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Ryan Wedding, a former Canadian Olympic snowboarder, pled not guilty on Monday to running a lucrative drug trafficking ring. PBS has the story. Wedding competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He was added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list last March. Wedding was arrested in Mexico last week and flown to California. He is alleged to have moved as much as 60 tons of cocaine between Columbia, Mexico, Canada, and California and orchestrated several killings under the protection of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel. Read on for more criminal law news. Later On, We’ll Conspire. Michael Frosnight, 49, was arrested Saturday after Frankfort, Indiana, police followed his footprints in the snow from the scene of a reported burglary, according to a local media outlet. Officers responding to a break-in at a home in the community of Jefferson followed shoe prints in the snow to another house, where the stolen items were recovered and Fosnight apprehended. Police said that Fosnight, who was out on bond based on prior drug arrests, was transported to jail and charged with burglary, possession of a firearm by a felon, and theft, among other things. Discouraging B&Es in all types of weather, police nevertheless recommended such offenses occur during a major snowstorm, as it “makes it so much easier for us.” Federalizing Dogberry. On Sunday, the British government announced plans for a new national police force, as reported by the AP. According to the Home Secretary, the National Police Service will alleviate [...]