Theft investigation nets suspect in 13 year old murder case

December 21, 2006 in Law Enforcement, News, Unsolved Crime

From the  Pocono Record BLAKESLEE — A grand jury investigation into a $4 million theft ring in Hamilton Township has led to a suspect in a gruesome, 13-year-old murder near Bartonsville, the state attorney general announced Wednesday. Police have arrested Gary Gerber Jr., 34, of Edwardsville, and his brother, Warren Gerber, 32, who is held [...]

Going after Employers of Illegals

December 21, 2006 in Border Security, Crime and Justice, Illegal Immigration, Law Enforcement

This article describes something that is all to rare in efforts to efforts to curb illegal immigration. Criminal Prosecution of those who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. To be effective in addressing illegal immigration we have to not only make it harder for illegals to cross the border, but we also have to reduce the incentive for them to [...]

Al-Qaeda hints at talks with US

December 21, 2006 in Al Qaeda, Democrats & The Left, Global War On Terror, Senate, Syria, Terrorism

 From BBC  Al-Qaeda’s second-in-command has suggested the US will be forced to talk to al-Qaeda if it wants to extricate itself from Iraq and Afghanistan.  Speaking in a video aired on al-Jazeera TV, Ayman al-Zawahiri said the US was not talking to “the real powers” in the region and its negotiations would fail. He also said [...]

New Al Qaeda Message Expected

December 18, 2006 in Al Qaeda, Global War On Terror, Terrorism

From the Blotter With European law enforcement officials warning of an imminent holiday terror attack, Web sites associated with al Qaeda announced today that the group’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is about to issue a new statement entitled “the truths about the clash between Islam and atheism.” According to the Associated Press, John Reid, Britain’s top [...]

Police fear 55 yr old Missouri man abducted

December 18, 2006 in Law Enforcement, Missing Persons

Updated: 21 December:  Search ends for missing person The search for a Sedalia man whose disappearance led to a police investigation ended Monday in Sweet Springs. A Sweet Springs police officer stopped Fredrick Debulten in his pickup truck about 7 a.m. on state Route 127, according to Sedalia Police Department reports. Mr. Debulten told police [...]

Seven Found Dead In Duplex; Cause Unknown

December 18, 2006 in News

I grew up not far from Kirksville.  It is a small community in North East Missouri where crime is not unheard of but rare. Speculation in the local media is that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, though none will speculate if it was intentional or accidental.     From The Kirksville Daily Express Seven people [...]

4 Months in a church and Chunking up – Where in the World is Elvira?

December 18, 2006 in Border Security, Homeland Security, Illegal Immigration

Cross Posted from DeMediacratic Nation “I’m here and here I’ll stay until the government reforms laws that tear families apart.” – Elvira Arellano (oddly enough spoken in Spanish) Elvira Arellano, “immigrant rights activist” has sent the prodigal son out again; this time to Miami to join the protest against the Swift & Co. raid that [...]

Palestinian Family Feud and the terrorists grip on power

December 18, 2006 in Global War On Terror, Hamas, Iran, Israel, Palestinians, Syria, Terrorism

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian gunmen waged a street battle outside the residence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas around dawn Monday, dashing hopes that an overnight truce would bring quiet to the Gaza Strip. The rival factions Hamas and Fatah are fighting for control over the Palestinian government, and the volatile coastal territory [...]

North Korea Demands UN Sanctions be lifted

December 18, 2006 in News, North Korea

BEIJING (AP) — North Korea defiantly declared itself a nuclear power Monday at the start of the first full international arms talks since its nuclear test and threatened to increase its nuclear deterrent if its demands were not met. Reiterating those demands in its opening speech, the North said the United Nations must lift the [...]

Arrest made in UK prostitute murders

December 18, 2006 in News

LONDON (Reuters) – Police arrested a 37-year-old man on Monday on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes in one of Britain’s most dramatic serial killings of recent times. The naked bodies of five women, who all worked as prostitutes in the town of Ipswich in eastern England, were found dumped in the countryside over a period [...]