Kamis, 26 Januari 2012

Austin : Alleged serial rapist found deceased - Esme Barrera


   

APD update on Jan. 1, 2012 E. 31st Street Burglary with Intent to Commit a Felony


On January 1, 2012 at about 5 a.m. in the 300 block of E. 31st Street, a woman was attacked by an unknown male suspect in her home. The Austin Police Department DNA Laboratory conducted a thorough examination of all the evidence recovered from the crime scene. During the examination, DNA scientists were able to locate a male DNA profile from evidence at the scene. Sex Crimes detectives recognized similarities between one of the events that occurred during the early morning hours of January 1, 2012 and a series of attacks that occurred in South Austin last summer. Detectives requested DNA comparisons from APD’s DNA laboratory using the evidence in the E. 31stStreet case. DNA scientists manually compared the DNA profile that they obtained from E. 31st Street and were able to link that (unknown) suspect profile to four assaults that occurred in South Austin:
  1. Assault with Injury that occurred July 1, 2011 at about 3:43 a.m. in the 4300 block of S. Congress Avenue
  2. Attempted Sexual Assault that occurred July 8, 2011 at about 5:37 a.m. in the 1400 block of S. Congress Avenue
  3. Assault with Injury that occurred July 8, 2011 at about 6:41 a.m. at S. 1st Street and Barton Springs Road
  4. Assault with Injury that occurred September 11, 2011 at about 8:30 a.m. at Comal and Haskell Streets
The suspect description in each of the four earlier unsolved cases involved a Black male suspect with a similar physical build described in each.
On January 12, 2012, Homicide detectives responded to the 3000 block of Guadalupe on a deceased person call. The decedent’s roommate returned home after a holiday break and found his roommate James Loren Brown, Black male, 11/20/1986, deceased from an apparent suicide. During the investigation, the Homicide detective and a Crime Scene Unit (CSU) specialist noted that the residence was a short distance from the 3100 block of King Street, which is where Esmeralda Barrera was murdered on January 1, 2012. There had also been an assault with injury about 30 minutes before the murder in the same block. The victim in that assault described her assailant as a Black male and provided information for a composite sketch. The Homicide detective and CSU specialist observed that a photograph of Brown at the scene resembled the composite sketch and Brown had a similar physical build. No apparent reason for the suicide was found during the preliminary investigation.
On January 13, 2012, Homicide detectives returned to Brown’s residence and seized several items. APD DNA scientists were able to isolate a DNA profile from one of the seized items and compared it to the unknown male profile from the E. 31st Street case. On January 25, 2012, DNA scientists were able to confirm that the tests results linked Brown to the E. 31st Street case. Therefore, Brown is also a suspect in the four other unsolved cases that have been connected through DNA evidence. The circumstances of the four unsolved cases are similar to the circumstances of the assault with injury that occurred about 30 minutes before Esmeralda Barrera’s murder and in the same block.
The Austin Police Department Homicide Unit is investigating James Loren Brown as a suspect in the two other cases that occurred on King Street during the early morning hours of January 1, 2012. This includes Esmeralda Barrera’s murder. We consider Brown a suspect, but there is a considerable amount of investigative work to be completed. The DNA scientists are examining a significant amount of items that were seized from Brown’s residence. APD’s Digital Analysis Response Team is also examining electronic items seized from Brown’s residence. Homicide detectives are conducting interviews to learn more about Brown, and Sex Crimes detectives are re-interviewing and presenting photograph lineups to victims in possible other cases where no DNA evidence was present.
Homicide detectives will maintain all investigative efforts to either continue to include Brown as a viable suspect in Esmeralda Barrera’s murder or exclude Brown from further consideration.
We are still very early in the investigation into this new lead, and we are asking for assistance from the public. First and foremost, we are asking anyone who saw or had contact with James Loren Brown on New Year’s Eve or during the early part of January 2012 to contact the Homicide Tip Line at(512) 477-3588. Homicide detectives are also seeking information from anyone who knew James Loren Brown, especially anyone who may have received or bought property from Brown.
The Austin Police Department wishes to express its gratitude to the Austin community for all the help and support received over the last few weeks. We will continue to work diligently to identify who murdered Esmeralda Barrera and hopefully bring some closure to her family, many friends, and those in the community who have grown to know Esmeralda and embrace her memory.
A photo of James Loren Brown is attached along with two composite sketches released by APD.
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Minggu, 22 Januari 2012

Austin : City of Austin and other major companies to hold job fair at Parmer Events Center


Event will focus on building a stronger community

The City of Austin, in partnership with Travis County and other local employers, will host the Community Job and Resource Expo January 25 in an effort to build a strong community by providing opportunities for career development, job opportunities and community services.


The free annual event will be from 2 to 7 p.m. at Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road. It is sponsored jointly by the City of Austin and Travis County human resources departments.


Last year’s City of Austin Job Fair was attended by more than 3,500 job seekers.  “We are fortunate that the improving economy is yielding more opportunities for jobs in the Austin area and believe this year’s community job expo will be successful in connecting job seekers with potential jobs,” said City’s Human Resources Director Mark Washington.
The event will include more than 50 employers and non-profit resource agencies.  


