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Pre-paid cards, phones and codes are inmates' currency
In the black market of Maryland's prisons and jails, where the right price can secure cellphones and drugs, transactions unfold through a complex system of currency. Among the key elements: 14-digit codes, prepaid debit cards and text messages. One...
Tags: Organized Crime, FBI, Mount Vernon, Trials, Banking
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A killing and backyard burial: Manslaughter, judge says, not murder
A Pico Rivera man convicted of fatally shooting a 19-year-old gang member and burying the body in his backyard has had his murder conviction reduced to voluntary manslaughter, authorities said. Robert Charles Redd, 53, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years...Tags: Judges, Punishment, Shootings, Murder, Prisons
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Police participate in countywide curfew sweep
About 11 p.m. Thursday, Costa Mesa police Sgt. Pat Wessel and Officer Jason Chamness eyed two teens skateboarding down the alley that borders the Placentia Avenue fire station on the Westside. As the officers pulled up, the smell of pot emanated from...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers
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Voice of the People, May. 11
Age: 84 Residence: Tinley Park Writing letters since: His retirement in 1988. Along with the Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and Southtown Star also publish his letters ("I've lost count over the years," he said). Life story in 100 words or less: Born...Tags: University of Chicago, Roosevelt University, Crime, Law and Justice, Chicago Sun-Times
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O'Malley promises corrections reform as GOP calls for audit
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he would expand the use of technology to block cell phone calls in Maryland corrections facilities, part of a set of reforms designed to "root out corruption" after a federal indictment alleged widespread gang...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Politics, AFSCME, FBI, Trials
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House linked to teen's shooting had ties to NFL players, new evidence shows
A house linked to the shooting of a 15-year-old girl in Pine Hills last year has ties to current and recent National Football League athletes, newly available records in the case obtained by the Orlando Sentinel show. One of the players, former...
Tags: Football, Chicago Bears, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville Jaguars, Trials
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Inmate, 17 other alleged Bloods indicted on racketeering charges
A federal grand jury indicted 18 alleged gang members on racketeering charges, including a detainee at a state-managed detention center, news that could draw more scrutiny to Maryland's beleaguered correctional system. Federal officials say the members...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Drug Trafficking, OxyContin (drug), Punishment, Organized Crime
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BGF jail corruption alleged months before indictment
Months before a federal indictment detailed allegations of corruption at the Baltimore City Detention Center, the smuggling and sexual improprieties at the core of that case had already been outlined in an inmate's lawsuit. Calvin Hemphill, in a...
Tags: Organized Crime, Laws, Trials, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Security chief at Baltimore City Detention Center removed
State officials said Tuesday they removed the security chief at the Baltimore City Detention Center in the wake of a federal indictment that alleged an extensive smuggling scheme involving gang members and officers at the facility. The Maryland...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Organized Crime, Politics, AFSCME, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Getting answers in Md.'s jail corruption scandal
When federal authorities announced a sweeping indictment alleging widespread corruption by 13 guards at the Baltimore City Detention Center, members of the House of Delegates Judiciary Committee were quick to call for a hearing so they could demand...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Michael E. Busch, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bails set for two in Wheeling gang shooting
Tribune reporterA suburban man allegedly plotted to kill a teenager because he switched gang affiliations, but he wound up killing another man, Cook County prosecutors said Sunday. Jesus Sanchez, 18, and Collin Scheffler, 19, are charged with first-degree murder and...Tags: Wheeling, Shootings, Murder, Juvenile Delinquency, Prosecution
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Murder trial begins in Aurora
Special to the TribuneWitnesses described two men in hooded sweat shirts emerging from an alley and unleashing a barrage of gunfire on a parked car as the murder trial of an Aurora man began today. Jurors began hearing testimony this afternoon in the trial of Arnoldo...Tags: Witnesses, Murder, Trials, Prosecution
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