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Drilling boom towns see rise in crime
(AP) — In a modern-day echo of the raucous Old West, small towns enjoying a boom in oil and gas drilling are seeing a sharp increase in drunken driving, bar fights and other hell-raising, blamed largely on an influx of young men who find themselves
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:59A
Advisory Board Subcommittee Votes to Change Definition of Rape in Uniform
The APB is composed of 34 representatives from criminal justice agencies and national security agencies throughout the United States. The DFO, in consultation with the board chair, with FBI approval, and in accordance with applicable law, may create ad
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:59A
Towns see crime, carousing surge amid gas boom By The Associated Press
In a modern-day echo of the raucous Old West, small towns enjoying a boom in oil and gas drilling are seeing a sharp increase in drunken driving, bar fights and other hell-raising, blamed largely on an influx of young men who find themselves with lots
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:58A
Directors Behaving Badly: Rajat Gupta Faces Criminal Insider Trading Charges
I suspect law enforcement has been combing the trading records of board members for every bank and financial services company involved in the financial crisis to check their trades against news of those companies. If they're not already, they should be
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:56A
Crime, carousing surge amid natural-gas drilling boom
In a modern-day echo of the raucous Old West, small towns enjoying a boom in oil and gas drilling are seeing a sharp increase in drunken driving, bar fights and other hell-raising, blamed largely on an influx of young men who find
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:53A
Local district court judge retires
The former solicitor, who has sat as a judge for 12 years, also said the Children's Court should also be maintained at a local level at all costs. 'Court 55 is a most undesirable venue for children from Balbriggan and Swords and their parents,
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:50A
Sumter man charged with incest, CSC with child
Arrest warrants indicate Farmer committed sexual battery on an 11-year-old girl on Oct. 7, who also reportedly is a member of his family. Farmer has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor aged 11 to 14 as well as incest.
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:42A
Rensselaer County unveils sex criminal tracking website
According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, there are currently 344 registered sex offenders living in Rensselaer County. Out of that number, 121 are Level 1 offenders, 120 are Level 2 offenders, 96 are Level 3 offenders and
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:36A
Daughter helps authorities nab father accused of incest
SUMTER (WACH) -- South Carolina Law Enforcement Division agents arrest a Sumter man Tuesday afternoon for sexual misconduct. 33 year old Corey Farmer was charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor, Victim 11-14 years of age and Incest.
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:26A
The (Non-Gupta) AM Roundup: John Edwards Back in Court, More
AP Whither our Criminal Justice System?: Crime has fallen dramatically, but levels of violence remain higher than in 1950. Does the legal system share some of the blame? Paul G. Cassell, a professor of criminal law at the SJ Quinney College of Law at
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:25A
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