Two East Coast travel bloggers who posted a sensitive airport security memo on their Internet sites have been subpoenaed by federal officials trying to find out who sent them the document.
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One of the writers, Steve Frischling, also had his laptop seized by agents looking for evidence of his source for the Transportation Security Administration directive. It outlined stricter security guidelines adopted by TSA in the wake of a failed Christmas Day terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines flight.
The memo, which Frischling said was sent to airports and airlines worldwide that fly into the United States, set forth screening measures such as increased pat-downs at airport check points, concentrating on upper legs and torsos, and a rule that passengers stay in their seats for one hour before planes landed.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Process Server Says Man Assaulted Her At His Bremerton Home
A 41-year-old Spanaway woman said she was assaulted Monday by a man at a Bremerton home where she was trying to serve papers.
The woman, who owns a legal process-serving company, told Kitsap County sheriff?s deputies that she knocked at the home on the 800 block of NE Michelle Court and identified herself. The 28-year-old man who answered the door said that the recipient was not there.
The woman tried to hand the paperwork to the man, but he refused to take it.
The process server said she set the papers on the doorstep and told the man that they were his now. She turned to go back to her car, but the man followed, trying to give the papers back to her. He continued to insist she take them as she tried to get in the car, and, according to the woman, he pushed her twice.
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The woman, who owns a legal process-serving company, told Kitsap County sheriff?s deputies that she knocked at the home on the 800 block of NE Michelle Court and identified herself. The 28-year-old man who answered the door said that the recipient was not there.
The woman tried to hand the paperwork to the man, but he refused to take it.
The process server said she set the papers on the doorstep and told the man that they were his now. She turned to go back to her car, but the man followed, trying to give the papers back to her. He continued to insist she take them as she tried to get in the car, and, according to the woman, he pushed her twice.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Pasco deputies' knock brings supper, not subpoena, during holidays
There was a knock on her door. Someone called out "Sheriff's Office," and Krystal Simonds stiffened.
She remembered the last time authorities came by her home.
In April, Dade City police found her brother-in-law, Charles Andrew Simonds, 37, dead from multiple gunshot wounds to his back.
Five months later, Krystal Simonds' husband was laid off from his job with a Tampa pest control company. The next month, her father-in-law died.
"It has been a rough year," said Simonds, 33.
But the knock on the door Tuesday morning brought good news.
Simonds was one of 540 families that received a food basket as part of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office annual holiday food drive.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Missing mom case: Cops subpoena TV interviews with Susan Powell's husband
West Valley City police want copies of Joshua Powell's interviews with television reporters.
Three stations confirmed police have asked for copies of Powell's interviews, including any excerpts which have not been broadcast. ABC Channel 4 reported in a news story Friday it had received a subpoena for the footage.
Con Psarras, vice president for news at KSL, did not know whether his station had yet been served with a subpoena. But Psarras said a West Valley City detective called him Friday to say he wanted copies of KSL's interview with Powell.
Psarras said KSL has broadcast all of its interview with Powell online or on television and anticipates giving copies to police. "I'm not sure what the principle will be [in fighting a subpoena] because what we have, we've aired," Psarras said. Powell's wife, Susan Powell, has been missing since Dec. 7. Joshua Powell said he last saw her at 12:30 a.m. that day when he took their two young sons on a camping trip.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Lander Hit With WFP-Related Subpoena
Brooklyn Councilman-elect Brad Lander confirmed he is among the Working Families Party candidates to have received a subpoena from the US attorney's office in its probe of the labor-backed party's efforts in the 2009 elections.
Lander told me his campaign received a call Monday (the same day the WFP itself was subpoenaed) informing him that there was a subpoena with his name on it seeking information about the work conducted on his Council bid by the party's for-profit arm, Data and Field Services.
"They said: 'We have a subpoena for you, please call and tell us where to deliver it," said Lander, who got the document in question via fax on Tuesday morning at his Park Slope campaign office."Did I have on my Chanukah list a subpoena from the US attorney? It was not on my Chanukah list. It's a stack of documents to give them. I'm happy to provide them all, and I feel confident that when they review them, they'll find we complied fully with both the letter and spirit of the law."
Lander said his campaign has already provided much of the information the US attorney is now seeking to the Campaign Finance Board.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Police officers 'bitten, punched' by man in Yamba
New South Wales police officers have been attacked twice by a man they attempted to serve with papers on the state's north coast.
Two officers were first assaulted while serving papers on a 30-year-old man at a home in Ballanda Crescent, Yamba, about 4.15pm (AEDT) yesterday.
Police said the man punched a senior constable twice in the head and pushed him into a wall.
