Operation’s Foundation:
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 was enacted on July 27, 2006. In addition to establishing a national sex offender registry law, the Act made significant changes to sexual abuse, exploitation, and transportation crimes. The Act created new substantive crimes, expanded federal jurisdiction over existing crimes, and increased statutory minimum and/or maximum sentences.
Operation’s Goal and Objective:
Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement team up and perform compliance checks on Tier II Registered Sex Offenders in New Castle County Operation as first phase in a statewide effort.
Participating Law Enforcement Agencies:
Delaware State Police Sex Offenders Apprehension and Registration Unit
Delaware Attorney General’s Office
New County Police Department
Wilmington Police Department
Department of Corrections - Delaware Probation and Parole
University of Delaware Police Department
Newark Police Department
Middletown Police Department
Elsmere Police Department
United States Marshals Service District of Delaware
"Operation Second Wind" was the result of a collaborative effort of numerous Law Enforcement organizations throughout New Castle County.
The joint compliance initiative combined approximately 48 Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement Officers in New Castle County and took place randomly over a four month period beginning in January, 2012. The Operation culminated in a sex offender wanted persons round up the week of April 2, 2012.
During Operation Second Wind, 710 compliance checks were conducted in New Castle County of Tier 2 Sex Offenders. A total of 29 offenders were found to be non-compliant for a compliance rate of 96%. The focus of the enforcement phase of the operation included any wanted sex offender in the state of Delaware.
As a result of these enforcement efforts, there were 31 total arrests made during the operation. 27 sex offenders were arrested for Failure to Register/Failure to Verify; 2 sex offenders were arrested for Violation of Probation of prior sex offenses and 2 arrests were made for subjects with Capias’ on Failure to Appear for previous court appearances.
The U.S. Marshals Service for the District of Delaware opened 13 federal cases under provision of the Adam Walsh Act for ongoing investigation and potential prosecution based on information obtained during this operation.
Operation Second Wind demonstrates how through the collaborative efforts of all Law Enforcement agencies, when working together, can assist in making Delaware a safer place for our children to live and grow.
This is part of the Delaware State Police’s Sex Offender Apprehension and Registration Unit's (SOAR) ongoing effort to ensure our sex offender population is doing what they are legally required to do.
A 97 percent compliance rate from a previous operation targeting Tier 3 offenders statewide coupled with a 96 percent compliance rate for this Tier 2 operation for New Castle County is indicative that the system and its inherent safeguards/checks and balances are lending themselves to knowing where the population of Sex Offenders is residing within our community. Similar operations for Kent and Sussex Counties are in the planning stages at this time.
U. S. Marshals Office Comments: “The Marshals Service for the District of Delaware was glad to be a participant in this operation with our State and Local Law Enforcement partners, in making sure that all provisions of laws regarding sex offender’s registration compliance were being met. We will continue to assist our law enforcement partners with apprehending those non-compliant and wanted sex offenders so they will be held accountable for their actions. The Marshals Service is committed to making our communities and neighborhoods safer places to live”.
Comments from Attorney General Beau Biden: “Sex Offenders have forfeited their right to be anonymous. Thanks to the constant efforts of the Delaware State Police Sex Offender Apprehension and Registration Unit, and periodic compliance checks like this, we’re ensuring that predators register and verify their location as required with the State. Knowing where predators are helps law enforcement and families keep our kids and communities safe.”
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Think You Know George Zimmerman? This New Timeline And Profile Could Change The Perception (and the Case)
When the Trayvon Martin case first started garnering national attention, there were many that thought they knew who George Zimmerman was: an overzealous racist with a vendetta against young black men who was on a mission to assert power with his gun. But then little details started emerging, such as pictures of Zimmerman’s bloody head that could bolster his self-defense claim; CNN even backtracked and said the tape it once suggested showed Zimmerman uttering a racist slur was actually him most likely saying it was “cold.”
And now, Reuters has put together a detailed profile of Zimmerman that seems to suggest he was a concerned citizen that was trying to help fix his community and those in it reeling from recent crime. He was a compassionate neighbor, it seems, not a lunatic with a gun.
“During the time Zimmerman was in hiding, his detractors defined him as a vigilante who had decided Martin was suspicious merely because he was black,” Reuters reports. “After Zimmerman was finally arrested on a charge of second-degree murder more than six weeks after the shooting, prosecutors portrayed him as a violent and angry man who disregarded authority by pursuing the 17-year-old.
