2300 block of Varnum Street: At about 10:05 pm power shift officers observed an individual drinking from an open container of an alcoholic beverage. When officers attempted to stop him he fled on foot. The officers gave chase and as they closed the gap on him he started to throw small glass bottles to the ground. As the bottles hit the ground officers immediately smelled an odor of PCP. When he was finally caught he was found to be in possession of approximately $4,000 worth of PCP. He was charged accordingly and delivered to the custody of DOC in Hyattsville.
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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