Crosbyton Texas ( Amber Alert -2yr old girl -suspect in red ford focus )

Amber Alert issued for 2-year-old girl missing from Crosbyton, Texas

By Aaron Bracamontes / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/08/2013 03:30:39 PM MST

Leah Aguirre (Provided by National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 2-year-old girl from Crosbyton, Texas. Leah Marie Aguirre has been missing since about 11 a.m. and is believed to be with a Hispanic man named Miguel in a red Ford Focus. The Crosbyton Police Department are searching for Leah and believe she is in "grave or immediate danger." It is not known what Leah was wearing at the time she went missing. Anyone with information on Leah is asked to call Crosbyton police at 806-368-1926. Aaron Bracamontes may be reached at abracamontes@elpasotimes.com; 546-6156. Follow him on Twitter @AaronBrac.

Brownsville (CBP agents found 31 pounds of Heroin in a truck ) 3. 9 million worth

 CBP: Agents arrest man, 50, with more than $3M in heroin
      

 

 

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Posted: Thursday, January 3, 2013 10:10 pm

CBP: Agents arrest man, 50, with more than $3M in heroinBy MARK REAGAN The Brownsville HeraldValley Morning Star

A man who told investigators he thought he was smuggling marijuana was arrested after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found nearly 31 pounds of heroin in his vehicle, authorities said Thursday.Manuel Enrique Perez-Villarreal, 50, is charged with possession with intent to distribute 30.9 pounds of heroin, according to a CBP press release, which adds that he is a Mexican citizen who lives in Brownsville.On Dec. 20, CBP officers discovered a brown powdery substance in the front drive shaft of Perez-Villarreal’s 1999 Ford F-250 truck, which field tested positive for the properties of heroin, according to a criminal complaint.
The heroin is valued at approximately $3.09 million, CBP stated.
During an interview, Perez-Villarreal admitted knowing the vehicle he possessed contained what he believed to be marijuana, the criminal complaint said. “Perez-Villarreal stated the vehicle was to be delivered to a gas station in Brownsville to unknown individuals,” the complaint said.
He told investigators he already had been paid $500 for his role in the failed smuggling attempt, according to the criminal complaint.
Perez-Villarreal waived his preliminary examination and is being held without bail.
“The Court, after further review of the PSA (Pre-Trial Services Agency) Report, finds the Defendant to be a risk of flight, and a danger to the community, and that short of detention, there is no condition or combination of conditions that would reasonably assure the defendant’s appearance at further court proceedings,” a court document stated.
CBP turned Perez-Villarreal and the heroin over to Homeland Security Investigations special agents for further investigation.

Arizona ( Man arrested for using bear trap on neighbors Dog ) Dog tried to chew its way out

PD: Arizona man who trapped neighbor's dog arrested

Posted: Jan 08, 2013 4:18 PM PSTUpdated: Jan 08, 2013 7:59 PM PST

By Phil Benson - email

Russell Files (Source: El Mirage police)

EL MIRAGE, AZ (CBS5) - An El Mirage man was arrested Tuesday after police found his neighbor's dog caught in a trap he set to keep the animal out of his yard, authorities said.
Russell Files, 44, was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on one count of felony animal cruelty.

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His arrest followed a lengthy investigation dating back to Dec. 18, when El Mirage police found a 2-year-old Australian cattle dog entangled in the trap on his property.
Files told police he set the traps intentionally to catch his neighbor's dog who had been repeatedly wandering around his home.
Surprise Animal Control, as well as Maricopa County Animal Control, arrived to assist with removing the injured dog from the traps.
Animal Control officers assisted the owner by taking the dog to a local animal hospital, where she was treated for her injuries.
The attending veterinarian said the dog lost a large number of teeth trying to chew her way out of the traps and suffered a severe injury to her mouth, according to

Tucson Az (Police buy back 206 guns - And will destroy them despite state law and the NRA )

Gun buy back nets TPD 206 weapons

Posted: Jan 8, 2013 6:07 PM by Lupita Murillo
Updated: Jan 8, 2013 6:41 PM

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 TUCSON - More than $10,000 worth of firearms were turned over to Tucson Police during a gun buyback on the two year anniversary of the January 8th shootings.

