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Though Houston 's murder rate was already climbing before Katrina, the
newcomers have added to it.

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Following their indictment by a federal grand jury on January 24, ATF
special agents arrested Richard Holland , 28, on January 25 in the 5500 block
of N. McQuay and Niblack were released and Herbert was held for a
detention hearing on February 9.
Falsifying the ATF paperwork prior to purchasing a firearm is a felony.atf. Of 189 murders in the six months after the
hurricane, 33 involved Katrina evacuees as either suspects or victims,
according to Police Chief Harold Hurtt.)

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Andre Henry, 27 and Gregory Clay, also known as George
Clay, 45 were already in state custody on unrelated charges.

News articles and reports on specific school incidents.

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"You'll hear
little snide remarks ," Angelo Edwards, vice-chair of the ACORN Katrina
Survivors Association tells Newsweek in the March 13 issue (on newsstands
Monday, March 6).

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Gregory Clay is also charged in two of the armed robberies .newscom. Many cops are struck by the
brazenness of the evacuees. "It seems like the face of crime has changed in
Houston," said Officer Brandon Brown. A New
Orleans woman was accused of attacking her boyfriend, whose head she had
previously slashed with a shard of glass.
The newcomers are also taxing the area's health-care system. Already
burdened by a high proportion of uninsured people before Katrina, Houston has
had to contend with thousands more.

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"It is not enough to just get the person who unlawfully signs on the
dotted line for the gun; we will continue to focus on those who will illegally
distribute them or use them for violence on our streets. "People will say , 'The reason you can't get a job is because
you can't talk right'. "Hospital CEOs are about to have coronaries.Newsweek.

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Potter, Special Agent in
Charge of the Philadelphia Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and Patrick L.
There are other signs of strain . The Houston Independent School District
has been flooded with 5,800 additional kids, out of 20,000 overall in area
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, and Leon Henry, 50, on January 27 in
the 1500 block of N.
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After every purchase, Andre Henry took
possession of the firearms and not only provided the women with the money for
the guns but also paid them cash for their services. Andre Henry is additionally charged with possession
of body armor after having been convicted of a crime of violence. As a
result , countless patients who had been receiving treatment in doctors'
offices may now turn to overwhelmed emergency rooms. "Our hospitals are
struggling financially to get by, and this doesn't help," says David Persse,
Houston's EMS medical director.

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Meehan, United States Attorney
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, announced today the indictment and
arrests of seven people on charges ranging from the "straw" purchase of
firearms and felonious possession of firearms to carjacking, armed bank
robbery and solicitation to commit murder. Lawrence Street, Philadelphia, Pa." Six months after the arrival of more than 150,000
Katrina survivors, signs of a backlash are becoming apparent.msnbc.

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Backlash Growing: 'Swim in That Katrina Water and Die' Kids Taunt
Grandchildren of One Evacuee

NEW YORK, As some see it, Houston is suffering
from "compassion fatigue.

Public services are overwhelmed,
city finances are strained and violent crime is on the rise. More recently, they've
stemmed from robberies or narcotics, he says. 31, more-generous Medicaid rules for Katrina victims expired.

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Bailey Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
On February 2, Holland and Leon Henry were held for trial following their
detention hearing at the United States Court House.

NEWSWEEK: Houston Suffering From 'Compassion Fatigue': City With Largest Influx of Katrina Victims Facing Strained Public Services Rising Crime Rates

Initially, the killings resulted from
clashes among rival New Orleans gangs, says Hurtt. Part of the problem, according to Edwards: a hip-
hop culture clash between kids who feel a need to "represent" their musical
style.com.

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All are residents of Philadelphia , Pa.

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"ATF continues its assault on the straw purchasing of firearms," said
Potter. Take Baton Rouge, which added 100,000 people to a pre-
Katrina population of 225,000.

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Both arrests occurred
without incident.
Andre Henry, Clay and Holland are charged with conspiracy to commit an armed
robbery of the First National Penn Bank, 3617 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia,
Pa.
The indictment further alleges that Andre Henry solicited an individual to
commit murder-for-hire.

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But perhaps no city has been as convulsed as Houston, which
took in the greatest number of survivors." Soon
after saying that, he was called to respond to an alleged assault.

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PHILADELPHIA, Mark W. A straw purchaser is one
who purchases a firearm from a federal firearms licensee (FFL) knowing that
the firearm is for someone else. It was robbed again 11 days later and $34,071 was taken. With their arrival have come new social tensions: one near-riot
between Houston and New Orleans kids at a high school in December resulted in
the arrests of 27 students.

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ATF Nets 7 for Illegal Gun Buys and Armed Robberies

The plan was foiled when Andre Henry was arrested.

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The indictment also alleges that between August 6 and September 9, 2003,
Andre Henry committed eight armed robberies at fast food establishments in
North and Northwest Philadelphia and Montgomery County, two when armed with a
firearm.
Andre Henry, Leon Henry and Holland are also charged with possession of
firearms after have been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a
term exceeding one year.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060305 /NYSU008 )
In cities stretching from Atlanta to San Antonio that received Katrina
evacuees , good will has often given way to the crude reality of absorbing a
traumatized and sometimes destitute population, reports Miami Bureau Chief
Arian Campo-Flores.msn.

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The indictment alleges that between August and October 2003, Andre Henry,
Leon Henry and Holland directed McQuay and Niblack to execute the ATF
paperwork in the straw purchase of eight firearms. The problem will likely only get worse: on
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Andre Henry is charged with one carjacking when armed with a firearm and
two bank robberies of the same branch of a Pulaski Saving Bank, 2352 Orthodox
Street, Philadelphia , Pa.

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Nakita McQuay,
20, Tameka Niblack, 33, and Starlene Herbert, 40, turned themselves into ATF
on February 7. The bank was first robbed on September 18, 2003 and
$59,935 was taken." Among the nasty examples, Dorothy Stukes, an evacuee,
cites: graffiti blaring F--- NEW ORLEANS in her apartment complex, schoolkids
taunting her grandchildren to "swim in that Katrina water and die," and
shopkeepers muttering about survivors' sucking the public coffers dry.
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On October 4, 2003, Starlene Herbert executed the ATF paperwork in an
attempt to purchase a gun from an FFL but was arrested by the Philadelphia
Police Department on an unrelated charge prior to receiving the gun. There, residents bemoan the loss of the city's
small-town feel. "It's more tense, more violent . "Now you've got two sticks of dynamite rubbing against each other," he
says."

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