"The Princeton Review first created this one-of-a-kind resource for college-bound students in 2010 in collaboration with the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, which is best-known for developing the LEED green building rating system.
In 2010, USGBC launched its Center for Green Schools to increase its efforts to drive change in how campuses and schools are designed, constructed and operated so that all educational facilities can enhance student learning experiences.
The list is available by going to www.centerforgreenschools.org/greenguide..." (Read more? Click title)
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
SandBoxUtah: Salt Lake Tribune "Petition calls for Canyons School District investigation "
Katie Drake:"
An online petition calling for an investigation into alleged bullying tactics by Canyons School District officials had more than 700 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.
Chad Iverson, who is running for Canyons Board of Education, said he believes an independent investigation of allegations against superintendent David Doty is needed. Iverson claims former district employees allege Doty uses bullying and intimidation to maintain control. Iverson is also calling for an anonymous survey of all district employees....."
SandBoxUtah: Command Posts "Doolittle Raid Reading and Viewing List"
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A must read from Callie Oettinger.
Peruse official photos in this incredible collection. Read the stories gathered and link to historical data that you may have never known before.
'Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders', thank you so much for your service.
Photo Credit: Crew No. 13 (Plane #40-2247, target Yokosuka): 37th Bombardment Squadron, front row: Lt. Edgar E. McElroy, pilot; and Lt. Richard A. Knobloch, copilot; back row: Lt. Clayton J. Campbell, navigator; Master Sgt. Robert C. Bourgeois, bombardier; and Sgt. Adam R. Williams, flight engineer/gunner. Image: Pacific Air Forces.
Photo Credit: Crew No. 10 (Plane #40-2250, target Tokyo): 89th Reconnaissance Squadron, front row: Lt. Richard O. Joyce, pilot; and Lt. J. Royden Stork, copilot; back row: Lt. Horace E. Crouch, navigator/bombardier; Sgt. George E. Larkin Jr., flight engineer; and Staff Sgt. Edwin W. Horton Jr., gunner. Image and caption: Pacific Air Forces.
Photo Credit: Tung-Sheng Liu (third from right in white jacket) stands with the crew of Lt. Travis Hoover. He helped these men escape capture following the Doolittle Raid. He later immigrated to the United States and was one of four individuals names as honorary Doolittle Raiders. Image and caption: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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SandBoxUtah: Customs and Border Protection "CBP Narcotic Detector Dog Retires"
"Blaine, Wash – U.S. Customs and Border Protection retires narcotic detector dog “Ornella” this week after two years of resolute service protecting the northern border.
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Ornella is four and one half year old Sable Shepherd whose sharp nose is capable of detecting marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamine and concealed humans.
“She is a hard working CBP canine that definitely deserves a comfortable retirement and attentive companion,” said CBP K-9 Officer Shawn Johnson. “Ornella possesses those qualities and energies that make a successful detector dog a drug smuggler’s worst fear.”
CBP employs dogs as long as they can successfully perform the mission. The service career of a detector dog will normally last no longer than eight years. In Ornella’s case she is being retired early due to medical reasons but her retirement circumstances are rather unique.
Ornella will be placed in a caring new home by Save-A-Vet, a non-profit organization founded in 2007 dedicated to the placement of military and law enforcement working dogs after service to country and community is done. Her future will include play time, sun bathing and lazily lounging at the feet of her new companion.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws."
SandBoxUtah: Reuters "Court says Arizona can demand voter identification"
Tim Gaynor:
"A U.S appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ruling likely to add fuel to the fiery debate about voting rights in a presidential election year.
But the court also ruled the state cannot demand that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a decision the state's attorney general said he would appeal.
That could set the stage for yet another U.S. Supreme Court showdown over a contentious Arizona law touching on citizenship issues. Next week, the high court will hear arguments over the state's effort to crack down on illegal immigration....." (Read more? Click title)
"A U.S appeals court on Tuesday ruled Arizona may require voters to show identification at the polls, a ruling likely to add fuel to the fiery debate about voting rights in a presidential election year.
But the court also ruled the state cannot demand that they show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, a decision the state's attorney general said he would appeal.
