Police News Roundup.
The Times reports that Louis Pepe, a Federal Corrections Officer brutally stabbed, beaten and left for dead by Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, a founding member of Al Qaeda was ejected from a Southern District courtroom after giving a victim impact statement at Salim's sentencing. Salim was sentenced to thirty-two years for the assault. Officer Pepe apparently suffers from severe neurological and congnitive damage as a result of the attack. The unfortunate thing about this event is that Salim will be written about in the future much more than his victim.

Kudos to the Boca Raton cop that recognized wanted murderer Tracey Boyce in Florida gym after seeing him profiled on "America's Most Wanted." Note to Daily News: How about putting the cop's name in the next time? Also, Boyce is described as a sometime "rapper." This reminds Base10 of the practice in the 80's of labeling any unemployed minority member as an "unemployed construction worker" by the media.

In what is likely the final chapter in the Etan Patz story, a judge entered a civil judgment against suspect Jose R. Ramos after Ramos refused to answer questions at a deposition in the wrongful death suit against him. While this judgment is essentially toothless, Base10 hopes it offers some closure to the family. Base10 also it offers some closure to the law enforcement people that worked diligently on this case.

And finally, in the "take a bite out of crime" department, a man was arrested when German police matched his DNA with that of a half-bitten meatball at the scene of sandwich shop burglary. Let this be an apt lesson for those that hunger for a life of crime.
- posted by Base10 @ 8:26 PM