AMERICAN Samoa ( INMATES allowed to do BEER RUN) State Prison

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) — Two corrections officers at American Samoa's only jail are suspected of letting inmates leave to go on beer and food runs.

Officers Fiti Aina and Rocky Tua were charged this week with aiding the escape of a prisoner, permitting escape and public servant acceding to corruption.

A police search at Territorial Correctional Facility in July turned up beer in an inmate's cell.

Police say that while trying to find out how it got there, they learned the officers were sending inmates unsupervised to a nearby store. One inmate allowed out is serving 40 months for assaulting another man with a machete.

Court documents say an inmate told investigators he bought beer for another inmate and chips and cookies for Tua.

Aina and Tua were each held on $10,000 bail.

TUCSON Az (SUSPECT Wanted in Eegee's Murder ARRESTED) Jovon Mankel

Tucson police have arrested a 22-year-old man in the shooting death outside a north-side restaurant last Wednesday.

Jose Carlos Gonzales, 29, was killed in the shooting in the parking lot of Eegee’s, 3872 N. Oracle Road.
Gang detectives identified Jovon Mankel as the shooter and obtained a warrant for his arrest. Mankel was taken into custody Monday afternoon without incident at a local motel by the U.S. Marshals Arizona Wanted Task Force, Tucson police said.
He was booked in the Pima County jail on suspicion of one count of first-degree murder and one count of prohibited possessor.
Mankel’s girlfriend, Priscilla Rodriguez, 20, was found in the motel room with him. Police said she was present during the shooting, aware of the warrant for her boyfriend’s arrest, and was in possession of 51 percocets Monday. Rodriguez was booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of one count of hindering prosecution and one count of unlawful possession of narcotic drug for sale.

TUCSON Az ( WE got WINGS) Buffalo wild wings GO CATS

Tucson’s third Buffalo Wild Wings had a bumpy start last month.
A day after it opened on Sept. 17 a fire riser sprung a leak, forcing the restaurant to close. It reopened last Tuesday, just in time for football season.

Buffalo Wild Wings specializes in chicken wings done up sweet or spicy, chased down by cold beer (or soft drinks) while you watch football or basketball on the restaurant’s flat-screen TVs.
The new restaurant, 4329 N. Oracle Road near the Tucson Mall, opens daily at 11 a.m. and closes at 1 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and midnight on Sundays.
See Thursday's Caliente for more restaurant news.

TUCSON AZ (ARMED ROBBERY Jack in the Box) The New Gotham City

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -

An armed man robbed the Jack in the Box at 4455 E. Broadway on Tuesday afternoon, Tucson Police Sgt. Chris Widmer said.

The incident happened at 2:38 p.m, when a Hispanic man, described as 5-foot-7-inches tall and 180 pounds, pulled out a hand gun and demanded money at the fast-food restaurant in midtown Tucson.

No one was injured, Widmer said.

Police say the man was wearing a blue shirt and jeans and has black hair.

The suspect escaped on foot, Widmer said.

SAN DIEGO (PETA questions NASTY GASH to Killer Whales JAW) whistle-blower

A killer whale at SeaWorld in San Diego is recovering from a nasty gash to its jaw that is the subject of a dispute between the park and the animal rights group PETA.

SeaWorld says the 11-year-old killer whale named Nakai was injured during a show last month when he somehow came in contact with a portion of the pool. The gaping hole is so big that Nakai's jawbone was left exposed.

PETA says an anonymous whistle-blower told them that Nakai was attacked by other captive, angry orcas at the park.

"You can't keep three young males together in what is, for them a fishpond or a fishbowl," PETA president and co-founder Ingrid Newkirk told ABC News. "They will have nowhere to go unless they can swim through concrete when they feel aggressive towards each other."

The animal rights group has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, saying it wants SeaWorld disciplined for not keeping the whales separated as required under the Animal Welfare Act. The law requires incompatible marine mammals to be kept in separate enclosures, PETA said

SeaWorld says veterinarians determined the injury was not a result of an animal bite and provided video to ABC News showing Nakai on the mend. Trainers and veterinarians say they are closely monitoring his recovery and treating him with antibiotics.

