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Monthly Archives: December 2005
Meth – Continued
In a previous posting, I spoke about the changing face of meth production. A recent Minneapolis Star Tribune article reports that a 14-year-old Fond du Lac, Wisconsin student stole medication from her younger siblings to sell at her high school. … Continue reading
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Violence – Update
In a previous post, I referenced an incident that took place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where a group of teens pulled a man from his car and beat him because he honked the horn on his vehicle to try to move … Continue reading
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Reason For Not Firing A Gun In The Air
When you hear news reports of people firing guns in the air in celebration, one generally conjures up a vision more common to Baghdad than Minnesota, but you would be wrong. Recent news items report a soldier, Private Danny Carpio, … Continue reading
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Violence
A recent news piece about a man in Milwaukee, WI who was beaten by a gang of males after he honked at them to get out of the way: a drive-by shooting in Toronto is blamed by officials there as … Continue reading
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Meth Use – Update
I received this question yesterday: “…So if the removal of precursors to make meth have been restricted or eliminated, why did you say drug-related criminal activity is up?…” The question is a fair one. The removal of the precursors has … Continue reading
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Officer Memorials
Police Officer Shawn Carson, 40, of the Jersey City, NJ Police Department died when his vehicle drove off the Hackensack River Bridge. Officer Carson and his partner, Officer Robert Nguygen, 30, were killed in the incident. They had been setting … Continue reading
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Timelessness
The following article appeared in the Rooks County (Kansas) Record on December 19th 1922. It was sent to me by my Aunt Lorrie Archer. It is written by my Great Grandfather Joseph Hrabe, who immigrated to the U.S. to escape … Continue reading
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Officer Memorial
Police Officer Kyle M. Kaszynski, 39, of the St. Paul, Minnesota Police Department was killed in an explosion in Iraq on December 22nd. Officer Kaszynski had taken a leave of absence to work for a private security contractor in Iraq. … Continue reading
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Officer Memorial
Police Officer Ted Marvin Shinault, 53, of the U.S. Department of the Treasury- Mint Police, was killed in a motorcycle accident in Windsor, Colorado on September 20th. Officer Shinault was a US Army veteran and had served his department for … Continue reading
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Officer Memorial
School Safety Agent Vivian A. Samuels, 56, of the New York City Police Department died of an apparent heart attack after being assaulted at Middle School 390. Agent Samuels had served her department for 24 years and is survived by … Continue reading
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