GenevaLunch » police http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Courtroom news: driver who killed 2 work pals sentenced to 22 monthshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/httpwww-rts-chinforegionsvaud4016812-des-temoins-evoquent-des-tensions-entre-catherine-segalat-et-l-accuse-html/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/httpwww-rts-chinforegionsvaud4016812-des-temoins-evoquent-des-tensions-entre-catherine-segalat-et-l-accuse-html/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:05:24 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70423 GenevaLunch.com Former Swiss Life finance director’s sentence cut to 22 months, suspended Geneva gripped by court case over couple’s involvement in girlfriend’s death GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A judge in Sion this week sentenced the driver of a van that crashed into a military vehicle on the A9 autoroute to 22 months in prison, going beyond the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/httpwww-rts-chinforegionsvaud4016812-des-temoins-evoquent-des-tensions-entre-catherine-segalat-et-l-accuse-html/feed/ 0 Gotcha! Robbers caught in the act by Valais policehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/gotcha-robbers-caught-in-the-act-by-vaud-police/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/gotcha-robbers-caught-in-the-act-by-vaud-police/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 09:10:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70514 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – A Bern youth, 18, and two from Valais, both 19, were arrested at the scene of a break-in in Collombey, canton Valais, in the early hours of 17 May, canton Vaud police said Friday 25 May. The three had climbed a metal grill door at a business in the village at 02:50 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/gotcha-robbers-caught-in-the-act-by-vaud-police/feed/ 0 Vaud roads: steer clear of Tour du Pays de Vaud cyclistshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/23/vaud-roads-steer-clear-of-tour-du-pays-de-vaud-cyclists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/23/vaud-roads-steer-clear-of-tour-du-pays-de-vaud-cyclists/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 13:48:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70446 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Vaud police warn that roads in the area will be blocked for brief periods starting Thursday 24 May to accommodate the Tour du Pays de Vaud cycling race. Motorists are being cautioned to take care and to be aware that roads around the race will be closed about 10 minutes before the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/23/vaud-roads-steer-clear-of-tour-du-pays-de-vaud-cyclists/feed/ 0 Asylum seekers’ fight at Fribourg station leaves 1 in critical conditionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/asylum-seekers-fight-at-fribourg-station-leaves-1-in-critical-condition/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/asylum-seekers-fight-at-fribourg-station-leaves-1-in-critical-condition/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 08:20:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70312 GenevaLunch.com FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND – A fight that broke out at the Fribourg train station at 20.20 Tuesday 15 May has left one man, a 26-year-old Tunisian asylum seeker, in critical condition, say Fribourg police. Five men, all African asylum seekers, were arrested, but a sixth man fled the scene. Police are trying to identify the missing [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/16/asylum-seekers-fight-at-fribourg-station-leaves-1-in-critical-condition/feed/ 0 Cool your heels on the A9, fines start 16 Mayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/cool-your-heels-on-the-a9-fines-start-16-may/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/cool-your-heels-on-the-a9-fines-start-16-may/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 10:51:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70289 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – One year of testing and improving the ANPR radar system on the stretch of A9 autoroute between Aigle and Bex has come to an end and starting tomorrow you’ll pay the price if you put your foot on the pedal too hard. Police in Vaud say fines will be issued starting 16 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/15/cool-your-heels-on-the-a9-fines-start-16-may/feed/ 0 Dutch man falls to death in Rhonehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/dutch-man-falls-to-death-in-rhone/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/dutch-man-falls-to-death-in-rhone/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70233 GenevaLunch.com SION, SWITZERLAND – A 42-year-old Dutch man who lives in Valais died Monday morning 14 May when he fell into the fast-moving Rhone river in the Goms Valley, near Reckingham. Police say that while doing maintenance work at the Augenstern campground he began emptying a wheelbarrow into the river at 11:30. For reasons that are [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/dutch-man-falls-to-death-in-rhone/feed/ 0 Thonex border guard attacked during escape attempthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/thonex-border-guard-attacked-during-escape-attempt/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/thonex-border-guard-attacked-during-escape-attempt/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:30:12 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70224 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 24-year-old Swiss border guard suffered serious injuries Sunday morning 13 May when a passenger attempted to flee from a car that was pulled over by guards. The young guard sustained two compound (open) fractures to his leg and was operated on successfully Sunday night; he will need several months to recover, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/thonex-border-guard-attacked-during-escape-attempt/feed/ 0 Deadly weekend for motorcyclists in Switzerlandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/deadly-weekend-for-motorcyclists-in-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/deadly-weekend-for-motorcyclists-in-switzerland/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 04:53:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70206 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The death toll was unusually high for motorcyclsts in western Switzerland over the weekend: 1 person died in Geneva and 2 in Valais. A car accident Saturday at 17:40 took the lives of two men in Geneva. The two men in the car crash were on the road from Peney to Bernex, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/14/deadly-weekend-for-motorcyclists-in-switzerland/feed/ 0 Good day for cops, bad day for robbershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/11/good-day-for-cops-bad-day-for-robbers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/11/good-day-for-cops-bad-day-for-robbers/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 11:57:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70160 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The score this week: Valais and Vaud police 10, robbers 0. The flashy robberies, masked men with little but deadly guns and cash registers being emptied, usually get our attention, but many of the thefts in the Lake Geneva region, particularly of businesses, is the result of break-ins. Police work often takes [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/11/good-day-for-cops-bad-day-for-robbers/feed/ 0 Foreign thieves plague Geneva; this one is Americanhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/10/foreign-thieves-plague-geneva-this-one-is-american/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/10/foreign-thieves-plague-geneva-this-one-is-american/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 07:46:47 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70104 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The daily police reports from Geneva police tend to confirm what too many citizens suspect, that petty crimes such as theft and drug-dealing are committed mainly by foreigners. The latest is almost typical: police Wednesday arrested seven people for crimes ranging from shoplifting to breaking and entering to being in Switzerland without [...]

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