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		<title>Several pounds of cocaine missing from police property room</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/12/several-pounds-of-cocaine-missing-from-police-property-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Repository, CantonRep.com, cantonrep.com
BYLINE: Lori Monsewicz CantonRep.com staff writer
Link to Article
Canton, OH
CANTON — Several pounds of cocaine from a 2007 criminal case are missing from the Canton Police Department’s Property Room, prompting an internal investigation.
Chief Dean McKimm said Wednesday he asked the FBI to assist and that some police department employees may be given a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence tech to serve 3 years for theft</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/12/evidence-tech-to-serve-3-years-for-theft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IAPE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sequim Gazette, sequimgazette.com
BYLINE: AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
Link to Article
Clallam County, WA/strong&#62;
A former Sheriff’s evidence technician received a three-year prison sentence for stealing $8,644 on the job.
Staci Allison, 41, showed no emotion when taken into custody after her sentencing hearing to serve 36 months in prison.
Allison was charged with theft and money laundering in May 2009, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More rape kits than thought remain untested at HPD</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/12/more-rape-kits-than-thought-remain-untested-at-hpd/</link>
		<comments>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/12/more-rape-kits-than-thought-remain-untested-at-hpd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IAPE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston Chronicle, chron.com
BYLINE: ZAIN SHAUK, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Link to Article
Houston, TX
Backlog estimate doubles to at least 6,000, department confirms
The Houston Police Department’s backlog of untested rape kits totals between 6,000 and 7,000 — 50 percent more than what officials previously acknowledged, according to a memo from Chief Charles McClelland.
HPD for years has insisted that the backlog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA on cigarette links Charlton man to Webster break-in</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/12/dna-on-cigarette-links-charlton-man-to-webster-break-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IAPE</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arrests]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worcester Telegram &#38; Gazette Corp., telegram.com
Link to Article
Webster, MA
WEBSTER —  A man who allegedly left behind a cigarette during a June 2010 burglary has been arrested after DNA from the discarded butt was matched to him.
Joshua Piehl, 24, of 34 Worcester St., Charlton, on a warrant Wednesday and charged with breaking and entering in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cigarette butt leads to arrest in 31-year-old murder mystery</title>
		<link>http://evidenceblog.iape.org/2011/12/cigarette-butt-leads-to-arrest-in-31-year-old-murder-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IAPE</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DigitalJournal.com, digitaljournal.com
BYLINE: Kevin Fitzgerald
Link to Article
Maine

kjetil_r
DNA left on a discarded cigarette butt was the smoking gun that finally led authorities in Maine to make an arrest in a murder case dating back to 1980.
Court documents just released show that authorities used DNA left on a cigarette butt to arrest Jay Mercier back in September, according [...]]]></description>
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