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the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art.

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The protocol for nominating and choosing recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize is one of the world's most scrutinized and secretive.

A total of 329 candidates - 217 individuals and 112 organizations - are being considered for this year's prize, which will be announced in October. The identities of the candidates are kept secret, and indeed, the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the prizes, is forbidden from divulging any information about its deliberations for 50 years, and even then, only for scholarship purposes and at its discretion.

But a wrinkle in this time-honored process - the peace prize was first awarded in 1901 - emerged Wednesday, when the committee announced that it had uncovered what appeared to be a forged nomination of President Donald Trump for the prize. The matter has been referred to Oslo police for investigation.

Moreover, the forgery appears to have occurred twice: Olav Njolstad, the secretary of the five-member committee, said it appeared that a forged nomination of Trump for the prize was also submitted last year - and was also referred to the police. (The earlier forgery was not disclosed to the public at the time.)

Inspector Rune Skjold, the head of the economic crimes section of the Oslo police, said that investigators had been in touch with the FBI since last fall, which suggests that the forged nominations originated in the United States. He said police believed that the same perpetrator was behind both forgeries.

Skjold said the earlier letter was subjected to a thorough and lengthy forensic examination, which the new letter is also likely to undergo.

In a phone interview, Njolstad of the Nobel committee, said, "We verify all nominations, at least the ones with a shadow of doubt."

Njolstad declined to provide details or copies of the forged nominations, but he said it was fair to assume that the documents purported to have been from a nominator who - when contacted - said the nominations were not valid.

A large number of people qualify as nominators for the prize, including heads of state, lawmakers and Cabinet ministers of countries around the world; members of the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, both based in The Hague; members of the Institute of International Law, based in Ghent, Belgium; university professors of history, social sciences, law, philosophy, theology and religion; certain university leaders; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes; and past recipients of the prize.

Four American presidents have been awarded the prize, most recently Barack Obama, in 2009. Jimmy Carter was recognized in 2002, more than two decades after he left office.

The decision to present the award to Obama, during his first year in office, while the United States was still engaged in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (conflicts that continue to this day), was widely criticized at the time. The following year, the prize went to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, setting off furious protests from China and a long chill in diplomatic relations between China and Norway.

Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway, who was the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee when Obama and Liu were recognized, remains on the selection committee but no longer leads it.

Since 1901, 131 laureates have been recognized (many sharing the prize with others). One laureate, Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam, in 1973, declined the prize. Three laureates - Liu; Aung San Suu Kyi, now Myanmar's de facto leader; and German pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky - were in detention or under house arrest at the time they were recognized.

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Someone forged a nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Twice.

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The protocol for nominating and choosing recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize is one of the world's most scrutinized and secretive. A total of 329 candidates - 217 individuals and 112 organizations - are being considered for this year's prize, which will be announced in October.

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entry into a building illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft.

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A dog was stabbed and killed during a burglary on Chicago's West Side Wednesday night, according to police.

The incident occurred at around 9:45 p.m. in the 2300 block of West Maypole Avenue in the city's West Town neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Officers responded to a burglary to find a male offender inside the residence, authorities said.

He had entered the building by breaking a second flood rear window, officials said. Once inside, he was confronted by a dog that he then fatally stabbed, according to police.

The man was taken into custody and charges were pending Thursday morning, authorities said. Further details, including the suspect's age and identity, were not immediately available.
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Dog Stabbed to Death During Burglary on Chicago's West Side

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A dog was stabbed and killed during a burglary on Chicago's West Side Wednesday night, according to police. The incident occurred at around 9:45 p.m. in the 2300 block of West Maypole Avenue in the city's West Town neighborhood, Chicago police said. Officers responded to a burglary to find a male offender inside the residence, authorities said.

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the practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

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An attorney for former Arizona Wildcats football coach Rich Rodriguez has accused Rodriguez's former assistant of extortion in a letter submitted to the Arizona Attorney General's office Monday.

In the letter, Rodriguez's attorney accused Melissa Wilhelmsen, a former administrative assistant to Rodriguez at UA, along with her husband and attorney, of creating a "scheme with the purposes of extorting $7.5 million from Coach Rodriguez, and enriching themselves even at the cost of destroying Coach Rodriguez's and his families lives."
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The letter is a response to a notice of claim filed in late December on behalf of Wilhelmsen, who is seeking $7.5 million from Rodriguez, alleging a number of incidents of harassment from 2011-17. The claim was filed one day before UA was set to play Purdue in the Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, California.

