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12th police officer guilty in towing extortion scheme
A 12th Baltimore police officer has pleaded guilty to being involved with a towing kickback scheme, prosecutors said Thursday. Rafael Concepcion Feliciano Jr., a 31-year-old officer from Baltimore, pleaded guilty to extortion and conspiracy in a U.S....Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Justice System, Prosecution, Trials
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Baltimore cop from Edgewood pleads guilty in towing extortion scheme
A Harford County resident who prosecutors say was actively involved in a towing scandal involving Baltimore City police officers entered a guilty plea Monday to extortion charges in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Baltimore City police officer...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Transportation Accidents, Punishment, Justice System, Punishment
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The war on drugs violates the Constitution
Contrary to letter writer Robert Sharpe's view, the war on drugs is more than war on people who smoke marijuana ("American's misguided war against marijuana," Jan. 1). It is a civil war on the fundamental rights to property, liberty and privacy that are...Tags: Organized Crime, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Government, Safety of Citizens
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America's misguided war on marijuana
The drug war is largely a war on people who smoke marijuana. In 2010, there were 853,839 marijuana arrests in the United States, almost 90 percent of them for simple possession. At a time when state and local governments are laying off police,...Tags: Organized Crime, Methamphetamine (drug), Heroin
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Baltimore police shuffle ranks, move Southern District commander
The major who heads the Baltimore Police Department's Southern District is being moved to headquarters to head up an effort by the agency to become nationally accredited, according to a spokesman.
Maj. Margaret Barillaro took over the Southern District...Tags: Federal Hill, Anne Arundel County, Cherry Hill, Howard County, Annapolis
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Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2013 Induction Ceremony Airs Saturday
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony premieres on HBO Saturday at 9pm ET. The show will be repeated several times in coming weeks....Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Injuries and Wounds, Transportation Accidents, What Happens in Vegas (movie), Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (tv program)
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Deputy Who Tried to Smuggle Heroin in Burrito Gets 2 Years
KTLA NewsDEL AIRE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who pleaded no contest to smuggling drugs into a courthouse jail in a burrito has been sentenced to two years in jail. Henry Marin, 27, pleaded no contest to one count of bringing drugs...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Prosecution, Burritos, Prosecution, Heroin
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UPDATE: Niles teen sentenced in sex extortion case
NILES – Parnell Martin, one of five Niles High School students accused in a Facebook sex extortion case, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 4 years but no more than 15 years in prison.
Both Trey Nichols and Parnell Martin pleaded guilty....Tags: Facebook, Prosecution, Punishment, Prosecution, Trials
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Legendary Lawmen, Part 7: Four who got Capone
Al Capone was a scourge of the city of Chicago. The brutal gangster controlled not only many illegal enterprises, namely beer and booze, but also influenced the legal ones through bribes and threats. It took the full weight and power of the federal...Tags: Ken Burns, World War II (1939-1945), Robin Hood, Justice System, Corporate Crime
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Rothstein has spoken ... so what did we learn?
For more than 70 hours, billion-dollar fraudster Scott Rothstein talked and talked, answering questions for the first time under oath. He mapped out how he constructed the largest financial swindle in South Florida history, leveled damaging accusations at...Tags: FBI, Broward County, Punishment, Justice System, Legal Service
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1-800-GET-THIN is sued by former workers
Workers at weight-loss surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign persuaded patients to have medically unnecessary surgeries and billed insurance companies for procedures that were never performed, a new lawsuit alleges.
Two women who...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Music, Justice System, Trials, Advertising
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2 Arrested for Installing Skimming Device at Chase Bank
KTLA NewsTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police arrested two men Sunday on suspicion of installing a skimming device at a Chase Bank in Thousand Oaks. The men -- identified as Aram Dzhanszyan, 31, and Ter Mkrtchyan, 37 -- were arrested near the bank in the 1600...Tags: Organized Crime, Police Arrests
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