Jack Tweed's new Essex bar was reportedly set on fire

Jack Tweed's new Essex bar was reportedly set on fire in the early hours of Friday morning.<br /><br />The Sun reports that Deuces, co-owned by The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright, was targeted in a turf war between local gangs.<br /><br />A brick was allegedly thrown through the window and the venue set alight just hours after a pre-launch party was filmed for the ITV2 reality show.<br /><br />Police are treating the blaze as "suspicious". A source said: "We think it is maybe a gang that has targeted other bars in the Essex area. We believe it could be part of a gangland territory war."<br /><br />"I am extremely disappointed. Jack is gutted," Wright added.<br /><br />The report claims that the pair are hoping to open the bar next week.

Jack Tweed's new Essex bar was reportedly set on fire

Jack Tweed's new Essex bar was reportedly set on fire in the early hours of Friday morning. The Sun reports that Deuces, co-owned by The...

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McCarthy-Dundon gang's occupancy of south side Limerick. The two rival gangs are considered to be the country's most feared criminal gangs

€45,000 ($62,346) it's considered one of Ireland's cheapest houses, but when you take a closer look at this Limerick home you realize it’s next door to one of Ireland's biggest criminal gang bosses.<br /><br />As Irish house prices continue to fall, many people are snapping up similar bargains around the country. But no buyer has been brave enough to purchase the small terraced house on Lenihan Avenue, Prospect in Limerick. Most likely due to its less than ideal location in the heart of the McCarthy-Dundon gang's occupancy of south side Limerick. The two rival gangs are considered to be the country's most feared criminal gangs in operation.<br /><br />Wayne Dundon's home is next door to the property for sale which is understood to be in derelict conditions following a fire in recent years. An adjoining wall separates the two driveways.

McCarthy-Dundon gang's occupancy of south side Limerick. The two rival gangs are considered to be the country's most feared criminal gangs

€45,000 ($62,346) it's considered one of Ireland's cheapest houses, but when you take a closer look at this Limerick home you realiz...

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Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term

Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term, was arrested in a Mexican resort town where she liked to dance, a U.S. official said.<br /><br />Parrett, 62, was picked up yesterday by Mexican immigration authorities in Ajijic, Jalisco, Deputy U.S. Marshal Brian Babtist said today. Parrett was convicted in Columbus, Ohio, in March 2008 for her role in a $2.9 billion fraud. Days later, while out on bail, she fled her home in Carefree, Arizona. She was declared a fugitive and sentenced in absentia in March 2009.<br /><br />“She was living in the lap of luxury,” Babtist said in a telephone interview from Columbus. “She was having fun, telling people that she was an American who had testified against several people in a large white-collar crime case. She was trying to stay anonymous and using an alias.”<br /><br />Parrett was flown yesterday from Guadalajara to Los Angeles, where she was arrested on a warrant, he said.<br /><br />U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian, at a hearing today in federal court in Los Angeles, ordered Parrett to be detained and transferred to Columbus. Parrett, who was represented by a public defender, waived her right to an identity hearing in Los Angeles.<br /><br />She was convicted with four other executives in 2008 of fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. She was also ordered to pay $2.38 billion in restitution. Parrett, a former vice chairman, secretary and treasurer, was one of 10 executives who were convicted at trial or pleaded guilty.<br /><br />Anti-Aging Treatments<br /><br />“I’ve heard that she liked to go out dancing,” Babtist said. “She was getting treatments from a Mexican anti-aging doctor regularly. For somebody who’s on the run, it was pretty good.”<br /><br />Agents had long suspected that Parrett was in Mexico, Babtist said. “It was a matter of narrowing down the search and actually pinpointing the location,” he said.

Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term

Rebecca Parrett, a former National Century Financial Enterprises Inc. executive who fled the U.S. to avoid a 25-year prison term, was arrest...

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