That could set the stage for yet another U.S. Supreme Court showdown over a contentious Arizona law touching on citizenship issues. Next week, the high court will hear arguments over the state's effort to crack down on illegal immigration....." (Read more? Click title)
SandBoxUtah: Newsmax "Rubio's Immigration Push a Potential Lift for GOP"
""We have to get Hispanic voters to vote for our party," Romney told a private fundraiser in Florida on Sunday in which he insisted the GOP needs an alternative to the DREAM Act. He warned that a significant number of Hispanics backing Obama "spells doom for us," according to NBC News.
Rubio, who notably called on his party to tone down the anti-immigrant talk earlier this year, is working on a plan that would allow young illegal immigrants who came to the United States with their parents to apply for non-immigrant visas. They would be permitted to stay in the country to study or work, could obtain a driver's license but would not be able to vote. They later could apply for residency, but they would not have a special path to citizenship.
Rubio said he has not talked to the Romney campaign about his plan but definitely would. "He's our nominee and I think it's important for him to feel comfortable with and be supportive of whatever endeavor we pursue," the senator said...." (Read more? Click title)
Rubio, who notably called on his party to tone down the anti-immigrant talk earlier this year, is working on a plan that would allow young illegal immigrants who came to the United States with their parents to apply for non-immigrant visas. They would be permitted to stay in the country to study or work, could obtain a driver's license but would not be able to vote. They later could apply for residency, but they would not have a special path to citizenship.
Rubio said he has not talked to the Romney campaign about his plan but definitely would. "He's our nominee and I think it's important for him to feel comfortable with and be supportive of whatever endeavor we pursue," the senator said...." (Read more? Click title)
SandBoxUtah: Salt Lake Tribune "Former Utah deputy faces federal charges in strip search case "
"A former Box Elder County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with eight federal misdemeanors after prosecutors say he inappropriately searched eight women during traffic stops in 2010.
Scott Womack, 36, surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Attorney David Barlow, and was scheduled to make an appearance in federal court on Wednesday, as well.
Womack has been charged with eight counts of deprivation of rights under color of law following a federal investigation...." (Read more? Click title)
SandBox Utah "SandBoxBlogs: Summit County Citizens Voice "Morning photo: Summit view" "
All photo credit: Ed Carley
"I’ve been taking photos of mountains since 2002 when I moved to Boone, North Carolina to attend Appalachian State University, and where I began carrying a camera with me on my hiking and rock climbing adventures. My first taste of the Colorado Rockies came in 2003 when I spent the summer living in Crested Butte and mountain biking in every spare moment. I moved to Summit County in 2007 and have been a full time resident since then. In that time I’ve carried my camera with me on many hiking, biking and snowboarding excursions in to these amazing mountains. I’m happy to share my photos with Summit County Citizens Voice readers....." (follow @ed_carley or click credit link)
"I’ve been taking photos of mountains since 2002 when I moved to Boone, North Carolina to attend Appalachian State University, and where I began carrying a camera with me on my hiking and rock climbing adventures. My first taste of the Colorado Rockies came in 2003 when I spent the summer living in Crested Butte and mountain biking in every spare moment. I moved to Summit County in 2007 and have been a full time resident since then. In that time I’ve carried my camera with me on many hiking, biking and snowboarding excursions in to these amazing mountains. I’m happy to share my photos with Summit County Citizens Voice readers....." (follow @ed_carley or click credit link)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
SandBox Utah: Hot Air Blog "About that CNN poll …"
Ed Morrissey:
"Allahpundit wrote a lengthy piece about last night’s CNN poll, complete with some insightful commentary about the cross-tabs. If you missed it — and by the number of comments on the post, it doesn’t appear than many of you have — be sure to read it now. However, the sample data, as AP pointed out, lacked a few details, most prominent of which was the partisan split of the sampling. Given the inclination of media polls to use wildly unrepresentative D/R/I splits in their samples, the lack of transparency on that point is telling.
