News Roundup

Late last week, Justice Department special counsel Robert S. Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for allegedly meddling in the 2016 presidential election.  This week, as a result of an FBI investigation separate from the special counsel, the Justice Department indicted Russian national Maria Butina for illegally acting as an agent of the Russian government in an effort to influence American politics.  Butina allegedly posed as a graduate student at American University while working covertly to develop contacts within political groups in an effort to advance policies favorable to Russia.  Keep reading for more news. Fletcher Shooting.  WLOS reports that on Wednesday police officers in Fletcher shot and killed a man at a CVS who was armed with a gun and behaving in a threatening manner.  Around noon, a man entered the CVS and brandished a gun in the pharmacy section of the store.  A store manager was able to get employees and customers to safety, and two civilians then guarded the front and back doors with their own guns to prevent the man from leaving and new customers from entering.  When officers arrived, the man confronted them and was shot dead; his name had not been released at the time of writing. Crime Lab.  The Wilmington Star-News reports that state grants which fund the Wilmington Police Department’s crime lab are scheduled to expire or phase out in the relatively near future.  The report says that funding is guaranteed through the end of September and likely will be extended through September [...]