DURHAM – Authorities are refusing to comment on a police affidavit fingering a member of the Sigma Beta fraternity, which was raided in the fall, as the marijuana supplier to a fellow fraternity brother indicted this month on drug charges.
The affidavit, prepared by a detective with the state Attorney General’s Drug Task Force, says an undercover officer went to the Sigma Beta house on Madbury Road in August to buy drugs from David Mason, who was Read the rest of this entry »

Two policemen are still in hospital with serious injuries after a collision between a Mitsubishi Evolution and a police car early on Saturday morning.
A 28-year-old man from Great Yarmouth has been released on bail after he was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and failing to stop for police.
The Mitsubishi failed to stop for police in Belvedere Road, Lowestoft.
Four men were injured after it was followed and collided with a marked police Read the rest of this entry »

Three men have been arrested in a Washington County Narcotics Task Force probe in Forest Lake. Authorities also seized 62 pounds of khat, a leafy controlled substance narcotic, during a joint effort with the Forest Lake Police Department.
The drugs were seized and the arrests were made at 1:40 p.m. on Tuesday at the UPS Store, 2009 W. Broadway Ave. where officers from the two police agencies converged.
During the arrest, police recovered 62 pounds Read the rest of this entry »

Authorities in the Fox Valley say they’re becoming increasingly concerned that armed robbers are targeting prescription drugs instead of money as the value of the medications increases.
The robbery of a Neenah pharmacy Tuesday was the latest in a string that includes the targeting of two homes in Grand Chute in recent months. Winnebago County Dist. Atty. Christian Gossett said he expects to charge two 25-year-old men today in connection to the Read the rest of this entry »

A San Luis Obispo man was arrested late Friday after police say he sold cocaine and Ecstacy to undercover officers at a downtown nightclub.
David Michael Lamberson, 36, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Higuera Street. Officers from the San Luis Obispo County Narcotics Task Force, who arrested Lamberson after a two-month investigation, said he had been selling the drugs at clubs in downtown San Luis Obispo.
Officers served a search Read the rest of this entry »

About $11,000 in cash was recovered along with the drugs; no weapons were found. Police are consulting with federal authorities to determine the next steps in the investigation.
Officials said the largest cocaine seizure previously made by city police was 60 pounds in 2006. Yesterday’s take was not a record for drugs found in Baltimore, however; federal agents seized more than a ton of cocaine, worth $25 million, from an East Baltimore warehouse Read the rest of this entry »

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SWAT teams swept across Denver Tuesday seizing drugs, weapons and arresting more than a half-dozen men police said are members of a notorious gang.
The bust focused on a notoriously violent gang known as MS-13. The FBI said MS-13 operates with a mob mentality, dealing drugs and retaliating against anyone who crosses them.
“Mobsters without borders,” Dan Roberts, with the FBI, called the gang.
Police took down eight members of MS-13 Tuesday Read the rest of this entry »

Better fitness, less paper are police department goals
Chief Dial is out of town this week, and it’s my pleasure to fill in for him. I enjoy occasionally writing these columns because it’s fun to share some “inside” information about the Naperville Police Department.
These are interesting times for all of us, not just in Naperville but throughout the country and the world we’re connected to. And I mean “interesting times” in the sense of Read the rest of this entry »

Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) – Syracuse police have arrested a man after he allegedly pointed a gun at a Crouse Hospital security guard Monday afternoon.
Police say the man arrived at Crouse shortly before 4:00 p.m. in an ambulance; he was riding with his sister, who was the patient.
A hospital spokesman says the man was noticeably under the influence of some type of drug.
Police say upon arrival at the hospital, the man became belligerent, Read the rest of this entry »