members of a specialized organized crime gang that specialized in stealing jewelery operating out of the … Continue reading
Was Working in Hospital Emergency Room Before Being Arrested GOIANIA, Goias – The Military Police in Goiás have arrested a man posing as a doctor in the Emergency Hospital Goiânia, said a spokesman for the hospital on Sunday. Police said … Continue reading
CAMPO GRANDE, Brazil – A judge in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul has granted bail to the porn actress Juliana Novaes Cardoso de Assis, 32, known professionally as Julia Fontanelli, who has been jailed since August 10th after … Continue reading
UPP Takes Down 17-year-old Trafficker as He Slept with his Mistriss RIO DE JANEIRO – Urban Pacification Police or UPP stationed in the City of God slum in Rio de Janeiro, made famous in the 2002 movie of the same … Continue reading
Fifty-five now said to be injured RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – A preliminary investigation into the tragic trolley accident in Rio de Janeiro Saturday, which killed five people and wounded 55 more, reveals that the tragedy was the result of … Continue reading
Explosion common method of bank robbery in Brazil SAO PAULO – Thieves in São Paulo have blown apart two more ATM machines in the greater metropolitan area over the last few days. The audacious robberies would bring the total to … Continue reading
Scores Injured in late afternoon accident RIO DE JANEIRO – At about 6 pm Saturday night local time, in the beautiful Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, the iconic tram that climbs up the mountain from Lapa, known locally … Continue reading
Man didn’t like wife’s hair short AMERICO BRASILIENSE, Brazil – A 34-year-old man was arrested after assaulting his wife late Friday night in Américo Brasiliense, a small agricultural town, known as the “city of sweetness” because of it’s sprawling sugar … Continue reading
Thought to be living in the United States, she killed husband for the money RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Heloísa Gonçalves Duque Soares Ribeiro, 61, known as the Black Widow, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 18 years in prison … Continue reading
About 30 people attending service also robbed SAO PAULO, Brazil – An armed gang with guns invaded an evangelical Assemblies of God church in Várzea Paulista, a city of 100,000 40 miles from São Paulo, on Friday. According to police, … Continue reading
Police were acting on a tip SAO PAULO – Police acting on a tip arrested an automobile salesman with 5.6 million reals (about 3.4 million US Dollars) in fifty real notes. The bogus banknotes were stuffed into four duffel bags … Continue reading
Also suspected of robbery RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – An Assembly of God pastor has been arrested for three counts of rape in Rio de Janeiro according to the Ministry of Public Safety. In addition to the rapes, the police … Continue reading
Brazil News RECIFE, Brazil – A 44-year-old woman in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, has been acquitted of hiring a hitman to kill her father who repeatedly raped her over thirty-five years and who impregnated her twelve times, according to … Continue reading
