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Suspected murderers and a suspected child molester are among the newest fugitives added to Orange County's most wanted. Warrants for their arrest have been issued, but these suspects have either fled or eluded capture so far. The Orange County Register will be compiling a list of the county's most wanted criminals each week.  

A House-backed bill that would have done just that was killed by the Senate last year, but it appears the concept will be back up for consideration again during the session that begins March 29. In 2009, Rep. Eddie J. Lambert, R-Gonzales, argued that Ascension deserved to be in the fold due to flooding and conservation problems, like saltwater intrusion in the Blind River area, dying cypress trees and tidal surges from lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas. A special exemption was also added for certain in

I have my reservations about adding yet another parish into the coastal zone, especially when their parish isn't even by the coast   -Gordon Dove

 

The German Embassy is petitioning the U.S. Department of Justice to transfer convicted killer Jens Soering from a Virginia prison to Germany, despite Gov. Bob McDonnell's revocation of permission to let him return to his native country, according to excerpts of a Justice Department letter released Friday. State Sen. Steve Newman, R-Lynchburg, who also opposes Soering's transfer, released parts of the letter as he urged the Virginia attorney general's office to counter the German effort and make McDonnell

It is important that the Office of the Virginia Attorney General provide ongoing information to DOJ so that both sides of this debate will be considered   -Steve Newman

 

Okay… bear with us here… there is, Anorak's Man in LA thinks, a connection. And he's about to reveal it. Last October.  

State officials met with local and federal law enforcement authorities late last year to discuss a Tacoma affordable housing nonprofit's alleged misspending of nearly $2 million of public funds, interviews and records show. But whether the Oct. 27 meeting has led to a criminal investigation of the Martin Luther King Housing Development Authority – or, if it ever will – remains unclear. All parties to the meeting, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office and

The fact that we convened this meeting was a pretty clear signal that we think there was potential fraud   -Penny Thomas

 

County schools officials in at least four departments are scurrying to gather records from as far back as 2002 after receiving federal subpoenas relating to former Superintendent Gary Norris, former chief information officer Bob Hanson, and the district's purchase of more than $13 million in interactive whiteboard technology. The Federal Bureau of Investigation delivered the demand for records to Sarasota school officials Tuesday, said school district attorney Art Hardy. That same day, the Waterloo, Iow

I have not done anything immoral, illegal or unethical in Sarasota or Waterloo (or anywhere for that matter) that would result in me being personally investigated -- except because of my position   -Gary Norris

 

Jasper attorney Bill Killian is the leading candidate for the U.S. attorney's position for the Eastern District of Tennessee over two others, including a Knoxvillian, who apparently are on a short list of contenders. The others are Knoxville attorney Melinda Meador and Chattanooga attorney Lee Davis. The current U.S. attorney, Russ Dedrick, agreed to stay on after Democrat Barack Obama was elected president and sworn in.

The suggested donation was $63. It wasn't a major fundraiser. It was to celebrate his birthday and get his campaign kicked off   -Susan Richardson Williams

 

No. 16, David Bowman, No. 32, Sabrina Mitchell, No. 41, Richard LaRusso and No. 42, Raymond J. James. Unfortunately, no exciting tales of capture: Indeed, a Denver Police Department release acknowledges that three of the twelve fugitives checked off the roster thus far turned themselves in. Look below for that release, plus photos and details about Bowman, LaRusso and James.  

Sounds like a definition of leadership—so it's not surprising that it's how Director Robert Mueller characterized the latest winners of the Director's Community Leadership Award in a Friday ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. For the second straight year, the Director personally presented the awards to more than 50 individuals and organizations that went above and beyond to make their communities safer and stronger. Each of the FBI's field offices has the opportunity to select one winner ann  

A man and a woman wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as people of interest in three bank robberies were found and arrested in Destin Thursday night. Jerry Hover Tinsley, 30, of 357 Poplar Creek, Rutherfordton, N.C., and Rhianna Marie Jones, 30, of California, were wanted as people of interest in connection with three recent burglaries in Alabama, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrest report. Deputies confirmed Thursday that Tinsley and Jones were staying in Room 208 at the M