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Gerard Ouimette, former mob enforcer in Rhode Island, dies in federal prison at 75

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A former mob enforcer in Rhode Island with ties to late New England crime boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca has died in a federal prison in North Carolina. Gerard T. Ouimette was 75. The Federal Bureau of Prison’s website reported that Ouimette, who had lived in Fall River, …

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Student inadvertently presses alarm, summons police, during school tour of South Dakota bank

MITCHELL, S.D. – Police officers who responded to what they thought was a robbery of a South Dakota bank found a school tour instead. Sgt. Dave Beintema told The Daily Republic newspaper (http://bit.ly/1bdNypJ ) that students were being given a tour of the First Dakota National Bank in Mitchell on …

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Trial of man charged in Jamaican lottery scam winds down; attorneys give closing arguments

BISMARCK, N.D. – A federal jury in North Dakota will soon be deciding the fate of a man accused in a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say cost victims around the country millions of dollars. Attorneys are giving closing arguments in U.S. District Court in Bismarck in the case of …

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