Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Gave a strong warning against any kind of tampering with law and order and communal harmony in the state. He clearly said that public insolence and any attempt to spoil the atmosphere during festivals will not be accepted. Strict action should be taken against the culprits of every such incident with zero tolerance. He instructed the officers to ensure peace, security and discipline under all circumstances. Negligence will not be accepted at any level. Also, only traditional form should be followed in religious events and no new traditions should be allowed.

Ensure peaceful environment- CM

In a high-level review meeting held through video conferencing late on Wednesday (March 18) evening, the Chief Minister took information about the extensive preparations in view of Chaitra Navratri starting from Thursday (March 18), goodbye prayers on March 20 and Eid-ul-Fitr on March 21. He directed all Divisional Commissioners, District Magistrates and Police Captains to work with sensitivity and coordination to ensure a peaceful environment.

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Extra vigilance should be taken in crowded places- CM

The Chief Minister said that in view of the large number of devotees arriving in the Devi temples during Chaitra Navratri, proper arrangements for security, cleanliness, crowd management, drinking water, lighting and health services should be ensured. Extra vigilance should be taken at major temples and crowded places. Badaun, Moradabad, Rampur, GhaziabadTaking cognizance of the recent criminal incidents in Jalaun, Gorakhpur, Agra, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj, the Chief Minister took details of the action taken from the concerned officials.

Take every complaint and every incident seriously – CM

He bluntly said that even a single incident of crime spoils the atmosphere of the entire society, hence every complaint and every incident should be taken seriously. Strictest action should be ensured against the culprits. Referring to the incidents of chain snatching, he directed to increase continuous patrolling of PRV-112 vehicles. The Chief Minister bluntly said that criminals should have fear of police uniforms.

CM Yogi expressed displeasure over bike stunting

Referring to the instructions of the Supreme Court, the CM said that the volume of loudspeakers at religious places should be kept within the prescribed standards. Otherwise, strict action should be taken to remove them. Expressing displeasure over bike stunting, he directed to stop it immediately.

Instructions also given on LPG supply

Regarding LPG supply, the Chief Minister said that even amidst international circumstances, the common man should not face any inconvenience. Artificial shortage, hoarding and black marketing should be closely monitored and strict action should be taken against the culprits. Immediate and sensitive solution to the problems of the common people should be ensured.

In view of the proposed arrival of the President in Ayodhya and Mathura-Vrindavan, the Chief Minister gave instructions to ensure strict compliance with the prescribed protocols. The concerned District Magistrates informed about the preparations. While giving instructions to strengthen the arrangements of destitute cow shelters, the Chief Minister asked to ensure deployment of nodal officers, timely payment of funds and protection of cattle, fodder and other necessary arrangements.

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Police force fully alert- Director General of Police

Before the meeting, the Director General of Police informed that the police force is fully alert and foot patrolling has been increased for peaceful celebrations of Chaitra Navratri, Eid-ul-Fitr and the upcoming Shri Ram Navami. In this meeting organized through video conferencing, all Divisional Commissioners, District Magistrates, Additional Director General of Police (Zone), Commissioner of Police, Inspector General of Police (Range), Senior Superintendent of Police/Superintendent of Police and senior government level officials were present.

A retired police officer accused of running a spy ring for the Chinese government has claimed “I’m quite a boring guy you know – that’s my character”.

Billy Yuen, 64, denied acting as a Chinese agent and told investigators he only returned to work because his wife was fed up of having him around the house.

“Hand on my heart, I have nothing to hide,” he added.

Yuen, from Dalston, east London, is accused of running the spy ring from the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Bedford Square, central London.

The Old Bailey has heard he allegedly “tasked” Peter Wai, 39, from Staines, Surrey, who worked as a UK Border Force officer, to conduct surveillance on dissidents in the UK and chase down a £16m debt owed to a Chinese businesswoman.

However, Yuen told police that he loved the UK and that he had worked for the former Royal Hong Kong Police Force for 37 years.

