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Randy Lambreghts, 28, a Dartmouth College grad student studying chemistry, was busted for allegedly running a meth lab out of his apartment near campus.

A Belgian graduate student at Dartmouth College had a double major - he was taking classes in chemistry and running a meth lab out of his apartment, police said.

Randy Lambreghts, 28, was busted Sunday after cops responded to a medical emergency at his Hanover, N.H. pad and found evidence the Belgian brainiac was cooking crank, police said.

Lambreghts' roommate called authorities because he feared for the Belgian's mental and physical health, Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone Jr. told the Daily News.

Campus cops rolled up to Lambreghts' pad at 3 School St., a building that houses about a dozen grad students and is on the same street as several undergraduate residences.

After spotting evidence that led cops to suspect a mini drug factory was being run out of the apartment, campus cops called the town police, who called in firefighters and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, Giaccone said.

Firefighters evacuated the building and handled hazardous materials inside Lambreghts' place. Lambreghts was asked to take a shower at the apartment to decontaminate himself and then taken to a hospital for an evaluation.

After the DEA got a search warrant, a field team searched the pad, collected evidence suspected of being related to making meth, and sent it to a lab; it is still being analyzed, Giaccone said.

Lambreghts was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine/amphetamine, Giaccone said. He was being held on $20,000 bail.

Lambreghts lives with two other people, but they are not expected to be charged, Giaccone added.

Lambreghts, who had been studying at the Ivy League school for about seven years, received a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a master's in biochemistry from the University of Ghent, in Belgium, according to a Dartmouth website.

The site said he enjoys travelling and planned "to see all of South America after graduation."

Under New Hampshire law, manufacturing meth is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a $300,000 fine, the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper reported.

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White House blasts GOP over FEMA funding

Lisa Mascaro

Washington Bureau

LA Times

1:25 PM PDT, August 30, 2011

The White House accused congressional Republicans of holding additional federal disaster aid hostage to steep budget cuts, saying the country needs to put politics aside in the wake of Hurricane Irene and provide for Americans in need.

GOP leaders say they want new money for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster fund to be offset with spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget, an unprecedented approach to disaster aid that is creating a political stalemate as FEMA is about to run out of money.

"When we have a national -- a natural disaster and an emergency situation in, in this case, a significant stretch of the country, our priority has to be with  -- has to be responding to the disaster and then helping those regions and states recover," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said.

"I wish that commitment to looking for offsets had been held by the House majority leader and others, say, during the previous administration, when they ran up unprecedented bills and not paid -- and never paid for them," he added.

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the House majority leader, has been steadfast about offsetting disaster funds. His office shot back Tuesday that in the face of the nation's $14-trillion debt load, the GOP approach was "the right thing to do."

"People and families coping with these natural disasters will certainly get what they need from the federal government, but the goal should be to find ways to pay for what is needed when possible," Cantor's office said in a memo.

Congress has hit an impasse over disaster funds as FEMA could run out of money within the month. Already, FEMA has prioritized its remaining resources -- using the money for immediate food, shelter and debris-removal assistance in the wake of Hurricane Irene but putting rebuilding projects on hold.

The GOP-led House approved $3.6 billion in FEMA funding, but the legislation has stalled in the Senate, where Democrats oppose the cuts to other programs.

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4:33 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2011

Christopher Seward

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Fayetteville police are on the lookout for a well-dressed suspect who is using a bogus identification to raid a police officer’s bank account.

 

SunTrust Bank Fayetteville police are on the lookout for a well-dressed suspect who is using a bogus identification to raid a police officer’s bank account. On Tuesday, a middle-aged white male pictured in this surveillance image in suit and tie entered a SunTrust Bank in Fayetteville just before 2 p.m. and presented a withdrawal slip for $4,700.

 

On Tuesday, a middle-aged white male in suit and tie entered a SunTrust Bank in Fayetteville just before 2 p.m. and presented a withdrawal slip for $4,700.

The Florida driver’s license he presented matched information on the account so the transaction was completed.

The account, however, actually belonged to a Florida law enforcement officer. The suspect, believed to be 45 to 50 years old, has been able to withdraw money from the officer’s account at other bank branches in metro Atlanta, according to Fayetteville Detective Mike Whitlow.

The detective said the use of withdrawal slips is a “a different twist” on a well-known fraud. Thieves usually try to cash counterfeit checks, Whitlow said.

To get the bank to approve the withdrawal, the suspect places his photo on a doctored driver’s license that has identifying information matching a victim’s bank account. Accounts at banks other than SunTrust also have been targeted, he said.

Whitlow doesn't think the Florida officer was targeted on purpose.

"It just happened to be his turn," the detective said.

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