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  • Oregon Police Made One of the Biggest Fentanyl Busts in State History Then Released the Ringleader

    12/12/2023 7:04:04 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 19 replies
    Hotair ^ | 12/12/2023 | John Sexton
    As we discussed yesterday, state and local officials have come up with a new plan to revive the city of Portland. One of the top items on their agenda is to reign in open-air drug use, something the voters of Oregon decriminalized back in 2020. But we may have a ways to go before Portland can be rescued from the poor decision making of its own elected officials, at least we do if this story is any guide. Portland-area law enforcement officials made one of the biggest fentanyl busts in state history last Thursday. At the time it seemed like...
  • U.S. judge orders release of Proud Boys member charged in Capitol riots

    03/03/2021 5:45:55 PM PST · by RandFan · 42 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 3 | Jan Wolfe
    (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a prominent member of the far-right Proud Boys group while he awaits trial on charges stemming from his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Calling her decision a “close call,” Chief Judge Beryl Howell in Washington said the U.S. government failed to show that Ethan Nordean posed such a danger to the public that he must be jailed while his case unfolds. During the court hearing, Howell said federal prosecutors had “backtracked” and failed to substantiate allegations that Nordean was a ringleader of the...
  • London attack ringleader was intensely investigated, starting 2015

    06/10/2017 12:46:36 PM PDT · by ForYourChildren · 14 replies
    ANI ^ | 06/07/2017 | na
    London [U.K.], June 7 (ANI): London attack ringleader Khuram Butt was identified as a major potential threat, which led to an investigation starting in 2015. "The British police and the MI5 began investigating Butt intensively as part of a major drive to dismantle and destabilise al-Muhajiroun, a grouping of extremists in the U.K. supportive of the ISIS," U.K. counter-terrorism officials told CNN. The investigation into Butt involved a "full package" of investigatory measures. As soon as the British extremists began to flock to Syria to join the ISIS' newly declared caliphate in 2014, counter-terrorism officials moved more aggressively to take...
  • Wagoner County DA declines charges against homeowner's son

    04/03/2017 12:35:52 PM PDT · by ImJustAnotherOkie · 61 replies
    Fox 23 ^ | Apr 3, 2017 - 12:19 PM
    No charges to be filed against Mr. AR15.
  • The incredible illegal distillery which made 1.3m litres of bootleg alcohol

    07/12/2010 11:12:31 AM PDT · by Niuhuru · 61 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Last updated at 6:58 PM on 12th July 2010 | By Daily Mail Reporter
    The ringleader of a bootleg alcohol gang which produced more than a million litres of illegal vodka costing the taxman £10 million in lost revenue was jailed for 12 years today. Harvey Conroy ran a 'determined and professional' outfit which produced fake vodka and tobacco without paying excise duty or VAT, defrauding the state of millions of pounds. Richard Christie QC, for the prosecution, said Conroy orchestrated the fraud in a bid to make massive profits, with the factories working 24 hours-a-day
  • Ringleader in immigrant driving certificate case gets 46 months(oooops, they forgot "illegal")

    04/19/2006 7:15:42 PM PDT · by Rakkasan1 · 10 replies · 507+ views
    Pioneer Press ^ | 4-19-06 | DUNCAN MANSFIELD
    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The ringleader of an underground network that shuttled illegal Hispanic immigrants from New Jersey to Tennessee to secure driver's certificates using fake residency documents was sentenced Wednesday to 46 months in federal prison. "I did not force anybody to come to this state to get a license," Zeneida Concepcion Rivera, 55, pleaded through a Spanish interpreter. "I was not doing business with these people, I was helping them." The Lakewood, N.J., resident insisted she was providing a service to hardworking undocumented workers who needed one of Tennessee's unique driver's certificates so they could legally drive to their...
  • Islamic scholar who disseminated cartoons of Prophet speaks out

    02/08/2006 5:25:10 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 63 replies · 1,865+ views
    Canadian Broadcast News ^ | Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:53:08 EST | CBC News
    The Danish Islamic scholar who brought cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad to the attention of Muslim leaders around the world says he was only trying to boost his campaign to get an apology from the Danish newspaper that first published them. INDEPTH: Muhammad cartoons: A timeline Danish Islamic scholar Ahmed Akkari, right, and Carsten Juste, editor in chief of the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, which published cartoons depicting the Prophet, before a debate on Danish television, Sunday, Feb. 5. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Carsten Snejbjerg) "I guess we took the illustrations to influential people so they could help," Ahmed Akkari told CBC News...
  • Jury told ex-professor a terror ringleader (Sami Al-Arian)

    11/07/2005 6:20:12 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 605+ views
    ap on Yahoo ^ | 11/07/05 | Mitch Stacy - AP
    TAMPA, Fla. - A fired college professor acted as a "crime boss" for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a murderous gang that operated like the Mafia, a federal prosecutor told a jury Monday. Although Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants are not charged with killing anyone, they conspired to bring about attacks and are just as guilty under the law as the suicide bombers who carried them out, prosecutor Cherie Krigsman said in closing arguments. "The men of the PIJ you got to know in this case, they didn't strap bombs to their body," she said. "They leave that to somebody else." Al-Arian,...
  • AFP: 9/11 ringleader was 'identified' in early 2000: US Navy officer

    08/23/2005 10:07:10 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 741+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 8/23/05 | AFP - Washington
    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A US Navy captain said that a top secret US Defense Department intelligence operation had identified Mohammed Atta a year before the Egyptian led the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. Navy Captain Scott Philpott said the top secret US program called "Able Danger" had identified Atta as an Al-Qaeda member in early 2000, according to Fox News. "Atta was identified by Able Danger in early 2000," Philpott -- who worked on the program -- was quoted as saying in a statement to Fox News. Philpott's statement appeared at odds with the Pentagon's position...
  • November 17 Ring Leader Surrenders

    09/05/2002 4:55:13 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 2 replies · 230+ views
    VOA News ^ | September 5 2002
    A key member of the Greek terrorist group, November 17, has surrendered to authorities. Police officials say Dimitris Koufodinas gave himself up to police in Athens, Thursday. He is a suspected ring leader of the radical group and allegedly helped orchestrate the 23 killings and other attacks attributed to the group since its emergence in 1975. Greek law enforcement officials say they believe they have successfully dismantled the notorious group. Public Order Minister Michalis Chrysohoidis said last month that most of the group's leaders have been arrested and its weapons have been seized. He said authorities have solved all the...
  • Ringleader Of Rapist Gang Gets 55 Years (Aussie)

    08/15/2002 5:53:22 AM PDT · by blam · 18 replies · 260+ views
    IOL ^ | 8-15-2002
    Ringleader of rapist gang gets 55 years August 15 2002 at 11:35AM Sydney - A 20-year-old man was Thursday sentenced to 55 years in jail - 40 of them without hope of parole - for his role in organising a series of gang rapes of women around Sydney. Relatives of the defendant reacted furiously to the sentence, screaming that he was innocent until the judge ordered the courtroom cleared. The mother of the man, whose identity cannot be released under court order pending the sentencing of his brother in the same case, collapsed and was taken away by ambulance. It...