Archive for May, 2008

WEEK IN REVIEW

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

A key figure in the D.C. tax scandal pleaded guilty to two felony charges, admitting that he funneled millions of dollars in illegal property tax refunds through his plumbing company and used the money to build an ocean-view home in the Virgin Islands, buy a Bentley and purchase Washington Wizards…

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

Va. to Rent Out Prison Beds Even as Inmates Wait for Space

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

RICHMOND — Virginia’s cash-strapped government plans to rent 1,000 prison beds to other states to raise millions of dollars while it leaves hundreds of its own inmates in crowded local jails waiting to be moved.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

D.C. Slayings Bring ‘08 Toll to 72

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

An overnight spasm of violence in the District ended near dawn yesterday with seven men dead and three wounded, including a triple slaying after a street argument, a drive-by shooting near an elementary school, a deadly domestic dispute and a crap game that ended in a fusillade of bullets, police…

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

Cracking Open

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

ON HIS 18TH DAY OF FREEDOM, Michael Short awakened before dawn. In prison, corrections officers had paced the halls at night, jingling keys and shining flashlights. Now Mike slept fitfully, even in a king-size bed.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

Cracking Open

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

ON HIS 18TH DAY OF FREEDOM, Michael Short awakened before dawn. In prison, corrections officers had paced the halls at night, jingling keys and shining flashlights. Now Mike slept fitfully, even in a king-size bed.

Via: washingtonpost.com - Washington D.C. Area Crime News

Countering cyber terrorism in third-world countries

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

A joint project with the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism is hoped to increase the cyberdefense capacity of developing…

Via: Computer Crime Research News

Computer Crime Laws Chill Discovery of Customer Privacy Threats

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

The problem is that the definition of authorization or permission in computer crime law is both uncertain and narrow…

Via: Computer Crime Research News

Texas agency scrutinized over sect raid

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints file out of the Tom Green County Courthouse following the custody hearing in San Angelo, Texas on Friday, April 18, 2008. Child welfare officials on, Friday, May 30, 2008 took a nearly complete turnabout after the state Supreme Court ruled the agency overreached when sweeping more than 400 children into foster care. Some people  are looking for what went wrong when the state raided the Yearning For Zion Ranch and removed more than 400 children.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

War vet pleads guilty in baby rape case

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

An Iraq war veteran accused of raping his 3-month-old daughter in Michigan has pleaded guilty to attempted child abuse.

Via: MSNBC.com: Crime & courts

2 Louisiana judges convicted of taking bribes (AP)

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

AP - Two judges were convicted Saturday of taking bribes to set low bonds or remove court holds on defendants.

Via: Yahoo! News: Crimes and Trials News