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News•by Staff Writer•July 17, 2009

Border Agents Reporting Record Drug Seizures

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reporting record drug seizures for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30. The agency seized 3.3 million pounds of drugs.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 16, 2009

Fugitive Mexican Politician is Tied to Gang Targeting Police

Last week, Julio Cesar Godoy was a congressman-elect. This week, he is a fugitive.

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News•by Staff Writer•July 9, 2009

NYPD Probes Beheading of Statue of Liberty Replica Seen in YouTube Video

Police in New York City are scrambling to locate the producers of a YouTube video that depicts a stolen replica of the Statue of Liberty blindfolded, beheaded and smashed into pieces — a display that one terror expert says is intended to "instill fear" in everyday Americans.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 25, 2009

Suspects in Houston Cop Killing, Reportedly Illegal Immigrants

The gunman who shot and killed a Houston police officer and then was fatally shot during an undercover sting late Tuesday is believed to have been an illegal immigrant from Mexico, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 25, 2009

$200,000 Missing from New Orleans Police Evidence Room

Investigations into missing evidence determined that about $200,000 was taken from the New Orleans Police Department's evidence and property room, Superintendent Warren Riley said Wednesday.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 24, 2009

Deputies Exonerated In Shooting of Mayor's Dogs

The Prince George's County sheriff's office has concluded that SWAT deputies did nothing wrong when they charged into the home of the mayor of Berwyn Heights during a drug investigation last summer and fatally shot his family's two dogs, the <em>Washington Post</em> reports.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 23, 2009

San Diego Officer Cleared in Off-Duty Shooting

A San Diego police officer who was acquitted by a jury in case of an off-duty road-rage shooting will return to work Monday, according to Police Chief William Lansdowne, the <em>San Diego Union-Tribune</em> reports.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 23, 2009

L.A. County Sheriff Suspends DNA Testing in Sexual Assault Cases

Out of cash and understaffed, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has suspended its faltering effort to analyze DNA evidence from thousands of rape and sexual assault cases, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> reports.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 19, 2009

Child Sex Tourism Growing in Border Cities Like Juárez, Report Says

Child sex tourism continues to grow in Mexican northern border cities like Tijuana and Juárez, according to a U.S. State Department report.

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News•by Staff Writer•June 18, 2009

Officer Indicted in "Ace Capone" Drug Case

A Philadelphia police detective is being charged with obstruction of justice for using an FBI-issued cell phone to make the call that he knew would warn a drug kingpin that a law enforcement raid was about to go down, and then lying about it to investigators.

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