“I myself actually established a very close link with UK. If you ask me which place you love more, I love UK. I’m not telling you lies,” Yuen told police after his arrest.

“If you ask me, I like Hong Kong but if you ask me to balance, I like here the most.”

He sent his daughter to study in Britain in 2009 and his son in 2012, who was joined by his wife.

When he retired in 2015, Yuen joined them, he said. He had a pension of around £4,600 a month and still owned a property in Hong Kong so he did not need to work, he explained.

“But only my wife, well she [was] not used to seeing me doing nothing at home and therefore forced me to go out and get a job.”

Yuen told her “no-one would hire me” but she spotted an advert in a free newspaper in Chinatown for an office manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO).

His job as the “administrative division head” was to run the office in a 266-year-old building on Bedford Square, recruit staff and run the finances, Yuen told the officers.

In Hong Kong, he had risen to be a superintendent in the police, working in the Marine headquarters and then developing technology for the traffic unit.

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He had met Peter Wai after leaving a restaurant in Chinatown where he was having lunch or dinner with a friend who said: “Stop there, he’s your same business.”

Wai, who acted as a special constable for City of London Police, claimed he was a superintendent and Yuen thought “wow, police superintendent, well you’re young, young and promising”.

Wai told him he also ran a “security consultancy business” and Yuen employed him to provide close protection security for the HKETO and they became friends, he said.

Yuen and Wai deny assisting the Chinese intelligence service by agreeing to undertake information gathering, surveillance and acts of deception, under the National Security Act 2023.

Wai also denies misconduct in public office by conducting searches of Home Office databases without justification.

The trial continues.

Iowa authorities have announced an arrest in the cold case murder of realtor Ashley Okland nearly 15 years after her death. 

On Wednesday, officials revealed 53-year-old Kristin Elizabeth Ramsey, of Woodward, is charged with first-degree murder stemming from Okland’s death. 

“Ashley’s story has kept many of us awake at night, revisiting the details over and over in our minds,” West Des Moines Assistant Police Chief Jody Hayes said in a press conference. “Searching for that missing piece that would tie everything together and lead us down the right path to identifying a person that was responsible for this act.” 

On April 8, 2011, the body of 27-year-old Ashley Okland was discovered inside a model townhome where authorities say she was hosting an open house. She had been shot twice.

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Ashley Okland was discovered inside a model townhome where authorities say she was hosting an open house in West Des Moines, Iowa on April 8, 2011. (Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa)

An employee working within the complex heard a commotion inside the townhome and went to investigate the cause of the noise, according to Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa. Upon entering the building, the worker found Okland on the floor and dialed 911. 

At the time of Okland’s death, Ramsey worked as an administrative assistant and sales manager for Rottlund Homes, which was the developer of the townhome where Okland was killed, according to the Des Moines Register.

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Kristin Elizabeth Ramsey, 53, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in West Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.  (Dallas County Jail)

The case went unsolved for nearly 15 years. 

The case rattled the Iowa community, with authorities revealing on the four-year anniversary of Okland’s death that nearly 900 leads had been investigated and approximately 500 people had been interviewed, the outlet reported.

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Ashley Okland’s grave site in the Fjeldberg Cemetery near Huxley, Iowa on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register via Imagn Content Services, LLC)

Officials did not provide details on what information led to Ramsey’s arrest. 

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At a press conference on Thursday, Okland’s brother, Josh, thanked investigators for their unrelenting efforts on the case.

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“Today is a day my family has thought about very often over the last 14 years,” Josh Okland said. 

Ashley Okland’s siblings Josh Okland and Brittany Bruce speak after the arrest of Kristin Ramsey in the 2011 shooting death of their sister at the West Des Moines Police Department on March 18, 2026.  (Zach Boyden-Holmes/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Ramsey’s arrest follows an indictment from a Dallas County grand jury. She is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail on $2 million cash bond.

