Perhaps the creepiest song of the 1980s was “Into the Night.” The opening lyric: “She’s just 16 years old, leave her alone they said.” It fits this case from Ohio perfectly. Brian Tejeda was already a registered sex offender when he developed a fixation on a 16 year old girl. He was 26. The girl […]
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ICYMI (and are interested in better crime stats), here’s a link to a conversation I recently had with David Hatten about the Real Time Crime Index. The RTCI is a collaborative initiative from Jeff Asher, Dave, and Arnold Ventures to provide more timely crime statistics. Learn why it’s important, who benefits, and how your agency
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I love the artful, clever idioms used to express some legal concepts. “Fruit of the poisonous tree,” for instance. But I never cared for”bundle of sticks.” It doesn’t even make any sense. Who has a bundle of sticks? A pile, maybe, but not a bundle. There is surely something cleverer and catchier to explain that
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Here’s an interesting side note to this would-be assassin’s plan to kill a Supreme Court Justice: He carefully followed the law on traveling by air with the firearm he intended to use. As I’ve previously written (https://lnkd.in/gQ67giFe), it isn’t difficult to fly with a gun, but the law does regulate it. Technically, 18 U.S.C. §
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I like Walmart (and once testified to that in federal court). So must this judge, because he gave this arsonist a heck of a sentence. Good. Walmart is a global retailer. It has more than 10,000 stores. It also does significant online business. If ever there was a company that affects interstate commerce, it’s Walmart.
I fly a lot. One of the things I miss most about being a federal agent is flying armed. While it had its inconveniences, and came with serious responsibilities, carrying a gun under Uncle Sam’s authority was pretty cool. You don’t have to be a Fed, however, to fly with a gun. No, you can’t
“O.N.E.” sounds like the name of a ‘boy band’ to me but turns out it’s a violent criminal enterprise. If it had been a boy band, perhaps Josh Gilbert would’ve been ‘the cute one’ or ‘the shy one.’ Maybe ‘the rebel.’ In real life though, he’s the murdering one. Gilbert was convicted by a jury
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“Ways to get money: – Sell drugs / not happening. – Rob people / maybe. – Contract killer / considering. – Just stick to basketball.” Unfortunately, Joel Alonte Travis did not just stick to basketball. He chose to rob. Thankfully, he was arrested for that before he became the killer he considered being. We know
Read the first few paragraphs of this announcement and you’ll sense why being a police chief is one of the toughest jobs in America (second only, I think, to being an actual officer on the front lines). Chuck Wexler’s announcement of a new Police Executive Research Forum report on officer-involved critical incidents captures the essence
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I love an origin story. This is ShotSpotter’s. One of the best things about working at SoundThinking (formerly ShotSpotter) is being surrounded by brilliant people. (There are a bunch of them!) Robert Showen, Robert Calhoun, and Ralph Clark are standouts who, along with bold investor Gary Lauder, played a critical role in the company’s history.
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