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And now, Reuters has put together a detailed profile of Zimmerman that seems to suggest he was a concerned citizen that was trying to help fix his community and those in it reeling from recent crime. He was a compassionate neighbor, it seems, not a lunatic with a gun.
“During the time Zimmerman was in hiding, his detractors defined him as a vigilante who had decided Martin was suspicious merely because he was black,” Reuters reports. “After Zimmerman was finally arrested on a charge of second-degree murder more than six weeks after the shooting, prosecutors portrayed him as a violent and angry man who disregarded authority by pursuing the 17-year-old.
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Fox News Poll: 45 Percent Approve of Obama, as 83 Percent Say Country Still in Recession
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating remains in negative
territory -- unwelcome news for an incumbent running for re-election.
Even so, the president’s regained some ground from earlier this month.
While 45 percent of American voters approve of the president’s performance, a 51-percent majority disapproves, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday. That’s a bit of an improvement from two weeks ago when 42 percent approved and 51 percent disapproved (April 9-11).
One reason the president’s job approval suffers: 83 percent of voters think the country is still in a recession -- including 35 percent who think things could get worse. That’s little changed from a year ago, when 82 percent thought the country was still in a recession (with 38 percent saying things could get worse).
Overall, 15 percent of voters believe the recession is over. That’s mostly unchanged from 16 percent last year (April 2011).
While 45 percent of American voters approve of the president’s performance, a 51-percent majority disapproves, according to a Fox News poll released Wednesday. That’s a bit of an improvement from two weeks ago when 42 percent approved and 51 percent disapproved (April 9-11).
One reason the president’s job approval suffers: 83 percent of voters think the country is still in a recession -- including 35 percent who think things could get worse. That’s little changed from a year ago, when 82 percent thought the country was still in a recession (with 38 percent saying things could get worse).
Overall, 15 percent of voters believe the recession is over. That’s mostly unchanged from 16 percent last year (April 2011).
German Shepherd Fetches Ball, Returns to Find His Soldier Home from Deployment
Here is Ranger, a beautiful German Shepherd, fetching his favorite toy... the "green monster." After running after the toy, Ranger comes back to find his owner home from deployment. The excited barks are enough to let you know that this is one happy little dog!
Suspect Claims He Attacked White Teen Because He Was Angry Over Trayvon Case, Police Say
Alton Hayes III was charged with a hate crime after he and a 15-year-old attacked the 19-year-old man at about 1:00 a.m. on April 17 in Oak Park, a Chicago suburb.
Police say Hayes and his teenage partner, who has not been named since he is a juvenile, picked the man apparently at random and pinned his arms to the side.
Hayes allegedly then picked up a tree branch and demanded the victim give them his belongings, saying, "Empty your pockets, white boy."
WallBuilders’ Tim Barton To Address National Day Of Prayer Breakfast
Tim Barton, of WallBuilders, will address this year's National Day of Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, May 3, in the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center. Organized by community leaders, this event is the Lower Shore's annual regional prayer breakfast. WallBuilders is a pro-family organization that presents America’s forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the nation’s religious, moral and constitutional heritage. WallBuilders has been nationally recognized for its work in education, history, law and public policy, integrating elements of biblical faith and morality throughout all aspects of American life and culture.
Barton presents the historical basis for the nation's godly heritage, inspiring with well-documented information and a lively style of communicating. He is an ordained minister who has worked in a variety of church staff positions, including youth minister, worship leader and assistant pastor. He also serves as a coach and has taught at a Christian school in Texas, where he resides.
May 3, 2012, marks the 61st annual National Day of Prayer. The theme for this year is “One Nation Under God,” inspired by Psalm 33:12, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” Civic center doors open at 6:45 a.m., with breakfast served at 7:30. The program lasts until 9 a.m. Tickets are $20, available at The Country House and the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce. Tables of 9 are available for $180.
Following the prayer breakfast, a noon National Day of Prayer observance will take place in front of the City-County Government Building in Salisbury. The prayer breakfast is being cosponsored by Joy! 102.5 WOLC-FM. For more information, contact Bonnie Luna at 410-749-1633.
Barton presents the historical basis for the nation's godly heritage, inspiring with well-documented information and a lively style of communicating. He is an ordained minister who has worked in a variety of church staff positions, including youth minister, worship leader and assistant pastor. He also serves as a coach and has taught at a Christian school in Texas, where he resides.