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“That Friday afternoon when Ashley was taken from us seems so long ago,” Okland’s sister, Brittany Bruce, told reporters on Thursday. “We had lost our hope in finding answers and having any justice for Ashley. It was really difficult to accept that the case had gone cold.” 

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She went on to express her gratitude to both the investigators and prosecutors handling her sister’s case.

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“We have full confidence in their abilities to see this through,” she added. 

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A man who raped a 14-year-old girl after offering her a lift home at an Aberdeen taxi rank has been jailed for 12 years.

Victor Popa, 35, lured the drunk teenager into his vehicle during the early hours of 15 January 2023 and subjected her to the serious sexual assault in the Gordon’s Mills Place area of the city while she repeatedly “blanked out”.

A judge told a court how the girl has since been “living a waking nightmare” and later dropped out of school due to being bullied about the rape, “mainly by the boys”.

Popa denied any wrongdoing but was convicted in January following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. He was jailed on Wednesday.

Judge Alison Stirling said his actions had caused “lasting psychological and physical harm”, with the girl continuing to suffer “complex PTSD, anxiety and depression”.

‘She has been living a waking nightmare’

Referencing a victim impact statement, the judge said: “The emotional impact of the rape was overwhelming, and she thinks it will be everlasting.

“She has been living a waking nightmare over and over and over again since she was 14 years old.

“Having to tell her mother was awful, because she knew her mother would be very upset.

“Telling the police and going for sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy tests made her feel dirty and humiliated.

“It was terrifying for her at the age of 14 to think she could be pregnant to a rapist. Fortunately, she was not pregnant.

“She returned to school but left after six months because she was bullied about the rape, mainly by the boys.”

‘She got into your car and blanked out’

The court heard how the teen, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, had been out drinking with friends but became separated from them so went to a taxi rank for a lift home.

Popa, who was a stranger to the girl and not a taxi driver, pulled up and offered to take her home.

Judge Stirling said: “She waited for a long time but there were no taxis. Your car appeared and she thought you were a taxi.

“She told you she was 14 years old, that she was really drunk and that she did not have any money.

“You agreed to take her home. She got into your car and blanked out.”

The judge said the girl repeatedly “blanked out” during the attack and was “so drunk she could not move and could not do anything”.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said the prosecution case drew together “multiple strands of evidence”, including CCTV and text messages, which supported the teen’s account of what happened.

Medical evidence of an injury caused by significant force, likely inflicted while she was unconscious, was also placed before the jury.

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Popa denied any wrongdoing and claimed the girl told him she was 18 and that the sex was consensual.

The court heard that he had attended school in Romania but started to live in the UK in 2015. He moved to Aberdeen in 2018 and has worked in hotels and as a delivery driver and roofer.

As well as the 12-year jail term, Popa’s name was also added to the sex offenders register indefinitely.

He was additionally banned from contacting his victim.

‘Popa is a dangerous individual’

Procurator Fiscal Faye Cook said: “Violence against women and girls has no place in our society.

“This was a predatory and deeply distressing attack on a child who was simply trying to get home safely.

“The evidence presented to the jury showed the careful work of police officers and prosecutors to uncover what happened and to hold Victor Popa to account.

“I want to recognise the courage shown by the young victim and her family throughout the prosecution process. Their strength has helped bring a dangerous offender to justice.”

Detective Chief Inspector Steven McDonald also praised the girl for her courage and thanked her family for their support throughout the Police Scotland investigation.

He added: “This incident was extremely frightening for the girl, who simply wanted to get home.

“Popa is a dangerous individual who posed a risk to women and girls and preyed on this young girl’s vulnerability.”

Most people never expect a knock on the door from a police officer to flip their life upside down. Yet that is exactly what happened to Chrisanna Elser in the Denver area of Colorado, near the small towns of Bow Mar and Columbine Valley.

An officer from the Columbine Valley Police Department arrived at her home and accused her of stealing a $25 package from a porch in the neighboring town of Bow Mar, Colorado.

