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Written by readapaper.com staff
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Saturday, 26 December 2009 00:00 |
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Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper Franklin "Joe" Ryle had a plot that involved a kidnapping, murder, false arrest and an attempt to swindle a big settlement out of Wal-Mart. The Casper Star-Tribune wrote Saturday of a foiled murder plot that landed the state trooper in prison as it looked back on stories it covered in 2009.
The revelation that a person could actually plan this plot and attempt to execute it is amazing. It's sad this person was trusted to serve and protect. "I just don't understand how I got to where I am right now," Ryle told a U.S. District Judge at his November sentencing hearing.
Also from the Star-Tribune: "The investigation of Ryle began in January after his brother-in-law, a Casper police officer, told Highway Patrol officials about the trooper's plot. The patrol asked the Wyoming of Division of Criminal Investigation to examine the allegations, and eventually, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice also became involved in the case.
"Investigators learned Ryle told his plans to at least two other officers, neither of whom reported him to their superiors. They also uncovered bizarre details about the plot, such as Ryle's intention to use a hammer to fake his own injuries after the staged crash."
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Written by readapaper.com staff
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Thursday, 24 December 2009 16:56 |
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Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook of the Los Angeles Times write about Harry Reid's role in the healthcare bill passed Thursday by the Senate. The piece opens by saying when White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel met with Democratic Senators seven weeks ago asking about how they could get a bill passed, "Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) told him there was one chance: The White House would have to put its trust in Reid."
The piece added: "Over the last two months, Reid, a slight, soft-spoken man who makes listeners strain to hear him, gambled. He pulled senators back to the table when deals fell apart. And with the clock ticking down, he prodded his colleagues to make agonizing concessions for a larger goal."
READ THE STORY HERE |
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