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    Trench Reynolds' Crime News

  • Classified crimes: Online sex solicitations

    Trench Reynolds
    6 Feb 2010 | 6:27 pm
    This is the interview I did with KVBC Channel 3 in Las Vegas about sexual predators on Craigslist. The hair may be shorter but it is still awesome.

  • 19-year-old sex offender sent back to jail

    Trench Reynolds
    5 Feb 2010 | 1:22 am
    Registered sex offender faces new charges: Investigators say they met on MySpace: How bad do you have to be to not only be 19 and already on the sex offender registry but to also be sent back to jail for contacting underage girls on MySpace? However bad that is Matthew Tabor is it. The 19-year-old from Eldena, Illinois pleaded guilty back in April to supplying a 14-year-old girl alcohol and a charge of 'sexual abuse'. As part of the plea he was placed on the sex offender registry. Apparently that wasn't enough discouragement to keep him from re-offending. In January he was arrested for…

  • Arrest imminent of possible world's stupidest sex offender

    Trench Reynolds
    5 Feb 2010 | 12:37 am
    Police: Arrest 'imminent' for man suspected of using MySpace to lure Oak Cliff girl for sex: Police in Dallas, Texas are expected to make an arrest any minute now of a 19-year-old suspect who was allegedly caught having sex with a 12-year-old girl that he met on MySpace. The reason that the arrest is so imminent is because the guy was caught having sex with the girl allegedly in his car in front of the girl's house and when he was caught he ran maybe leaving his car, phone and ID behind. Police have not commented on that possibility. I know this is a horrible story since a 12-year-old was…

  • All he wanted for Christmas was a hot young boy

    Trench Reynolds
    3 Feb 2010 | 1:40 am
    Bail lowered in sex solicitation case: You know how when someone says if you look up such and such in the dictionary it would have his picture? I think if you looked up child molester in the dictionary it would have this guy's picture. Anyway, Webster over there is 54-year-old Richard E. Woodward of Brunswick, Maryland. He's been arrested on charges of sexual solicitation of a minor and child pornography. It seems that he allegedly posted an ad on craigslist that said "all I want (for) Christmas is a young hot boy,".  Someone on craigslist tipped off police who posed as a…

  • Burglary suspect admits to being a Juggalo

    Trench Reynolds
    3 Feb 2010 | 1:24 am
    Burglary Suspect Told Deputies He's A Juggalo: That's 19-year-old James Bucheger of Oakhurst, California. He was nabbed for allegedly breaking into some cabins. At the time of his arrest he allegedly told deputies that he's a Juggalo. This is a perfect example of why Juggalos are sometimes considered a gang. Let's just say for example that I was to be arrested for something. I wouldn't throw up the horns and say "Dio Motherfuckers!"
 
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  • On Condescension

    Kent Scheidegger
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:42 pm
    UVa Prof. Gerard Alexander has this op-ed in the WaPo. He does not address the debate over crime specifically, but the overall problem he addresses is quite consistent with what I have experienced debating crime issues over the years:Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that their adversaries are idiots. But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but…

  • Federal Charges for Roeder?

    Kent Scheidegger
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:05 pm
    Federal officials are considering charging Scott Roeder with violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE), reports Judy Thomas for the Kansas City Star. This is despite the fact that Roeder has already been convicted of murder in state court for killing abortion doctor George Tiller.Constitutionally, the "dual sovereignty" doctrine permits the federal government to prosecute after a conviction or acquittal in state court for the same crime. As a matter of policy, though, it is rarely done. It is justified, in my opinion, when an acquittal or a grossly inadequate…

  • Blog Scan

    Lauren Altdoerffer
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:40 pm
    Popular Support for the Death Penalty:  Last month, Kent reported that the majority of Britons and Canadians supported the death penalty, and guest blogger Bill Otis wrote that "the death penalty exists in both law and in practice in countries with well over half the world's population."  Over the weekend, on Sentencing Law and Policy, Doug Berman reported that 86% of Japanese support the death penalty.  Berman writes that Japan stands as another modern example of an industrialized nation that still utilizes the death penalty.  And, apparently, 86% of the 3,000…

  • Inconsistent Verdicts

    Kent Scheidegger
    8 Feb 2010 | 11:01 am
    Sir William Blackstone noted centuries ago that it is "better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." To that end, the system is intentionally tilted in the defendant's favor with such advantages as the requirement of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. But if one of those ten guilty persons has accomplices and they are tried separately, does it follow that they must also escape? Not in California, as of today. The California Supreme Court held in People v. Superior Court (Sparks), S164614:Real party in interest, Dustin William Sparks (hereafter defendant or Sparks), was…

