U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano, and Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske released President Obama’s strategy to stem the flow of illegal drugs and their illicit proceeds across the Southwest border and reduce associated crime and violence in the region. The National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy [...]
A new study released of more than 20,000 men and women entering jail offers the most accurate accounting in more than two decades of the number of adults with serious mental illnesses in these facilities. Using screening instruments to identify individuals entering jails with the most serious mental illnesses and the greatest need for comprehensive [...]
Jun 2 2009 | Posted in
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Kevin Howard, former chief financial officer and vice president of finance for Enron Broadband Services (EBS), Enron’s failed telecommunications business, pleaded guilty today to falsifying books and records, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Assistant Director Kenneth W. Kaiser of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division. Kevin Howard, 46, of [...]
Nora R. Dannehy, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and other federal officials announced that Hassan Abu-Jihaad, formerly known as Paul R. Hall, 33, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark R. Kravitz in New Haven to 120 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for disclosing [...]
Apr 5 2009 | Posted in
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