Houston crime lab touts new computers in bid to restore trust
Houston Police Chief Harold L Hurtt unveils 47 new lab computers funded by drug forfeiture to boost communication with prosecutors and restore confidence in the DNA lab. The unit has faced audit findings and other cases retested, while a separate court of inquiry probes alleged perjury by former lab head Jim Bolding.
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Houston
Harold L. Hurtt
Harris County District Attorney’s
Hurtt
District Attorney’s Office
Police Department
Harris County
Chuck Rosenthal
al Garcia
Josiah Sutton
Dean Rucker
Midland
Rucker
Jim Bolding
Bolding
Houston Police Department
HPD
New Indictments Allege Unreliable Evidence in Dallas Drug Scandal
Dallas detective Mark De La Paz and former partner Eddie Herrera are charged with fabricating evidence in four major 2001 drug arrests. Prosecutors say they knew an unreliable informant provided false information and that warrants were based on this material. De La Paz faces ten counts, Herrera one, amid a broader probe by special prosecutor Dan Hagood.
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Dallas
Mark de la Paz
Eddie Herrera
de la Paz
Herrera
Paul Coggins
Baskett
Isus
Dan Hagood
Utah and federal suit over 2002 camp fire in Utah
The United States and Utah sue the Boy Scouts of America for about 13.3 million and 600 thousand respectively to cover firefighting and land reclamation costs from a 2002 blaze at a Scout camp in the Uinta Mountains. Officials cite supervision lapses and possible ATV involvement, which scouts deny. The Forest Service reported no ATVs in the area at fire start.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Boy Scouts of America
Paul Warner
Uinta Mountains
Michael Johnson
Rob Wallace
BSA
U.S
Forest Service
Trains collide releases chlorine gas injuring family
In a rural San Antonio area a Union Pacific freight train hit a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train. A chlorine gas release killed Gene Hale 85 and Lois Koerber 59 inside a nearby home. Wayne Hale 67 and Mary Hale 65 remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Rescue teams faced rough terrain and proximity to the gas zone delaying access for nearly seven hours.
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Wayne Hale
Mary
Roy Hale
Hales
Gene Hale
Lois Koerber
Heath Pape
Koerber
Wayne
Mary Hale
University Hospital
Pape
Union Pacific
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
San Antonio Express-News
West
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