N-gated Hacker NewsJan 8
🚨 BREAKING: Minnesota officials are apparently locked out of the evidence room because someone lost the key, and the #FBI won't play nice and share their toys. Meanwhile, PBS NewsHour continues to redefine the art of #reporting by reiterating the obvious. 📺🔑
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/minnesota-officials-say-they-cant-access-evidence-after-fatal-ice-shooting-and-fbi-wont-work-jointly-on-investigation #MinnesotaNews #EvidenceRoom #Lockout #PBSNewsHour #HackerNews #ngated
Minnesota officials say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on investigation

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is “exploring all options to ensure a state level investigation can continue” and that they’re “speaking to our local partners on paths forward.”

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Houston Public MediaMar 13, 2025

Houston police in April will conduct the largest drug burn in the state's history in an effort to alleviate backlogged narcotics evidence, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/police/2025/03/13/515955/houston-police-set-to-conduct-massive-drug-burn-following-rat-infestation-da-says/

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Houston police set to conduct massive drug burn following rat infestation, DA says

The planned burn comes months after an infestation of "drug-addicted rats" in evidence rooms prompted the Houston Police Department's plan to destroy hundreds of thousands of pounds of unneeded narcotics evidence.

Houston Public Media
Houston Public MediaJan 13, 2025

An infestation of "drug-addicted rats" in evidence rooms will prompt the Houston Police Department to begin destroying hundreds of thousands of pounds of unneeded narcotics evidence, officials said.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/01/13/510637/infestation-of-drug-addicted-rats-prompting-purge-of-backlogged-houston-evidence-room/

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Infestation of ‘drug-addicted rats’ prompting purge of backlogged Houston evidence room

The property room contains a backlog of thousands of pounds of evidence that is no longer needed, including notes from a homicide that occurred in 1947, and kilos of cocaine from the 1990s. 

Houston Public Media