IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 4 Patrol 218 West Yakima, Jerome, ID 83338-5904 (208) 324-6000 Fax (208) 324-7897 For Immediate Release: 03/01/2015 12:00 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office ***FINAL UPDATE*** ***FINAL UPDATE*** ***FINAL UPDATE*** ***FINAL UPDATE*** On Sunday, March 1, 2015, at approximately 3:33 a.m., Idaho State Police investigated a single-vehicle injury crash on Interstate 84 at the milepost 173 off ramp, near Twin Falls, in Jerome County. Bruno Gonzalez Vargas, 21, or Jerome, ID., was driving eastbound on Interstate 84, near exit 173 in a 2003 Chevrolet Blazer. Gonzalez Vargas failed to negotiate the curve at exit 173, drove off the roadway, overcorrected, and came back onto the road. The vehicle overturned on the right shoulder, ejecting Gonzalez Vargas and…
Updated Information Fatal Injury Crash I84 at Twin Falls Exit 173
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Sen. Murphy Passes First Bill Regarding Sex Offenders
The more I rad these Lawmaker proposals, the more I think Lawmakers are stalking former sex offenders. Maybe a basis for some smart lawyer to take on these proposals in court.3-1-15 New York: The state Senate has passed two bills, including one co-sponsored by Sen. Terrence Murphy (R-Yorktown). One would allow a municipal local option to restrict residency for sex offenders. The other,
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Lawmakers debate lifting sex offender residency restrictions
3-1-15 New Hampshire: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's legislature is once again debating measures that would ban municipalities from restricting where sex offenders can live, even as some other states are making such restrictions tougher. The legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee is expected to send the proposals to the full House this week. The House last year
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Sealing Juvenile Records in Nevada
Sealing of Juvenile Records in Nevada Part of growing up is making poor choices. Some of these carry heavy consequences, like being charged with juvenile delinquency. Most kids learn their lesson after suffering the consequences. Unfortunately, having a juvenile record can harm an individual’s prospects for attending school and getting the job they want. That’s why it’s possible to have juvenile records sealed. In Nevada, NRS 62H.130 deals with sealing juvenile records. The law provides for a juvenile’s record to be automatically sealed when they turn 21. However, certain offenses like sexual assault and violent offenses that would have been a felony do not get automatically sealed. Generally, individuals have to wait until the age of 30 to ask for sealing of these records. If they have been charged with another crime, the judge can easily reject their petition. Sometimes it’s possible to compel the court to seal a juvenile record before the…
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Domestic Violence Arrest for Alabama Football Player
A junior linebacker playing for the University of Alabama has been arrested on a single charge of domestic violence, a third-degree misdemeanor. According to the statement released by the local police department, the alleged victim was defendant’s girlfriend. However, she did not show any signs of injury, nor did she allege injury. Instead, the charge stems from property damage reportedly done to victim’s car. This is a little-known fact about domestic violence charges in Alabama: They don’t necessarily have to involve actual physical violence against the other person. Per Ala. Code 13A-6-132, a person commits domestic violence in the third-degree if he or she commits a crime of assault, menacing, reckless endangerment, criminal coercion, criminal mischief or harassment and the victim is a current or former spouse, parent, child, any person with whom defendant has a child, a current or former household member or a person with whom defendant engaged in a…
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Four Questions for Prime Minister Netanyahu
(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images) This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to give two major speeches in Washington, DC. The first is Monday at the conference of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The second is on Tuesday before the U.S. Congress. Tuesday’s speech has been generating headlines, with more than 30 Members of Congress reportedly declaring that they will not attend. But despite the controversy surrounding Netanyahu’s invitation to speak before Congress, the policies of his government are what deserve real scrutiny. Here are four key questions that Prime Minister Netanyahu should have to answer while he makes the rounds in Washington, DC: 1. Why is Israel taking Palestinian land? 2. Why is Israel undermining Gaza reconstruction? 3. Why is Israel arresting nonviolent Palestinian protestors? 4. Why does Israel oppose international accountability? The Details: 1. Why is Israel taking Palestinian…
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How to Search a Home with Zero Accountability
Accountability is an important part of the relationship between our government and its citizens. Sure, we citizens can't know everything, and that's why a small percentage of our budget is known as the "Black Budget". Black budgets are fine, so long as they represent some covert operations overseas trying to capture the terrorists de jour. But, there are also times when the government shows up at your front door. In cases like this, you would expect some accountability. Hopefully, you've never had your house ransacked by 15 storm troopers at 3:30 a.m. I haven't either, but I've seen pictures, and these homes are left a wreck (home search warrants are often conducted while you are sleeping, FYI). This sort of invasion of privacy can leave quite a scar. Imagine waking up to lots of guns and men with deep football coach voices barking out orders to remain still. A search warrant requires the home occupants to sit there in their undies (or…
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Must one study lynchings past to understand US punishments present?
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Monday, the Circuit Court of Cook County is Closed in Honor of Pulaski Day
The Circuit Court of Cook County will be closed on Monday, March 2, in honor of Casimir Pulaski Day. Who was Casimir Pulaski? He was a Polish nobleman who met Benjamin Franklin in Paris and was persuaded to help the American colonies in the Revolutionary War. He aided then General George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, and was subsequently installed as the head of the American Calvary. He was not only trained the cavalry but also supported them, in part, with his own funds. As more than 6 per cent of Chicago's population is of Polish descent, the holiday commemorates not only a great American Revolutionary hero but also honors those of Polish ancestry.Lori G. LevinAttorney at Law180 N. LaSalle, Suite 3700Chicago, IL 60601888-748-4095levin@lorilevinlaw.comwww.lorilevinlaw.com
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Aged New York Husband His Wife’s Prisoner?
