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A manhunt was underway on Wednesday as the F.B.I. and several local police departments searched central New Jersey for a man wanted in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. circulated a photo that it said showed the man, Gregory Yetman, taking part in the attack two years ago. Armed law enforcement officers were seen searching the backyard of a home and a shed in Helmetta, N.J., a small suburban community in Middlesex County, in video footage shot by NBC News. As the authorities, including a SWAT team, searched in and around the town, schools in nearby communities directed staff members and students to shelter in place, said Helmetta’s mayor, Christopher Slavicek.
Persons: Gregory Yetman, Christopher Slavicek Organizations: U.S . Capitol, NBC News, SWAT Locations: New Jersey, Helmetta, N.J, Middlesex County
A 29-year-old woman was arrested last week after she spent four days fraudulently enrolled in a New Jersey high school as a student, school district officials said. New Brunswick Public School District Superintendent Aubrey Johnson said Tuesday at a Board of Education meeting that Shin had attended New Brunswick High School for several days before she was caught. New Brunswick High School in New Jersey. During her days in school, Shin spent a lot of time with guidance counselors who were trying to find out more information about her, Johnson said. NBC News has asked the school district for comment.
Can Drugs Treat Addiction? Prisons Offer an Answer
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Julie Wernau | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sheriff Peter Koutoujian worked for years to get drugs into Middlesex County jail. Operating the facility northwest of Boston had come to feel like living in a bad rerun, he said. Inmates arrived addicted to opioids, went through detox, lived without drugs and were eventually released. Then they started using again, overdosed and died, or landed back in jail.
Republican Geoff Diehl ran gainst Democrat Maura Healey in Massachusetts' gubernatorial race. Former Republican state Rep. Geoff Diehl faced off against Massachusetts' Attorney General Maura Healey in the state's gubernatorial election. Massachusetts' gubernatorial candidatesDiehl previously served the state's 7th District as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Upon taking office, she became the first openly LGBTQ state attorney general in the nation. Unlike in the presidential election cycle, Massachusetts has voted for the Republican candidate in every gubernatorial election cycle since 1990, excluding 2006 and 2010.
The Justice Department plans to monitor polls in two dozen states across the country to ensure no one intimidates voters or otherwise meddles with Tuesday's midterm elections. The department's Civil Rights Division selected 64 jurisdictions in 24 states, including Alaska, Florida, Georgia and Nevada, for oversight in both the general election and early voting. The division routinely monitors elections in the field, starting in 1965 when Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. DOJ monitored polls in 18 states and 44 cities and counties in 2020, by comparison. Attorneys' Offices and the Office of Personnel Management will assist the DOJ Civil Rights Division in monitoring efforts and maintaining contact with state and local election officials.
Republican Geoff Diehl is running against Democrat Maura Healey in Massachusetts' gubernatorial race. The state has voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election cycle since 1988. Upon taking office, she became the first openly LGBTQ state attorney general in the nation. This race is also one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in a state carried by Biden in the 2020 presidential election. Unlike in the presidential election cycle, Massachusetts has voted for the Republican candidate in every gubernatorial election cycle since 1990, excluding 2006 and 2010.
Senior FBI officials recently warned of “unusual levels of threats” against election workers in seven states, including Colorado, Michigan and Wisconsin. California saw a need to pass legislation last month aimed at protecting election workers. Second, to election officials, election workers, volunteers and voters: We have your back. We personally toured our local election offices and observed existing election administration safeguards, such as mail ballot signature review by bipartisan teams. We pledge to do our part, and we call on our colleagues in law enforcement and election administration to join us.
A decade-old scandal at a Massachusetts crime lab — which led authorities to dismiss tens of thousands of drug convictions — may involve wrongdoing by more people than was previously known, according to a recent court order. At least one person was referred to the state attorney general’s office in 2015 for potential prosecution, Judge John T. Lu wrote last week. The ruling stokes lingering doubts about statements by the state inspector general’s office over the past eight years that Dookhan was the “sole bad actor” at the Hinton lab. Bizuayehu Tesfaye / APDookhan’s misconduct at the Hinton lab was exposed in 2012, after she had worked there for nearly a decade. A spokesman for the inspector general’s office declined to comment, citing ongoing litigation.
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