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Package Bombs Explode at Maryland Govt. Buildings

The packages, including one addressed to Gov. Martin O'Malley, ignited today at about 12:30 p.m. in the mail rooms of state government offices in Annapolis and Hanover.

January 5, 2011

Editor's Notes

Portland's About Face

An FBI sting leading to the arrest of a Somali immigrant planning to bomb a Christmas tree lighting ceremony has forced many of the more intelligent folks in Portland to rethink their "America is the real terrorist" stance.

January 5, 2011

Patrol

AG Holder To Muslim Group: Terrorist Stings Are Not Entrapment

Attorney General Eric Holder told a Muslim group on Friday that FBI undercover stings that have uncovered terrorist plots are necessary for "protecting American lives" and those who allege government entrapment "don't have their facts straight."

December 12, 2010

Patrol

FBI Warns LE Agencies About Video Barbie Porn

The $50 Video Girl Barbie, which hit toy stores in July, can record 30 minutes of footage, which can be uploaded to a computer. The Nov. 30 memo told agents to be on the lookout for Video Girl Barbie as a "possible child pornography production method."

December 7, 2010

Patrol

Portland Bomb Plot Suspect Felt Betrayed by Family, Thought Living in U.S. Was Sin

Mohamed Osman Mohamud was angry at his parents for keeping him from jihad and had thought about carrying out an operation, "something like Mumbai," since he was 17. On the two-year anniversary of the shooting and bombing attack on a Mumbai, India, hotel that killed 166 people, Mohamud pressed the buttons on a cell phone he thought would trigger an explosion, creating a "spectacular show" and killing hundreds at Pioneer Courthouse Square, the government alleges.

November 28, 2010

Patrol

Report: St. Louis Overtakes Camden As Nation's Most Dangerous City

The survey found that St. Louis had 2,070.1 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, compared with a national average of 429.4. The remaining five on the list included Detroit, Flint, Mich., and Oakland, Calif.

November 21, 2010

Patrol

FBI: Blacks, Jews Most Likely Hate-Crime Victims

Blacks made up around three-quarters of victims of the racially motivated hate crimes and Jews made up the same percentage of victims of anti-religious hate crimes. Anti-Muslim crimes were a distant second to crimes against Jews, making up just eight percent of the hate crimes driven by religious intolerance.

November 21, 2010

Patrol

'Dead' Man Arrested In Arizona Kidnapping

The 53-year-old drifter became a suspect after hunters in central Louisiana found Lexis Roberts' skeletal remains on Oct. 8, a month and three days after she was last seen with her mother, Suellen Roberts, and Thomas Sanders in Arizona.

November 13, 2010

Technology

FBI National Academy Offers Online In-Service Training From The Response Network

PoliceCommunity.net's Learning Management System (LMS) portal offers online courses with lesson plans from subject matter experts. Courses provide assessments and automatic updates to superiors and training directors.

November 9, 2010

Patrol

Feds Rescue Dozens of Teen Prostitutes Nationwide, Arrest Pimps

The FBI said federal agents and local and state police rounded up more than 880 adults on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors, human trafficking and prostitution activities.

November 8, 2010

Patrol

FBI Links Shooting at Coast Guard Office to Four Others

Rounds fired at the Coast Guard office Tuesday morning caused minor damage and didn't injure anyone similarly to four others — two at a Marine Corps museum in Triangle, Va., another at a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., and a fourth at the Pentagon.

November 2, 2010

Patrol

Virginia Man Plotted D.C. Subway Attacks

Ahmed handed over video of northern Virginia subway stations, suggested using rolling suitcases rather than backpacks to kill as many people as possible and offered to donate money to Al-Qaeda's cause overseas.

October 26, 2010