Criminology and Psychology

Regina Russell, who was 38-years-old, was flown to the trauma unit at Huntsville Hospital with severe head injuries. Willis says they initially thought Russell had just been beaten. However, after doctors evaluated Russell, they found out she'd also been shot in the head. Russell died just before midnight Friday. Willis says this is a terrible crime and a tragic loss. The sheriff says it's even more difficult since the victim is one of his workers. "It's tough," says Willis. "This was a sweet girl and we're all close here, like family." Willis called in the Alabama Bureau of Investigation to help, since the death involves a department member. The Lauderdale County District Attorney's office assisted as well. After a manhunt for most of the day Saturday, District Attorney Chris Connolly says a state trooper spotted a black pickup truck on Alabama Highway 64 matching the description of a man who was considered a person of interest in the homicid...

Louie Scavetta, 48, who works for a private contracter, Trinity Food Services, was under investigation for about a month, authorities said.Today, an undercover deputy gave Scavetta fake oxycodone for an inmate and told him he could keep some of the drug for himself, investigators said. He was arrested about 1 p.m. in the parking lot of a Palm Coast drugstore where officials say he went to make the transaction. Scavetta is charged with attempted introduction of contraband into a detention facility, attempted delivery of a controlled substance into a detention facility and introduction of contraband into a detention facility. He was being held on $30,000 bail.

“I haven't seen an American this year,” said Pedro Orta, 64, who has been taking photos for tourists here for four decades. cartels seeking control of drug-smuggling routes into the United States have left more than 4,000 people dead in two years in this city of 1.3 million, victims of a bloodbath that has claimed smugglers and the innocent, destroyed tourism, ruined businesses and spread chaos all along the Texas-Mexico border.From Ciudad Juarez to the north to Matamoros to the south, border cities are taking the brunt of a drug war that has claimed 18,000 lives in the past three years in Mexico.In Ciudad Juarez alone, some 100,000 residents have fled for safer locales, with about a third of them crossing the Rio Grande to live in El Paso. A surge of wealthy Mexicans also has moved to Houston, San Antonio and other parts of Texas to protect their families and relocate their businesses.With multiple warnings issued to avoid border cities, little commerce is going the other directio...

Nine people are in custody after police seized drugs from a recording studio near Cherry Beach. A Toronto Police team consisting of drug, ETF, TAVIS and 51 Division officers executed a search warrant at about 4:30 a.m. on Friday at the TNT Recording Studio, located at 25 Polson St. Const. Wendy Drummond says police found a large quantity of crack cocaine, marijuana, Oxycodone and two loaded handguns. Police also seized more than $7,000 in cash.She said firearms and drug charges have been laide against the nine people arrested. They are to make their first court appearance on Saturday.

The new African Mafia Street Gang said it was not associated to the Mad Cow Street Gang. • In consultation with the Province of Manitoba Provincial Threat Assessment on Street Gangs and the opinion published by the Winnipeg Police Service. the Brooks RCMP GIS - Crime Reduction Unit has confirmed that no member of the African Mafia Street Gang has ever been identified as traveling to or residing in Brooks. The Brooks RCMP GIS - Crime Reduction Unit met with members of the African Canadian Council to discuss the issues relating to the African Mafia Street Gang. That meeting was held to calm fears that the African Mafia Street Gang is operating a criminal organization within Brooks, educate the members of the council on the facts surrounding the African Mafia Street Gang, and to dispel rumours that the police had labeled all members of the African community as Mafia members. Eros said the Brooks RCMP GIS - Crime Reduction Unit will continue to investigate claims of gang activity, org...

Authorities are pushing to regulate what they say is a common method drug cartels use to move money across the border: stored-value cards. A loophole in federal law lets people take the cards - which look like debit or credit cards - across the border freely. The cards aren't classified under federal law as a "monetary instrument," which means holders don't have to declare them. By contrast, anyone carrying more than $10,000 in cash across the border must declare it to customs officers. Unlimited amounts of money can be put into accounts linked to the cards, making them attractive to smugglers looking to avoid increased scrutiny at ports of entry, authorities say. Federal officials have no way of knowing how much money travels in and out of the United States on the cards because they have no way to track them. But Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard believes it's millions, based on conversations with law-enforcement officials. "I can declare that I ha...

Lyons had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs when he rammed Mark's van off the M74 in Lanarkshire. He then fled to Spain, where he remained a fugitive for 111 days. Eventually, armed Spanish police swooped at Alicante airport as a friend arrived from Scotland with Lyons' toddler son. Last night, the officer in charge of the case praised the Sunday Mail for helping to snare Lyons after we agreed not to name him as the prime suspect for several weeks - or to reveal that he was in Spain. Detective Chief Inspector Neil Thomson said: "The fact it didn't become public knowledge through the media certainly assisted us putting in place mechanisms which allowed us to track where he was and ultimately effect his arrest. "In the underworld, it was fairly well known who we were looking for and where he might be. "But the fact that it was not commented on in the media certainly assisted us." During the manhunt, the Sunday Mail also agreed not to reveal details...