NOTORIOUS TERRORIST FINALLY CAPTURED

The Galactic News Network is pleased to report the successful arrest of a man ranked highly upon the Galactic Empire's Most Wanted list of criminals. Believed to be a ringleader amongst the insurgent group known as 'The Rebel Alliance', Dasquian Belargic was apprehended during an attempt to force entry into the private residence of recently appointed Truth Minister, Sanya Tagge.

“It was a most distressing experience,” Minister Tagge told a GNN reporter, providing a statement from her office on Coruscant earlier this morning. “I woke up in the middle of the night and decided to go downstairs and pour myself a glass of blue milk – only to find a masked man had forced his way into my home, and was in the process of ransacking my belongings.”

Refusing to become a victim to violence or sexual assault, Minister Tagge took matters into her own hands. “I did the only thing I could do, when faced with an intruder into my home – I fought back. If it wasn't for the lessons I learned as part of the Sub-Adult Group, I don't think I would have stood a chance, but thankfully I was able to disarm the Rebel attacker before any real damage could be done. Still.. it scares me to think how differently things might have happened if not for the Sub-Adult Groups involvement in my upbringing.”

Though the Empress Tarkin has yet to pass public comment on the arrest, Gallus Tagge - Imperial consort and Baron of House Tagge - had the following to say: “It's disgusting to think what lengths these people will go to. Not content with targeting our military and economic hubs, now they want to invade our homes? The family home should be a place of security and safety. It's terrorism, plain and simple - and a cowardly kind, at that.”

Government intelligence also indicates that Belargic may possess some ties to the monarchy of the Hapes Consortium. Though no delegate from the Consortium could be reached to offer a statement on this story, it seems unlikely – at this stage – that any action will be taken against the Consortium, as it is believed Belargic was acting on behalf of the traitorous and volatile Rebel Alliance.
The Procurator of Justice has released reports detailing Belargic's past offenses, which include aggravated assault, murder in the first and second degree, grand theft, fraud, trespass, and acting as an accessory to high treason. It is expected that Belargic will face each of these charges, and more besides, when he is brought before Imperial Court later this week. Until then, he will be held in an undisclosed and high security location, to await trial.

More on this story as it develops...