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Weeks before he started shooting, the Colorado gunman who killed one deputy and wounded four more unleashed a verbal barrage against Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock and his department. Matthew Riehl, who was killed in the deadly New Year’s Eve shootout, went on a profane rant against the sheriff and other officers in a YouTube video entitled “Fire Sheriff Spurlock” that was posted on Dec. 13, The Associated Press reported.

Lab Tech's DNA Matched Evidence In Annie Le Slaying, Source Says Raymond Clark III, whose DNA matched evidence at the Yale crime scene, tried to cover his tracks, a source says. By Alaine Griffin, Dave Altimari and David Owens September 18, 2009 Reporting from New Haven, Conn. - As FBI agents and Yale University police combed the basement of a laboratory building for missing bride-to-be Annie Le, the man accused of killing her moved among them in an apparent effort to cover his tracks, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation said. That behavior aroused suspicions about Raymond Clark...

  TEANECK — A lab technician at Holy Name Hospital has been charged with having sex with the body of a 92-year-old woman in the hospital’s morgue, authorities said Monday. Anthony Merino, 24, of W. 185th Street in Manhattan, was arrested at the hospital on Sunday morning and was charged with desecrating human remains, a second-degree crime that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine. Bail for Merino was set at $400,000, with no 10-percent payment option. He was in custody in Teaneck on Monday. Merino, who is employed full time at Overlook...