Attendees will learn about more than 1,000 available part and full time positions throughout the community in the areas of information technology, customer service, public events, maintenance, community service, recreation, administration and finance.
Participants will have opportunities to meet face-to-face with human resources professionals, and representatives from the City of Austin and Travis County, as well as other employers and temporary staffing agencies including; Apple One, Capital Metro, e-Bay/PayPal, Evins Personnel Consultants, Inc., Express Employment Professionals, Goodwill Staffing, Hawkins Personnel Service, Home Depot,  Keystaff, Inc., Lowes, McDavid Automotive, Peak Performers, Pflugerville ISD, Seton Family of Hospitals, State of Texas, Time Warner Cable, Univision Radio Broadcasting, and  Wells Fargo.
Additionally, the expo will provide dozens of volunteer opportunities for participants.  Workshops on interviewing and resume writing will be available as well as a free computer lab. 


Free parking will be available in the Palmer Events Center garage.
Those attending the fair will be able to turn in job interest forms to hiring agencies at the event and participants are encouraged to apply for a City of Austin job online before the event.  Participants are encouraged to bring current copies of their resumes.
More information about the Community Job and Resource Expo is available online or by calling 512-974-3210.

Community Job and Resource Expo List of Participating Agencies

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January update on Mary Catherine Kelly, The RAND Corp, and the Department of Defense




January 2012 

 The RAND Corporation and Mary Catherine Kelly Beyond the Long Shadow of 9/11


 As many of you have surmised, Mary Catherine is a pseudo name to protect her and her family from additional retaliation by RAND’s law firm, representatives and insurance company.Unbeknownst to Mary is the fact that RAND’s surrogates were and are informing future employers that she is not eligible to return to RAND while leaving out the fact that RAND told Kelly to look for new employment less that 20 days after September 11, 2011— Pentagon ground zero. So it appears that MC Kelly is not telling the truth about her work experience. However she is speaking the truth about her DoD detail. It is RAND not articulating the truth. Kelly understood from the paper work and DoD officials that her position would continue for FY 2002 at the Pentagon. 




Not until the last few months ending in 2011 did Kelly learn that RAND maintains a couple of records stating she was an IPA. Yet orally RAND states that she was strangely never an IPA assigned to DoD. Why is The RAND Corporation denying that Mary Catherine Kelly was ever detailed to the DoD as an IPA for FY 2001 and FY 2002? A fiscal year begins in October and ends on the last dayof September (October 1, 2011-September 30, 2012 is FY12)?Why would RAND representatives after 10 years finally inform Mary Catherine that she NEVER served as an IPA detailed to the DoD during FY01 & FY02? And the DoD can’t seem to find any of her national security clearance records. The fact is that the DoD paid RAND to pay Kelly. RAND was not using any of its own funds for Mary Catherine’s salary and benefits to her knowledge. In fact after completion of her IPA, Mary Catherine was obligated to share what she learned at the DoD with RAND. But what did RAND convey to DoD as the reasons why Mary Catherine would not be completing her DoD detail? RAND never shared those communications with Mary. Why?


 One of the problems RAND has created for Mary Kelly and the federal government is that her employment cannot be verified, if one relies solely on RAND's documents and statements. It also provides RAND and the Insurers with on-going justifications why they should not be required to reimburse Mary for her out of pocked medical expenses pursuant to a 2003 award. Kelly is fighting several wars: receiving her out-of pocket medical expenses directly related to being in ground zero on 9/11/2001 and trying to stay focused on her medical treatment using her own funds and cleaning up her credit ratings since she has taken from Peter to pay Paul. Companies don't hire those with a bad credit rating.Which FFRDC, if any, would strongly advise an employee to seek new employment after she barely survived a deadly attack at the Pentagon and was working to “stand-up” one of DoD’s first office in homeland security and defense? The wealth of knowledge about the inner workings of the DoD would have been invaluable to RAND and any other FFRDC or defense contractor.


 Instead RAND trampled on Mary’s career and health. Mary now fears that RAND’s plans are to ask the courts to determine who should be responsible for her medical care directly related to 9/11 especially if she does not qualify under the Zadroga Act which tilts additional future health care towards those located in New York City. In Chapter Fifteen “The Link Between National Security and Compensation for Terrorism Losses” in The LONG SHADOW of 9/11, RAND’s authors acknowledge that it would be “…an unfair burden would fall on the victims themselves (to pay for their own medical care)......that could exacerbate the economic and psychological effects of the attack and serve the terrorists’ interests.” Yet, RAND does not mind placing the economic and psychological burden on Mary Catherine. “Little guidance has emerged from the courts on when private firms can be held responsible for losses caused by terrorist attacks.”


 Are RAND and its Insurers using Mary Catherine’s experiences in 9/11 as a “test” case to escape reimbursing her while providing free health care to those employees who were not located in ground zero and set a legal precedence for all other corporations? RAND’s competing theories: having Mary Catherine responsible for her own 9/11 health care versus publically advocating for a compensation system that could “promote social cohesion and unity”.With RAND’s close affiliation with the U.S. military, is Mary Catherine vulnerable to the 2012 Defense Authorization Act which allows for the unlimited detention of American citizens?Due to RAND’s blood relationship with the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government, should Mary Catherine live in fear that her experiences with the federal government’s representative RAND makes her susceptible to the provisions of the 2012 Defense Authorization Act? Will she be labeled as an “enemy” of the State under the provisions of the Act? 


