FBI Participates in Willie Horton’s 11th Annual Batting for Kids

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 9:45 a.m., the Detroit Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in partnership with Don Bosco Hall, a local community based outreach organization, will participate in the 11th Annual Batting for Kids Baseball Challenge at Comerica Park.

Batting for Kids is a baseball challenge where youth will have the opportunity to showcase their baseball skills as well as learn new skills during a fun-filled day at Comerica Park. More than 350 youth between the ages of 7 and 17 will participate in a youth development baseball skills competition that will include base running, a throwing competition, batting competition, and demonstration clinics. Individual souvenirs for each skill will be awarded to the top boy and girl in each age division.

The Detroit Division FBI will participate in this event by providing volunteers to assist in the areas of mentors to the youth participating in the challenge and security.

This event will be attended by 20 volunteers from the Detroit Division FBI to include Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley, who will throw the ceremonial first pitch.

Former Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan Honored by the FBI

On Thursday, April 12, 2012, FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen of the Jackson Field Office recognized former Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan for his more than 40 years of service to the citizens of Mississippi and for his support of and contributions to the FBI’s investigative and training efforts in the state of Mississippi.

Sheriff Bryan was honored at a ceremony held during the FBI’s National Academy retrainer in Jackson, Mississippi. Over 60 graduates of the FBI’s National Academy and law enforcement officers from numerous federal, state, and local agencies were in attendance as SAC McMullen presented an engraved plaque to Sheriff Bryan that states:

Presented to Sheriff Dolph Bryan

for His Committed and Dedicated Service

to the Citizens of Mississippi

and His Invaluable Contributions to the FBI.

Sheriff Bryan, who was born and raised in Starkville, Mississippi, began his career as an Oktibbeha County Deputy Sheriff in May 1973. He was elected sheriff of Oktibbeha County in 1976 and served in that position until January 2012. Sheriff Bryan is a graduate of the 178th Session of the National Academy, which ran from July 10 to September 23, 1994. He served as a member of the Executive Board of the FBI’s Mississippi Joint Terrorism Task Force and is the current chairman of the Law Enforcement Coordinating committee under the direction of the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Mississippi.

Reflective of Sheriff Bryan’s commitment to children, he co-chaired the organizing of the state of Mississippi’s Crime Stoppers Program and was instrumental in organizing the Mississippi Sheriffs’ Boys and Girls Ranches for homeless and abused children, and he has served as chairman of its board of directors. Sheriff Bryan also serves on the board of directors of the Palmer Home for Children in Columbus, Mississippi.

Fort Yates Man Sentenced for Assault

BISMARCK—United States Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on July 18, 2011, Joshua C. Luger, 29, of Fort Yates, North Dakota, was sentenced in United States District Court on a charge of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Luger pleaded guilty to the charge on April 27, 2011.

Judge Hovland sentenced Luger to one year and six months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Luger was ordered to pay restitution of $15,622.89 and to pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victim’s Fund. Luger must also complete 40 hours of community service.

On October 4, 2010, Luger and the victim were at the Last Chance Saloon in Solen, North Dakota. Outside the bar, Luger confronted the victim, who Luger did not know, and pushed him to the ground. Luger then started using his fists to hit the victim in the head and face. Another patron at the bar intervened and kept Luger away from the victim. As a result of the assault, the victim suffered a broken nose and lost a front tooth.

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Indian Affairs - Standing Rock Agency.

Assistant United States Attorney Rick Volk prosecuted the case.

U.S. Marshals Auction Raises $232,246 for Victims of the Unabomber

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Marshals online auction of the personal effects of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, ended Thursday, raising a total of $232,246. Those proceeds will be used to compensate Kaczynski’s victims. U.S. District Judge Garland Burrell of the Eastern District of California ordered the sale in August 2010.

The most expensive lot, which sold for $40,676 and had 21 bidders, consisted of approximately 20 personal journals, which describe in diary fashion Kaczynski’s thoughts and feelings about himself, society and living in the wilderness. They also include admissions to specific bombings and other crimes. Other sale prices were $22,003 for the typewriter on which Kaczynski typed his manifesto, $20,053 for the handwritten copy of his manifesto, $20,025 for the hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses that were depicted in the infamous FBI "wanted" sketch, and $17,780 for his handwritten autobiography.

The auction consisted of 58 lots, which included personal documents, such as driver’s licenses, birth certificates, deeds, checks, academic transcripts, photos, and his handwritten codes; typewriters; tools; clothing; watches; several hundred books; and more than 20,000 pages of written documents.

The final sale price for each lot can be found by going to www.gsaauctions.gov. Scroll down and click on “Other” in the left-side menu. Click on “Closed Auctions.” In the “Search within results” box, enter 41QSCI11279, click on “Search,” and the information will come up.

The U.S. Marshals Service occupies a uniquely central position in the federal justice system. It is the enforcement arm of the federal courts, involved in virtually every federal law enforcement initiative.