Six fall in anti-drug raid (Manila Bulletin)
Six suspects, including a policeman, were arrested in separate drug bust operations by agents of the Philippine Drug enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Manila and Bulacan recently. Arrested were PO2 Christopher Lee, reportedly assigned at the fingerprints division at Camp Crame, Quezon City; Cesar Curabo, Conrado Esteban, Raya Raskal, Benjamin Pasquin, and Francisco Chua. (Rizal S. Obanil)
Murders, assaults, drug and weapon cases make up lawmen's top unsolved files (The Blackshear Times)
Fingerprints and DNA can be vital to investigators tracking unknown criminals. As helpful as they are, however, it can pale in comparison to the wealth of information authorities receive from public tips.
Fingertips Leave A Bacterial Fingerprint (NPR)
Researchers studying the microbes that inhabit human skin say the bacteria left behind when an object is touched can be used to identify who did the touching. Microbe researcher Rob Knight explains how these bacterial "fingerprints" could one day be used in solving crimes.
Senators draft plan to rework U.S. immigration policy (Washington Post)
Sens. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) announced the building blocks Thursday for a new push in Congress to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, outlining a plan to require U.S. citizens and legal immigrants to obtain a new high-tech Social Security card tied to their fingerprints or other biometric identifiers and to create a system to bring in temporary workers as ...
Improved fingerprint technology proves to be a hit (The Gainesville Sun)
By Cindy Swirko Staff writer The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the number of "hits" to local law enforcement agencies from fingerprints left at crime scenes has tripled as a result of improved fingerprint matching technology.
Child ID program offered in Hingham March 27 (The Hingham Journal)
Parents are urged to bring their children to receive this free service. Provided will be children’s tooth print, fingerprints and video.
Childhood memories inspire new songs for Frampton (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Since he started his career in the '60s, Peter Frampton has maintained his reputation as an electrifying guitarist and solo artist, most famously on 1976's multiplatinum live set "Frampton Comes Alive!" Five days after his 60th birthday, the British legend will release one of the most personal albums of his career, "Thank You Mr. Churchill."
Former New Tampa leader dies (The Tampa Tribune)
Widely regarded as a patriarch of New Tampa, Frank Margarella swept into town in 1991 as a big dreamer ready to vault Hunter's Green among the Tampa Bay area's premier country club communities.However, over the next two decades he would leave his fingerprints on every part of the community.Margarella, who moved from Hunter's Green to Redington Shores in Pinellas County a year ago for a fresh ...
VIDEO: No physical evidence ties Simpson to pizza killing (The Morning Journal)
ELYRIA — No physical evidence, such as fingerprints or DNA, links murder defendant Neil Simpson to the slaying of Dave Kowalczyk at Granny D's Pizza in June 2007, according to investigators from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Lake County Crime Lab who testified yesterday at Simpson's trial.
Most stolen clay art returned to museum (The Columbus Dispatch)
When thieves broke into the Uhrichsville Clay Museum last month, they stole more than 51 pieces of folk art -- they ripped away family memories.