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THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THE MANHATTAN, RILEY COUNTY INVESTIGATION OF THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA. JOSE SANCHEZ JUNIOR, WAYNE CHRISTIAN JUNIOR, AND SARAH LAWSON, ALL OF JUNCTION CITY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AT THE AMERICA’S BEST INN. RCPD RECOVERED MORE THAN 11 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA FROM THE ROOM. SANCHEZ IS BEING HELD AT $25 THOUSAND BOND, CHRISTIAN A $15 THOUSAND BOND, AND LAWSON IS BEING HELD FOR $10 THOUSAND.


OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST, LAWRENCE,KS, HAD AN INCREASE OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND DRUNK DRIVING CASES THIS PAST YEAR. LAWRENCE POLICE RECORDED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN 2009 COMPARED TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT IN 2009. THE DRUNKEN DRIVING CASES WENT UP FROM FOUR HUNDRED AND NINTY ONE TO SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE IN 2009. THERE WERE THREE DOZEN MORE CRIMES REPORTED IN LAWRENCE IN 2009 THAN IN 2008.


PRELIMINARY APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE KANSAS HOUSE TO A BILL THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO USE CHEMICALS IN A HERBAL MIXTURE THAT DUPLICATED THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA. THE MIXTURE IS CALLED K2 AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS AFTER IT BEGAN SHOWING UP IN DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. YESTERDAY THE HOUSE ADVANCED THE BILL WHICH WOULD ADD TWO CHEMICALS FOUND IN K2 TO THE STATE’S CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LIST. IF THIS BILL BECOMES A BILL IT WILL REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE CHEMICALS FOUND IN K2.


GANG MEMEBERS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA ARE USING SOMETHING NEW TO UPDATE GANG NEWS. TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ARE THE LATEST MODES OF COMMUNICATION FOR MANY GANG MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT SEEMS THESE GANG MEMBERS HAVE SOME FANS ON THEIRTWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES…. THE POLICE. THE GANGS HAVE BEEN POSTING INFORMATION THAT HAS HELPED AUTHORITIES TRACK DOWN THERE WHERABOUTS AND LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ORGANIZED. THE GANGS HAVE BEEN USING TWITTER AND FACEBOOK SO THAT THEY CAN BRAG ABOUT CRIMES, MAKE THREATS, AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT GANG LIFE WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA.


TODAY IS BIRTHDAY OF FAMOUS TWENTIETH CENTURY PAINTER NORMAN ROCKWELL. ROCKWELL ,WHO PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 1978, WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVERDAY LIFE SCENARIOS HE CREATED FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST MAGAZINE. SOME OF ROCKWELL’S MOST FAMOUS WORKS WERE ROSIE THE RIVETER AND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.