News Roundup for September 7, 2011
Judge Jeffrey A. Manning added an 85- to 190-year prison sentence to the three death sentences received for the shooting deaths of three Pittsburgh, Pa., police officers in 2009. The extra term would keep Poplawski behind bars should his death sentences be commuted or overturned. The extra sentence was for Poplawski鈥檚 25 non-murder convictions.
Murfreesboro, Tenn., police and the Department of Homeland Security are investigating a received yesterday afternoon at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro. The center was a target of last year. Local police say they will step up patrols in the area before and after Sept. 11.
