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...Jack Sullivan: "The guys were just tired of all the bad publicity." Drug-financed corruption in South Florida has provided the real-life inspiration for more than a few scripts on NBC's Miami Vice, but recent events have particularly tarnished the police image. Investigators unearthed a badge-selling scheme, touching off investigations of three area police departments by the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. A suburban Miami policeman has been arrested on charges of robbery, kidnaping and attempted murder, while two city officers. were charged with cocaine possession. Detectives are also looking into the whereabouts...
...issue was whether the mayor knew that police intended to use explosives on Move's fortified compound as part of their original assault plan, and whether he also knew that a police helicopter would be used to drop a bomb. Goode claimed he knew little or nothing of either scheme, but Sambor and Brooks said they had informed the mayor. Said Goode: "If anyone had come to me and said, 'We're going to drop a bomb on your house,' I would have rejected that out of hand...
...suit until customers express interest of their own. It may be a long wait. Though the French wrote 4 billion checks on 57 million current accounts last year, the national average balance of €1,500 would yield a mere €7.50 interest annually under Caisse d'Epargne's scheme - before tax and service charges. Not much of a revolution after all. - By Bruce Crumley...
...safeguard for library books, this antiquated search is now an ineffective and unnecessary hassle. Even the most zealous and thorough guards cannot catch everything—all one would really have to do is place a book underneath a few notebooks to get away with their treacherous book-stealing scheme. It’s such a shame. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we had the space-age technology to automate the check and detect the exit of hidden library materials not yet checked...
Most of the contaminated wine is from the province of Burgenland. The scheme first came to light after health authorities, acting on anonymous tips, began testing wine for the chemical. By April they were sure enough of their results to reveal them, but public awareness of the scandal came only in early July, when the West German government announced that 78,000 gal. of imported Austrian wine contained the chemical...