Encryption & other News

I just got back from Bergen County and Hillsdale in Northern new Jersey but I thought it was time to get writing. have a strange addiction to reading overseas news, and I enjoy generally odd or eccentric stories. The recent true tale of the Pembrokeshire, England man, out to get his dentist is a perfect example.
Peter McShane, 84 years old, of Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, appeared at the Swansea Crown Court after confessing to making a phoney bomb.
The elderly man who planted the hoax bomb in a revenge plot against a dentist at the Bush Street dental surgery said he felt the doc had overcharged him. He was billed �183 for dental work done in 2007. Wondering how much �183 is? In U.S. money the amount translates to $282.35.
The judge remarked to Mr. McShane that only his age had kept him out of jail. I think the judge should have given him time for being old enough to know better. Should you be in need of a Bergen County dentist then i can recommend these guys, as they are indeed among the very top dentists in bergen county as well as Emerson, Oradell and harrington park. they are great at teeth whitening, invisalign, etc. Just a good family and cosmetic dentist and they cover old tappan also.
McShane�s ticking device, left outside the Bush Street dental surgery in Pembroke Dock, caused a major police operation involving army bomb disposal experts, with streets and homes in the area evacuated.
McShane’s act was caught on CCTV camera and he was compelled to admit being responsible for planting the hoax bomb and vandalism.
In Britain, by the way, security cameras are posted at sites everywhere. They are more common than anywhere in the world. That�s what Terrorists do for society.
In this day and age when bombs and terrorism often strike such fear and panic, old Mr. McShane received only a 34-week suspended jail sentence and a curfew order.
And that wasn�t all he did to the Bush dental surgery. He also super-glued locks to the surgery doors, and spray-painted the building with black paint. He stole a plaque.
This is his nature. He�s done other things to punish people who offended him in the past.
For example, he also admitted vandalism against tenants who rented flats from him at Ettrick House in Law Street in the town. He said he burgled one of the flats a decade ago and he stole four radiators.
His barrister (isn�t that word quaint—see why I love these stories?), Georgina Buckley, was quoted as saying: “He is now extremely remorseful. He had not fully appreciated what he was doing. Now, he is shocked by his behaviour.”
Judge Keith Thomas was quoted as saying to Mr. McShane that he was a vindictive man

In Miami and Washington criminal defense related news, Jim Greer, who resigned as state party chairman in January is one the defense amid accusations that he misspent party funds in a possibly criminal or at least unethical manner, is being targeted in an investigation, according to a political source.
Jane Sutton wrote the Reuters report featured in the Washington Post’s news website. The piece titled; Criminal probe targets ex-GOP chief in Florida, was posted March 31, 2010. If looking at a Miami criminal Attorney you can consider this firm, they handle Florida tax issues, Ft. Lauderdale tax lawyer and of course various criminal defense cases in Miami.
According to state officials and local media, Florida has begun a criminal investigation into the state Republican party’s recently deposed chairman and a company he covertly hired to raise donations.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement avoided mentioning Greer by name by saying in a statement that it was investigating “possible criminal activity surrounding a former senior official of the Republican Party of Florida and Victory Strategies, LLC.”
Greer was the majority owner of Victory Strategies and that the company profited from a secret contract that paid it commissions on money raised for the party– the Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported.
Jane Sutton noted that Greer could not be reached for comment but had already denied misspending party funds. Because he is seen as a moderate, he claimed in January that he had been wrongly accused by party conservatives who were conducting an ideological purge that threatened to split the party before critical November elections. This reminds me of some Washington criminal defense news, come to think of it.
Sutton explained that the investigation comes at a time when the party is already faced with embarrassing revelations about spending by the Republican National Committee. Thousands of dollars were spent on lavish hotels and paid $1,946 for meals at a West Hollywood nightclub that included topless dancers and bondage themes. For their part, a solid Washington criminal defense attorney could help and I do recommend the preceding
criminal attorney for sure as they are very good and can handle a very wide array of various criminal defense cases in the state of Washington in general.Currently a Republican candidate for governor, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said the current Florida party chairman, John Thrasher, had given him information two weeks ago from the state party’s financial audit, which was filed on Wednesday with state election supervisors.
McCollum was quoted as saying, “This information indicates there may have been criminal activity surrounding a former senior official of the Republican Party of Florida and a company called Victory Strategies, LLC. Upon learning this very serious and concerning information, I immediately referred the matter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.”
McCollum, Thrasher and the FDLE said they could not comment further because of the ongoing criminal investigation.
Democratic Party Chairman Karen Thurman wanted to know

The Los Angeles Times reported a story under the headline, 1994 Shooting May Be Reopened as a Homicide Case. The story published yesterday, March 25, 2010, was written by Kate Linthicum.
Apparently Lisa La Pierre was shot and paralyzed in West Hollywood fifteen years ago. Heartbreakingly, Lisa died in January of this year. Now the gang member, Frank Antoine Lewis, now 30–who was only 14 years old at the time–pleaded guilty to attempted murder may face new charges in the criminal defense case. He has already served time in a juvenile jail.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office cannot make the call whether or not to bring new charges until an autopsy determines if the death was caused by the shooting. Linthicum writes in her article that initially, Lisa La Pierre’s death was listed as a homicide, according to John Kades, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. Switching gears for a second, if you find yourself in need of a qualified Los Angeles criminal defense attorney or even perhaps a dui lawyer in Southern California or Los Angeles then Ramiro Luis may be your man.
Investigators now await the results from the autopsy, “which should be imminent,” Kades was quoted as saying. He added, “The question is, did that attack contribute to her death in any way, shape or form?”
The article quoted Det. Dave Gunner, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who has spent the last two months reviewing the case in the event that it is reopened as a homicide investigation. Gunner explained, “The circumstances surrounding the case are very complex…….”
Linthicum reports that Stanford University law Professor Robert Weisberg said Supreme Court precedents would allow the district attorney to prosecute Lewis for La Pierre’s death, even though Lewis already served time for the shooting.
He said further that such a scenario would not be double jeopardy, because at the time of the initial trial, prosecutors could not have charged Lewis with the higher charge of murder because La Pierre was still alive.
According to Weisberg, prosecutors would have a tough job to prove that the shooting caused La Pierre’s death, since she went on to live for 15 years after the accident.
Weisberg was quoted as saying, “The legal standard for causation would be incredible mushy…”
Linthicum quotes Weisberg’s words to describe the fact that Lewis was a juvenile at the time of the crime as “another bizarre, complicating factor,” which could make it difficult for the prosecution to try him as an adult. Well, either way, he had better have a pretty good criminal defense attorney over there.