American Heroes Press Top Stories May 21, 2010

Army Casualty
http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/army-casualty_21.html

Mexican Mafia Trial
Jury Convicts Three of RICO Conspiracy in Texas Mexican Mafia Trial Conspiracy Charge Alleges Responsibility for 22 San Antonio-Area Murders
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http://criminal-justice-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/mexican-mafia-trial.html

Defense Fellow Helps Give Barbie a New Career
Dr. Erin Fitzgerald is a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the Basic Science Office within the Office of the Director, Defense Research and Engineering in the Department of Defense, where she develops strategic plans for future basic research investments.
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http://talk-technology.blogspot.com/2010/05/defense-fellow-helps-give-barbie-new.html

Father, Daughter Return From Iraq
It's difficult for any leader to send someone into harm's way, but it's especially hard when that someone is your daughter. Army 1st Sgt. Robert Hempstead, first sergeant for the Indiana National Guard's 1313th Engineer Company, knows what that's like. The company, based in Columbus, Ind., recently returned from a tour in Iraq, and Hempstead's daughter, Crystal, is one of the unit's soldiers.
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http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/father-daughter-return-from-iraq.html

Massive Drug Trafficking Enterprise Busted in East Texas: 44 in Custody on Federal Drug Charges
U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced a combined task force led by the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division began arresting individuals charged with involvement in a methamphetamine manufacturing and distribution criminal enterprise on May 19-20, 2010 in the Panola, Rusk, Gregg, Upshur, Marion, and Cherokee Counties, Texas areas. Those arrests continued through today with agents and officers executing approximately 50 federal arrest warrants. Eighteen defendants have previously been arrested on similar charges in recent months.
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http://criminal-justice-online-courses.blogspot.com/2010/05/massive-drug-trafficking-enterprise.html

Army Forces Cyber Command Headquarters Standup Plan Announced
May 21, 2010 - The Army announced today that it intends to establish a new Army Forces Cyber Command (ARFORCYBER) Headquarters within the National Capital Region, no later than October 2010.
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http://talk-technology.blogspot.com/2010/05/army-forces-cyber-command-headquarters.html

DOD to Implement New Suspicious Activity Reporting System
The Department of Defense announced today that it will use the FBI-owned and maintained eGuardian suspicious activity reporting system as a long-term solution to ensure access to appropriate law enforcement related threat information in support of the department's missions.
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http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/dod-to-implement-new-suspicious.html

Chocolate-Covered Cocaine Discovered by CBP at JFK
S. Customs and Border Protection officers made an unexpected discovery when they inspected the bags of a U.S. citizen returning to the country from Colombia.
http://criminal-justice-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/chocolate-covered-cocaine-discovered-by.html

CBR Weapons and WMD Terrorism News, May 21, 2010
http://terrorism-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/cbr-weapons-and-wmd-terrorism-news-may_21.html

Mars Rover Update
http://talk-technology.blogspot.com/2010/05/mars-rover-update.html

Washington, D.C. Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Rob a Dunbar Armored Truck Carrying Over $2 Million in Cash Fired Three Rounds at the Truck; Entered a Home with Rifle in Effort to Obtain Getaway Car
May 21, 2010 - GREENBELT, MD—Toumani Touray Thomas, age 33, of Washington, D.C. pleaded guilty today to attempting to rob a Dunbar armored truck containing over $2 million in cash and firing a rifle during the robbery attempt.
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http://criminal-justice-online.blogspot.com/2010/05/washington-dc-man-pleads-guilty-to.html

MS-13 Driver in 2007 Murder in Springfield Sentenced to Life in Prison
May 21, 2010 - ALEXANDRIA, VA—Carlos Bladimir Montoya, also known as "Ciego," 26, of Sterling, Va., was sentenced today to life plus a consecutive 120 months in prison for his role in the murder of a rival gang member on May 5, 2007.
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http://criminal-justice-online-courses.blogspot.com/2010/05/ms-13-driver-in-2007-murder-in.html

U.S. Attorney’s Office Launches New Task Force to Fight Financial Fraud
May 21, 2010 - RICHMOND—Federal and state officials today announced the creation of the Virginia Financial and Securities Fraud Task Force, an unprecedented partnership between criminal investigators and civil regulators to investigate and prosecute complex financial fraud cases in the nation and in Virginia.
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http://criminal-justice-online-courses.blogspot.com/2010/05/us-attorneys-office-launches-new-task.html