Dr. Josef Mengele : “The Angel Of Death” - Police News

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PBSO Fleet Makes 

“Top 100 Fleets“ 

- pg 10 

New Drug Dealer in 

Town - pg 12 

PBSO Hurricane 

Safety Tips - pg 15 

1891 -1953 The Old 

Jail in St. Augustine, 

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WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVE 

The Life & Death of Dr. Josef Mengele 

“The Angel of Death” 

- pg 19

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Message from the Sheriff 

We should all be grateful for the work 

being done by the law enforcement 

community in Palm Beach County. 

Police work is challenging, stressful 

and dangerous. It’s not just writing 

tickets or pulling over cars. It’s not a 

traditional 9-5 desk job either. And it’s 

not made up of stereotypical figures 

from TV and movies. 

Today’s law enforcement is a modern 

profession involving a range of skills 

from problem solving and technical 

writing to applied sociology and 

hi-tech know-how. On any given day, 

many officers blend tactical response, 

critical thinking, and interpersonal 

skill. 

At the Sheriff ’s Office, our philosophy 

isn’t just to respond to tens of thousands 

of calls for service every year. We 

do problem solving to prevent longstanding 

problems from resurfacing 

and draining public resources. 

We ask questions like: Can we refer 

troubled residents to drug counselors 

or financial aid assistants? Should we 

call in code enforcement to resolve a 

neighborhood dispute over a messy 

foreclosed property? Do we call county 

roads engineers because we’re seeing 

too many accidents at a certain intersection? 

The answer is usually “yes.” 

These are hard times in law enforcement. 

Our budgets are being cut due 

to declines in property revenue. We’ve 

got skeletal crews on many shifts. 

Specialized units have fewer resources. 

Many deputies are working 12-hour 

shifts and running up to a dozen calls 

a day. But the public’s demands aren’t 

slowing down. In fact, the community 

needs us more and more to handle everything 

under the sun. 

As I mentioned, police work is dangerous. 

Tragically, so far this year, 36 

police officers have died in the line of 

duty across our nation, according to 

Officer Down Memorial website. The 

very nature of police work often means 

seeing people at their worst moments: 

in the middle of heated domestic disputes 

or in street fights outside of bars. 

My deputies handle situations from 

which most people would turn and run 

away. 

Often the first on the scene, ahead of 

paramedics, firefighters and other 

emergency officials, my deputies never 

know what to really expect when they 

show up at emergencies, even on the 

most routine calls. A seemingly basic 

traffic stop can turn violent in seconds. 

In law enforcement, officers leave home 

every morning or night, and never 

know if they’ll return safely. 

But my deputies are trained and come 

with physical tools to deal with just 

about any setting. They are trained 

to contain or diffuse situations. They 

also are prepared to physically defend 

themselves and victims in harm’s way. 

In addition, they are equipped with 

weapons, including guns and Tasers. 

We don’t go into situations unprepared. 

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In this issue, we have a special article by one of the 

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Dr. Robert von Zieten PhD, which takes a closer look 

at the forensic remains of Nazi war criminal, Dr. Josef 

Mengele, best known as the “Angel of Death.” Featured 

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POLICE NEWS 

PBSO, FEMA, & PBCFR Secure Homeland 

Security Grant 


Working in collaboration with the 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA), the Palm Beach County 

Sheriff’s Offices (PBSO) and the Palm 

Beach County Fire Rescue (PBCFR), 

and the Port of Palm Beach has secured 

$500,000 in Homeland Security Grant 

Funding. 

A $500,000 check was presented to 

Sheriff Ric Bradshaw by Port of Palm 

Beach Commission Chairman Wayne 

Richards on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 

the Port of Palm Beach. 

The Grant will fund waterborne response 

platform equipment to detect 

and respond to Chemical, Biological, 

Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive 

(CBRNE) incidents. 

The partnership of the Port, PBSO and 

PBCFR is an ongoing effort to prevent, 

deter, respond and recover from acts of 

terrorism and aggression to protect and 

defend the citizens of the Port of Palm 

Beach District, Palm Beach County and 

our local community. PN

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PBSO Fleet Makes “Top 100 Fleets” 

PBSO Fleet Management has again, 

for the second year in a row, ranked 

within the Top 100 Fleets in North 

America. 

