Loveland, Colorado -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has completed deployment of six Argentine-built IA-58 Pucara observation aircraft at the Loveland Airport. A hangar is under construction to store the six propeller-driven airplanes. Until it is completed in September, the planes will be kept in a fenced-off section of the aircraft parking area.
BATF spokesperson Bill Sheely said, "With the increasing level of danger found along the Front Range of Colorado, it makes sense that the ATF has an airborne platform able to support operations in the region. Basing the aircraft at a smaller airport allows us to deploy our aircraft without disrupting commercial air traffic at locations such as DIA."
Sheely also confirmed that the IA-58 would be available to support the FBI Domestic Terrorism Unit in its continued efforts to crack down on illegal mercenary operations.
Critics of the deployment have denounced the move, pointing out that the IA-58 is a counter-insurgency aircraft armed with machineguns and automatic cannon, and it is not merely an observation aircraft.
Denver, Colorado -- Lawyer Alvin Dewey has threatened to file a lawsuit against the Denver Police Department and Denver Hospital. Dewey recently made national headlines for his so-called "ex post facto accessory to murder" defense of organized crime hitman Edward Baxter. Dewey had returned to Denver to organize the defense of suspected drug dealer Alex Trenton. Trenton was being held in the security wing of Denver Hospital when he died of what doctors initially labeled a massive heart attack. Dewey claims that police or some other agency had his client poisoned to prevent Trenton from disclosing his client list. An autopsy is scheduled to determine the cause of death.
Police noted that Dewey's license to practice in Colorado has been suspended recently due to over $1 million owed in back alimony and child support.
Chicago, Illinois -- A representative of Yamaguchi Shipping recently completed negotiations with Art Carmichael Collectors, the large art importing firm, for the return of an ancestral Japanese sword. The sword had been looted by an American Army Air Corps member during World War II. Recently it surfaced in the Carmichael Collection Museum in Chicago. Representatives for neither side were willing to disclose the terms of the deal.
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