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MISSION HILLS {california} (CBS) — A career criminal who allegedly robbed six businesses in the San Fernando Valley was part of California’s early release prison program, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Francisco Gonzalez Jr., 39, was arrested Tuesday for evading police, car theft and robbery in Panorama City. “This was not (his) first pursuit, first robbery, nor first brush with the law,” said Lt. Paul Vernon of the Mission Detective Division. “And since this arrest, we have tied (him) to five other recent store robberies across the San Fernando Valley,” he said. Vernon said the frustrating part was...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0902/090226tampa.htm February 26, 2009 Money launderer, caught in Colombia, pleads guilty in federal court in Tampa TAMPA, Fla. - A 44-year-old man who attempted to fraudulently obtain more than $2.5 million pleaded guilty to money laundering related charges in federal court here today after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Colombian Department of Administrative Security (DAS) joint investigation. Michael D. Reid. a citizen and national of Canada and Great Britain, who was extradited to the United States from Colombia, pleaded guilty...