May 3, 2012, marks the 61st annual National Day of Prayer. The theme for this year is “One Nation Under God,” inspired by Psalm 33:12, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” Civic center doors open at 6:45 a.m., with breakfast served at 7:30. The program lasts until 9 a.m. Tickets are $20, available at The Country House and the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce. Tables of 9 are available for $180.
Following the prayer breakfast, a noon National Day of Prayer observance will take place in front of the City-County Government Building in Salisbury. The prayer breakfast is being cosponsored by Joy! 102.5 WOLC-FM. For more information, contact Bonnie Luna at 410-749-1633.
Conservative Consumers: Stand Your Ground
Who is Rashad Robinson? And why has his fringe, race-baiting
organization been able to pressure several major corporations into
abandoning a pro-limited-government legislative association — all for a
few cheap social-justice brownie points?
Conservative consumers need to get informed, get active and stand their ground against free speech-squelching progressive activists who have demonized the American Legislative Exchange Council. This isn't just a battle over ALEC. It's a war against the left's shakedown artists taking aim at our freedoms of speech and association.
ALEC, as I reported last week, is the four-decade-old policy organization of state legislators and like-minded business people who believe in "the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty." They are under fire from a longstanding network of liberal groups — tied to the Democratic Party — that are unhappy with effective conservative opposition at the state and federal legislative levels.
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Conservative consumers need to get informed, get active and stand their ground against free speech-squelching progressive activists who have demonized the American Legislative Exchange Council. This isn't just a battle over ALEC. It's a war against the left's shakedown artists taking aim at our freedoms of speech and association.
ALEC, as I reported last week, is the four-decade-old policy organization of state legislators and like-minded business people who believe in "the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty." They are under fire from a longstanding network of liberal groups — tied to the Democratic Party — that are unhappy with effective conservative opposition at the state and federal legislative levels.
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Got Bigotry?: CNN's Soledad O'Brien Stars In Skit Ripping 'Rednecks'
Monday, Soledad O'Brien's "Starting Point" couldn't clear 100k viewers in the coveted 25-54 demo or even a half-million total viewers.
"The Daily Show" itself came in at #23 in the cable rankings with only 1.54 million total viewers.You think maybe part of their viewership problem might have something to do with the cultural bigotry and intolerance displayed below?
So here you have Soledad O'Brien, a CNN anchor and star, in a skit stereotyping and mocking "rednecks." Sure, she can put on Jon Stewart's clown nose as a defense, but would she ever participate in a skit that portrayed Blacks, gays, or Muslims in a derogatory fashion.
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Ron Paul Wins More Delegates: Romney Nomination In Doubt
Two networks yesterday, CNBC and MSNBC, broadcast a little known fact – Dr. Ron Paul appears to be winning the Republican nomination for President.
After three more states locked in delegates to the GOP nominating convention – CO, MN and IA – indicators point to a brokered convention with a possible, even probable, Ron Paul victory.
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After three more states locked in delegates to the GOP nominating convention – CO, MN and IA – indicators point to a brokered convention with a possible, even probable, Ron Paul victory.
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What Really Happens When You Swallow Your Gum?
If you look at its ingredients — a delicious mix of indigestible compounds — it certainly seems possible. And if you look at the medical books, swallowed gum has caused some serious problems. Is it possible that your mom’s crazy warnings were right?
The Worst Cases
A 1998 article in the journal Pediatrics discussed three cases in which kids took the act of gum-swallowing to Intervention-like extremes. (Warning: What follows is not for the squeamish!)
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Senate OKs Postal Reform Bill, Clearing Way For Workforce Reduction
The Senate approved a bipartisan bill Wednesday aiming to restructure the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. The final bill refunds USPS overpayments to the federal retirement system and clears the way for the agency to reduce its workforce by 100,000 positions but throws several hurdles in the agency's path toward closing underused postal facilities.
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Parents Wire Kids To Prove Teachers' Verbal Abuse
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) - Teachers hurled insults like "bastard,"
"tard," "damn dumb" and "a hippo in a ballerina suit." A bus driver
threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, "Shut
up, you little dog."
They were all special needs students, and their parents all learned about the verbal abuse the same way _ by planting audio recorders on them before sending them off to school.
In cases around the country, suspicious parents have been taking advantage of convenient, inexpensive technology to tell them what children, because of their disabilities, are not able to express on their own. It's a practice that can help expose abuses, but it comes with some dangers.
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They were all special needs students, and their parents all learned about the verbal abuse the same way _ by planting audio recorders on them before sending them off to school.
