The government says Saifullah Anjum Ranjha thought he was helping out al Qaeda. Unfornuately for Ranjha he wasn’t helping himself out much. Now it’s off to prison. By Tricia Bishop Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — A Pakistani national with homes in Laurel and Washington, D.C., was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday in a Baltimore…
Dear President-elect Obama, Congratulations on your election by the American people to be their Chief Executive. Now comes the hard part. I write this letter to provide some unsolicited advice about one of your most important duties, the enforcement of federal law. Neither you nor your opponent said much about crime or law enforcement during…
A D.C. clerk allegedly involved in an elevator license renewal scam could be headed somewhere where they have no elevators — just bars. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Ikela M. Dean, a District government clerk, sometimes demanded late fees when businesses and nonprofit groups came in to renew their elevator…
That little thing called an “indictment” still hangs over Rep. William J. Jefferson’s head, but it apparently hasn’t been a big enough negative in the 61-year-old’s bid for re-election. He won again. Go figure. He faces a December election against a Republican challenger. WWLTV.com NEW ORLEANS — Indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson lived to fight…
Thirty one years after the murder, mobster Michael Coppola has been charged in the murder of a rival nicknamed “Coca Cola”. He pleaded “not guilty” Monday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. By Tom Hays Associated Press NEW YORK — A jailed reputed mobster was charged on Monday with the 1977 slaying of a gangland…