  • News Scan

    CJLF Staff
    8 Feb 2010 | 10:17 am
    Arkansas Injection Protocol Upheld: Another attack on lethal injection has been rejected post-Baze, this time in Arkansas. Eighth Circuit opinion here. AP story here. (Hat tip: How Appealing.)Japan Death Penalty Poll:  Mainichi Daily News reports, "Some 85.6 percent of Japanese are in favor of the death penalty, results of a Cabinet Office survey released Saturday indicate. The survey further found that only 5.7 percent of the 1,944 respondents think death sentences should be abolished."An Unexpected Legal Advocate: New York Times writer Adam Liptak reports on a man who made the most of…
 
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  • Gregg Olsen’s Latest, Victim Six, Out Now!

    admin
    31 Jan 2010 | 5:40 pm
    And yes, people are talking. Gregg Olsen’s latest thriller Victim Six is out this week and into the hands of readers across the country and Canada (the book’s number 18 on the News West bestselling paperback list). There have been some great newspaper and blog stories about the book and its author. Charlie Bermant of the Port [...]

  • Tour Dates for Gregg Olsen’s Victim Six Announced

    admin
    1 Dec 2009 | 6:02 pm
    New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen will appear at the following locations in support of his latest thriller, Victim Six. January 30, 3 p.m., Barnes & Noble, Silverdale, WA. February 2, Bethel Avenue Books, Port Orchard, WA. February 6, noon, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Seattle, WA. February 6, 3:30 p.m., Borders, Gig Harbor, WA. February 11, 10 a.m., Mystery Book [...]

  • Victim Six: Gregg Olsen’s New Thriller

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    3 Nov 2009 | 5:55 pm

  • Horse Perv Back in the Saddle

    admin
    21 Oct 2009 | 4:31 pm
    James Tait rides again...

  • Balloon Boy’s Bubble Bursts

    admin
    16 Oct 2009 | 7:58 am
    We're talking Balloon Boy over on CR.
 
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    SFGate: Crime Scene

  • Crime wave compounds bankrupt Vallejo's woes

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    Times are tough in Vallejo these days, a city with more street violence than nearby Richmond, and a rapidly shrinking police department. In the last week alone, the city has witnessed two homicides, a knife attack that injured three people, the shooting of an...

  • 2 die in separate Oakland shootings

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    A man and a 17-year-old Concord boy were shot and killed in separate incidents in Oakland less than two hours apart, police said Monday. The first killing was reported at 7:23 p.m. Sunday on the 850 block of Mead Avenue in West Oakland. The victim, whose...

  • S.F. suspends club where shootout happened

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    A Fisherman's Wharf nightclub was already facing a seven-day city suspension of its license for out-of-control crowds when a gun battle erupted there over the weekend, leaving one man dead and four wounded, San Francisco officials said Monday. The city...

  • Vallejo victim was father of suspect in beating

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    A man shot and killed early Monday in Vallejo was the father of a 17-year-old boy arrested last week in connection with the beating of a city worker, police said. Matthew Allen Hicks, 42, of Vallejo was found shot in the head outside his girlfriend's house on...

  • Union City shooting kills man, wounds another

    Carolyn Jones
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    Union City police were investigating on Sunday a double shooting that left one man dead and another wounded. The shooting happened early Saturday morning at a home at 33558 Fourth St., near Mission Boulevard and Decoto Road. Police arrived to find two men...
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    CSI Files

  • The Who Rocks Super Bowl XLIV

    Rachel
    8 Feb 2010 | 1:25 pm
    CSI Files previously reported that legendary rock band The Who would be performing a medley of their biggest songs during the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show this past Sunday, February 7. In case you missed it, you can find two videos of the 12-minute show, which featured all three CSI theme songs, embedded after the jump: Videos courtesy of WorldNewsWatch on YouTube.

