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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068
For Immediate Release: 1/28/2013 at 5:20 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office
Idaho State Police is currently investigating a commercial vehicle crash on Interstate 86 at milepost 43, in the American Falls area.
The fast lanes of both eastbound and westbound lanes of travel are blocked.
An update will be sent when changes in lane blockage occur. A full release will be sent when information is available.
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Lane Blockage on I86 near American Falls
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Intriguing Massachusetts developments in response to SCOTUS Miller ruling
As reported in this local article, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has today set out "proposed legislation that would eliminate mandatory life sentences without parole for teens under 18 convicted of first-degree murder." Here is more from the article: The measure...
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Primus on Effective Trial Counsel after Martinez v. Ryan
Eve Brensike Primus (University of Michigan Law School) has posted Effective Trial Counsel after Martinez v. Ryan: Focusing on the Adequacy of State Procedures (Yale Law Journal, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Everyone knows that excessive caseloads, poor...
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"Rethinking Restitution in Cases of Child Pornography Possession"
The title of this post is the title of this article newly posted on SSRN and authored by Jennifer A.L. Sheldon-Sherman. (The piece is especially timely in light of yesterday's New York Times magazine cover story discussed here). Here is...
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Massachusetts adopts FBI-based Background Check for School Officials
Recently, Governor Deval Patrick signed a new law that will require all Massachusetts teachers, school employees, child care providers, and school bus drivers to submit their fingerprints prior to starting the September 2013 school year.
Even under the new record sealing laws, these particular entities had access to "sealed records" of potential employees due to their close contact with children. However, only a state background check was issued, unless certain circumstances known to the employer warranted a more comprehensive check of a particular candidate. Now, the FBI-based system will provide a national check of the person's criminal history.
In addition to the background check going to the national level, the FBI-based system is more comprehensive in terms of "hits" on a check. In Massachusetts, even the most comprehensive background check, such as those done for teachers, only results in information generated from official court proceedings, starting with an arraignment. The arraignment date usually takes place on the next business day following an arrest, or on another date in which the defendant is summonsed to appear before the judge. However, there are certain cases in which a person is arrested and the case is disposed of prior to arraignment (for a variety of reasons), so these cases would not show up on a background check. However, these cases WOULD show-up on any FBI-based check, since a suspect's fingerprints are transmitted to the national database at the time he/she is booked at the police station following an arrest. As a result, if you are applying for a job as a school teacher in Massachusetts and have ever been arrested for any reason in the United States of America, you should be prepared for your potential employer to know of the charge(s), regardless of the eventual outcome of the case.
If you have a question relating to Massachusetts Criminal Laws, please contact my office for a free initial phone consultation:
(617) 878- 2089
www.urbelislaw.com
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Utah Hitchhiker and Aggravated Kidnapping Charge
A Utah hitchhiker was recently arrested and booked into jail following an alleged kidnapping of the good-Samaritan who gave her a ride. Utah Hitchhiker May Have Been the Dangerous One A woman picked up the hitchhiker, probably thinking she was doing a good deed. That act of kindness didn’t pay off, however, because the driver [...]
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UPDATE 1 - Lane Blockage on I86 near American Falls
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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068
***** UPDATE 1 ***** UPDATE 1 ***** UPDATE 1 *****
For Immediate Release: 1/28/2013 at 5:20 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office
Both Westbound lanes of travel on Interstate 86 are now open. The fast lane for eastbound traffic is still blocked at this time.
****** END OF UPDATE 1 ***** END OF UPDATE 1 ******
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For Immediate Release: 1/28/2013 at 5:20 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office
Idaho State Police is currently investigating a commercial vehicle crash on Interstate 86 at milepost 43, in the American Falls area.
The fast lanes of both eastbound and westbound lanes of travel are blocked.
An update will be sent when changes in lane blockage occur. A full release will be sent when information is available.
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Fuggedabout Privacy in a Whorehouse, Judge Rules
Brothel patrons have no expectation of privacy, a Maine judge has ruled while dismissing 49 criminal counts against a man accused of secretly filming illicit sexual encounters at his Zumba studio the authorities claim was a whorehouse. Read more…
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SHREWBURY MAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR VARIOUS SEX CRIMES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Shrewsbury's unfortunate-named Conrad Gallant (hereinafter, the "Defendant") had an interesting take on "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. ".
The alleged result?
Federal criminal charges for various sex crimes.
