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In The News

2014-05-05 | Mexican drug cartel allegedly kidnapped, tortured after St. Paul thefts
A Mexican drug cartel had a "stash house" in St. Paul and, when drugs and money were stolen from it last month, several suspects were kidnapped and tortured, according to charges filed in Ramsey County District Court. Now, sources said, a federal grand jury has been convened in the case. Federal charges could be coming this week.

2014-05-01 | FORGET CSI: A Disaster Is Happening In America's Crime Labs
Even labs that seem to be well run are often plagued by backlogs and underfunding. An estimated 40,000 rape kits remain untested around the country, sitting around in evidence rooms because of lack of funding. Some of those kits date to the 1980s. In some cases, kits are so old that even if a perpetrator is identified, he or she can’t be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations. As a result, sometimes authorities don’t even bother testing the oldest kits. But increased funding, necessary as it is, addresses only one aspect of the problem. Without strict oversight, scientific independence, and properly trained personnel, the U.S. will continue to be plagued by serious crime lab misconduct, undermining the criminal justice system and unfairly imprisoning falsely accused suspects while letting real perpetrators off the hook.

2014-04-30 | Rape suspect released as 'twin brother' twist snags prosecutors
Dwayne McNair, 33, of Jamaica Plain and Dedham, was released from an eight-count indictment that charged him with raping two young women with an accomplice, Anwar Thomas. Prosecutors attempted to use a newly developed, state-of-the-art DNA test they said could determine whether Dwayne McNair was the rapist. The test is said to be precise enough to distinguish his DNA from that of his identical twin, Dwight McNair.

2014-04-28 | Hundreds in Delaware drug cases could walk
Prosecutors are hoping to salvage some pending drug cases by avoiding taking any to trial right now, according to state prosecutor Kathleen Jennings, who said a trial would force the state to disclose details about the criminal investigation of the state's Controlled Substances Lab and potentially undermine the investigation.

2014-04-18 | Suspect in Twin Cities meth-related kidnappings reported arrested in LA
A kidnapping suspect charged in St. Paul was arrested in Los Angeles on Thursday after police closed off several downtown streets following a car chase that ended with him escaping on foot, KABC-TV reported. Jesus Ramirez was taken into custody at the Pepper Tree Motel in North Hollywood about 5:30 p.m. PDT, KABC said. He was to be booked into a local jail. A few hours earlier, FBI and Los Angeles police pursued Ramirez after he was seen running into a building in the 800 block of Broadway after abandoning a Ford Expedition. A perimeter was set up in the area but he remained at large until his arrest.

2014-04-17 | Minnesota kidnap suspect caught after Calif. chase
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A kidnapping suspect from Minnesota has been arrested after leading police on a car chase into downtown Los Angeles where he escaped officers on foot.

2014-04-17 | Can My Department Benefit from Mobile ID Fingerprint Devices?
This report provides a “landscape” view of the issues and products associated with mobile devices for fingerprint identification, with a focus on forensic applications. The document is intended to furnish laboratory managers and investigators with a survey of current commercially available products. In addition, the report provides decisionmakers and potential end users with •examples that illustrate successful adoption; •issues to consider related to implementation of mobile ID devices; •and a snapshot of current mobile ID technologies. Upon review, the reader may better understand whether mobile ID devices can benefit his or her organization and how to proceed with selecting a platform and implementing use.

2014-04-16 | 2 Twin Cities kidnappings blamed on dealers wanting 30 pounds of stolen meth
Two people were kidnapped, taken to a house in St. Paul and assaulted while their relatives were told to return 30 pounds of methamphetamine or pay a $300,000 ransom, according to a complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court.

2014-04-14 | New FBI fingerprint technology key to resolving Illinois cold case
New FBI technology — including a sharper fingerprint identification system — is helping police resolve cold cases, such as the 1997 slaying of a teenage runaway from the northwest suburbs whose alleged killer was charged with the crime just last week. The federal agency's Next Generation Identification system sounds like the name of a futuristic crime show — and in some ways, it resembles one, with cutting-edge advances rolled out over the past few years.

2014-04-14 | Drug Tampering at Florida Lab Prompts Changes
State attorneys throughout Florida said it remains unclear how many cases will be dropped because of Joseph Graves' alleged thefts. Evidence seized by 80 law enforcement agencies in 35 of Florida's 67 counties may have been compromised. "This has created a very difficult burden on our entire office. A very significant amount of manpower has been devoted to this," said State Attorney Bill Eddins, who said investigators have reviewed more than 2,600 cases Graves handled since 2006 and have found 53 in Eddins' district where drug evidence appears to have been compromised.