British couple Rachel and Paul Chandler set off for Tanzania last Thursday to conquer another segment of their sailing trip around the world.

Today, a pirate called Mohamed Shakir told a local UK Newspaper the couple’s trip had come to an abrupt halt near the Seychelles.

The demands of the pirates are unknown at this time. The couple does not have children, but had recently been visiting with family and friends during a multi-day hiatus from their multi year round world trip. The two have been married for over 25 years.

Supporters (ultras) of Chattradhar Mahato hijacked a relief train at Sarodia India carrying 475 passengers Tuesday. The group held the train riders hostage for nearly 5 hours, but allowed local television crews to interview passengers while they presented their demands for the release of their leader.

When local authorities showed up near the ultra-fast train, then stopped in West Bengal, the nearly 200 hijackers disappeared into local surroundings as quickly as they had first appeared.

This hostage crisis comes just a few weeks after 20 prisoners were released in return for the release of a kidnapped polie officer from Midnapore.

Authorities arrested Rachel Lee Thursday for her involvement in several Las Vegas and Hollywood burglaries over the past several months, most notable was the break in and robbery of celebrity homes belonging to Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton.

Many reports suggest Lee was the leader, or co-leader of a crime ring that focused on Hollywood’s wealthiest residents and communities.

According to the arrest records several stolen items were found at Rachel Lee’s father’s Vegas home where she had been living. The judge set Lee’s bail at $3,000.00

Four search warrants were issued to bring down the crime ring. Cops reported large amounts of narcotics were also found during these raids.

Martel Barrett died Monday evening after being fatally wounded by gunshots on his way to class. School officials said Martel was a good student who did not miss class. His parents and friends have said Marty was not involved in any Gangs.

Martel was shot at 67th St and Damen Ave, on his way to catch the bus to Dyett High School.

Some parents are reportedly keeping their children home from school as violence amoung Chicago youths continue to escalate. There were over 10 serious fights reported at Fenger High School just last week, with at least one murder already on the books for 2009.

Police found Barry Horn’s deceased body inside his home after he failed to show up for a gala the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art Saturday night.

Detectives said Barry was stabbed multiple times.

Mr Horn also had also previously served on ABC13′s Good Morning Houston as fashion expert and was well known and respected in Houston.

Police say they have a person of interest in the case but are not releasing information at this time. Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact the Houston Police Department.

When High School teachers Jacob Sur and Albert Hetrick made a plan to find whores, it most likely didn’t involve getting arrested for soliciting prostitutes by undercover officers, but that’s what happened.

Jacob Sur, 26 years old, teaches special education and is an assistant coach for baseball and football at Radford High School. He’s a former graduate of the school. It’s unclear if his coaches slept with prostitutes while he attended.

Albert Hetrick, 37, is a math teacher and a coach for the football program at the same school. See Albert’s profile on RateMyTeacher.com.

The men were arrested in downtown Honolulu early Thursday morning near the location of the “Save our Sports” fundraiser they attended Wednesday night. Obviously they didn’t donate all their available discretionary funds.

Erica Cooper was arrested driving around trying to score some crack with her party buddies when they ran into some trouble with local police that witnessed the car they were driving parked at a well known crack house.

After being pulled over, questioned, and arrested, Erica was taken to the Lexington Kentucky Jail.

While being booked, she told police her 2 year old child was locked in her apartment alone. Police promptly rushed to retrieve the child and found marijuana and a pipe sitting on her stove in plain view.

Child endangerment was added to Erica’s list of charges as she waits to go before the judge.

The shocking part of this story: Erica Copper is a High School English teacher at Henry Clay High School.