Steven Harrison was addicted when he allegedly solicited bribes of up to $250 from as many as 14 Hispanic motorists during illegal traffic stops

Steven Harrison, 26,was addicted when he allegedly solicited bribes of up to $250 from as many as 14 Hispanic motorists during illegal traffic stops last fall.Harrison -- already facing more than 20 counts of official misconduct, intimidation and theft -- was arrested while free on bail June 20 on the West Side with 10 wraps of heroin in his pocket. He's now also charged with possession of heroin.Chicago officers spotted him buying the dope on the...

Auguste Durand,Michael Santiago Rikers Island correction officers were fired on Wednesday after they were accused of smuggling marijuana, alcohol

Two Rikers Island correction officers were fired on Wednesday after they were accused of smuggling marijuana, alcohol and tobacco to an inmate who is awaiting trial in the death of a police officer last July, officials said.Stephen J. Morello, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Correction, said it was not yet clear exactly when the two officers, Auguste Durand, 31, and , 24, smuggled the contraband to the inmate, Lee Woods. Mr. Woods is housed...

Patrick Yacubovich faces an array of charges after police said he sold heroin to two underage girls and also resisted arrest

Patrick Yacubovich, 21, of 160 Old Middletown Road, faces an array of charges after police said he sold heroin to two underage girls and also resisted arrest.Yacubovich was arrested last night after Orangetown police received a tip that drugs were being sold at his home, Detective Patrick Frawley said.Detectives and members of the Police Department's Special Enforcement Unit went to the home just before 9 p.m. and were greeted by a 16-year-old girl...

Hema and Pius Onwaso Okolonta arrested

The arrests of Hema and Pius Onwaso Okolonta, the Nigerian,on Saturday came following a tip off that the woman would handover a drug consignment to him which she had brought from Jammu and Kashmir. Police had prior information that Hema had gone to Jammu to take a delivery of heroin on June 27 and will come back the next day and she will handover the consignment to Okolonta near Metro station in Nawada here. As the duo reached the spot, both of them...

Benjamin Arellano Felix known as "El Min", to be extradited

Mexico agreed on Tuesday to extradite drug lord Benjamin Arellano Felix to the United States as suspected drug hitmen killed another six people in a border city in the latest round of a killing spree.Arellano Felix, known as "El Min", was head of the powerful Tijuana cartel that operates across the U.S. border from San Diego, California until his capture in early 2002.Mexico's Attorney General's office said Arellano Felix will be tried in a Southern...

Shanu Krawiec appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday and was charged with two counts of importing illegal drugs into Australia

Shanu Krawiec appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Friday and was charged with two counts of importing illegal drugs into Australia. He was remanded in custody to appear again on October 3. Mr Krawiec, 32, is one of several Australians charged during a three-year Australian Federal Police investigation. AFP agents claim the probe smashed the global smuggling syndicate allegedly run by the supergrass from Amsterdam. An extradition request to...

Johnston Fayiah was sentenced to four and a half years by Antrim Crown Court

Johnston Fayiah, 26, who has an address in the Netherlands but a family in Nigeria, was sentenced to four and a half years by Antrim Crown Court. Judge Patrick Lynch told Fayiah if the bags had burst he would have ended up as "a corpse rather than a prisoner". The drugs, with an estimated value of £100,000, were discovered in an X-ray. The judge added that while Fayiah had acted out of his "own personal greed - for narrow financial gain", he was...

Bakhos Jalalaty The founder of DJ's Fine Foods had offered his marital home near Windsor and $100,000 from his wife's aunt's retirement fund

Bakhos Jalalaty, 45, of Maroota, had offered his marital home near Windsor and $100,000 from his wife's aunt's retirement fund to try to secure his freedom.The founder of DJ's Fine Foods of Blacktown was appearing via a videolink from Parklea jail before magistrate Allan Moore in Central Local Court this afternoon.Jalalaty was charged earlier this month by federal police with allegedly conspiring with the deputy head of investigations for the NSW...