Would Mary Catherine be held in detention so that RAND could continue speaking about survivors of terrorists attacks (even natural disasters) with a forked tongue ?Who is really in control of RAND and why would RAND risk its corporate reputation on one 9/11 survivor? Mary Catherine is still paying for her own 9/11 medical care -100% out of pocket. Her credit has been ruined. Her employment has been unstable since RAND advised Mary to seek new employment opportunities less than 20 days after 9/11/2001. And RAND still denies that she was detailed to the DoD.But friends in high places continue to protect each other. And RAND is protected by Kelly’s own representatives: U.S. Senators Cornyn and Hutchison. Now that is loyalty at the cost of a constituent and the truth. RAND is still a FFRDC receiving funding from the federal government to conduct policy studies impacting very aspect of our lives but their work behind the scenes is another story.


 On another front, the local bar counsel in Washington DC ruled that there was not enough evidence to determine that Kelly’s former attorney maintains any original documents or that he failed to return Mary Catherine's files timely. Is timely delivery considered more than 4 months in any other jurisdiction? Mary Catherine responded to her former attorney's withdrawal notice by asking him to send all files to her either in hard copy or on disc by email and certified mail. Neither the former attorney nor his world-wide law firm would respond to Catherine's simple request for her files. Simultaneously, this venerable law firm never informed Mary Catherine that they were writing the administrative body presiding over the case for the release of all of her sealed records subject to protective order and never informing Kelly of their actions to one administrative judge in particular.


 How could Mary find new representation as soon as possible with either no documents or time frame to anticipate receipt of her files? The local bar counsel disregarded Mary's notice that the electronic files were different than the hard copies. Her lawyer was the repository of every document in this case: depositions , errata sheets as well as award documents. He cannot locate crucial evidence given to him for safe keeping. So where are the rest of the Kelly’s files including the video of her opening of the 9/11 mortuary bar returned to Mary after it was recovered in ground zero by the Pentagon (DoD).
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Moderate quake rocks island of Hawaii


Magnitude 5.0 - ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

2012 January 23 02:36:32 UTC

Earthquake Details

  • This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude5.0
Date-Time
  • Monday, January 23, 2012 at 02:36:32 UTC
  • Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 04:36:32 PM at epicenter
Location19.331°N, 155.120°W
Depth8 km (5.0 miles)
RegionISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
Distances
  • 16 km (10 miles) S (176°) from Fern Forest, HI
  • 18 km (11 miles) S (185°) from Eden Roc, HI
  • 18 km (11 miles) SE (137°) from Volcano, HI
  • 42 km (26 miles) S (185°) from Hilo, HI
  • 358 km (222 miles) SE (127°) from Honolulu, HI
Location Uncertaintyhorizontal +/- 0.5 km (0.3 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
ParametersNph= 74, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.13 sec, Gp=133°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1





PAGER - M 5.0 - ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

Alert level does not include impacts from earthquake-related hazards such as tsunamis, landslides, fires or liquefaction.
Earthquake Shaking Alert Level: GREEN
Download Alert PDFWhat's this?Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 02:36:32 UTC (16:36:32 local)Location: 19.3° N, 155.1° WDepth: 8kmEvent Id: HV60302526Alert Version: 1Created: 5 minutes, 24 seconds after earthquake.
Global Location

Alert Information

Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.
Estimated FatalitiesFatality Alert Level: GREEN
Estimated Economic LossesEconomic Alert Level: GREEN

Detailed Information

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/hv60302526.php#details
Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking
Estimated Modified Mercalli IntensityIII-IIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXX
Est. Population Exposure356*225k22k78k1k0000
Perceived ShakingNot FeltWeakLightModerateStrongVery StrongSevereViolentExtreme
Potential Structure DamageResistantnonenonenoneV. LightLightModerateModerate/HeavyHeavyV. Heavy
VulnerablenonenonenoneLightModerateModerate/HeavyHeavyV. HeavyV. Heavy
*Estimated exposure only includes population within calculated shake map area
Population Exposure
Population per ~1 sq. km. from LandScan
Population Exposure Map

Structure Information Summary

Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.

Historical Earthquakes (with MMI)

Date (UTC)Dist(km)MagMax MMI(#)Shaking Deaths
1982-01-21515.6VII (10)0
1989-06-26106.4IX (355)0
1975-11-29167.2IX (30k)2
Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides that might have contributed to losses.
Selected Cities Exposedfrom GeoNames Database of Cities with 1,000 or more residents.
MMICityPopulation
VIVolcano3k
VMountain View3k
VAinaloa2k
VHawaiian Acres2k
VLeilani Estates1k
VNanawale Estates1k
VHilo43k
IIIKailua-Kona10k
IIKahului22k
IIKihei21k
IIWailuku13k
(k = x1,000)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/hv60302526.php#details
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