"He's [Nakai] doing very well and interacting with all the other whales and trainers," said Kristi Burtis, supervisor of animal training at SeaWorld.

Nakai is a killer whale with a violent family tree. Nakai's father, Tilikum, was the orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando two years ago.

"It's hard to tell if they're just playing rough or if these are just aggressive interactions between individuals," said Robert Pitman of the National Marine Fisheries Service in San Diego.

ARIZONA Naco (BORDER Patrol AGENT KILLED) Ambush

PHOENIX (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting early Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, according to the Border Patrol.

The agents were shot while patrolling on horseback in Naco, Ariz., at about 1:50 a.m. MST Tuesday, the Border Patrol said in a statement.

AGENT NICK IVIE  (30) Killed

 

The agents who were shot were on patrol with a third agent, who was not harmed, according to George McCubbin, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a union representing about 17,000 border patrol agents.

The shooting occurred after an alarm was triggered on one of the many sensors along the border and the three agents went to investigate, said Cochise County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas.

Authorities have not identified any suspects, Capas said. It is not known whether the agents returned fire, she said.

The wounded agent was airlifted to a hospital after being shot in the ankle and buttocks, the Border Patrol said. He is in surgery and expected to recover, McCubbin said.

Authorities have not identified the agents who were assigned to the Naco station, about 100 miles southeast of Tucson.

The last U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot on duty was Brian Terry, who was killed in a shootout with Mexican bandits near the border in December 2010. The shooting was later linked to the Fast and Furious gun smuggling operation.

The border patrol station in Naco was recently named after Terry.

The FBI, which also is investigating the shooting, did not immediately return calls Tuesday.

COLORADO (Deer HITS SKATE Boarder 40 MPH) See VIDEO

DEER CROSSING (lol)

 

STANFORD Law School ( CALLS for Re- evaluation of U.S DRONES)

U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan have killed far more people than the United States has acknowledged, have traumatized innocent residents and largely been ineffective, according to a new study released Tuesday.
The study by Stanford Law School and New York University's School of Law calls for a re-evaluation of the practice, saying the number of "high-level" targets killed as a percentage of total casualties is extremely low -- about 2%.
The report accuses Washington of misrepresenting drone strikes as "a surgically precise and effective tool that makes the U.S. safer," saying that in reality, "there is significant evidence that U.S. drone strikes have injured and killed civilians."

PRISON GUARD (Fired for having INMATE as FRIEND on Facebook) Texas

It might seem reasonable to assume that a prison guard and an inmate would not naturally be friendly to one another. A recent incident in the Texas Corrections System, however, is belying that notion -- with a social media twist.

Heath Lara, a prison sergeant at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, was fired from his job after officials learned that he had friended inmate Gary Wayne Sanders on Facebook. Sergeant Lara was dismissed for violating a rule that prohibits fraternization between officers and prisoners. Sergeant Lara appealed the decision, claiming that he had known Sanders in high school and was not aware that Sanders was an inmate in the jail where he worked.

The appeal was initially denied but later upheld, and Sergeant Lara was reinstated two weeks ago. A review found that Sergeant Lara had no real relationship with the inmate. The Texas State Department of Criminal Justice also decided that friendship on Facebook between inmates and guards is permitted. The department concluded that there is no practical way to monitor the Facebook accounts of 40,000 employees and 154,000 convicts. Jason Clark, the public information officer for the department, said, "To violate the policy has to be more than just 'friend' status on Facebook." Plus, it turns out that Sergeant Lara was not the only corrections employee to have friended Sanders on Facebook. So it seems that social media has even made America's prison systems a little friendlier.

