3700 block of Rhode Island Avenue: At about 2 pm officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for various traffic violations. Investigation of the driver returned an active arrest warrant for failure to appear in court. He was arrested pursuant to the warrant and a subsequent search of his vehicle incident to the arrest revealed that he was in possession of a small quantity of marijuana. While the officers were processing the man for the outstanding arrest warrant they discovered that the warrant had been previously served on him and not removed from the wanted persons database, therefore it was no longer valid. He was released after receiving a state citation for the traffic violation. CDS possession charges are pending.
There is a new spam campaign in circulation using the Boston Marathon bombings that occurred on April 15, 2013 as a lure. Users are sent an e-mail encouraging them to a watch a video of the explosion. When the user clicks on the enclosed link to watch the video malware is installed on the user’s computer. The following URL patterns have been found in these e-mails: http://[IP-address]/boston.html http://[IP-address]/news.html When the user clicks on one of the links the Kehlios worm is installed on the user’s system which has the capacity to send spam; carry out Distributed Denial of Service Attacks; and steal online currency such as bitcoins. Most major anti-virus vendors have signatures for detecting this malware so users should keep their antivirus programs up-to-date. In addition to the Boston Marathon spam campaign, a West, Texas plant explosion spam campaign has also sprung up. This spam campaign uses similar exploitation techniques as the Boston Marathon spam campaign p
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