Word: thefts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Watson, 40, has served with distinction in virtually every division, from the SWAT team to auto theft to homicide. In one instance she performed with such diligence that she was nicknamed "By-the-Book Betsy." She is taking over a force plagued by morale problems. As a result of the oil bust, Houston's cops are among the worst paid (starting salary: $20,755.80) of those in the nation's top 20 cities...
...trouble in the region was instigated by black-marketeers, but he was frustrated by the difficulty of obtaining enough evidence to arrest them. "There are people who have everything to gain by keeping the waters troubled as long as possible," he says. "It is easy to carry on theft when a war is on and the police are practically out of action. We noticed just who was leading popular-front movements in the regions surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh: the director of a lucrative car-servicing center, the head of a local food emporium. They profit by the disorders to carry...
...said the first theft was reported on Jan. 10, but campus police said the burglaries took place between Dec. 24--the first day the dorm was vacant...
Hilson also said that more than $8,000 worth of computer equipment and facsimile machines were reported taken from Fernald Hall, a classroom and laboratory building, over the weekend. But police said entry appeared to be forced in that theft...
...Tyler was tried and convicted for theft and conspiracy, and served four months behind bars. Refusing to let the matter end there, however, he slapped a $53 million suit on the two neighbors and the county for intercepting and recording his private conversations without a search warrant...