  • Check Out A Clip From ‘Miami, We Have A Problem’

    Rachel
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:56 pm
    CBS has posted the opening scene from this week’s episode of CSI: Miami, “Miami, We Have a Problem”. You can find the video embedded after the jump:

  • Rascal Flatts Reveals More ‘Unshockable’ Details

    Rachel
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:44 pm
    Country music superstars Rascal Flatts will be hitting the small screen in the next new episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, “Unshockable”, which is set to air on Thursday, March 4. (Spoilers after the jump!) As CSI Files previously reported, one member of the band gets shocked by his guitar while performing in Las Vegas, and the CSI team has to figure out who is responsible. “It was awesome,” lead vocalist Gary LeVox told The Boot. “The title of it is ‘Unshockable,’ and we don’t want to give too much away, but it was a great opportunity…

  • Daniel Dae Kim Joins ‘Hawaii Five-O’

    Rachel
    8 Feb 2010 | 12:26 pm
    CSI Files previously reported that CSI: New York executive producer Peter Lenkov was working on a reboot of the classic CBS series Hawaii Five-O. There was a rumour that Moonlight and Three Rivers star Alex O’Loughlin was being considered for the show’s leading role, but there has been no word on that particular casting choice. However, CBS has revealed who will play sidekick Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the new series: Lost actor Daniel Dae Kim. Kim is the first core actor from the ABC drama to sign on for a new show in anticipation of Lost’s upcoming series finale.

  • Cibrian And Miller Space Out On ‘Miami’

    Rachel
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am
    CSI: Miami’s Eddie Cibrian (Jesse Cardoza) and Omar Miller (Walter Simmons) boldly go where no CSI has gone before in “Miami, We Have A Problem”. (Spoilers and embedded video after the jump!) Miller and Cibrian took Entertainment Tonight behind the scenes as they filmed a portion of the episode that takes place in a weightless environment. “We find a dead body in Miami and it fell from the sky,” Cibrian explained. “We don’t know if it fell originally from a tree, if it fell from a plane, or if it fell from space.” He added, “They figured…
 
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    Criminal Defense

  • The More Things Change, The More Potential Clients Stay The Same

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:15 am
    When I first started in private practice, I'd go anywhere to represent someone. I'd drive hours to a courthouse, or meet a client at a convenient place. I went to some interesting places.... Now, a few years later, most meetings are in my office, most cases, close to home. But then there was last Thursday. A frantic mom called from her home a few hundred miles away - her son, a college student here, was arrested on some serious drug charges. Coming to my office was going to take some serious work, as he had no car and was waiting on a friend to take him back to campus after being recently…

  • How Many Innocent People Are In Jail, Right Now?

    5 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am
    Scott Greenfield reports this morning on the Innocence Project's announcement of the 250th exoneration of an innocent person. This one was convicted when I was 7, and left prison on parole when I was 12.We as criminal defense lawyers read about exonerations and react. We shake our heads, we get angry, we roll our eyes when our friends express amazement that an innocent person was in jail, that a prosecutor fought their release even after DNA cleared them, and we wonder how many else there are.We also hear the deafening silence of the vast majority of the public who don't care.There are those,…

  • The Slippery Slope Of Bond

    1 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am
    A couple weeks ago there was a tragic accident. A bicycle rider was killed. The suspect, left the scene, and was later arrested. The allegations, not formally filed yet, include driving on a suspended license and DUI. Miami has a big bicyclist community, and they are vocal. This accident was more than a story of car v. biker, it became bikers v. government, bikers v. not enough safe places to ride, and now, bikers v. criminal justice system. The suspect appeared before a judge, and was released on bond.In the local paper appeared this letter in response to an editorial on the issue of…

  • Why Nothing Will Ever Change In Criminal Justice

    25 Jan 2010 | 5:24 am
    Two stories hit the internet over the last week or so. One was about the FBI breaking wiretapping laws. The other was that 500,000 people are currently incarcerated awaiting trial at an annual cost to taxpayers of 9 billion dollars.Yawn.That was the collective response of the nation. Sure, we've got Haiti on our minds, the Super Bowl's coming up, American Idol is starting a new season, the iPhone may be available to other carriers besides at&t soon, and the two stories I mentioned dont play well on "Law & Order," or with the Law & Order crowd.But these two stories put the nail in the coffin…

  • Haiti

    13 Jan 2010 | 6:31 am
    Being a resident of the city containing the largest population of Hatians outside of Haiti, I thought while putting on my suit, drinking a nice cup of coffee, getting in my nice car with air conditioning and leather seats on my way to my nice office from my nice house, I'd post this photo of the aftermath of yesterday's earthquake in Haiti taken by Carel Pedre of the Associated Press:And this:And this:Donate to the Red Cross. Post to TwitterMiami Criminal Defense Lawyer Blogs on The System and The Practice
 