Police report 206 firearms were turned in by citizens.
Lt. Fabian Pacheco says, "Some of the first weapons we received early on when we started at 8:30 two of them came up stolen."
John Luce was among the 200 plus citizens who showed up.
"Just turning in a weapon, even just a few guns is a good way of getting them off the streets," he said.
As Luce was turning over his weapon, other gun owners were wheeling and dealing in the parking lot.
Adam Rodriguez sold several of his weapons to other gun enthusiasts. He says this program might help, by getting weapons out of the house where their children, or out of an elderly person's house.
"As far as getting guns out of the hands of bad guys I don't think this is the type of program that is going to do that with any kind of effectiveness," he said.
City Councilman Steve Kozachik disagrees. He says the folks who held their own gun sales in front of TPD proved a point.
"Buying guns for cash and walking away with no background check if that just doesn't scream for legislation to fix that loop hole they couldn't have made that point any better for me," he said.
The weapons that were turned in will be melted down, and that has some people upset

U.S Customs ( Large cheese bust 230 pounds "contraband" ) Mexican cheese "thats right"

By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Timeselpasotimes.com

Posted: 01/09/2013 12:00:00 AM MST

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 230 pounds of cheese on Friday at the Santa Teresa border crossing. (Photo courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection.)

It's government cheese now.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 230 pounds of "contraband queso" during the weekend at the Santa Teresa border crossing, officials with the agency said.
The Mexican cheese was seized after CBP officials determined the amount of cheese was apparently way too much for personal use and large enough to be deemed a commercial-size import.
The shipment could have been turned into thousands of quesadillas and enchiladas once it hit kitchens across America.
CBP officers found the cheese late Friday night inside three ice chests in a pickup driven by a man from Aurora, Colo. CBP officials said the 50-year-old man was order to pay a $300 fine.
The cheese was destroyed,

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officials said.
"Individuals can import personal quantities of cheese -- something in the 10-pound range," Joane Thale-Lembo, CBP Santa Teresa port director said in a statement. "This shipment certainly exceeded that quantity and was therefore seized and destroyed."
CBP officials did not disclose the type of cheese that was seized, but it appeared to be asadero, which can also be used on nachos, salads, burritos, chiles rellenos, chile con queso and hundreds of popular recipes.
Officials said the cheese was destroyed either in an incinerator or a garbage disposal device -- which would make it either melted cheese or shredded cheese.

Tempe Az ( Amber Alert - Just put out over TV - father abducted 13 yr old girl ) Mental illness

Amber Alert issued for 13-year-old Tempe gir

Posted: Jan 08, 2013 6:03 PM PSTUpdated: Jan 08, 2013 6:05 PM PST

By Julie Rose, FOX 10 News Web Producer - bio

Authorities have issued an amber alert for a 13-year-old girl who was abducted from Tempe Tuesday afternoon.
Jazmin Babers was reportedly abducted by her non-custodial father about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. She may have been taken in a navy blue BMW SUV, unknown license plate number.
Jazmin' father, Ernest Babers, has a history of mental illness.
Jazmin is 5' tall, 90 to 95 lbs., with shoulder length brownish black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a red polo shirt, blue hoodie with Capitol One logo, tan pants, gray tennis shoes with orange flowers on the tongue.
37-year-old Ernest Babers is 6'1" tall, 180 lbs., with short black hair and brown eyes.
TIPLINE: 1-800-646-2475

SAN DIEGO ( Trench coat Robber armed with knife- Days Inn ) Wanted

SAN DIEGO — Police are looking for a man who robbed a downtown hotel at knife point Monday night.

The thief walked into the Days Inn on Ash Street near 8th Avenue about 8:30 p.m., demanded cash and threatened the clerk with a knife, San Diego police said.

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He then jumped over the counter and took money from the register, police said.

The robber was described as white, 6 feet 1 inches tall and 170 pounds with blue eyes, wearing a tan trench coat and jeans, police said.