That might not be the biggest problem with the poll, though. Its biggest problem is … math. Reader Raymond O did some math and asked a rather interesting set of questions in an e-mail last night about how CNN did theirs. First, let’s start with the topline results, as reported by CNN: Obama 52%, Romney 43% among registered voters, 53/41 among all respondents. If that’s the case, then the number of respondents in the latter case voting for Obama should be 538, and the number supporting Romney 416....."
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"Allahpundit wrote a lengthy piece about last night’s CNN poll, complete with some insightful commentary about the cross-tabs. If you missed it — and by the number of comments on the post, it doesn’t appear than many of you have — be sure to read it now. However, the sample data, as AP pointed out, lacked a few details, most prominent of which was the partisan split of the sampling. Given the inclination of media polls to use wildly unrepresentative D/R/I splits in their samples, the lack of transparency on that point is telling.
That might not be the biggest problem with the poll, though. Its biggest problem is … math. Reader Raymond O did some math and asked a rather interesting set of questions in an e-mail last night about how CNN did theirs. First, let’s start with the topline results, as reported by CNN: Obama 52%, Romney 43% among registered voters, 53/41 among all respondents. If that’s the case, then the number of respondents in the latter case voting for Obama should be 538, and the number supporting Romney 416....."
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SandBox Utah Politico "Hatch sells seniority in Utah debate"
David Catanese:
"DRAPER, Utah — In 1976, Orrin Hatch won his Senate seat by campaigning on a famously catchy slogan: “What do you call a senator who’s served in office for 18 years? You call him home.”
Now it’s coming back to haunt him.
On Wednesday evening, in the first of two debates with his two main challengers for the Republican nomination, the same argument that propelled Hatch to victory nearly four decades ago was used against him, forcing the longest serving politician in Utah history to defend his bid for a seventh Senate term.
Former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist, a baby-faced one-term lawmaker who poses the most potent threat to Hatch, sought to force the incumbent to answer for the explosion of federal spending during his long tenure....." (Read more? Click title)
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"DRAPER, Utah — In 1976, Orrin Hatch won his Senate seat by campaigning on a famously catchy slogan: “What do you call a senator who’s served in office for 18 years? You call him home.”
Now it’s coming back to haunt him.
On Wednesday evening, in the first of two debates with his two main challengers for the Republican nomination, the same argument that propelled Hatch to victory nearly four decades ago was used against him, forcing the longest serving politician in Utah history to defend his bid for a seventh Senate term.
Former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist, a baby-faced one-term lawmaker who poses the most potent threat to Hatch, sought to force the incumbent to answer for the explosion of federal spending during his long tenure....." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: KSL Utah "Utah politicians outraged at push to make Arizona strip national monument"
Amy Joi O'Donoghue:
"SALT LAKE CITY — A push by environmental groups for a possible national monument designation along the Arizona Strip is provoking outrage among Utah politicians who say it will kill ranching jobs, permanently extinguish any uranium mining in the area and possibly derail the Lake Powell pipeline.
They also say the proposal is a harkening to the 1996 designation by then-President Bill Clinton, who made the sweeping declaration to create the Grand Staircase- Escalante National Monument, closing off for development 1.7 million acres of coal-rich country in southern Utah.
Clinton made the announcement with virtually no warning to Utah's elected leaders — a move that came during a re-election campaign, similar to the election timing facing President Obama..."
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SandBox Utah: Salt Lake Tribune "Hatch, Liljenquist disagree on protection of rights "
Mark Havnes:
"Sen. Orrin Hatch faced his top two Republican opponents in a debate here Monday night.
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"Sen. Orrin Hatch faced his top two Republican opponents in a debate here Monday night.
Hatch, former state Rep. Chris Herrod and former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist took questions for more than an hour from members of Washington County Republican Women, which sponsored the debate at Dixie State College....." (Read more? Click title)
SandBox Utah: Deseret News "Rev. Jeffress endorses Mitt Romney and shared values"
Joseph Walker:
"Last October, Rev. Robert Jeffress, a Baptist megachurch pastor and supporter of then-presidential candidate Rick Perry, launched a media firestorm of reaction and criticism when he belittled Mitt Romney's presidential bid by referring to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – to which Romney belongs – as a non-Christian cult.