"Demanding the payment the day before the Bowl Game was vicious, cut-throat, and explainable only as the ultimate threat to extort Coach and Mrs. Rodriguez of the $7.5 million," Rodriguez's attorney wrote in the response letter. "They relied on Coach Rodriguez paying them their ransom money to avoid the public uproar their claims would cause on the day of the Bowl Game.

"But throughout this ordeal and through receiving that last extortion threat, Coach Rodriguez has fought back. He took the polygraph test, reported the extortion attempt to the U.S. Attorney and F.B.I., cooperated fully with the nearly-two-month University investigation into her complaints that exonerated him, and he'll continue to fight to expose her claims for the fabrications they are."

The 161-page letter responds to all claims made by Wilhemsen and includes an alleged text message exchange between Wilhemsen and Rodriguez's daughter, Raquel, who is a senior at UA. Raquel Rodriguez posted the text-message exchange in a tweet in early January.

The letter claims Wilhelmsen's attorney contacted Rodriguez's attorneys twice in November seeking a seven-figure payout in exchange for Wilhemsen's silence about an extramarital affair Rodriguez had. Rodriguez admitted to the affair but denied Wilhelmsen's accusations in a tweet after the notice of claim was filed.

Wilhelmsen and her husband filed a separate claim with the Arizona Board of Regents In January, in which they're seeking $8.5 million for "slander, defamation and false light, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress" stemming from Rodriguez and his wife's conduct after his firing, according to the Arizona Daily Star. The separate claim lists Rodriguez, as well as his wife and The University of Arizona, as defendants, according to the Star.

Rodriguez was Arizona's head football coach from 2012-17. He compiled a 43-35 overall record and led the Wildcats to the 2014 Pac-12 South championship.

UA announced Rodriguez's firing Jan. 2, just hours after allegations of sexual harassment against Rodriguez were revealed in a USA Today story.

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Attorney: Accuser trying to extort former UA football coach Rich Rodriguez for $7.5 million

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An attorney for former Arizona Wildcats football coach Rich Rodriguez has accused Rodriguez's former assistant of extortion in a letter submitted to the Arizona Attorney General's office Monday.

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the action of robbing a person or place.

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theft or misappropriation of funds placed in one's trust or belonging to one's employer.

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WHEATLAND - Don Moede, former Platte County Rural Fire District 1F Board member, has been sentenced to two to five years in prison, with four to six more years suspended to run concurrently with the prison time and seven years' probation for embezzling $236,707 from the fire district over the last four years he served in office.

According to earlier reports, Moede pleaded guilty to eight counts of larceny and theft at his arraignment Nov. 6 in Platte County District Court after being indicted on 81 counts in August.

He also paid $236,707.57 in restitution at the time -- the full amount he embezzled.

Prosecuting Attorney Doug Weaver said during last week's sentencing that Moede was elected to the fire board in 1994.
Brief contributed by the Wyoming News Exchange.

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Wheatland man sentenced in fire district embezzlement

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WHEATLAND - Don Moede, former Platte County Rural Fire District 1F Board member, has been sentenced to two to five years in prison, with four to six more years suspended to run concurrently with the prison time and seven years' probation for embezzling $236,707 from the fire district over the last four years he served in office.

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LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- Lynchburg Police said they are looking for a man wanted on several felony charges, including grand larceny, petit larceny, and is wanted for questioning in other jurisdictions.

Johnnie Eugene Brogdon, 60, is this week's manhunt subject.

Brogdon is wanted on a felony grand larceny charges, two felony larceny charges, obtaining money or signature, etc., by false pretenses, and third or subsequent offense of petit larceny.

He's described as 5-foot-9, 180 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.

Brogdon is also wanted for questioning by Lynchburg Police and other local jurisdictions.

If you've seen him, call or text crimestoppers at 1-888-798-5900 or 274637.

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MANHUNT: Lynchburg man wanted on grand larceny, larceny charges in multiple jurisdictions

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LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- Lynchburg Police said they are looking for a man wanted on several felony charges, including grand larceny, petit larceny, and is wanted for questioning in other jurisdictions. Johnnie Eugene Brogdon, 60, is this week's manhunt subject.

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action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property.

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Six teenagers face felony charges following dozens of instances of vandalism in Boise.

The vandalism involved golf balls used to break windows and damage cars and homes.

18-year-old Cordar Moore is the only suspect who was identified. The others include two 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds. They all face felony charges of malicious injury to property. Police say all six have confessed to the crimes.

Since January 13th police have investigated more than 30 reports of vandalism in north and southeast Boise, totaling more than $15,000 in damage.

