Crime Scene: November 15, 2009 - November 21, 2009
When reality (TV) sets in
It seems an interior designer in California thought he could "double dip," working in his field while also claiming disability. But he was caught in part because he was spotted working on a reality show on HGTV: Hunt continued working...
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| November 21, 2009; 10:30 AM ET |
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Nation's top cop helps swear in a friend
It's not every day that the top law enforcement officer in the United States personally attends the swearing-in ceremony for one of the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys. Not until Eric H. Holder Jr. became attorney general, that is. On Friday...
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| November 20, 2009; 4:37 PM ET |
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Quick, to the getaway canoe
Fairfax County police believe they captured a man this week who repeatedly broke into a Reston liquor store after they arrested him fleeing across Lake Thoreau in a canoe.
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| November 20, 2009; 4:00 PM ET |
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Nine-year-old Oscar laid to rest
OSCAR FERNANDO FUENTES Febrero 17, 2000 - Noviembre 14, 2009 Almost a week after the fourth-grader was shot in his family's Columbia Heights apartment, killed by a bullet fired blindly through the door by a robber in the hallway, mourners...
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| November 20, 2009; 3:43 PM ET |
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Culosi's police shooting case languishing in federal court
Fairfax County police officers have killed nine people since 2006. Two of them were unarmed: David Masters, killed last week on Route 1, and optometrist Sal Culosi. His family's lawsuit against the Fairfax police is still pending, and his father called with an update.
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Tom Jackman
| November 20, 2009; 12:01 PM ET |
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Taxi scam, an advertising firm and a trip to El Salvador
Since federal agents raided the offices of Ted G. Loza, chief of staff to Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), in September, there has been speculation about why authorities were seeking documents related to a small advertising firm and Fiesta...
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Del Wilber
| November 20, 2009; 10:50 AM ET |
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Chicken wings, fries and armed robbery
On a recent night in Charles County, three teenagers went out to a Waldorf-area neighborhood looking for someone to rob. When they couldn't "catch somebody slippin,' " one of the teens later told investigators, they decided to call and see...
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| November 20, 2009; 8:05 AM ET |
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Police: Please return dead veteran's urn, ashes
A week after the cremated remains of a decorated Korean War veteran were stolen from a van near the Mall, U.S. Park Police on Thursday released a photo of the bronze urn and urged whoever stole it to help ease...
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| November 20, 2009; 7:51 AM ET |
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Social networking for criminals?
Turns out the bad guys are using social networking sites too. Francisco Ortiz, who Maryland authorities say is a member of the violent Latin Kings street gang, allegedly told his fellow gang members to clean up their MySpace pages in...
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| November 20, 2009; 7:30 AM ET |
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Md. lobbyist with 7 drunk driving convictions is not alone, report says.
Several readers expressed outrage today at the sentence imposed on Maryland lobbyist David A. Jacobs for his seventh drunk driving conviction. After 36 days in jail, Jacobs -- who has represented the Prince George's County Council and sheriff in Annapolis...
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| November 19, 2009; 5:21 PM ET |
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A year later, no answers in triple murder
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of one of Fairfax County's most shocking unsolved murders, the triple homicide of Terence J. Strope, 38, his brother Ryan C. Strope, 26, and their friend Andres A. Yelicie, 26.
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Tom Jackman
| November 19, 2009; 3:40 PM ET |
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Pantsless man, stolen car
Arlington Police found an intoxicated man alone in a stolen Honda Monday night. That's not all that unusual. But the guy was naked from the waist down. That's not as common....
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| November 19, 2009; 3:26 PM ET |
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Virginia's grim choice: lethal injection or electrocution?
A reader who commented on the story about Larry Bill Elliott's execution by electrocution this week wrote that they were unaware that condemned inmates "had a choice between injection or electrocution" as their means of death in Virginia. The reader,...
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| November 19, 2009; 1:45 PM ET |
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We, the jury, change our mind
Even after a jury has found someone guilty of a crime, they are allowed to change their mind and find him not guilty, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled.
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Tom Jackman
| November 19, 2009; 1:15 PM ET |
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The man who cried 'bomb'
Already standing trial for making face bomb threats, what did James R. Condren do to attempt to get out of trouble? You'll never guess.
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| November 19, 2009; 1:08 PM ET |
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Still looking for love, still in all the wrong places
Fairfax County's renowned serial bigamist, Charles "Ed" Hicks, who married seven women but only divorced five of them, is back in jail for another year after violating the terms of his probation following his first year in jail.
