by Michael Hone $27 U.S. taken in brazen overnight break in RIO DE JANEIRO – Like a plot from a Hollywood movie, police in this tourist mecca this morning are investigating the brazen overnight theft of U.S. $27,000 from two … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Having survived leap from burning 12th floor apartment, says “God saved me, I was born again.” GOIANIA, Goias – Muniki Dias Goulart, 25, who survived a jump from the 12th floor of a burning building in the … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Uneder investigation for racism for saying “Brazil is full of monkeys” JOAO PESSOA, Paraiba – A Swede was taken to the local police station on Friday after causing an uproar in Jacuma Beach, on the southern coast … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Assaults owner with a broom in bid to escape capture BELO HORIZONTE, Minas Gerais – An unusual story caught our attention this morning: a burglar—clad only in underwear—attempted to rob a bakery in Varginha, about 148 miles … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Robbery attempt involved a Federal Policeman SALVADOR, Bahia – A man was shot dead inside the car he was driving Saturday morning in the Garden of Allah, on the edge of the capital, Salvador. Civil Police (PC) … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Huck and the Mayor take a ride through the Marvelous City RIO DE JANEIRO – With the help of popular TV host Luciano Huck and Mayor Eduardo Paes, the city inaugurated a new bicycle rental program Friday. … Continue reading
by Michael Hone She says she only meant to poke him with the knife “but it went in deep” VITORIA, Espirito Santo – A woman killed her husband with a thrust of a carving knife after catching him red-handed in … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Federal Police in Espirito Santo seize marijuana VITORIA, Espirito Santo – Federal Police (PF) arrested two men with 756 kilos of marijuana in a truck stopped at a gas station in the town of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Mother and baby doing fine after tree breaks fall FLORIANOPOLIS, Santa Catarina – A pregnant woman slipped and fell from the tenth floor of a highrise apartment building in the capital at about 5:30 pm Thursday night. … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Man and a woman arrested in separate cases carrying hashish CURITIBA, Parana – Federal Police (PF) arrested a 22-year-old man on Wednesday who tried to board a flight in Iguassu Falls with 2.08 kilos of hashish on … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Primary mayoral candidate hit by bullets in Palmas, Tocantins PALMAS, Tocantins – Thursday afternoon at 4:45 parishioners at House of Mary Queen of Peace catholic church were waiting for mass to begin when they heard shots ring … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Expected to draw 300,000 visitors per year CURITIBA, Parana – The city of Paranagua expects to inaugurate the new U.S. $3 million Aquário Marinho de Paranaguá, which is nearing completion, in February of 2012. Originally scheduled for … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Spanish husband target of plot GOIANIA, Goias – Two women were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Goiania, and police are looking for two others, for conspiring to fake a kidnapping. According to the Special Criminal Investigation Police (DEIC), … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Two .38 caliber revolvers, drugs, cash and replica machine gun seized FORTALEZA, Ceara – Civil Narcotics Police on Tuesday afternoon arrested a gang accused of trafficking drugs and renting weapons to criminals for use in robberies and … Continue reading
by Michael Hone Hail not unheard of in Amazon in October MANAUS, Amazonas – Several neighborhoods of South Central Zone, Midwest and West of the Amazonian capital, Manaus, were hit by a hailstorm at around 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, reported authorities. … Continue reading
