Spy drones for crime fighting may soon be used in Miami. Tom Brown from the Herald Tribune reports this new 14-pound drone is awaiting approval from the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration. The drones will be used as an extra pair of eyes in “tactical situations” says Detective Juan Villalba, a police department spokesman. Law enforcement across the country has shown a growing interest in the use of drones for domestic issues.

Prison Officials under Investigation. Sara Jane Olson, former Symbionese Army member, was released last week after being in prison for a 1975 murder during a bank robbery. She was freed on March 17, although she wasn't supposed to be released for another year. According to Michael Rothfeld from L.A. Times, there are five prison employees under investigation from the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla.

You Got Mail
ABC News reports that Florida residents can now sign up for e-mail alerts on the whereabouts of registered sexual offenders in their neighborhood. The alert system will notify interested residents within 24 to 48 hours of an address change. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement developed this program in compliance with the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.

Kansas Supreme Court rules against ‘John Doe’ warrants
Wichita Eagle News reporter Ron Sylvester writes that seven rape cases from 1989 to 1994 will not be prosecuted against death-row inmate Doug Belt. The justices said, “The warrants in western Kansas were illegally vague.” The court focused on John Doe warrants based only on a DNA profile. In 2002, Wichita police arrested Belt for the rape and beheading of Lucille Gallegos. Belt’s DNA matched Gallegos’ murder and the other rape cases. Judges in McPherson, Saline, and Reno counties all dismissed the decade old rape cases, saying, “Too much time had expired between the crimes and Belt’s identification.”