Mob Bust

Officials Detail Massive Mob Bust: 30 'Made Men' Arrested

Eric Lach | January 20, 2011, 12:06PM

Attorney General Eric Holder

Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials provided more details of the massive mob bust executed by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies today. Holder said 110 people have been arrested, and 127 charged, in New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. Of the arrested, 91 are allegedly members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra.

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Drones

Utah Mayor Hopes To Use Unmanned Blimp To Fight Crime

Eric Lach | January 19, 2011, 12:23PM

Matthew Godfrey, the mayor of Ogden, Utah, has a lofty goal. Godfrey has proposed that the town employ an unmanned blimp for surveillance and crime prevention.

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John Wheeler

Before Death, Wheeler Seemed Disoriented, May Be Tied To Attempted Arson

Rachel Slajda | January 5, 2011, 10:18AM

John P. Wheeler

New details about John Wheeler's final days paint a picture of a man visibly distraught and disoriented, and in such bad shape that people he encountered thought he was homeless and offered him money.

Wheeler, the former chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and an appointee in three Republican administrations, was found dead in a Delaware landfill last Friday. Police have ruled his death a homicide.

Police have been tight-lipped about how Wheeler, 66, may have died and have no suspects or crime scene. But one police source told the Philadelphia Inquirer that evidence has tied Wheeler to an attempted arson at the home of a neighbor with whom he was feuding.

According to the Inquirer's source, Wheeler may have something to do with an incendiary device, described earlier this week as a smoke bomb, thrown into the home of a couple who is building a house across the street from Wheelers. Wheeler and his wife have reportedly been fighting the construction in court because the new home would block their view.

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Phoenix Jones

'Real Life Superhero' Breaks Up Carjacking In Washington State

Eric Lach | January 5, 2011, 10:00AM

Phoenix Jones the Guardian of Seattle

Evil villains looking to prey on the citizens of Lynnwood, Washington, beware: Phoenix Jones is watching.

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Sandy McGriff

Pastor Accused Of Xmas Eve Robbery: I Was Just Trying To Help! (VIDEO)

Eric Lach | December 29, 2010, 8:57AM

A Dallas pastor accused of stealing more than $10,000 worth of fur coats, designer purses and electronics from a church member's home on Christmas Eve says that she's really innocent.

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Lashonda Booker

Ex-FEMA Worker Charged With Stealing Katrina Relief Money

Justin Elliott | January 11, 2010, 3:04PM

A FEMA official talks to a New Orleans resident after Hurricane Katrina.

A former FEMA worker and her cousin have been charged in Mississippi with stealing $721,000 in disaster relief money, including allegedly diverting $58,000 directly from three victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Lashonda Booker, who worked in FEMA's Biloxi office processing Katrina disaster assistance claims, is accused of conspiring with her cousin to divert FEMA funds to bank accounts Booker controlled, according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney Jan. 8.

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