Marijuana seizures surge in West Virginia this year
West Virginia State Police report 73,079 marijuana plants destroyed since January, more than double last year's total of about 30,000. Aerial surveillance and support from the Army National Guard and federal agencies boosted seizures, with 83 people arrested this year versus over 100 in all of 2002.
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Steve Jones
Bureau of Criminal Investigations
Jones
Army National Guard
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
Fired police chief to run for mayor in Huntington
Gordon Ramey II, fired by Mayor David Felinton in May 2002, announces he will run for Huntington mayor. The 39-year-old Republican resident of Westmoreland says the city needs leadership and change. Felinton, a Democrat, declines to comment and has not decided on re-election.
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Huntington
David Felinton
Gordon Ramey II
Felinton
Ramey
Westmoreland
Former thief turned consultant warns on identity theft
AP report notes Frank Abagnale Jr. discusses rising identity theft costs and victim rates, citing 2000 and 2003 figures. He warns of rapid modern methods, says technology fuels crime, and urges regular checks of bank and credit statements. He recounts his past, now lectures and advises FBI, stressing ethics to curb crime.
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U.S
Kasey Warner
Charleston
Abagnale
Woman pleads guilty to false FEMA claim in Bluefield
Ruth Ann Adams of Welch pleaded guilty in U S District Court to making a false claim to a federal agency. She told FEMA her mobile home in Chase Bottom Hemphill was washed away in the May 2 2002 flood to obtain 7968. The case flags a five year maximum, 250000 fine, restitution and three years supervised release. Sentencing set for December 16 at 1 30 p m in Bluefield.
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Luefield
McDowell County
U.S. District Court
Bluefield
Ruth Ann Adams
Welch
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Chase Bottom
Hemphill
FEMA
Adams
Bill Archer
Barcher
Bottonline
Prosecutors drop bid to compel Malvo testimony in Muhammad case
In Manassas a Prince William court heard prosecutors withdraw their motion to force Lee Boyd Malvo to testify against John Allen Muhammad. Malvo invoked the Fifth Amendment last week, resisting questions about his relationship with Muhammad.
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Manassas
Lee Boyd Malvo
John Allen Muhammad
Prince William County
Commonwealth
Paul Ebert
Malvo
Muhammad
Bluefield Hosts Second Town Hall To Hear Residents
Bluefield organizers urge strong turnout for Thursday at 7 p.m. at City Auditorium. Mayor Perkinson Jr. will speak briefly before city manager Mark Henne oversees questions. Each resident can ask a question for up to three minutes as officials seek to answer nitty gritty issues.
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Bluefield
Art Riley
R.E
Bob” Perkinson Jr
Mark) Henne
Riley
Operation leads to charges against 126
An undercover drug investigation produced indictments against 126 people in Henry County and Martinsville Virginia. Twelve suspects were from Sandy Level, a community noted for drug activity in 1996. The 14 month probe involved Henry County Sheriff Office state police the DEA ATF and the U S attorney's office.
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Collinsville, Va
Henry County
Martinsville
Sandy Level
U.S. News & World Report
K.G. Nester
Sheriff’s Office
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
U.S. Attorney’s Office
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