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  • Japanese Support for the Death Penalty Grows

    Matt Kelley
    9 Feb 2010 | 6:24 am
    Official support for the death penalty may be waning in Japan, but still, the people don't want to let the policy go. A new Japanese government survey found that a record 85.6% of Japan's population supports capital punishment for murder. This is a jump of four percentage points from 2004 and, surprisingly, comes at a time when the Japanese death penalty could finally be on its way out. The current center-left government took power in September, and since then, no executions have been carried out (there are 102 people on death row in Japan). Shortly after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama took…

  • Federal Judge Protests Absurd Jailing of Immigrants

    Te-Ping Chen
    8 Feb 2010 | 3:22 pm
    "Neither meritorious nor reasonable" -- not the zingiest barbs out there, but considering they were hurled by a federal judge questioning the actions of U.S. prosecutors, not too milquetoast, either. In fact, by making those comments, Judge Sam Sparks, of Austin, TX, may have become the first federal district judge to formally protest the growing trend of criminally prosecuting undocumented immigrants. After all, says Sparks, many of the immigrants he sees have committed no major crime, save to try and reside in the United States without permission. So why lock them up (helping fuel a $1.7…

  • The Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition

    Ethan Nadelmann
    8 Feb 2010 | 7:32 am
    Ethan Nadelmann is part of Change.org's Changemakers network, comprised of leading voices for social change. Mr Nadelmann is the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Even I can't believe the way that the marijuana issue is opening up right now. There's been steady progress on medical marijuana -- as evidenced by the Obama administration's new guidelines directing federal drug agents not to arrest legitimate patients and suppliers in medical marijuana states. Then there's the recent victories in Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington D.C., -- not to mention…

  • Who's Guarding the Roost at Private TX Prisons?

    Matt Kelley
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:55 am
    At least one Texas private prison is giving away its keys to, well, just about anybody. Or so one recent inspection at the Coastal Bend Detention Center in Robstown, Texas would suggest. The inspectors found that fully 72% of prison guards had only temporary licenses, meaning they hadn't yet undergone mandatory training and testing. Not surprisingly, the prison already had a terrible track record. In December, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards classified Coastal Bend as an "at-risk" facility, because guards had erroneously released one prisoner due to a mistaken identity (the…

  • The Uphill Battle Against Racial Profiling

    Matt Kelley
    6 Feb 2010 | 10:05 am
    It's hard to stamp out racial profiling in law enforcement when you've got lawmakers like U.S. Sen. James Inhofe and New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind running around saying it's a good idea. Inhofe, for one, says he "believe[s] in racial and ethnic profiling." Hikind is more demure, saying he's against the concept, but that it's wholly justified as part of the war on terror. Some recent numbers should make both lawmakers happy. 'Frisked while brown' is alive and well, at least in New York. The NYPD's 2009 stop-and-frisk statistics should come out soon, but meanwhile, Bob Herbert cited numbers…
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    Cancrime

  • An accused killer's career: Col. Russell Williams

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:02 pm
    Click here for larger viewI've preserved it here, in case this official National Defence biography (above) of Col. Russell Williams vanishes from its current location on the net, now that he has been charged with two-counts of first-degree murder. The stunning news that the commander of the Canadian Air Force base in Trenton, just west of Belleville, Ontario, has been charged with the slayings of two women, was revealed today at a news conference (video). He's also charged with home invasion-sex attacks on two other women.Police have acknowledged that they're looking at Williams' past, with…

  • Spectators denied canal killing evidence

    6 Feb 2010 | 4:21 am
    Some strange goings-on in the last few days of the preliminary hearing being held in Kingston for three people accused of killing four family members who were found dead in a submerged car.Here's my full story from today's Whig-Standard. Though the piece may seem deliberately cryptic, I'm handcuffed by the publication bans in place.A preliminary inquiry is typically a secretive justice system process. Sweeping publication bans bar the reporting of most of what is said in the courtroom during such a hearing, but the courtroom remains open to spectators. Any citizen can show up and listen…

