Sentence examples for were detained for having from inspiring English sources

Lt. Matt Neely said all the men in one group were detained for having so much money.

The restrictions created a sequence of events in which contractors were being detained for having expired documents that the government would not renew.

She said she was being detained for having paint cans in her bag, though she added that they were empty and that protesters were using them as rattles.

In 2002, while Dengue Fever was recording its debut album, Ms. Chhom was stopped in a routine check by immigration agents during an orange alert and was detained for having a lapsed green card.

Two of the survivors who were shot in their legs are my neighbours, Salim Naeif, who was detained for not having ID and Subhi Khaliel who was in the prison for more than seven years and denied several pardons.

In January 2009, Johnny Knoxville of "Jackass" fame, was detained for allegedly having an inert grenade in his carry-on bag for a flight from Los Angeles International Airport.

"The examples are countless racially profiling people on the street, racially profiling people while they are driving, we've had instances where people have been detained for offenses they haven't committed".

Asked if be believed his son would have been detained for the clock had he not been Muslim, he said: "No".

Mr. Mohammed, who has been detained for seven years, has been at the center of a diplomatic standoff between the Bush administration since the Britain government first requested his release in August 2007.

Some have been detained for brief questioning; others have disappeared for months without a trace.

A Syrian information ministry spokesman told the BBC that 103 "militants" had been detained for security checks, but had since been released.