COLORADO (TRYS to Legalize Marijuana) illegal under Federal Law

A Fort Collins, Colo., medical marijuana grower walks through her warehouse in 2010. (Chris Hondros/Getty Imag …

DENVER—A ballot initiative in Colorado that could make the state the first to effectively legalize marijuana has an unlikely bunch of people very nervous: owners of the state's medical marijuana dispensaries.

Despite an expected surge in demand, some fear passage of the initiative, called Amendment 64—which legalizes the buying and selling of up to one ounce of pot at a time for customers over the age of 21—could goad the federal government into a crackdown on the dispensaries, ending their industry's three-year miniboom.

If the amendment passes, the "best-case scenario [is] you get a million new customers," the owner of one medical marijuana store in downtown Denver told Yahoo News. "It would be wonderful." But he asked not to be named, spooked by the prospect of bringing attention to his store in case of increased federal action.

Both President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who face off in their first debate on Wednesday night at the University of Denver—giving the state initiative the potential to reverberate nationwide—have signaled their opposition to states that flout the federal drug law with legalization measures. Because the practice is still illegal under federal law, the medical marijuana industry can survive only if the federal government turns a blind eye.

And if the amendment passes, Colorado—one of 17 states, plus the District of Columbia, that have legalized medical marijuana—would have the most liberal pot policy in the country, one that could bring in tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue for state and local governments. (Washington and Oregon have similar amendments on their November ballots, but Colorado's seems to have the most steam, with polls showing more Coloradans are for the amendment than against it.)

Pennsylvania (THUG Girls BEAT on Mentally ill Woman) For Fun

The two suspects who remained at large after six teen girls beat a mentally ill woman “for fun” in Chester, Pennsylvania this week and posted video of the attack on Facebook were arrested on Friday afternoon.
The girls who were arrested first – between the ages of 15 and 17 – face assault charges and will likely be prosecuted as adults, The Associated Press reported. They are now being held on $50,000 bail for the attack.

Of the remaining two, one is a juvenile and the other is 19, said the AP.
When asked what motivated the attack, police detective James Nolan said there doesn’t seem to be any reason.
“It appears just for fun,” Nolan told the AP. “There hasn’t been a discernible explanation as to why.”
A local mother saw the video online and alerted police.
As news of the attack spread, a father turned in his 16-year-old daughter late Thursday.
In the video, the cellphone camera captures the girls approaching the 48-year-old victim as she sat outside her home Tuesday night.

SAN Diego (MOTHER of 5 ) KILLED by Border Patrol-Valeria Alvarado

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old woman in the suburban San Diego area after she allegedly hit a Border Patrol agent with her car.
Investigators said Valeria Alvarado ran down the agent with her car as border patrol agents were in a Chula Vista neighborhood to serve a felony warrant on Friday.
The agent said he had no choice but to defend himself and fired at Alvarado get her to stop the car.
Alvarado was hit by five bullets.

According to eye witnesses, the shooting left the mother of five with bullet holes in her face, arms, and chest.
She literally ran our agent down, the agent actually was impacted, was hit by the vehicle and carried several hundred yards on the hood before fearing for his life did discharge his weapon to get the vehicle to stop," said Border Patrol Deputy Chief Rodney Scott.

HUSBAND

Alvarado's husband, Gilbert Alvarado said he wants the shooting investigated.
"I want justice. Yes. Whoever shot my wife, that guy whoever that is, that guy needs to get shot," he said.
Alvarado's family called the killing senseless.
"Where's the evidence that my wife threatened a trained officer? You know? He's a trained officer to use lethal force, shoot my wife like that and just not even call an ambulance?" said Gilbert Alvarado.
The FBI and Chula Vista Police are investigating the shooting. Officials have not released the name of the agent involved in the incident.

WOMAN wins 1 million in Lotto (BUT DIES a few Months Later)

A woman who admitted to receiving food stamps after winning $1 million on a Michigan state lotto game show was found dead today.

The circumstances surrounding Amanda Clayton's death were not immediately released by police, but ABC News' Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV reported that sources within the police department said they suspect the woman died of an overdose.

