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  • Maryland Cancels First Amber Alert, Call Father's Story a 'fabrication'

    02/12/2003 12:58:58 PM PST · by Sweet_Sunflower29 · 16 replies · 251+ views
    AP ^ | February 12, 2003
    BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland's first Amber Alert was canceled Wednesday after police said the father of a missing 2-month-old girl fabricated a story that she was taken by an unlicensed taxi driver. Police continued to search for the infant, A'Shia Jenkins. They declined to say whether the father, 20-year-old Kenneth Jenkins, is considered a suspect in Tuesday's disappearance. Jenkins told police he got into a taxi with A'Shia and her twin sister, but the driver pulled over several blocks later and demanded money at gunpoint. The father told investigators the driver told him to get out, and he was able...
  • Covad Offers Discounts for AMBER Alert

    12/07/2002 12:23:01 PM PST · by Maedhros · 297+ views
    December 5, 2002 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data carrier Covad Communicaitons (Covad.com) announced on Thursday that it is offering a discount of up to 22 percent for broadband services and software grants to law enforcement and support agencies using the Child Alert Foundation (CAF) system. The CAF implements the AMBER Alert, the system used to notify citizens of abductions that law enforcement believes could result in serious harm or death. Covad says the Child Alert Foundation is a non-profit charity that provides Internet software to help police, 911, and other law enforcement agencies communicate and notify the public...