On Sunday, Rev. Jeffress officially endorsed Mitt Romney for president because President Barack Obama "opposes Biblical principles."...." (Read more? Click title)
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"Last October, Rev. Robert Jeffress, a Baptist megachurch pastor and supporter of then-presidential candidate Rick Perry, launched a media firestorm of reaction and criticism when he belittled Mitt Romney's presidential bid by referring to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – to which Romney belongs – as a non-Christian cult.
On Sunday, Rev. Jeffress officially endorsed Mitt Romney for president because President Barack Obama "opposes Biblical principles."...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: Criminal Justice News "Ohio Man Faces Federal Indictment in Utah for Hacking into Utah Law Enforcement Websites "
Sergeant Zachary J. Foster
"SALT LAKE CITY—John Anthony Borell III, age 21, of Toledo, Ohio, is charged with two counts of computer intrusion in a federal indictment unsealed Monday morning in Salt Lake City. The indictment alleges Borell hacked into protected computers without authorization on two occasions in January and intentionally caused damage to servers hosting websites for two Utah law enforcement agencies.
The first count of the indictment charges Borell with an intrusion on January 19, 2012 involving a server hosting a website for the Utah Chiefs of Police Association. The second count alleges a similar attack on January 31, 2012 on the server hosting the Salt Lake City Police Department website. Each count of the indictment alleges the offense caused a loss of more than $5,000.
Borell was arrested in Ohio on March 20, 2012 on a federal complaint. The indictment was returned April 4, 2012. He will be arraigned on the indictment in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City Monday at 12:30 p.m. The arraignment will be in U.S. Magistrate Judge Sam Alba’s courtroom. Borell has been in a halfway house in Ohio pending his appearance in Utah....." (Read more? Click title)
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Monday, April 16, 2012
SandBox Utah The Republic "Some Utah lawmakers win free rides to general election, while others face primary races"
via The Republic:
"Under Utah's unique nominating process, sitting officeholders can be removed from office by being denied their party's nomination at a county or state convention. The top two vote-getters at the convention proceed to the primary. But if a candidate garners 60 percent of delegate votes, he or she is declared the nominee and heads directly to the general election...." (Read more? Click title)
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"Under Utah's unique nominating process, sitting officeholders can be removed from office by being denied their party's nomination at a county or state convention. The top two vote-getters at the convention proceed to the primary. But if a candidate garners 60 percent of delegate votes, he or she is declared the nominee and heads directly to the general election...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: Dept of Defense "Face of Defense: Warehouse Clerks Band Together"
Marine Corps Cpl. Mark Stroud, 1st Marine Logistics Group:
"CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, April 16, 2012 – Three Marines here make sure their fellow Marines have everything they need.
Pretty much everything anyone has out here came through supply at one point,” said Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lud G. Romain, assistant warehouse chief, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “We have three lance corporals in the warehouse taking care of the entire battalion.”
Once the supply warehouse meets the battalion’s supply needs, CLB-4 provides direct combat logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 6.
Romain and one of the other supply warehouse clerks, Lance Cpl. Brian A. Yanez, began their journey together at the birthplace of many Marine Corps friendships -- military occupational school. Lance Cpl. Lagrima C. Urista, another supply warehouse clerk, joined the duo shortly afterward at their first duty station, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan.
“Romain and I had already been a good team on Okinawa when we first met Urista, but when we did, we knew we had found someone who was going to be a great addition,” Yanez said.
Their group bonded by day at work and explored Okinawa by night, taking advantage of the recreational and historical sites on the island, Urista said. Less than two years into their careers, their service has already taken them across thousands of miles, with stops in five countries on two continents.
“We first met in Japan, but since then we have been on training exercises or deployments in [South Korea], America, Kyrgyzstan and now Afghanistan,” Yanez said.
Afghanistan‘s Helmand province is the most-recent stop for the supply Marines.
“I think we will look back at this deployment in 20 years as an opportunity that was given to us to rise to the challenge of taking on [noncommissioned officer] responsibilities as lance corporals,” Yanez said. “[We] have always [had] responsibilities, but this is the first time we were given this level of responsibility. It is a good feeling knowing we are accomplishing the mission.”
