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Woman Pleads Guilty In Spitzer Probe
NEW YORK -- The last of four defendants charged in the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot L. Spitzer (D) pleaded guilty to a charge related to arranging trysts between high-priced escorts and clients.
Tanya Robin Hollander, 36, of Rhinebeck, N.Y., admitted that she conspired to violate the travel act, which prohibits crossing state lines to further an illegal business. Hollander worked as a booker for the Emperors Club VIP.
She said she began working for the service in June 2007, arranging dates between prostitutes and customers at various locations in the United States and Europe.
Prosecutors have not revealed whether Spitzer will be charged in the investigation. He resigned March 12 after he was identified as a client of the service. His meeting with a prostitute known as "Kristen" in a Washington hotel was outlined in an affidavit filed in the case.
Border Tightened Over Drug War Threat
EL PASO -- Security is being heightened along the southern U.S. border because of a threat that warring Mexican cartels may send hit men into the United States, authorities said.
Law enforcement officials would not discuss specific security measures being taken at the ports of entry, along the border or in the city of El Paso.
"We received credible information that drug cartels in Mexico have given permission to hit targets on the U.S. side of the border," El Paso police spokesman Officer Chris Mears said.
Authorities learned of the threat last week.
Hundreds Held After Raid
LAUREL, Miss. -- Federal immigration agents raided a Mississippi electrical equipment plant Monday and said later that they uncovered 350 suspected undocumented workers. People leaving the Howard Industries Inc. plant told the Hattiesburg American newspaper that so many workers were stopped that operations were shut down. It was not clear how many workers the plant, which produces electrical transformers, medical supplies and other items, employed.