An autopsy is pending on Clayton's body, which was found at a home in Ecorse, Mich., police said.

Clayton, who became a millionaire after her big win last September, caused outrage earlier this year when it was revealed she was continuing to get $200 in monthly food aid from the state.

According to the attorney general's office, Clayton failed to report her winnings and employment while receiving $5,475 in food and medical assistance.

"It's simply common sense that million dollar lottery winners forfeit their right to public assistance," Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement. "We will continue to work with local, state and federal authorities to uphold state laws intended to ensure wise stewardship of taxpayer dollars."

TUCSON Az ( 15 yr old and 16 yr old ) ARRESTED for ARMED ROBBERY Series

Tucson Police arrested four people this week after they were connected to a string of armed robberies that began in July.
The suspects were accused of robbing eight businesses, between July 7 and Sept. 26, with the most recent robbery happening at a Gamestop at 6970 E. 22nd Street, said Sgt. Chris Widmer, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.

The four suspects are: Steven Robles, 16; his brother, Orlando Robles, 22; Alexandria Gallego, 15; and Samuel Torres-Garcia, 19.
Steven Robles, the primary suspect in all of the robberies, is facing eight counts of armed robbery and six counts of aggravated robbery.
The other suspects are also facing armed robbery and aggravated robbery charges. In addition, Torres-Garcia is facing an aggravated assault charge.
They were all arrested Friday and booked into Pima County jail.
Police identified Steven Robles after receiving a tip from the public.
Detectives recovered stolen video games, iPods, iPads, iPhones and money taken from the robberies.

TUCSON Az (BANK Robber) Good Picture-Do you know Him?

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -

The Pima County Sheriff's Department is asking for help identifying a suspect in a July bank robbery.

The Compass Bank branch inside an Albertson's grocery store at 5085 N. La Canada Drive was robbed on July 25.

 

The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his 30s, approximately 5'5" to 5'6" tall. He was wearing a greenish colored polo shirt, blue jean shorts and white tennis shoes.

He used a note to demand money from the teller and left in an unknown direction.

Anybody who can identify the individual shown in the pictures or who has any other information on this case is asked to call 911 or 88-CRIME.

SAN DIEGO (BORDER Patrol KILL WOMAN While Serving Warrant)

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — A Border Patrol agent fatally shot a woman Friday in suburban San Diego as he rode on the hood of her car after she ran into him, authorities said.

 

The agent fired after being driven a couple hundred yards on the hood, Chula Vista police Capt. Gary Wedge told The Associated Press.

The shooting occurred about five miles north of the Mexican border as plainclothes agents were looking to serve a felony warrant in the area to someone other than the woman, Border Patrol Deputy Chief Rodney Scott told U-T San Diego.

Scott said the agent was stuck atop the car as the woman drove.
"Fearing for his life, he discharged his weapon to get the vehicle to stop," Scott said. No other agents fired.
The woman was declared dead at the scene, and the agent was taken to a hospital. His injuries were not clear.
Hector Salazar, a neighbor who witnessed the incident, said he saw a man in civilian clothes on the hood of a black car aiming a gun at the windshield.
Salazar told U-T San Diego the man started pulling the trigger, and he heard about five shots. Moments later, other plainclothes agents approached the car, he said.
The person named in the warrant the agents were serving was not apprehended, Scott said.
The FBI and Chula Vista police are investigating.

ARIZONA (CAR Jacker) Shoots himself in head-FOX NEWS VIDEO

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TUCSON AZ (Soldier KILLED in Afghanistan) Staff Sgt Orion N. Sparks

Soldier from Tucson killed in Afghanistan

AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt

An Army carry team lifts a transfer case containing the remains of Staff Sgt. Orion N. Sparks at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. According to the Department of Defense, Sparks, of Tucson, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

2012-09-28T11:31:00ZSoldier from Tucson killed in AfghanistanArizona Daily StarArizona Daily Star

29 minutes ago • Arizona Daily Star

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A soldier from Tucson was killed Wednesday while serving in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Friday.
Staff Sgt. Orion N. Sparks, 29, and another soldier were killed in Pul-E Alam, Afghanistan, when an insurgent detonated a suicide vest near their patrol, the Department of Defense said.
Sparks was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team at Schweinfurt, Germany.
The other soldier killed was identified as Sgt. Jonathan A. Gollnitz, 28, of Lakehurst, N.J.

