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  • N.C. man charged in national probe of stolen body armor

    04/09/2004 10:46:07 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 14 replies · 619+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/9/04 | AP - Raleigh
    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Wilmington man has been charged in a nationwide investigation into sales of stolen body armor to anxious military families. Media reports of a shortage of the vests left many military members and their families fearing they wouldn't have the necessary equipment when they were deployed. More than 150 people in 33 states are suspected of selling stolen protective vests on the Internet auction site eBay. James T. Fussell, 47, of Wilmington, is one of seven people charged so far, authorities said. Fussell was charged Thursday with unauthorized sale of government property, and he faces a...
  • DNA ties man to '87 slaying

    12/20/2002 2:14:30 AM PST · by MeekOneGOP · 5 replies · 311+ views
    Associated Press ^ | December 20, 2002 | Associated Press Staff
    DNA ties man to '87 slaying 12/20/2002 Associated Press HOUSTON - Advances in DNA technology gave authorities the breakthrough they needed to arrest a Houston man in the stabbing death of his sister-in-law 15 years ago. Harris County authorities arrested Gregory Glenn Markwardt, 50, on capital murder charges Wednesday at his home. Mr. Markwardt is accused of killing Kathryn Louis Odom on March 3, 1987. Her battered body was discovered in her Spring home with her two young children. Investigators describe the crime as a "lust murder," saying Mr. Markwardt made romantic advances to Ms. Odom, but she rejected...