The officer said surveillance technology pointed directly to her vehicle, a forest green Rivian R1T electric pickup truck. But Chrisanna insists she never stole anything.

What followed became a real-world lesson in modern surveillance. Doorbell cameras, license plate readers and phone location data suddenly became evidence in a case she had to fight herself.

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Flock cameras are used in towns across the nation as license plate readers. A Colorado woman was accused of porch theft after police relied on surveillance tech, including Flock cameras, that incorrectly linked her vehicle to the scene. (Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

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The moment the accusation began

Chrisanna recently joined me on my Beyond Connected podcast to walk through the moment everything started. She remembers the day clearly. “So I laid down because I had a headache and my husband came in and said, there’s a police officer here for you.”

The officer told her a package had been stolen from a home roughly 1.3 miles away in Bow Mar, Colorado. The officer who confronted her was Sgt. Jamie Milliman of the Columbine Valley Police Department, which provides policing services for both Columbine Valley and Bow Mar.

He believed she was responsible. The accusation was based on surveillance tools used around the area. According to the officer, Flock license plate reader cameras had captured her forest green Rivian driving through Bow Mar between 11:52 a.m. and 12:09 p.m. on the day of the theft.

Bodycam footage captured the officer describing the town’s monitoring network. “You can’t get a breath of fresh air in or out of that place without us knowing.”

Chrisanna said she tried to show the officer evidence that she had nothing to do with the theft. But she says he would not review it. “And basically, he just continued to start with that. I was lying to him. Never lied to him once.”

Instead, the officer issued a summons ordering her to appear in court in Jefferson County, Colorado.

The porch camera video that sparked the case

Chrisanna later found the video that triggered the accusation. Neighbors had posted the porch camera footage on the community app Nextdoor while trying to identify the thief. At first, she could understand why the police thought the suspect resembled her. “When I saw the video from far away, I was like, wow, I guess that kind of looks like me.”

But the closer she examined the footage, the more differences she noticed. “She was significantly younger, and she had a bit of a shaved underside under her head.” The suspect ran away from the house and disappeared off camera.

Importantly, the person in the video ran away on foot and did not get into any vehicle, something that conflicted with the police theory involving Elser’s truck. Still, the investigation continued.

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Chrisanna Elser’s situation highlights how surveillance tools can generate leads but still require human verification to avoid mistakes. (Antranik Tavitian/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

What a Flock camera actually is

One of the technologies involved in the investigation was a Flock camera. Flock cameras are automated license plate reader systems made by the company Flock Safety. Cities and neighborhoods across the United States install them at intersections and neighborhood entrances.

They automatically capture:

• License plate numbers
• Vehicle color and approximate vehicle type
• Date, time and location

Police departments can search the camera network to see when a vehicle passed certain locations. In Bow Mar and Columbine Valley, Colorado, the cameras are used by the Columbine Valley police to help identify vehicles connected to investigations.

The systems are designed to help solve crimes such as stolen vehicles, kidnappings and hit-and-run cases. But they generate investigative leads, not proof.

Chrisanna’s case shows what can happen when technology is treated as a conclusion rather than a starting point.

The overlooked camera that could have cleared her

Chrisanna began doing something she never expected. She started investigating the accusation herself. While reviewing the evidence, she discovered something critical. Her truck had been parked directly in front of another Flock surveillance camera controlled by the town of Bo Mar during the entire time police claimed she committed the theft.

“Actually, my truck was parked right in front of a Flock camera in my neighbor’s driveway the whole time.” If investigators had reviewed that camera first, the case might have ended immediately.

The hidden phone feature that helped prove her innocence

Chrisanna also discovered another piece of evidence hiding in her own phone. It was a feature called Google Location Timeline.

The setting tracks where your phone travels if location history is enabled. “Anywhere your phone is, if you have your timeline turned on, it will track you,” Chrisanna said.  In her case, it helped reconstruct exactly where she had been that day.

