Drug Arrest on Mission Street
The Record
This weekend on Mission Street, police arrested a Montcliar man after they saw him allegedly selling crack the previous night in the area. They saw the man, Brandon Brown, 23, retrieve items form the siding the siding of a Mission Street home and then trading it for money from individuals who approached him. After investigating, the police found 40 small bags of crack. The man was charged with various drug offenses, but released on a bail of $5,000
National
Inmates in Georgia Prisons Use Contraband Phones to Coordinate Protest
New York Times
This weekend, prisoners in at least 7 prisons in Georgia planned a non-violent riot using contrabands cell phones. The prisoners want better work conditions and want to be paid for the work they do. They want their list of demands to be addressed before they preform chores, work for the Corrections Department Industrial arm, or shop at prison commissaries. Their list of demands includes; more educational opportunities, compensation for their work, better food, and sentencing rules changes. The inmates said that though the riots started Thursday, they had been organizing this for months using word of mouth and text messages.
World
South Korea to Conduct Naval Drills
CNN
Starting today, South Korea is going to conduct a new round of naval fire drills. These drills are planned to avoid border islands. They will take place off all sides of the country and will continue through friday. None are scheduled to be near Yellow Sea islands south of the maritime boarder with North Korea. Tension has built between the Koreas when North shelled South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island on November 23 killing two marines, two civilians and injuring 18. The North now has accused the South of provoking the attack.
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