The Marines have learned to trust and rely on one another over the course of their friendship.
“It is always noticeable whenever one of us is out of the warehouse for training or convoys,” Yanez said. “We have learned to rely on each other. When we are all here, everything thing runs perfectly smooth, but it becomes apparent how important each Marine is whenever one of us is gone.”
The bonds formed during training have helped the Marines accomplish their mission, both individually and as a team. These bonds have given them experience beyond their rank.
“Each of them is capable of making their own decisions -- decisions that NCOs would normally make,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Drew McDonald, CLB-4’s supply warehouse chief. “They make a good team, and it helps them every day.”
Romain, a Newark, N.J., native, uses his natural tenacity to complete his duties as assistant warehouse chief, Yanez said.
Yanez, a Buena Park, Calif., native, is a fixture around the CLB-4 compound, spending time as the Defense Reutilization Management Office NCO, assisting with base improvement projects and managing the DRMO pit, where excess or broken equipment is taken for disposal or reuse.
The junior Marine in the warehouse, Urista, a Vernon, Texas, native, brings a positive attitude to the table, motivating her fellow Marines on even the longest days while working as roll-back clerk, Yanez said.
The trio intends to continue their friendship long after the deployment is over, carrying the bonds they forged with their fellow Marines with them for the rest of their lives, Urista said.
“We will probably try to stay in contact, but even if we don’t, we will take what we learned from each other and pass it on to the next group of Marines,” Yanez said...." (Read more? Click title)
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"CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, April 16, 2012 – Three Marines here make sure their fellow Marines have everything they need.
Pretty much everything anyone has out here came through supply at one point,” said Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lud G. Romain, assistant warehouse chief, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “We have three lance corporals in the warehouse taking care of the entire battalion.”
Once the supply warehouse meets the battalion’s supply needs, CLB-4 provides direct combat logistics support to Regimental Combat Team 6.
Romain and one of the other supply warehouse clerks, Lance Cpl. Brian A. Yanez, began their journey together at the birthplace of many Marine Corps friendships -- military occupational school. Lance Cpl. Lagrima C. Urista, another supply warehouse clerk, joined the duo shortly afterward at their first duty station, Camp Foster, Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan.
“Romain and I had already been a good team on Okinawa when we first met Urista, but when we did, we knew we had found someone who was going to be a great addition,” Yanez said.
Their group bonded by day at work and explored Okinawa by night, taking advantage of the recreational and historical sites on the island, Urista said. Less than two years into their careers, their service has already taken them across thousands of miles, with stops in five countries on two continents.
“We first met in Japan, but since then we have been on training exercises or deployments in [South Korea], America, Kyrgyzstan and now Afghanistan,” Yanez said.
Afghanistan‘s Helmand province is the most-recent stop for the supply Marines.
“I think we will look back at this deployment in 20 years as an opportunity that was given to us to rise to the challenge of taking on [noncommissioned officer] responsibilities as lance corporals,” Yanez said. “[We] have always [had] responsibilities, but this is the first time we were given this level of responsibility. It is a good feeling knowing we are accomplishing the mission.”
The Marines have learned to trust and rely on one another over the course of their friendship.
“It is always noticeable whenever one of us is out of the warehouse for training or convoys,” Yanez said. “We have learned to rely on each other. When we are all here, everything thing runs perfectly smooth, but it becomes apparent how important each Marine is whenever one of us is gone.”
The bonds formed during training have helped the Marines accomplish their mission, both individually and as a team. These bonds have given them experience beyond their rank.
“Each of them is capable of making their own decisions -- decisions that NCOs would normally make,” said Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Drew McDonald, CLB-4’s supply warehouse chief. “They make a good team, and it helps them every day.”
Romain, a Newark, N.J., native, uses his natural tenacity to complete his duties as assistant warehouse chief, Yanez said.
Yanez, a Buena Park, Calif., native, is a fixture around the CLB-4 compound, spending time as the Defense Reutilization Management Office NCO, assisting with base improvement projects and managing the DRMO pit, where excess or broken equipment is taken for disposal or reuse.