  • The canal mass murder: Secrets I must keep

    4 Feb 2010 | 3:48 am
    For a journalist, there's nothing more painful than hearing a good story – or a great story – that you can't write. Imagine how it feels when this happens every day, for days on end. I'm trapped now in this kind of journalistic purgatory, as I watch evidence, some of it dramatic and startling, unfolding at the preliminary hearing for three Montrealers – a mother, father and their 19-year-old son – who are accused of murdering four family members. A sweeping publication ban bars reporting of the evidence presented at the hearing. I've already heard and seen a wealth of new information,…

  • Emotional outbursts at canal murder hearing

    3 Feb 2010 | 5:26 am
    Some of the evidence revealed yesterday at the resumption of a hearing in the canal mass murder case proved emotionally jarring for one of the three accused killers. My full account of the hearing, published today in the Kingston-Whig-Standard, also appears after the jump.By Rob TrippThe Whig-StandardA Montreal woman accused of murdering three of her daughters cried big, racking sobs yesterday as prosecutors began revealing some of the evidence against her.Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 40, her husband Mohammad Shafia, 56, and the couple’s 19-year-old son Hamed are each charged with four counts of…

  • Canal mass murder trial reaches critical stage

    1 Feb 2010 | 4:51 am
    from left, Mohammad Shafia, 56, wife Tooba, 40, son Hamed, 19, at the Kingston, Ontario courthouse on July 23, 2009 (photos by Ian MacAlpine and Michael Lea/The Whig-Standard)Birthdays behind bars. Tooba Mohammad Yahya turned 40 on December 12. Her son Hamed can now legally purchase alcohol in Canada, though it's possible he may never get the chance. He turned 19 on New Year's Eve. It's unlikely either Shafia family member did much celebrating. They are languishing behind bars at the Quinte Detention Centre, an overcrowded provincial holding centre just west of Kingston, as they wait for…
 
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    Wallet Pop: Fraud

  • 7 principles behind being scammed

    Tom Barlow
    29 Jan 2010 | 10:30 am
    Filed under: Fraud, Identity TheftThe Madoff debacle has many of us wondering just how so many sharp people made such a tragic mistake. A pair of researchers from the University of Cambridge's Computer Loboratory recently released a report that explains just how we fall victim to scams like Madoff's: three-card monte, the ring reward rip-off, the money machine scam, and the shop phone call swindle. The key? Those darned inconvenient human emotions. In their paper, Frank Stajano and Paul Wilson broke our vulnerabilities into seven principles:Continue reading 7 principles behind being…

  • 24's Kiefer Sutherland roped into $869,000 scam by line of bull

    Tom Barlow
    28 Jan 2010 | 8:30 am
    Filed under: Fraud, Celebs & MoneyI could see how the typical Hollywood star might be duped in a cattle investment scam, but Kiefer Sutherland? The man probably knows cows better than any other actor, since he's spent many a weekend chasing and roping them from horseback. Unfortunately, this familiarity might have helped make him the perfect patsy for reputed scam artist Michael Wayne Carr. TMZ reports Carr has been charged with bilking Sutherland out of $869,000 in a cattle investment swindle. Apparently Carr promised to deliver a windfall by buying Mexican cattle and importing them to…

  • Scam targets Haitians in U.S. trying to help family members

    Mitch Lipka
    26 Jan 2010 | 2:30 pm
    Filed under: Fraud, Consumer AllyHaitians living in the U.S. are being targeted by a scam that convinces them to pay money with the promise of getting their relatives to this country, the Embassy of Haiti and the Greater Washington Haiti Relief Committee announced. Potential victims are contacted by phone or with fliers passed around in Haitian communities. They are told that if they wire $500, in return they will receive a package of documents and a confirmation number permitting them to go to the devastated island nation and bring five relatives to the U.S.Continue reading Scam targets…

  • How those with less money get preyed upon

    Mitch Lipka
    25 Jan 2010 | 11:30 am
    Filed under: Budgets, Debt, Fraud, Consumer Ally, Credit CardsIt is an unfortunate truth that those who can least afford to lose money are often targeted by businesses (and scams) intent on taking advantage of their weak position. The folks at Mint.com put together an excellent graphic presentation of how lower income people get caught up in difficult situations and pay dearly called "The Shaft: How Companies Prey on the Poor." The raw deals users get with payday loans, "repair" credit cards and renting to own are detailed by the artist behind WallStats.com. See it here. Be patient, the image…