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| November 19, 2009; 11:49 AM ET |
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It takes a tragedy to get public officials moving
The gears of municipal government turn most efficiently in the wake of tragedy, when some horrendous event exposes a big city's inattention to seemingly small details. A child dies, and the neglect that contributed to it -- once inconspicuous, but...
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| November 19, 2009; 10:16 AM ET |
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Standing by his men
Will the Prince George's County sherriff whose men were involved in a controversial 2008 drug raid have to contend with political fallout from it during his run for county executive? Post columnist Robert McCartney shared his thoughts today.
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| November 19, 2009; 9:42 AM ET |
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Stop! Or I'll...
A good story needs no embellishment. This is a good story. This next homeowner is a force to be reckoned with. He's 91, he was buck naked, but he and his dog decided to go after a would be burglar....
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| November 19, 2009; 9:31 AM ET |
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'First, swear you're not a cop...'
In the ongoing effort by criminals to outsmart the cops, we bring you the story of two alleged drug dealers from Fairfax County who insisted that their “partners in crime” sign a “contract” that they were not the police, according to a recent federal affidavit. The police gladly signed it. But they still arrested the bad guys.
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Tom Jackman
| November 18, 2009; 3:45 PM ET |
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In Virginia's death chamber, a rare death by electrocution
Larry "Bill" Elliott, 60, was executed in Virginia on Tuesday night for the murders of a young Woodbridge couple in January 2001. The Post's Josh White attended the execution, filing this personal account along with his news story.
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| November 18, 2009; 1:20 PM ET |
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D.C. quietly folds up police checkpoint program
Remember all the controversy over military-style checkpoints in the District neighborhood of Trinidad?
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| November 18, 2009; 10:27 AM ET |
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Muhammad attorney: It wasn't about the book
Although serial killer John Allen Muhammad chose to represent himself at his 2006 trial for six sniper murders in Montgomery County, Baltimore attorney J. Wyndal Gordon volunteered to help the already convicted gunman, free of charge, and did so.
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| November 18, 2009; 9:29 AM ET |
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Letter carrier's snack break ends in arrest
When you think your home's been broken into, you really shouldn't go inside and look around. If you don't, though, you might miss a scene like this one from Marion, Iowa: Police arrested a mail carrier after she was found...
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| November 18, 2009; 7:42 AM ET |
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Victim's family issues statement in police shooting
Fairfax County police still haven't issued any details about why David A. Masters, 52, was shot to death on Route 1 last Friday. His immediate family -- his parents, brother and two sisters -- released their first statement last night through attorney Jon E. Shields.
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| November 18, 2009; 7:14 AM ET |
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Introducing The Crime Scene
Today, we're launching The Crime Scene, The Post's newest blog. Each day, we'll bring you news, views and perspective on public safety issues in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia and around the nation and world. It'll be written by our...
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| November 18, 2009; 5:00 AM ET |
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Kaine won't stop Va. execution
Va. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) issued the following statement Tuesday ahead of the execution of Larry "Bill" Elliott, which is scheduled for Tuesday night. Elliott is a former military intelligence officer who killed a Woodbridge couple in their home...
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| November 17, 2009; 2:48 PM ET |
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A tragic shooting, a gripping photo
On Tuesday, the New York Post published a story about a teenaged girl shot in the head during a shootout in the Bronx: A 15-year-old girl was caught in the middle of a Bronx shootout while walking home from school...
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| November 17, 2009; 1:04 PM ET |
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'Hand over the money, or I'll exhale'
The Sun Sentinel has a story about a suspected bank robber in Florida whose "weapon" was unusual to say the least: The robber is a black man of medium build with a shaved head. Though he has a tattoo on...
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| November 17, 2009; 1:00 PM ET |
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Meet The Post's Crime & Justice Team
The reporters listed here often cover issues and jurisdictions outside the scope of their daily responsibilities. If you don't see what you're looking for below, e-mail us and we'll make sure it gets to the right person....
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| November 17, 2009; 12:30 PM ET |
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About this blog
The Post's Crime & Justice team covers your safety. Our reporters cover crime and the police departments in the Washington, D.C., area, the local and federal courthouses in The District, Maryland and Virginia, and national and international crime, courthouse and...
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| November 17, 2009; 12:15 PM ET |
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