FLORIDA (Woman gets 380 cal. Ruger GUN on plane Flight) Tells TSA after she lands

Example of a Ruger .380 (Yahoo! News)
At less than six inches and just under 10 ounces, the Ruger .380 is considered by gun owners to be a great little pocket pistol.
So small, in fact, that you can sometimes get one onto an airplane.

D'oh!

Yep, the New York Daily News reports that a woman flew 938 miles from Orlando, Fla., to Newark, N.J., on Thursday with a loaded .380 in her purse. United flight 15 was airborne before she realized what she'd done—and airport screeners had missed. How the Daily News said it unfolded:

She didn't tell anyone on the plane about the weapon during the flight, which left Florida at 8:19 a.m.

But when she landed at Newark Airport at 10:24, she immediately told a Port Authority police officer.

The newspaper identified the woman as a 37-year-old Orlando firefighter. New Jersey officials called Florida authorities, but the Daily News says the Essex County prosecutor declined to prosecute the woman because she self-reported the incident.

"She was visibly upset. She said she had a license to carry it and just forgot it," said Al Della Fave, Port Authority police spokesman. "The [Port Authority] officer took possession of the handgun and made it safe."

The Transportation Security Administration, meanwhile, had no immediate answers.

"TSA is aware of this situation and is reviewing the circumstances," said Lisa Farbstein, a spokeswoman for the agency told the Daily News.

FILMMAKER (GOES to Federal Prison) Nakoula Basseley Probation Violation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mystery surrounding the man behind the crudely produced anti-Islamic video that sparked violence in the Middle East deepened when he appeared in court and identified himself by yet another name.

 

Arrested on Thursday after authorities said he violated his probation from a 2010 check fraud conviction, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula told a judge his real name was Mark Basseley Youseff. He said he'd been using that name since 2002, even though he went by Nakoula in his fraud case.

The full story about Nakoula and the video "Innocence of Muslims" still isn't known more than two weeks after violence erupted in Egypt and Libya, where Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others were killed in Benghazi. Violence related to the film has since spread, killing dozens more.

Citing a lengthy pattern of deception and the potential to flee, U.S. Central District Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal ordered Nakoula to remain in prison without bond until another judge can hold a hearing to determine if he broke the terms of his probation.

"The court has a lack of trust in this defendant at this time," Segal said.

Prosecutors noted Nakoula had eight probation violations, including lying to his probation officers and using aliases. He could face new charges that carry a maximum two-year prison term.

TUCSON Az ( FATAL SHOOTING outside Eegee's) Oracle Rd.

 

   Tucson police officers were at the scene of a fatal shooting outside Eegee's, 3872 N. Oracle Road, on Wednesday. The gunman was still at large late Wednesday.

2012-09-27T17:45:00Z2012-09-27T17:58:19ZMan fatally shot at north-side restaurant is ID'dCarmen Duarte Arizona Daily StarArizona Daily Star

1 hour ago • Carmen Duarte Arizona Daily Star

Police have identified a man who was fatally shot Wednesday outside a north-side fast-food restaurant.
Police identifed the man as Jose Carlos Gonzales, 29.
Gonzales was shot shortly after 5 p.m. in the parking lot of Eegee's, 3872 N. Oracle Road, said Sgt. Chris Widmer, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.
The shooter and Gonzales had arrived in the parking lot in separate vehicles. Both men met in the parking lot and a fight broke out. One of the men pulled out a gun and fired, Widmer said.
Witnesses told investigators that the shooter ran south on Oracle, leaving his vehicle in the parking lot. Detectives have identified a person of interest in the shooting, but his name was not released Thursday.
The vehicle that Gonzales had been in had other occupants who drove off, Widmer said. They struck another vehicle as they left, but no injuries were reported from that incident.
A police helicopter and canine units scoured the surrounding neighborhood in search of the shooter, but police did not find him.
Detectives were working to gather information about how the victim and suspect knew each other, and what the shooter's motive was.