The junior Marine in the warehouse, Urista, a Vernon, Texas, native, brings a positive attitude to the table, motivating her fellow Marines on even the longest days while working as roll-back clerk, Yanez said.
The trio intends to continue their friendship long after the deployment is over, carrying the bonds they forged with their fellow Marines with them for the rest of their lives, Urista said.
“We will probably try to stay in contact, but even if we don’t, we will take what we learned from each other and pass it on to the next group of Marines,” Yanez said...." (Read more? Click title)
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SandBox Utah: UPR Utah "Officials Searching for Answers in Trafficking"
Whittney Evans:
"Restoring self worth and value to victims of sex trafficking is a common theme at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Symposium being held in Salt Lake City this week. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, law enforcement leaders, educators, advocates, survivors and other experts are talking about why it takes more than locking up perpetrators to solve the problem...." (Click title to listen to podcast)
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"Restoring self worth and value to victims of sex trafficking is a common theme at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Symposium being held in Salt Lake City this week. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, law enforcement leaders, educators, advocates, survivors and other experts are talking about why it takes more than locking up perpetrators to solve the problem...." (Click title to listen to podcast)
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SandBox Utah Customs and Border Protection "CBIG, CCSF Arrest 6 and Seize Millions in Drugs Off Puerto Rico Coast"
"San Juan, Puerto Rico – Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) law enforcement authorities, working in support of the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF), arrested six Dominican smugglers, seizing a boat and a drug shipment of approximately 322 pounds of cocaine and 19 pounds of heroin during a maritime interdiction Thursday evening off the northern coast of Dorado, Puerto Rico. The estimated street value is more than $3.2 million.
Near midnight Thursday evening, a Marine Patrol Aircraft (MPA) assigned to CBP’s Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB), crewed by CBP Border Patrol agents and Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) agents, detected a suspicious 21’ twin-engine “yola” type vessel traveling without navigational lights east about 17 nautical miles north of Dorado, Puerto Rico.
CBP agents on board the aircraft observed the individuals onboard the suspect vessel throw overboard suspicious objects after they noticed being detected by law enforcement authorities.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) marine patrol aircraft contacted the U.S. Coast Guard Station San Juan 33-foot response boat, a Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action marine unit, patrolling with a U.S. Border Patrol agent onboard, and a CBP UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter to interdict the suspect vessel.
The crew of the Coast Guard response boat interdicted the suspect vessel and detained the six men onboard, approximately four nautical miles from the coast of Dorado. Meanwhile, the crew of the Puerto Rico Police marine unit was able to recover six bales from the water, thrown overboard from the suspect vessel.
A further inspection of the recovered bales and a field test conducted by law enforcement authorities on the contents of the shipment revealed 132 bricks of cocaine and eight packages of heroin.
The crew Coast Guard cutter Cushing transferred custody of the six men Thursday night to run a biometrics background check and verify if any of the suspected smugglers had a previous criminal or illegal immigration history with the U.S. government.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents took custody of the narcotics and the six individuals for further investigation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws."
SandBox Utah: Cache Valley Daily "Herbert: Utah can manage its lands better than the federal government has"
Jennie Christensen:
During their last session state lawmakers voted to take back federal lands that they feel actually belong to the state of Utah. On KVNU's For the People program Tuesday, Governor Gary Herbert confirmed that this was not just a so-called "message bill."
Herbert was asked what guarantee there would be that the state would not sell off some of these lands to the highest bidders for a one-time "chunk of change." Herbert said right now there is the same worry that the federal government could do whatever they wanted to do...." (Read more? Click title)
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During their last session state lawmakers voted to take back federal lands that they feel actually belong to the state of Utah. On KVNU's For the People program Tuesday, Governor Gary Herbert confirmed that this was not just a so-called "message bill."
Herbert was asked what guarantee there would be that the state would not sell off some of these lands to the highest bidders for a one-time "chunk of change." Herbert said right now there is the same worry that the federal government could do whatever they wanted to do...." (Read more? Click title)
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