The officer retaliated with capsicum spray but failed to subdue the man, who fled and was arrested a short time later at a house in Charles Street, Iluka.
The man was taken to Grafton Police Station where it's alleged he again became aggressive.
He's accused of attempting to bite a sergeant's face before striking him on the head, then biting a constable's arm.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Attorneys in Calais Upset over Processing of Service Papers in Washington County
Attorneys in Calais have come to the city council with problems they say they're having with the Washington County Sheriff's Department.
The issues have been passed on to the Sheriff and are being discussed at Thursday's council meeting.
Meghan Hayward reports.
"It's the inability to get a prompt service and also the atrocious amount of money we pay for a service to process."
Currently, there are three deputies throughout Washington County that can serve documents.
" We don't see complaints from anyone else. We serve papers for everybody in the county, attorneys across the state and across the country, and we don't receive any complaints."
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The issues have been passed on to the Sheriff and are being discussed at Thursday's council meeting.
Meghan Hayward reports.
"It's the inability to get a prompt service and also the atrocious amount of money we pay for a service to process."
Currently, there are three deputies throughout Washington County that can serve documents.
" We don't see complaints from anyone else. We serve papers for everybody in the county, attorneys across the state and across the country, and we don't receive any complaints."
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Jennifer Aniston Served Papers at Yoga Party
Jennifer Aniston was all smiles at last week’s SELF Magazine launch of her personal trainer Mandy Ingber’s “Yogalosophy” DVD in West Hollywood.
That is until she was served a summons in an ongoing court case!
Aniston showed up to give support to her yoga mentor Ingber, and talked about her path to yoga enlightenment.
“I had a block; I went to class once years ago and thought this is just a lot of sweaty people and a really small room. I didn't quite get it,” Aniston said. “Then Mandy was like ‘just try it with me one time’ and it was a completely different experience. She motivates you, you start to crave it. You crave that adrenaline. She combines her wisdom of astrology with the mind and the body, and cardio.”
And the result of all those private sessions?
“My body got stronger and everything got stronger,” Aniston added.
One of Ingber’s other pals and clients had a light-hearted bone to pick with the yoga queen.
“I don't have Jennifer Aniston body, what's up with that?” Ricki Lee asked.
“You have Ricki Lake’s body and Ricki Lakes body is hot,” Ingber quickly responded. “You're damn fine.”
What was not "damn fine" was how the party ended for Aniston, as the "Friends" star was served with legal documents on the way out.
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That is until she was served a summons in an ongoing court case!
Aniston showed up to give support to her yoga mentor Ingber, and talked about her path to yoga enlightenment.
“I had a block; I went to class once years ago and thought this is just a lot of sweaty people and a really small room. I didn't quite get it,” Aniston said. “Then Mandy was like ‘just try it with me one time’ and it was a completely different experience. She motivates you, you start to crave it. You crave that adrenaline. She combines her wisdom of astrology with the mind and the body, and cardio.”
And the result of all those private sessions?
“My body got stronger and everything got stronger,” Aniston added.
One of Ingber’s other pals and clients had a light-hearted bone to pick with the yoga queen.
“I don't have Jennifer Aniston body, what's up with that?” Ricki Lee asked.
“You have Ricki Lake’s body and Ricki Lakes body is hot,” Ingber quickly responded. “You're damn fine.”
What was not "damn fine" was how the party ended for Aniston, as the "Friends" star was served with legal documents on the way out.
Read more here.
Monday, December 07, 2009
Party crashers Salahis face subpoenas Desiree Rogers does not
Reality TV show wannabees Michaele and Tareq Salahi face a subpoena from the House Homeland Security Committee after skipping Thursday's hearing on how they passed through Secret Service checkpoints to crash President Obama's Nov. 24 state dinner and ended up shaking hands with him.
The Democratic chairman of the panel brushed aside a request from the ranking Republican to issue a subpoena forcing social secretary Desiree Rogers also to testify.
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told the House panel that three Secret Service officers who failed to stop the Salahis have been placed on administrative leave with pay.
Throughout the hearing, Sullivan took the blame for the breach, saying the Secret Service -- not Rogers' operation -- was responsible for security. The Salahis were not stopped -- but should have been, Sullivan said -- at the first of two checkpoints when the Secret Service officer on duty could not find their names on the guest list for the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
ServeManager, Process Server Software Tool Announces More Intuitive Affidavits of Services
ServeManager, is an online application where legal professionals can collaborate on jobs with process servers. Recently, a new and more intuitive affidavit was released. New features include:
- cleaner layout and more flexible design
- more room for service notes
- multi-page support
- fields expand for job/case information
- client reference # included
- improvements to the notary block and server signature block
- all attempt data available at the time of creation - this can be edited, deleted before the affidavit is created