  • Bogus online degrees may be more widespread than you think

    Beau Brendler
    23 Jan 2010 | 2:00 pm
    Filed under: College, Career, Fraud, Consumer AllySo what if that dude in the cubicle next to yours decides to get a masters degree, then grabs the promotion you wanted -- but the degree turns out to be fake? A number of high-profile cases over the years demonstrate that some people in middle and senior corporate, government and non-profit management are not above using a bogus credential to get ahead. There's Sven Otto Littorin, for instance, a Swedish government official who got caught in 2007 boasting an MBA from "Fairfax University." (The degree has since disappeared from his CV.) Or…
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  • Look out for these 6 ways crooks can get you online

    admin
    31 Jan 2010 | 2:19 pm
    Kim Komando hosts the nation’s largest talk radio show about computers and the Internet. To get the podcast or find the station nearest you, visit www.komando.com/listen. To subscribe to Kim’s free e-mail newsletters, sign up at www.komando.com/newsletters. Contact her at gnstech@gannett.com. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2010-01-28-online-crooks_N.htm?csp=usat.me Criminals are getting smarter and smarter. So, these days, it isn’t enough to just run security software on your computer. You need to keep up with the criminals’ latest tricks. Here are…

  • Cybercriminals revive old scams to target smartphones

    admin
    17 Jan 2010 | 9:04 pm
    BBC Reprint: 08:12 GMT, Friday, 15 January 2010 Original Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8459898.stm Many diallers lurk on sites hawking pornography As mobile phones get more sophisticated, hi-tech criminals are dusting off some old tricks. Security companies have noticed a rise in trojans known as diallers that used to be popular during the days of dial-up net access. On a smartphone the diallers are being used to call premium rate lines leaving victims with a big bill. Experts say the diallers are proving popular as a quick way for criminals to cash in. Diallers were widely…

  • SCAMS!

    admin
    9 Dec 2009 | 9:16 pm
    I can’t believe how many people still fall for scams. I continue to hear calls of people buying a “TV”, “VCR”, or “laptop computer” from some guy in a parking lot only to find out when they get home that the “actual sealed box” contains bricks. Or the people who send thousands of dollars of “good faith” money to someone in Nigeria who says they inherited millions of dollars and promises people part of the fortune to help them get the money to the U.S. Or the common Pigeon Drop Scam. In the pigeon drop scam, swindlers work in pairs or teams. One befriends an unsuspecting…

  • Suicide Attempts: “5150”

    admin
    5 Dec 2009 | 9:14 pm
    "The holidays bring an increase in police calls of domestic violence and suicide attempts. While many of us enjoy the holidays with family and friends, a lot of people become stressed out and depressed over the holidays.Sometimes just a daily call or visit to a loved one is all they desire, sometimes it’s all they have. Please be aware of any warning signs or statements made by loved ones as to how lonely they are or if they seem to have lost the desire to live anymore. Increased depression can lead someone to do something spontainous and drastic. If you know someone in this…

  • Ask a Cop?: Car Theft & Couples

    admin
    30 Nov 2009 | 1:45 pm
    —–Original Message—– Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 7:17 AM To: info@coptalk.info Subject: Car theft Here is my question. If you have a couple that split up and there are 2 vehicles between them. one takes one and the other takes the other vehicle. both vehicles are registered to only one of the two. can the one that has their name on the title report the car stolen if the other individual refuses to give it back? also would that both names are on the registration only make a difference. Our Reply: If the cars belonged to a couple that split up and each take a vehicle…
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  • Top Ten Data Breaches and Blunders of 2009 – www.esecurityplanet.com

    John
    9 Feb 2010 | 2:23 am
    From stolen devices and phishing attacks to buggy apps and human blunders, 2009 was another banner year for data breaches. According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, over 345 million records containing sensitive data have been involved in incidents within the United States since January 2005. But last year, one single breach compromised 130 million records. In an effort to do better this year, let’s recount some of the worst data breaches reported in 2009. The breaches in the top ten are: 10) Los Alamos National Labs (theft of computers and loss of black berry) –>asset…

  • Malware found in Firefox add-ons

    John
    9 Feb 2010 | 2:02 am
    What I so love about Mozilla Firefox is the collection of add-ons to expand functionality in virtually any sense.  However, this can also expose  users of the add-ons to a risk.  Earlier this week Mozilla disclosed that a pair of add-ons found at http://addons.mozilla.org site included Trojans. The two add-ons involved are Master Filer, a download manager and Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader. Windows users that have downloaded and installed these add-ons would be affected by Malware that could potentially get a hold of their information. It is recommended by Mozilla that…

