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Oct 23, 2012

HONOLULU ­ A Coast Guard helicopter crew was targeted by an individual with a laser pointer while flying nearly two miles offshore of Oahu, late Tuesday. The lased MH-65 Dolphin helicopter was forced to return to Coast Guard Air Station…

Oct 23, 2012

21 St. Joseph's Residents Among 25 Defendants Indicted KANSAS CITY, Mo. Twenty-one St. Joseph, Mo., residents are among 25 defendants who have been indicted by a federal grand jury in six separate but related cases as a result of a…

Oct 12, 2012

NEW ORLEANS The Coast Guard seized a Mexican-flagged vessel, known as a lancha, that was illegally fishing in U.S. waters four miles offshore of Brownsville, Texas, Thursday. At approximately 10:30 a.m., crewmembers aboard a Coast Guard Station South Padre Island…

Oct 8, 2012

Madison, Wisconsin Thomas L. Matje, 46, of Deforest, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to five years in federal prison for arson. Matje pleaded guilty to this charge on August 2, 2012. Matje was also…

Oct 3, 2012

More than 8,000 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medicine collected in fifth statewide Take-Back effort OCT 04 (PHOENIX) Over 8,000 pounds of prescription drugs were collected during the fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Event. When the results of the four statewide…