Wednesday, September 26, 2012




www.cnn.com/2012/09/25/world/americas/canada-cold-case-dna/index.html?hpt=ju_c1
DNA evidence links a now-dead American convict to the murder of a Canadian teenager who disappeared in 1974, authorities in British Columbia said Tuesday.
Bobby Jack Fowler, who died in an Oregon prison in 2006, is responsible for the murder of 16-year-old Colleen MacMillen, Inspector Gary Shinkaruk of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said at a news conference.
Authorities said while the case is closed on MacMillen's death, investigations continue into the abductions and killings of other women in the same region of Canada, and the search is still on for information in those cases.

Monday, September 24, 2012

2 inShare Print Email More sharing Police: Hostage taker was updating Facebook during ordea

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/23/justice/pennsylvania-hostage-situation/index.html?hpt=ju_c2
The police involved in a hostage situation were faced with an interesting decision.
It wasn't whether to send in a robot or storm into a building, it was whether to have the hostage taker's Facebook page shut down.
Here's what they knew: A 22-year-old man in Pittsburgh had taken another man hostage and was holed up in a suite on the 16th floor of a high-rise office building.
And the suspect, Klein Michael Thaxton, had been on Facebook for hours.
"People were sending Facebook messages. We could see that he was paying more attention to Facebook than to the negotiating team, which was hampering our abilities to resolve the situation," Diane Richard, a spokeswoman for Pittsburgh Police Department, said about Friday's incident.
Richard said SWAT officers kept an eye on the Facebook page for at least two hours before making a joint decision with the district attorney to ask for the page to be shut down.

Gun that flight attendant brought to airport goes off

www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20120924_Gun_that_flight_attendant_brought_to_airport_goes_off.htmll
A flight attendant with a permit to carry a handgun forgot to leave her weapon at home Sunday morning, leading to the accidental discharge of the gun by a police officer at Philadelphia International Airport.
The flight attendant, who is an employee of Republic Airlines, which operates US Airways Express flights out of Philadelphia, put her handbag on the X-ray machine conveyor belt as she went through the routine security check about 6:30 a.m. at Terminal C, said Jim Fotenos, spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration.
TSA officers noticed the gun and alerted Philadelphia police officers, who responded quickly, police spokesman Lt. Ray Evers said.
A female police officer, whom the department declined to name, tried to make the weapon safe by removing the bullets but instead accidentally fired it, Evers said. The bullet that was discharged hit the ground and did not injure anyone

Thursday, September 20, 2012

colorado theater shooting update

 www.cnn.com/2012/09/20/justice/colorado-shooting/index.html?hpt=ju_c1
 Colorado movie shooting suspect charged with murder
The man accused of spraying bullets in a crowded Colorado movie theater, leaving 12 dead and 58 wounded, is scheduled to attend a court hearing Thursday as prosecutors seek additional charges.
Authorities charged James Holmes with murder and attempted murder.
He also faces weapons charges in the July 20 shooting during the midnight premiere of the latest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," in Aurora.
At Thursday's hearing, lawyers are expected to discuss a new prosecution request to add 10 charges to the more than 140 he already faces, according to a state court official.

Outrage over Colorado shooting charity

  Colorado massacre: Mourning the victims

Warning was sent about Aurora suspect

Aurora returns to the movies
Prosecutors are also seeking to amend 17 of the original charges, said Rob McCallum, a spokesman with the Office of the State Court Administrator.