She later discovered the data showed she had visited a tailor just outside of Bow Mar for a noon appointment located more than a quarter mile from the theft location.

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A Columbine Valley Police officer questions Chrisanna Elser on her front porch near Bow Mar, Colorado. Police later dropped the case after reviewing new evidence showing the Elser’s vehicle was parked during the alleged crime. (Columbine Valley Police Department)

How Chrisanna built the timeline that cleared her

Chrisanna gathered multiple sources of proof to show where she had actually been.

Her evidence included:

• Google Location Timeline data
• Flock camera images
• Photos from other stops she made that day
• Video from her own vehicle’s onboard cameras and GPS system

She built a timeline and sent the evidence to the police. Eventually, the Columbine Valley Police Chief, Bret Cottrell, reviewed the information and responded by email. Chrisanna read the message she received.

“Hi, Anna. After reviewing the evidence you’ve provided. (nicely done btw), we have voided the summons that was issued. We have double checked with Jefferson County courts, and the case was not yet entered into the system; therefore, there is no record on file.  Thank you for getting back to us with the evidence you said you would be able to provide. Sincerely, Bret”.

After roughly two weeks, the summons was voided, and the case was dropped. The actual porch theft was never solved, Chrisanna said. The officer involved later received a formal reprimand and was ordered to complete additional training, according to internal police documents.

We reached out to the Columbine Valley Police Department for comment, but did not receive a response before our deadline.

How someone might obtain Flock camera footage

Many people assume they cannot access surveillance footage used by police. In some cases and jurisdictions, they can. For example, in Colorado, residents can request certain government records under the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), the state’s public-records law similar to the federal Freedom of Information Act.

Chrisanna said her husband suggested requesting the footage through public records laws. “If the city, if they’re using any surveillance on you at all, you can do a Freedom of Information Act.” While FOIA technically applies to federal agencies, people often use the term to describe public-records requests more broadly.

Steps to request Flock camera footage

• Identify the police department operating the cameras
• Submit a public records or FOIA request
• Include the date, time and location you need
• Request related bodycam or license plate reader records if necessary

Access rules vary by state and department. Still, the footage may be available when cameras are owned by a city or town.

Technology still needs human judgment

Chrisanna does not believe surveillance tools should disappear. But she believes they need clear guardrails. “They are a useful tool, but they are not a replacement for police work as it was in this case,” she said.

Technology can help solve crimes and protect communities. Yet when investigators rely on it without verifying the facts, mistakes can happen.

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License plate reader data and doorbell footage led police to accuse the wrong suspect before new evidence cleared her. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How to turn Google Location Timeline on or off

Chrisanna used Google’s Location Timeline as part of the evidence that helped prove where she was on the day of the alleged theft. Many people do not realize this feature exists, but you can check it anytime through Google Maps.

Steps to check Google Location Timeline

• Open the Google Maps app
• Tap your profile icon in the top right
• Select Your Timeline
• Tap the three-dot menu or More
• Tap Location & privacy settings
• Turn Timeline / Location History on or off

If enabled, Google Maps may store a record of places your phone has been. Some people use it to remember trips or travel routes. Others prefer to turn it off for privacy. Either way, the data can become important if you ever need to prove where you were at a certain time. 

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Kurt’s key takeaways

Most people assume surveillance protects them. Doorbell cameras catch porch pirates. License plate readers track stolen cars. Phone location data helps people retrace trips. But Chrisanna’s experience reveals another side of the technology. Data can suggest conclusions before investigators verify them. And when that happens, the person accused may have to gather their own evidence. Her takeaway is simple. “If they have evidence on you, you should have evidence on yourself.” For more of Chrisanna’s story and the full conversation, you can listen to or watch the complete episode on the Beyond Connected podcast at getbeyondconnected.com.

Let me leave you with this question. If technology ever pointed the finger at you tomorrow, would you have the data needed to prove where you really were? Let us know by writing to us at Cyberguy.com.

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