  • Scam threat to NZ firms – technology | Stuff.co.nz

    John
    7 Feb 2010 | 2:17 pm
    In a typically 21st century crime, fraudsters have used scam emails and fake websites to steal more than €3 million (NZ$6m) of carbon credits from international businesses. The Economic Development Ministry said businesses in New Zealand were at risk from the fraud, but it was confident none had fallen victim. It has written to all companies with carbon credits registered on its database, reminding them to guard their account details and passwords. The ministry said hoax emails were sent to businesses in several countries aimed at persuading them to click on links that took them to fake…

  • Fake Celebrity Profiles on Twitter

    John
    7 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm
    The NZ Herald reports Kiwi celebrities are being targeted by social networking frauds, who are forging Twitter and Facebook accounts in their names. False profiles are being created in the names of sports stars such as All Black captain Richie McCaw, Black Caps skipper Daniel Vettori as well as broadcasters and TV personalities. The fictitious sites are fooling fans and friends into believing the profiles are real. Internet safety watchdogs say creating a bogus website is illegal under the Crimes Act, and those targeted should take their concerns to police. NewstalkZB host and Herald on…

  • Britain Will Not Pursue Legal Action Against Madoff – NYTimes.com

    John
    4 Feb 2010 | 1:14 pm
    Britain’s Serious Fraud Office said Tuesday that it would not pursue legal action against the local operations of Bernard L. Madoff, the U.S. financier now in jail in the United States. In a statement, the S.F.O. said its investigation had found “ insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction” against either the company or its directors. Read the full article here>>>at  NYTimes.com.
 
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  • Community Building

    Michael Santos
    30 Jan 2010 | 7:31 pm
    Text of a recent Toastmasters speech Michael gave at Taft Camp– Community Building I don’t know how many of you remember studies of early Western Civilization, but on the pages of a history book that’s circulating I read a passage describing the early Greeks. As founders of the first known city, the Greeks recognized the importance of community building. They would say:                 “To live the good life, one must live in a great city.” A great city, those early Greeks recognized, was made up of community. And a community is made up of active participation…

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave

    Michael Santos
    25 Jan 2010 | 5:18 am
    Title: Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave Date Read: January 19, 2010 Book title: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave Author: Frederick Douglas Book Publisher: Barnes and Noble Classics Series (1845/2003) Non-Fiction / 126 pages Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave was the 2nd book I read in 2010. Why I read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave: A few weeks ago, I finished reading Black Boy, a biography of Richard Wright, who was a famous American author. Wright’s descriptions of how he…

  • Lessons From Prison

    Michael Santos
    21 Jan 2010 | 7:13 am
    Date Read: January 6, 2010 Book Title: Lessons From Prison Book Author: Justin M. Paperny Book Publisher: APS (2009) Non Fiction/ 200 pages  Lessons From Prisonwas the first book I read in 2010 Why I read Lessons From Prison:  Justin Paperny, the author of Lessons From Prison, was confined with me at Taft Camp for about one year.  While he was here we developed a friendship and I had the opportunity to work with him as he made preparations for release.  He participated in a class that I taught, and after listening to the message I presented, made a commitment to use his experience as a…

  • Fourth Quarter Report–2009

    Michael Santos
    21 Jan 2010 | 7:02 am
    It feels good to have completed the fourth quarter of 2009.  On the first day of this year I set clearly defined goals, and through my daily journal entries, along with the three previous quarterly reports that I published, I kept readers current with the progress I made toward each.  Now, on the last day of 2009, I’ve pulled the list of goals from my folder so I can report on my overall accomplishments. The first goal that I listed was that I would devote a minimum of 40 hours each week of the year toward preparing for my career as communicator upon release.  Certainly, I’ve devoted…

  • Black Boy

    Michael Santos
    5 Jan 2010 | 6:44 am
    Date read: December 31, 2009 Book Title: Black Boy Book Author: Richard Wright Book Publisher: Harper Collins/1944 Nonfiction/ 419 pages Black Boy was the 21st book I finished reading in 2009 Why I read Black Boy: My friend, Steve Urie, recommended that I read accomplished nonfiction writers.  Although Steve said that he was not a fan of Richard Wright, he told me that his wife, Peggy, an English professor, admired Wright’s work and they both recommended that I read Black Boy.  I’m glad they gave me a copy of the book, because I admire the skill Wright used to tell his story. What I…
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