Last Friday, the Defendant pleaded not guilty to charges that he traveled to the Dominican Republic to have sex with underage girls. The 62-year-old Defendant was now in federal court in Worcester. He faces charges including sexual exploitation of children and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. He allegedly traveled to the county to have sex with minors at least four times between February 2011 and March, 2012, When he was arrested.
He is being held without bail.
The Defendant is accused of carrying on an affair with a 14-year-old Dominican girl(hereinafter, the “Girl”) for approximately one year.
Not that this one girl was enough, mind you. Apparently, he needed two more.
According to authorities, the matter came to light when National Tourist Police in the Dominican Republic encountered the Girl at a bus stop in Bavaro-Higuey. She explained to the police that she had stolen the Defendant’s credit card and withdrew 26,000 Dominican pesos, the equivalent of $671, after they had sex. He had, after all, promised to give her 20,000 Dominican pesos to take her mother to the doctor, but that did not quite work out as arranged. He did not give her the money.
The Girl continued to tell the authorities about the year-long relationship which purportedly began in February, 2011. She explained that she had even lived with the Defendant for two days at an apartment and engaged in sexual acts with him before he returned home to Massachusetts.
Which is where he is said to live in his ex-wife’s home.
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IN - Senators seek new social networking ban
Original Article01/28/2013By TOM LoBIANCOINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two Republican lawmakers are looking for a new way to keep registered sex offenders off social media one week after a federal appeals court found a previous ban unconstitutional.
The proposal would ban Class A felony child molesters and sex offenders convicted of child solicitation from sites such as Facebook.
Republican Sens. Jim Merritt and John Waterman introduced a measure Monday that they say is narrow enough to comply with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling. The court found Indiana's 2008 ban violated the First Amendment because it was too broad.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana fought the 2008 measure for a man who served three years for child molestation and other sex offenders no longer on probation.© 2006-2013 | Sex Offender Issues
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Guilty Plea in Home-Flipping Ponzi Scheme
An Arizona man entered a guilty plea to charges that he orchestrated a house-flipping Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of nearly $2 million. Jere Parkhurst (f/k/a Jere Sessions) pled guilty to a single count of wire fraud in a criminal proceeding that was originally spawned from a series of civil lawsuits brought against Parkhurst by disgruntled investors. After criminal authorities caught wind of the scheme, Parkhurst was indicted in 2011 on seventeen counts of wire fraud and ten counts of money laundering. Both wire fraud and money laundering each carry a maximum potential sentence of twenty years in prison along with a criminal monetary fine.
Parkhurst owned and operated several companies that included C Street Holdings, LLC; Capital Real Estate Co. LLC; and Phoenix Financial Holdings (the "Companies"). Beginning in late 2006, Parkhurst began soliciting potential investors for what he described as the remodeling and resale of historic homes in the Phoenix area. Investors were promised annual returns that ranged up to 25%, which in turn attracted other investors as original investors began spreading word about their success.
However, according to authorities, Parkhurst misrepresented the use of investor funds, and instead operated the classic Ponzi scheme by using incoming investor funds to make interest and principal payments to existing investors. Additionally, when Parkhurst actually did use investor funds to purchase real estate, he failed to keep current on mortgage, utility, and insurance payments. When the real estate market began to head south, Parkhurst fell further behind in scheduled interest payments, which resulted in the filing of several civil lawsuits by burned investors. Federal authorities began investigating Parkhurst and the Companies soon thereafter.
In a troubling lesson of how valuable it can be for an investor to conduct due diligence before entering into any investment venture, one newspaper reported that several civil judgments had been entered against Parkhurst and his wife beginning in 2004 - several years before the scheme was hatched. Such judicial records are easily retrievable by conducting an online records search.
Parkhurst is scheduled to be sentenced April 15, 2013.
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UK - Met Police officer (Christopher Exley) who downloaded child porn walks free from court
Christopher ExleyOriginal Article01/28/2013By Paul Cheston
A police officer who downloaded child porn while working for the Met diplomatic squad which protects MPs was spared jail today.Christopher Exley, 33, kept a stash of 53 indecent images of young children on two laptops and a memory stick at his home.
He was caught in a police sting targeting paedophile websites and pleaded guilty to four counts of making indecent images of children. Judge Anthony Leonard QC sentenced Exley, of Clapton, to a three-year community order and ordered he undertake an internet sex offenders programme.
He was also handed an 18-month supervision order and given a month-long curfew with an electronic tag. The judge said: “You get no special treatment [...] as you should have known better."
"But, on the other hand you have lost a lot [...] because you’ve been dismissed for that and not even allowed to resign and that will have a substantial effect on the rest of your life.”© 2006-2013 | Sex Offender Issues
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Can I complete my Deferred Prosecution early - before the end of the 5 years?
