3800 block of 38th Street: At about 5:30 pm officers stopped a vehicle for a seat belt violation. When the officers approached the vehicle they noticed that both the driver and passenger were acting suspiciously and appeared overly nervous. The officers also smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. Further investigation resulted in the driver giving the officers permission to search the vehicle for contraband and the officers recovered 29 grams of marijuana (estimated street value of $580) during their search. After further questioning the passenger admitted that the marijuana was his. He was arrested, charged with CDS possession 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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