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Valley Police Beat: Two people suspected of trying to smuggle 1,200 pounds of marijuana by U.S. Border Patrol agents
Staff WriterTwo Mexican nationals suspected of trying to smuggle more than 1,200 pounds of marijuana across the border were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents over the weekend. The agents spotted a suspicious sport utility vehicle traveling near the border...Tags: Organized Crime, Mexico, Drug Trafficking
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Valley Police Beat: Mexican national could face charges for alleged role in using fake IID vehicle to smuggle marijuana
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterA man faces possible charges following his arrest this week on suspicion of trying to smuggle more than $100,000 of marijuana in a pickup made to appear like an Imperial Irrigation District-owned vehicle. The 20-year-old Mexican national suspected of...Tags: Organized Crime, Transportation Accidents, Mexico, Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents
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Valley Police Beat: Fontana resident arrested in connection with trying to smuggle 11 pounds of methamphetamine at Calexico Port of Entry
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO - A Fontana resident faces drug-related charges following his weekend arrest at the downtown Port of Entry on suspicion of trying to smuggle 11 pounds of methamphetamine. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers uncovered 11 wrapped...Tags: Organized Crime, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Interpol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Valley Police Beat: Three arrested in connection with marijuana smuggling attempt near downtown Calexico
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Three unidentified U.S. citizens were arrested this week by U.S. Border Patrol agents in connection with attempting to smuggle 10 packages of marijuana that were thrown over the U.S.-Mexico border fence near downtown Calexico. News about...Tags: Organized Crime, Sundance Film Festival, Police Arrests, Drug Trafficking, University of California, San Diego
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Cutbacks could undermine drug-fighting efforts in Imperial Valley, state officials say
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterAs officials quietly stood behind him, then-Attorney General Jerry Brown touted the success of a joint investigation involving state drug enforcement agents during an August 2009 press conference. In addition to securing the indictments of 16 people,...Tags: Organized Crime, Lawyers, Layoffs and Downsizing, Politics, Justice System
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Imperial County drug seizures up in 2011
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterNearly 5 million pounds of narcotics were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agents in 2011, a 20 percent increase from last fiscal year, according to a report by the CBP. In Southern California alone 158 tons of narcotics were...Tags: Organized Crime, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Heroin, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Inked: Dealing the hard stuff, one Girl Scout cookie at a time
The Girl Scouts changes a man. It changes his family, what he’s willing to do, how far he’s willing to sink to the depths of human depravity.
And it’s all about the cookies.
I didn’t want to get involved with the Girl Scout...Tags: Shortbread, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Methamphetamine (drug)
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Man arrested in connection with using a fake IID truck to smuggle marijuana
Staff WriterCALEXICO --- A Mexican national could face prosecution for his alleged role in trying to smuggle marijuana using a pickup truck made to look like an Imperial Irrigation District-owned vehicle. The 20-year-old man who had a border crossing card was turned...Tags: Organized Crime, Mexico
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2013 Induction Ceremony Airs Saturday
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony premieres on HBO Saturday at 9pm ET. The show will be repeated several times in coming weeks....Tags: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (tv program), Anthrax, United Center, Casino and Gambling, !!! (music group)
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Deputy Who Tried to Smuggle Heroin in Burrito Gets 2 Years
KTLA NewsDEL AIRE, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who pleaded no contest to smuggling drugs into a courthouse jail in a burrito has been sentenced to two years in jail. Henry Marin, 27, pleaded no contest to one count of bringing drugs...Tags: Health, Prosecution, Organized Crime, Trials, KTLA
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UPDATE: Niles teen sentenced in sex extortion case
NILES – Parnell Martin, one of five Niles High School students accused in a Facebook sex extortion case, was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 4 years but no more than 15 years in prison.
Both Trey Nichols and Parnell Martin pleaded guilty....Tags: Organized Crime, Prosecution, Lawyers, Trials, Justice System
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Legendary Lawmen, Part 7: Four who got Capone
Al Capone was a scourge of the city of Chicago. The brutal gangster controlled not only many illegal enterprises, namely beer and booze, but also influenced the legal ones through bribes and threats. It took the full weight and power of the federal...Tags: Prosecution, Al Capone, Lawyers, Court Preliminary, Justice System
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