Unfortunately no. You can complete the 2-year treatment program early. (i.e. you started before entering the deferred prosecution) However, by Washington State law, the Court has no discretion to shorten the 5-year probationary period. See RCW 10.05.120. Dismissal of charges:...
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Reynolds on Charging Discretion
Glenn Harlan Reynolds (University of Tennessee College of Law) has posted Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Though extensive due process protections apply to the investigation of crimes, and to...
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New legislation in Washington State proposing DUI college courts
One of the things I do to keep up to date on the ever changing legal landscape regarding DUI laws is watch the proposed legislation in the Washington State legislature. You would surprised to hear about some of the proposed laws offered by our State legislators. One of the more interesting ideas is the proposed legislation of "DUI college courts" under SHB 5023.
The basic premise behind
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Let My People Go
Geraldo G. Acosta: 255 juvenile cases / 387 misdemeanor cases/ 278 felony cases / 4.1 times the National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals recommended public-defender caseload (i.e. 200 juvenile cases or 400 misdemeanor cases or 150 felony cases per lawyer). David L. Garza: 599 misdemeanor cases / 295 felony cases / 3.5 times the [...]
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Minnesota Traffic Deaths Increase in 2012
Preliminary reports from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Traffic Safety show that the number of fatal traffic accidents in Minnesota increased in the past year, as 378 people were killed in 2012 compared to the 368 people who died in Minnesota traffic accidents in 2011. The DPS predicts the final total of [...]
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Minnesota Traffic Deaths Increase in 2012
Preliminary reports from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Traffic Safety show that the number of fatal traffic accidents in Minnesota increased in the past year, as 378 people were killed in 2012 compared to the 368 people who died in Minnesota traffic accidents in 2011. The DPS predicts the final total of [...]
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FINAL MEDIA RELEASE - Lane Blockage on I86 near American Falls
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Idaho State Police
District 5 5205 South 5th Ave.
Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299
(208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068
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For Immediate Release: 1/28/2013 at 11:30 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office
On January 28, 2013, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Idaho State Police investigated a commercial vehicle crash on Interstate 86, at milepost 43, near American Falls, ID.
Andrew Baker, 53, of St. Anthony, ID, was driving east on Interstate 86 near milepost 43, in a 2013 Kenworth tractor, pulling an empty 2008 Beall tanker trailer. Baker steered off the road into the median. The vehicle traveled through the median, off the top of an overpass and came to a stop partially on the roadway below the interstate.
It is unknown whether Baker was wearing a seatbelt. Baker was transported by ground ambulance to Power County Hospital District in American Falls, ID. He was later transported by ground ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, ID.
The eastbound fast lane is still blocked at this time, as the tow company attempts safe removal of the vehicle.
The crash investigation is continuing.
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***** UPDATE 1 ***** UPDATE 1 ***** UPDATE 1 *****
For Immediate Release: 1/28/2013 at 5:20 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office
Both Westbound lanes of travel on Interstate 86 are now open. The fast lane for eastbound traffic is still blocked at this time.
****** END OF UPDATE 1 ***** END OF UPDATE 1 ******
****** ORIGINAL RELEASE ***** ORIGINAL RELEASE ******
For Immediate Release: 1/28/2013 at 5:20 p.m.
Please direct questions to the District Office
Idaho State Police is currently investigating a commercial vehicle crash on Interstate 86 at milepost 43, in the American Falls area.
The fast lanes of both eastbound and westbound lanes of travel are blocked.
An update will be sent when changes in lane blockage occur. A full release will be sent when information is available.
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Türsteher nach Schießerei in Hamburg in Untersuchungshaft
Vor einer Bar in Hamburg eskalierte ein Streit. Zwei Männer wurden durch Schüsse schwer verletzt. Die 24- und 30-jährigen geschädigten Männer waren mit einem weiteren Freund in dem Lokal. Dort trafen sie auf eine andere Gruppe von Männern, mit denen es wohl schon vermehrt zu Streitigkeiten kam. Als sie die Bar in Lurup verließen, . . . → Read More: Türsteher nach Schießerei in Hamburg in UntersuchungshaftÄhnliche Beiträge:Drei Türsteher wegen Totschlags angeklagtUntersuchungshaft: Polizei vollstreckt sieben Haftbefehl einLüneburg: Anklage wegen versuchten Mordes nach StreitTaxi samt Fahrer entführtVersuchter Totschlag gegen Polizisten
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