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• That's not what makes a person go out and commit a crime.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2022
• McGee is the latest person to be accused of using Grindr to commit a crime.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
• He is charged with 24 counts of animal cruelty and one count of threats to commit a crime.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
• But did Tosa — the Croatian who won tens of thousands from the Ritz and other casinos — even commit a crime?
  — Longreads, 14 Apr. 2023
• If someone tries to commit a crime, presumably the video camera will see all.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Using a computer to commit a crime is a felony punishable by up to four years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 19 Apr. 2024
• Among the charges were conspiracy to commit a crime and assault with a deadly weapon.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• If that gun is used to commit a crime before the person turns 21, the co-signer would only be able to be held civilly liable.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• Any parting advice for collectors, or warnings for those in the art space who may be inclined to commit a crime?
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
• Were someone to commit a crime and blame an implant, how would the legal system determine fault?
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• More opportunities to earn a source of income would mean less of an urge to commit a crime to survive, Ardnt said.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 30 Sep. 2022
• The three were booked into jail on suspicion of burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
• At least, this is the argument given by Sorokin’s lawyer Todd Spodek, who in his opening statement claimed that Sorokin was not intending to commit a crime.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 11 Feb. 2022
• Whether Trump changed the status of the documents as president and therefore didn't commit a crime later is a question for a jury, Schultz said.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024
• Burglary under state law requires a person to enter and remain in a building with an intent to commit a crime.
  — oregonlive, 21 July 2021
• Police searched the suspect’s apartment and car and arrested Reviere, 18, who in court Monday faced charges of murder and using a firearm to commit a crime.
  — Tim Chitwood Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, al, 15 Aug. 2022
• Dorantes was charged with burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• The prosecution argued that there is no proof Arbery had committed or planned to commit a crime.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2021
• The jury found Cobbs, the youngest defendant, not guilty of 24 of the 25 charges, convicting him only of conspiracy to commit a crime of violence.
  — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 13 June 2023
• Under Colorado law, that means understanding the difference between right and wrong and being able to form the intent to commit a crime.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 May 2023
• Green and Bivins were also charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and street gang conspiracy.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
• Jaiden Green was also booked on suspicion of conspiracy to commit a crime.
  — Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• But when fugitives who commit a crime in the United States cross the southern border, the U.S. government requires some external help in tracking them down.
  — Zach Fannin, ABC News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Wein was arrested and pleaded guilty last month to charges of solicitation for murder and use of a computer to commit a crime.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Dec. 2021
• In trying to dismiss the burglary charge, Tibbs also argued Ferguson did not go to the home with the intention to commit a crime and that the woman had not asked Ferguson to leave at any point.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
• He was later arrested for using a computer to commit a crime, forgery, and false pretense, per The Cinemaholic.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
• The state's Supreme Judicial Court ruled a woman who took her ailing dog home instead of euthanizing him did not commit a crime.
  — Steph Solis, Axios, 17 July 2024
• One major challenge in these prosecutions will be showing that the electors had the requisite intent to commit a crime.
  — Derek T. Muller, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
• Due to a miscommunication, officers initially thought the truck had been used to commit a crime in a Kentucky.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
• Prior further argued that prosecutors failed to provide proof that there was any agreement to commit a crime or any evidence tying Daybell to the deaths.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024