Boise Police thanked the public for their help.

"Neighbors who see something and say something are crucial to helping solve these types of crimes," said Sgt. Sara Hill, a School Resource Officer with the Boise Police Department. "Thank you to everyone who called in with information or sent us video and images from their home surveillance cameras. A good neighbor can be one of the best crime prevention tools."

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Police arrest six teens in Boise golf ball vandalism cases

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Six teenagers face felony charges following dozens of instances of vandalism in Boise. The vandalism involved golf balls used to break windows and damage cars and homes. 18-year-old Cordar Moore is the only suspect who was identified. The others include two 17-year-olds and three 16-year-olds. They all face felony charges of malicious injury to property.

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the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property.

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Round Lake Park police say a 43-year-old man faces felony charges after he allegedly battered a woman and her roommate in residence near Route 134 Tuesday night, barricaded himself in a bathroom and started a fire with a flare gun.

Also on Tuesday night, a tactical team from the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System (NIPAS) responded to Waukegan for a barricaded suspect after a domestic violence call, but when police entered that apartment, the suspect had apparently escaped before a police perimeter was set up, according to Waukegan police.

The Round Lake Park incident began at 10:40 p.m., when police were called for a domestic dispute in the 100 block of Model Court, according to Police Chief George Filenko. He added that a woman said Jason D. McSorley, 43, of the 1400 Block of Cedar Lake Road in Round Lake, attacked her and choked her 69-year-old male roommate.

Filenko said McSorley also allegedly destroyed the interior of the trailer using a hammer, including a 150-gallon fish tank. McSorley told the female victim that he had a handgun and a grenade, according to Filenko.

With the help of surrounding police agencies like Round Lake and Round Lake Beach, Filenko added, a perimeter was set up, and police tried to make contact with the suspect through a public address system. After that was unsuccessful, he said, a NIPAS tactical team was called in, and its officers also tried to use a public address system to get the suspect to surrender, but he would not respond.

According to Filenko, tactical team members then used a bag phone to try and establish a line of communication.

"But he threw it back out. They threw it in again, and then he cut the cord on the device," said Filenko.

The tactical team went into the trailer around 3 a.m. Wednesday, Filenko said, and that is when the suspect barricaded himself in a bathroom/laundry room by pushing one of the machines against the door.

Tactical officers spotted the suspect holding an orange-colored flare gun, which at first police thought might have been a toy because of the bright color, Filenko said. He added that the suspect discharged the weapon, causing a fire.

"We had been told that he liked to start fires, so we already had a hose (from the fire department) hooked up," Filenko said, adding that officers used the hose to douse the initial fire, and firefighters finished the job after the suspect was in custody.

"Tactical officers immediately made entry and used non-lethal means to subdue him," Filenko said, which included firing rubber slugs and using an electrical shocking device.

The flare gun was recovered, and Filenkpo said that "those things are dangerous, it's a weapon. You can impale a person or start an individual on fire."

McSorley was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville for what appeared to be self-inflicted cuts and abrasions that were non-life threatening, according to Filenko, who added that the other two victims were treated and released.

McSorley was being held on Wednesday on charges of aggravated arson, which is a Class X felony, residential arson, aggravated domestic battery by strangulation, aggravated battery to an elderly person, domestic battery, aggravated cruelty to an animal, criminal damage to government property, criminal damage to property and resisting arrest, Filenko said.

According to Filenko, McSorley was possibly going to bond court Wednesday afternoon.

"I'm just glad we have resources like NIPAS. Their training and resources are tremendous," he said.

In the Waukegan incident, police received a call 5:45 p.m. for a domestic disturbance in the 4100 block of Continental Drive at the Hickory Manor apartments off Delany Road, according to Cmdr. Joe Florip of the Waukegan Police Department.

A caller had stated that the argument was intensive and there might be children involved, said Florip, who added that "there were verbal threats involving weapons."

According to Florip, police set up a perimeter because it was believed the suspect was still inside the apartment. Because it was a highly-populated area, he added, NIPAS tactical officers were called in, and when they forced their way into the apartment, there was no one inside.

Florip said an adult and children were not injured and had fled the apartment before police arrived.

"We had a lot of police presence. We'd rather be safe then sorry," Florip said, adding that the case was turned over to the department's criminal investigations unit, he said.
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Man charged with arson, battery after Round Lake Park barricade situation

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Round Lake Park police say a 43-year-old man faces felony charges after he allegedly battered a woman and her roommate in residence near Route 134 Tuesday night, barricaded himself in a bathroom and started a fire with a flare gun.