Eighty-four-year old Martin Cassidy spent his career creating dinosaurs for the American Museum of National History. His career began in 1972 when the museum was offered the articulated skeleton of a dinosaur, an acquisition that would cost $200,000, plus as much as $500,000 to send a team into the field to find, collect, pack, ship, prepare, and reassemble the gigantic beast. Realizing how financially impractical that was, his new calling began. Over the years Mr. Cassidy and his team built life-like dinosaur facsimiles for museums around the world. It was while working at the museum that he became acquainted with New York pulp and paper billionaire and philanthropist Ira Wallach, whose charitable foundation provided funding for the famous museum. Eventually he met Ira Wallach’s daughter, Kate Wallach, and before their 1987 marriage he signed a pre-nuptial agreement. Kate allegedly told him it was necessary to “make her family more comfortable”. Her father…
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Florida Appellate Court Awards Attorneys Fees to Claimant After Money is Forfeited Without Evidence of Criminal Activity
As we have mentioned many times before on this website, we have seen many cases where a Florida law enforcement agency has taken money or other property from a person without any indication that the person or the property was involved in criminal activity. The Florida forfeiture laws allow the police to take property from people in a variety of circumstances, even when the police do not have sufficient evidence to make an arrest. In these situations, it is important for the property owner to contact a forfeiture attorney to assert his/her rights and take the proper steps to recover that property. We have represented people who have been the victims of outright theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars by the police under the forfeiture laws in Florida, and we often do it at no upfront cost to the claimant. It looks like the Miami Dade Police Department is no different than many others in Florida that will take a person's cash without any regard to a lack of evidence…
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Bank of New York Melon Computer Tech Indicted
Bank of New York Melon Computer Tech Indicted for Identity Theft of 150 Employees and $1 Million Fraud Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. Unlike a robbery or burglary, identity theft often occurs without the victim's knowledge. Most identity theft victims only find out after they see strange charges on their credit card statements or apply for a loan. While prevention is always the best policy, sometimes personal information is exposed through security breaches at banks or companies with which you do business. Thus, criminal identity theft can happen to even well-prepared consumers. While your fingerprints are unique to you and cannot be given to someone else for their use, your personal data can be used, if they fall into the wrong hands, to personally profit at your…
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"Jihadi John": Doxed to Death
The British media and the U.S. media have something in common: When a spontaneous event occurs and they get caught flat-footed, in a race to compete with other news organizations, they throw traditional vetting rules out the window and report... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Sunday Open Thread
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Another account of the massiveness and messy process behind Prez clemency initiative
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Comparing the Quasi-Witness and Craig Approaches
I have previously posted the amicus brief that Steve Ceci and I have submitted in Clark and an essay about to be published in the University of Chicago Law Review. Both present what we call a quasi-witness approach in dealing with statements by very young children. Under this approach, the accused does not have a right to cross-examine the child at trial, but does have a right to have the child examined out of court by a qualified expert pursuant to a court-approved protocol. Under the Supreme Court’s decision in Maryland v. Craig, child witnesses who appear, on the basis of an individualized showing, to be likely to suffer trauma as the result of confronting the accused may be examined out of the courtroom, with only the attorneys present. So there are some similarities in practical effect between our approach and that of Craig: Both allow for some form of examination out of court rather than in court. But the approaches are very different…
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AG Holder provides Congress a sentencing reform to-do list
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Mind the Red Flags – FinCEN Issues Penalty for Failure to File SARs on Director’s Suspicious Activity
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently penalized First National Community Bank (FNCB) $1.5 million for failing to file suspicious activity reports (SARs) despite the existence of significant red flags. As described in FinCEN’s Feb. 27, 2015, press release, the accounts in question were controlled by Michael Conahan, a member of FNCB’s board of directors who was also a Pennsylvania judge. Conahan and others were convicted in a judicial corruption scheme known as the “jailing kids for cash” scandal, involving their profiting from sending thousands of juveniles to detention facilities in which they had financial interests. Despite significant red flags, FNCB never filed a single SAR on these accounts until after Conahan had pled guilty. One red flag deserves special mention, as it is something financial institutions routinely receive: a grand jury subpoena. In assessing the penalty, FinCEN explained…
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"A Slow Motion Lynching? The War on Drugs, Mass Incarceration, Doing Kimbrough Justice, and a Response to Two Third Circuit Judges"
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The Clark argument
I attended the argument in Ohio v. Clark today. I thought the case was well argued on all sides (including by Mathew Meyer for the State; he was put on the case, as I understand it, only seven days ago). Here are a few impresisons.The State got nowhere with its argument that there was no confrontation violation because the preschool teacher was not an agent of the state. Justice Scalia said it was "clearly not true" that a statement could not be testimonial unless made to an agent of the state. Meyer responded that Crawford implies that the recipient of the statement must be a government agent, but he did not press the point. It was never raised again.Justice Scalia also said that the question was one of solemnity, and he asked, apparently rhetorically, how could this child ever have testimonial intent. Later Justice Kagan said something like, "We can all agree that a 3-year-old child doesn't have testimonial intent." …
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