FAIRFIELD (Missing Girl 11 yr old- Vanished have you seen her)

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate Samantha Norman, 11, was last seen in Fairfield about 2:25pm on Thursday. Source: The Daily Telegraph

THE parents of a missing 11-year-old girl say they are petrified for her safety, as she has a tendency to get into cars with strangers.

Samantha Norman has not been seen since Thursday afternoon, when she walked into a strangers’ house in Fairfield and asked to use the telephone.
The young girl, who is due to finish Year 5 next week, called her mother to ask for a relative’s address in the Campbelltown area, but never made it there.
Her mother and father, Ben and Carol, said they had "hit the panic button" because although she has been known to run away in the past, she always makes contact.
"She has autism, and if she doesn’t take her medication she doesn't foresee possible danger," Ben said.
"She will get into cars with strangers or she will go to a stranger’s house."

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Samantha, who is very tall for her age at approximately 170cm, has long blonde hair and blue eyes.
Her parents think she was wearing a white singlet and blue shorts when she was last seen. She has no mobile phone or access to money, and is without her medication, heightening her family’s fears.
"This is as bad as it gets, we are petrified and we just want her back safely," Ben said.
Police said they checked a Campbelltown address that Samantha was likely heading too, but she had never arrived.
It is possible she could be heading to the Barrack Heights, Eagle Vale, Cambridge Park or Warilla areas, and her parents begged the public to keep and eye out and contact police.
Anyone who sees Samantha is urged to call Triple-0.

TUCSON Az ( SUV found with 1550 pounds of marijuana ) 1,165,500 million worth of weed

TUCSON -The Pinal County Sheriff's Office, working with the West Desert Task Force, located a hidden SUV loaded with 1,550 pounds of marijuana yesterday morning.
At about 10 a.m. Wednesday, the sheriff's office Aviation Unit was working with the West Desert Task Force, a joint initiative between the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to combat drug trafficking in the West Desert region, according to a news release from the office.
The task force located an SUV in the desert off Interstate 8, near Stanfield Road, that was covered with a tarp and hidden with brush, the release states. Inside the vehicle, the task force found 1,550 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $1,165,500.

No suspects were found near the vehicle, officials state. The SUV and marijuana were seized.
"The Border Patrol continues to work in conjunction with our local law enforcement partners to combat transnational criminal organizations' efforts to operate in southern Arizona," said Tucson Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Manuel Padilla, Jr. "I am proud of the men and women who protect our country by serving in a law enforcement capacity. By stopping drug shipments such as this, we all move closer to achieving our common goal of securing the border and making our communities safer."

TUCSON Az (240 Bundles of Marijuana concealed- CBP seized 2.8 million worth ) Nogales

TUCSON - Customs and Border Protection officers seized over $2.8 million worth of marijuana Wednesday, representing the fifth largest bust in Nogales since 1990.
Officers at the Mariposa Port of Entry referred 41-year-old Nogales, Sonora resident Erik Arredondo Garfel for additional inspection of the tractor-trailer he was attempting to drive into the United States, according to a news release from CBP.

Officers became suspicious while inspecting a shipment of electronic components, and brought a drug-sniffing dog to sniff for concealed contraband, the release states. After the dog alerted to the presence of drugs, officers found and removed 240 bundles of marijuana weighing nearly 5,700 pounds.
The tractor trailer and its contents were processed for seizure, and Arredondo Garfel was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.

Connecticut ( Elementary school - Shooting gunman killed ) Breaking news

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A shooting involving two gunmen erupted at a Connecticut elementary school this morning, prompting the town of Newtown to lock down all of its schools and draw SWAT teams to the school, authorities said today.

State Police confirm that one shooter is dead. A second gunman is apparently at large, sources told ABC News.

The shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, about 12 miles east of Danbury.

State Police received the first 911 call at 9:41a.m. and immediately began sending emergency units from the western part of the state. Initial 911 calls stated that multiple students were trapped in a classroom, possibly with a gunman, according to a Connecticut State Police source.

A photo from the scene shows a line of distressed children being led out of the school.

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While some students have been reunited with their parents on the school's perimeter, one group of students remains unaccounted for, according to a source with a child in the school.

