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May. 15, 2008
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Suspect in Cleveland slaying arrested at Las Vegas motel

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A man accused of stabbing another man to death in Cleveland earlier in the month was arrested by federal marshals in downtown Las Vegas on Tuesday.

Hakim Crymes, 30, was in the Clark County Detention Center on Wednesday awaiting extradition to Cleveland on allegations of stabbing Cleveland resident Larry Powell multiple times on May 4.

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    • Powell died from his injuries the next day, said officials with the U.S. Marshals' district of Nevada office.

    Acting on a tip from marshals in Cleveland, marshals in Nevada arrested Crymes at the Town Lodge Motel downtown.

    The marshals, who were with the Nevada Fugitive Investigative Strike Team, or FIST, made the arrest within 24 hours of receiving the tip from Cleveland officials.

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    freetospk wrote on May 15, 2008 01:54 PM: Your kidding? A criminal flee to Las Vegas?? How unusual.


    -John wrote on May 15, 2008 01:40 PM: Crymes is his last name??? Ya' got to be kidding. How appropriate.


    taxman2353 wrote on May 15, 2008 12:17 PM: Cleveland: "The mistake on the lake." A place so messed up that the Cuyahoga River actually caught fire back in the 70's.


    Al Katraz wrote on May 15, 2008 09:07 AM: Cleveland?! We won't get crime under control until we stop the flow of Clevelandians into our community. those people have no values, and just want to sit around all day eating kielbasa and listening to polka music.



    We should build a wall around Cleveland, and if they want to get out, they can swim across Lake Erie.


    Al Katraz wrote on May 15, 2008 09:07 AM: Cleveland?! We won't get crime under control until we stop the flow of Clevelandians into our community. those people have no values, and just want to sit around all day eating kielbasa and listening to polka music.

    We should build a wall around Cleveland, and if they want to get out, they can swim across Lake Erie.


    Mike L. wrote on May 15, 2008 06:33 AM: Hakim sounds like a nice European boy gone bad....NOT.