TUCSON AZ (Armed ROBBERY Suspect) Good Picture- Do you know him?

                                                          BILLY THE  KID

Police release photo of man sought in Tucson robberies

Photo courtesy of Tucson Police Department

The man is this photo is suspected by Tucson police of trying to rob a Tucson pawn shop this week as well as four other cases since July.

2012-09-27T12:36:00ZPolice release photo of man sought in Tucson robberiesKimberly Matas, Arizona Daily StarArizona Daily Star

2 hours ago • Kimberly Matas, Arizona Daily Star

A man police say is a serial robber has struck again and this time there’s a clear surveillance photo.
The man is suspected of robbing Car Cash Pawn Stars, 3540 N. Oracle Road, near West Prince Road, about 6:15 Monday evening. He entered the store and looked around before pulling a handgun on the employee and ordering the worker to the floor, said Sgt. Chris Widmer, a spokesman for the Tucson Police Department.
“The employee was able to activate the business’ alarm system as the robbery started,” Widmer said.
The suspect tied up the employee and then began gathering merchandise, but fled empty handed when police officers arrived.
Detectives believe the gunman has been involved in at least four other armed robberies since July. He is described as 18 to 22 years old, standing 5-foot6 to 5-foot-9 and weighing between 140 and 160 pounds.
Anyone with information should call 911 or 88-CRIME.

PHOENIX (FILMMAKER arrested For FAKE Terrorist ATTACK) SEE Video

It does make you think????(what if)???

PHOENIX (Woman faking Breast cancer to raise money for Breast implants) Gets 1 yr in JAIL

Phoenix, AZ (KPHO) -- A Phoenix woman who pleaded guilty to faking breast cancer to raise money for breast implants was sentenced to one year in jail Wednesday for felony theft in a case the prosecution called "appalling."

Jami Lynn Toler will spend one year in jail, minus only two days for time served, and must pay back the $8,000 she raised under the guise of a cancer patient who claimed to need a mastectomy and breast reconstruction.

Toler pleaded guilty to the felony Aug. 22 in Maricopa County Superior Court. She initially pleaded not guilty.

Police reports show Toler told her former boss she needed a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction and was uninsured. She also told the same story to her mother and grandparents.

Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/national/jami-lynn-toler-fake-breast-cancer-phoenix-woman-pleads-guilty-to-faking-breast-cancer#ixzz27gRJBZNJ

TUCSON AZ ( 3 Robberies ON MONDAY) DO You Know Them ?

3 robberies

Photos courtesy of Tucson Police Department

Tucson police are looking for two men involved in three separate armed robberies Monday.

2012-09-26T18:17:00Z2012-09-26T18:28:32ZTucson police said 2 men robbed 3 places in one nightArizona Daily StarArizona Daily Star

39 minutes ago • Arizona Daily Star

Tucson police are looking for two men involved in three separate armed robberies Monday.
Both men were carrying handguns and used physical force on their victims, police said in a news release.
• Just before 10 p.m., three employees were leaving through the back door of the Department of Economic Security building at 5443 East 22nd Street when they were approached by two men with guns. They ordered the three to give them money. The victims ran but one was caught and beaten by the robbers.
• At about 10:15 p.m., two men robbed the El Rio Health Clinic at 6950 East Golf Links Road. One of them struck a victim on the head with a gun.
• Just before 11 p.m., two men robbed the Pizza Hut at 4710 East Speedway. One employee was hit on the head with a gun.
Both robbers are in their 20s. One is about 6-feet-5-inches tall with a muscular build. The second is about 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs about 190 pounds. They had their faces covered during the robberies.