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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Missing Man Suffers From Dementia, Diabetes


Missing Man Suffers From Dementia, Diabetes
Precinct 4 Constables Help Family Search For Man
POSTED: 10:25 am CST February 7, 2006


HOUSTON -- Relatives of a man who suffers from dementia and diabetes need the public's help finding him.


Ward Copening, 75, was last seen at about 3:30 p.m., leaving his northwest Harris County home in the 15500 block of Lago Villa.


Copening drives a silver 2003 Toyota Camry with Texas license plates W64-HPY.


Anyone with information about Copening's disappearance or location should call the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office at (281) 376-3472.


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Murder, rape charges dropped due to botched DNA evidence

Murder, rape charges dropped due to botched DNA evidence
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
BY MARYANN SPOTO
Star-Ledger Staff

A possible mix-up of DNA evidence at the New Jersey State Police crime laboratory forced the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office to drop murder and rape charges yesterday from a 37-year-old case against a convicted sex offender.

The dismissal of the charges means Jerry Lee Bellamy, who was being held in the 1968 rape and homicide of 13-year-old Jane Durrua of Middletown, could go free as early as today, authorities said. >>> rest of the story

Georgia and Colorado both have Bills in the works for Elderly AMBER Alert Systems

Georgia and Colorado both have Bills in the works for Elderly AMBER Alert Systems

These are 2 separate stories but both about Bills being introduced or passed that would create an AMBER Alert system for the elderly and disabled.

In Colorado it is Senate Bill 57.

In Georgia it is The "Mattie's Call" bill .

Please follow this link for more detailed information. To The Forum.

Ohio Sex offenders aren't divulging past

Ohio Sex offenders aren't divulging past
By Mark Caudill News Journal

MANSFIELD -- Convicted sex offenders could be working for area businesses unaware of their criminal past, according to police Chief Phil Messer. Two-thirds of the 61 sex offenders at the Volunteers of America did not register with city police as required by law, Messer said Monday.

"This is kind of a blatant disregard for the law," he said. "If I had jail space, I would get all (40) of these guys tonight." Messer said he is more concerned, however, because these sex offenders could be working for employers who don't know their criminal backgrounds.

The situation came to light last week when two men came to the police department to get criminal records checks, required by some employers. "Somebody in records recognized one of them as living at 290 N. Main (VOA), knowing they had to be a sex offender or a felon," Messer said. >>>rest of the story
 
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