In cases around the country, suspicious parents have been taking advantage of convenient, inexpensive technology to tell them what children, because of their disabilities, are not able to express on their own. It's a practice that can help expose abuses, but it comes with some dangers.
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Baltimore Lawmakers’ Concerns Complicate Gambling Compromise
Any compromise on a 6th slots casino at National Harbor in Prince George’s County is complicated by strong regional interests of those jurisdictions like Baltimore City that already are supposed to have one of five casinos. Continue Reading...
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Hope Goins Gives The Gift of Life
A little girl from Hagerstown who lost her life in a fire is giving hope to two other families.
Hagerstown firefighter John Murray first discovered Hope cradled in her mother’s arms and carried her to paramedics.
“Her and her mother were together,” Murray says. “(I) reached down and put Hope in my arms and down the steps"
The mother, Patricia Goins, was pronounced dead at the scene. But after nearly an hour of CPR, the little girl's heart miraculously started beating again and her family had renewed hope she would survive.
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Three-year-old Hope Goins was rescued from a fire at
her Hagerstown home last Wednesday, deprived of oxygen and with no
heartbeat.
Hagerstown firefighter John Murray first discovered Hope cradled in her mother’s arms and carried her to paramedics.
“Her and her mother were together,” Murray says. “(I) reached down and put Hope in my arms and down the steps"
The mother, Patricia Goins, was pronounced dead at the scene. But after nearly an hour of CPR, the little girl's heart miraculously started beating again and her family had renewed hope she would survive.
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Atheist Group Demands Rhode Island City Remove Cross From Atop War Memorial
Although the memorial has stood in the parking lot of the Woonsocket fire station for decades with no complaints, the Freedom from Religion Foundation is now calling for it to be stripped of the cross that sits atop it, claiming it violates the First Amendment's freedom of religion clause. The group also wants the Woonsocket Fire Department to remove “The Firefighter’s Prayer” and a picture of an angel from its website.
Not Kidding: Obama Has New 'Atrocities Czar'
Look what's on Samantha Power's to-do list
President Obama’s National Security Adviser Samantha Power will head the new White House Atrocities Prevention Board, which is tasked with formulating a response to war crimes, crimes against humanity and mass atrocities.
Power helped to found a global military doctrine called Responsibility to Protect that was also devised by several controversial characters, including Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi, a staunch denier of the Holocaust who long served as the deputy of late Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat.
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President Obama’s National Security Adviser Samantha Power will head the new White House Atrocities Prevention Board, which is tasked with formulating a response to war crimes, crimes against humanity and mass atrocities.
Power helped to found a global military doctrine called Responsibility to Protect that was also devised by several controversial characters, including Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi, a staunch denier of the Holocaust who long served as the deputy of late Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat.
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Mich. ‘Feral Swine’ Farmer Calls for Resignation of DNR Officials and Others
Farmer Mark Baker was on Doc Thompson‘s radio show today and he has a
message he hopes will shake those in Michigan’s state capital. It is:
“We’re not letting up. We’re not letting our family farms go.”
If you’re wondering what Baker, who runs the farm Bakers Green Acres in Michigan, is referring to, he’s talking with Thompson – a man whose voice you may recognize as a fill-in for Glenn Beck at times – about the recent enactment of the “feral swine” ban within the state. As of April 1, those in Michigan raising certain species of pigs deemed non-native for meat or for sport hunting were required to have disposed of their livestock, according to the Invasive Species Order passed in 2010.
On the show, Baker calls for Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment officials to resign and also for the Invasive Species Order to be canceled. He says, “I want it done by the end of the week.”
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If you’re wondering what Baker, who runs the farm Bakers Green Acres in Michigan, is referring to, he’s talking with Thompson – a man whose voice you may recognize as a fill-in for Glenn Beck at times – about the recent enactment of the “feral swine” ban within the state. As of April 1, those in Michigan raising certain species of pigs deemed non-native for meat or for sport hunting were required to have disposed of their livestock, according to the Invasive Species Order passed in 2010.
On the show, Baker calls for Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Environment officials to resign and also for the Invasive Species Order to be canceled. He says, “I want it done by the end of the week.”
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Top 10 Percent Of Earners Paid 71 Percent Of Federal Income Taxes
Top earners are the target for new tax increases, but the federal income tax system is already highly progressive. The top 10 percent of income earners paid 71 percent of all federal income taxes in 2009 though they earned 43 percent of all income. The bottom 50 percent paid 2 percent of income taxes but earned 13 percent of total income. About half of tax filers paid no federal income tax at all.
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