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Man charged with selling heroin after search at suspected Grand Forks drug 'flop house'

Officers with the Grand Forks Narcotics Task Force took part in a probation search Wednesday at an apartment at 111 Cottonwood St., the home of Jacob Zefferino Gomez , according to court documents . Officers said the apartment appeared to be a "flop house" where people come to buy and use drugs. Inside Gomez's bedroom, law enforcement said they found a black case containing a bag with 0.6 grams of heroin and a small amount of marijuana. Officers also said they located a digital scale, commonly used to weigh drugs, in Gomez's closet. Task Force officers said 0.6 grams of heroin is an amount not commonly possessed for personal use. That and the digital scale led to a Class B felony charge for possession with heroin with intent to sell. Gomez, 34, also was charged with child endangerment, a Class C felony, because his two-year-old child was in the residence. Officers said they found syringes on the ground in the apartment, including an uncapped syringe on the bathroo...

AZ homicide suspect captured in Pennsylvania - 3TV

MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) - U.S. marshals in Pennsylvania have captured a man wanted for homicide here in Arizona. Anthony Marks, 30, was arrested on Tuesday, Police believe that on September 9, 2015, Marks and Richard Wren, 31, had engaged in a physical altercation at the Vaseo apartments, near Greenway Parkway and 7th Street in Phoenix. After the altercation, Marks is alleged to have  shot Wren multiple times with a handgun, killing him. [READ: PD: Man shoots neighbor at N. Phoenix apartment complex] Recently, the U.S. Marshals- led Arizona WANTED Violent Offender Task Force began working collaboratively with the Phoenix Police Department to locate and apprehend Marks. During the investigation, it was determined that Marks had fled Arizona and was likely residing in the Philadelphia area. Based on this information, deputy U.S. marshals in Philadelphia were able to determine where Marks was residing. Upon approaching the address, Marks attempted to flee out of the back of the resid...

The Army Captain Trying to Prove the U.S. Has Lost the War in Afghanistan

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Aug 16, 2017 The first time Captain Noorullah Aminyar traveled to the United States, in 2012, he felt calm and peaceful in a way he never had before. Back home in Afghanistan, he had slept fully clothed , boots on, hand on his rifle. The Taliban attacked every night, and he had to be ready. "But when I come to America," he told me, "I have no stress in America. I sleep good. I tell you, I have no stress. It was really easy. It was a good thing. You feel safe. I was born in the war. I grew up in the war. Always, your life is in danger. You find a little safe time, for sure you'll be happy." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below For Aminyar, then twenty-eight, coming to America was an honor and an achievement. He attended the prestigious Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, the culmination of more than a decade of studying English, followed by a basic infantry officer 's course at Fort Benning, Georgia, with Ame...