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Murder suspect is ex-firefighter
The Washington Times ^ | 2-27-06 | Matthew Cella

Posted on 02/27/2006 11:34:52 AM PST by JZelle

A suspect in the 2003 killings of two elderly women in a Suitland flower shop was a D.C. firefighter who had graduated from a recently suspended federally funded cadet program that gives jobs to at-risk youth. Adam I. Neal, 24, no longer works for the fire department, but fire officials would not say when or why he left or whether he was working for the department at the time of the slayings. Mr. Neal graduated from the cadet program in June 2002. His former colleagues said he was stationed at Engine 22 Fire House, at 5760 Georgia Avenue NW, before leaving sometime in 2003.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dc; firefighter; fireman
I believe some of their cops came in under this program too.
1 posted on 02/27/2006 11:34:53 AM PST by JZelle
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To: JZelle
.... (a) federally funded cadet program that gives jobs to at-risk youth.

I guess it's safe to say he's no longer low risk.

2 posted on 02/27/2006 11:39:36 AM PST by edpc
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...at-risk youth...

What about the rest of us who are "at-risk" because of these "youth?"

3 posted on 02/27/2006 11:50:02 AM PST by FreePaul
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To: FreePaul

Good question.


4 posted on 02/27/2006 11:53:50 AM PST by Dante3
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To: FreePaul; Dante3; sure_fine

That's what a CCW Permit is all about.


5 posted on 02/27/2006 12:04:21 PM PST by butternut_squash_bisque (Borders, Language, Cultureā„¢)
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To: JZelle
but fire officials would not say when or why he left or whether he was working for the department at the time of the slayings.

contradict their headline in the second sentence.

6 posted on 02/27/2006 12:06:02 PM PST by Minnesoootan
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