Newton Public School District secretary of superintendent Kathy June said in a statement that the district's school were locked down because of the report of a shooting. "The district is taking preventive measures by putting all schools in lockdown until we ensure the safety of all students and staff."

State police sent SWAT team units to Newtown.

All public and private schools in the town are on lockdown.

State emergency management officials said ambulances and other units were also en route and staging near the school.

A message on the school district website says that all afternoon kindergarten is cancelled today and there will be no mid-day bus runs.

TEMPE Az ( Missing ASU student - Photo shows him in Cadillac Bar ) Vanished

TEMPE, Ariz. -
ASU student Jack Culolias was last seen a week and a half ago leaving a Tempe bar. We're getting a look at what may be the last picture taken of him before disappearing.
The picture was posted on a Facebook page dedicated to the search for 19-year-old Jack. It shows him at Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace on November 30.
Police say he was kicked out of Cadillac Ranch for being too drunk. You can see him holding a beer in one hand in this picture.

He has not been seen since he left the bar.
The picture also shows what he was last seen wearing that night.
One of Jack's shoes was found near the banks of Tempe Town Lake. Crews searched the area, and dive crews went into the lake, but there was no sign of Culolias.
Tempe police is still working the case, and the family has hired a private investigator.

TUCSON Az ( Man faces 2 yrs in Prison- For looking up womans dress) Peeping tom

A Pima County Superior Court jury convicted a 43-year-old Vail man of the felony crime of voyeurism Thursday for looking up a woman’s dress at an East Broadway HomeGoods store.
Agustin Gonzales Gongora could be placed on probation or receive up to 2 1/2 years in prison when sentenced next month by Judge Howard Hantman.

Deputy Pima County Attorney Jared Kreamer Hope showed jurors a store security tape showing Gongora dropping to all fours while walking behind the victim on Sept. 8, 2011, and looking up her dress.
He also played Gongora’s recorded interview with police during which he said he had been shopping for a wedding anniversary present and had been overcome with romantic feelings.
Defense attorney Steven Sherick argued the woman had no reasonable expectation that she would not be viewed, but the prosecutor Kreamer Hope disagreed.
Kreamer Hope told jurors Gongora was guilty of voyeurism because he invaded the woman’s privacy. The underside of the woman’s skirt was not visible to the public, she didn’t know she was being observed by Gongora and he did it for sexual stimulation.
The victim had no idea what had happened until loss prevention officers told her, Kreamer Hope said. He also argued that looking up one’s dress while on one’s hands and knees is “inherently sexual.”

North Korea ( Satellite " tumbling out of control " ) Space flop

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The satellite launched by North Korea on Wednesday (Dec. 12) is "tumbling out of control," according to U.S. officials, NBC News reported.

The vehicle is in an uncontrolled orbit around Earth, and officials aren't sure what the spacecraft's purpose and capabilities are, NBC News reported.

North Korea lofted the spacecraft on its long-range Unha-3 rocket Wednesday at 9:49 a.m. local time (7:49 p.m. EST on Tuesday) from Sohae Satellite Launch Station on the nation's northwest coast. The liftoff sparked widespread international objections.

The White House National Security Council called the launch "a highly provocative act that threatens regional security, directly violates United Nations Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874, contravenes North Korea’s international obligations, and undermines the global non-proliferation regime," in a statement from NSC spokesman Tommy Vietor.

The United States shares concerns with South Korea and other nations that North Korea's forays into space are thinly veiled attempts to develop and test nuclear missile delivery technology.

The launch was detected by U.S. missile warning systems, and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) officials said the Unha-3 rocket's first stage fell into the Yellow Sea, while the second stage fell into the Philippine Sea.

"Initial indications are that the missile deployed an object that appeared to achieve orbit. At no time was the missile or the resultant debris a threat to North America," NORAD officials said in a statement.

The launch was not the first for North Korea, but it may have been the most successful, despite the satellite's apparent loss of control. When North Korea attempted to loft a spacecraft to orbit this past April, the rocket failed shortly after liftoff, and similar attempts in 1998 and 2009 also went awry.