Criminal Law

Not Winning the War on Drugs
According to the White House, this country is scoring big wins in the war on drugs, especially against the cocaine cartels. Officials celebrate that cocaine seizures are up ? leading to higher prices on American streets...

Teens arrested for copper theft, needed money for gas, insurance www.privateofficer.com
Teens arrested for copper theft, needed money for insurance www.privateofficer.com Port St. Lucie Fla. June 14 2008 Teens in search of cash are accused of doing serious damage to a half dozen RV owners...

Arrestee's Information Reliable Enough to Supprt Arrest
US v. White: A gentleman named Ali arrived in Charleston, West Virginia, and was arrested for possession of crack. He cooperated with investigators and agreed to set up a controlled purchase of cocaine from White later the same day...

The Real News: AP is Clueless
The Associate Press reports (H/T Judgment Day) that the feds prosecute more Hispanics than white people for powder cocaine trafficking. In a desperate bid to get more of a reaction than “Duh!”, the writer, Laura Jakes Jordan, tries to draw a meaningful connection between the feds’ prosecution statistics and the public perception that powder cocaine [...

Acquitted conduct
Michael Hurn was in deep trouble.  He was on trial for possession with intent to distribute 150 grams of powder cocaine, and 450 grams of crack cocaine base.  As anyone who’s familiar with Federal sentencing knows, the powder cocaine was the least of his worries; a conviction on that would have meant a sentence of between [...

The armchair investigator: Social Media and Teens
The Pew Internet & American Life Project report, Teens and Social Media, supports the continuing importance of the Internet for due diligence, background, employment and skip tracing investigations, as well as, reputation research and even surveillance for legal and insurance matters...

Two Teens Shot At
Homeowner to pay undisclosed settlement in endangerment lawsuit.

Rock Band Great White
Settles Over 2003 Station NightClub Fire

Housing Buyer Discrimination
White homeowner settles $30,000 buyer-discrimination lawsuit.