The Top 100 Fleet Award is open to all 

Federal, State, and Local Government 

Fleets in North America. This includes 

fleets that are operated by local government 

personnel or contracted services. 

The award is a comprehensive set of 

criteria specifically tailored around the 

challenges and requirements of the 

government fleet manager. All entries 

are rated on the content of their 

application. 

The criteria is carefully selected and 

compiled over a period of several 

months, using hundreds of sources 

in fleet planning and methodology. 

It not only functions as the assessment 

standards for the yearly award, 

but also serves as a foundation for 

drafting and implementing a successful 

fleet program. 

Each year the process is open to 

roughly 38,000 governmental fleets 

across the country and the top 100 

are chosen based on criteria submitted. 

This year PBSO has improved 

its ranking over the previous year 

from 95th to 81st as one of the Top 

100 Fleets in North America.PN 

The National Campaign to Stop Violence Announces Local Teens in the 

Do the Write Thing Challenge 

Ashley Coons, an eighth grader from Loxahatchee and David 

Dunleavy, an eighth grader from Boca Raton have been selected 

by the Palm Beach County Steering Committee of the National 

Campaign to Stop Violence as the first place “Ambassadors” 

for their efforts to stop youth violence in the Do the Write Thing 

Challenge (DTWT.) 

Coons and Dunleavy were recognized with the other finalists, on 

May 7th at a luncheon at the Kravis Center for the Performing 

Arts in West Palm Beach. Coons and Dunleavy received an allexpenses-paid 

trip to Washington, D.C. in July, where they and 

other “Ambassadors” from around the country will be honored 

in a national ceremony. 

From over 19,000 Palm Beach County middle school students 

who participated in the Do the Write Thing Challenge, 210 

were selected as finalists. 

The program gives Palm Beach County sixth, seventh and 

eighth grade students an opportunity to examine the impact of 

violence on their lives through written essays or poems reflecting 

on what they can do as individuals to reduce youth violence. 

The goal of the program is to reduce youth violence in schools, 

at home and in neighborhoods. Many young teens have been 

bullied or stigmatized by the way they look or talk or act, and 

that can be very traumatic, sometimes resulting in enormous 

pain and even suicide. 

Not all students who submitted writings are at risk 

or have had experience with violence in their lives. 

Others may have witnessed it. 

All of the entries were read by multiple panels of volunteer 

judges representing a cross section of Palm 

Beach County educators, law enforcement and judicial 

leaders. Submissions were evaluated solely for 

their content, not for grammar, spelling or structure. 

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The New Drug Dealer in Town 

I want to tell you about the new drug dealer in town. 

It’s important that you at least know about him even 

though you cannot arrest him. He is responsible for 

more deaths in Florida than any other drug dealer, yet 

he’s immune to our laws. This dealer is on every street 

corner – it’s the best distribution network ever imagined. 

He’s cooking his poison right here in the US and 

there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. 

The perpetrator I’m referring to is the pharmaceutical 

companies, or more specifically by the makers of addictive 

drugs who aggressively market their products 

through our health care system. Please don’t miss understand 

my position on modern eastern medicine. I 

firmly support the development of drugs for disease 

and even pain management. However I would like 

to see alternatives be examined and – if feasible – be 

implemented before some of these harsh toxic medications 

are prescribed. We’ve become a pill society; 

there’s a pill for everything. 

Unfortunately the ensuing result 

is only the symptom gets 

treated and not the disease or 

injury. 

I can’t tell you how many stories 

I’ve heard from people 

in my center who had experienced 

some type of injury 

– car accident, sports injury, 

back, job related injury, a slip 

or fall etc. – were told they needed a procedure, but for 

whatever reason didn’t get it. They were given a handful 

of highly addictive pain killers and sent home. It even 

happened to me once. After a rigorous workout I felt 

chest pain and stopped at the ER to have it checked. The 

first thing the nurse did was hand me a pill and told me 

to take it. Come to find out it was morphine. I told the 

nurse what I do and asked why she was handing out 

these highly addictive pills like candy canes at Christmas. 

Her response: “it’s policy.” 

By: John Giordano PhD. 

plain to the patient just how addictive these pills really 

are. The simple truth of the situation is that doctors are 

only required to have one hour of addiction education 

per year. One hour per year! 

In all my years in addiction treatment I never meet anyone 

who grew up with aspirations of becoming a drug 

addict. The causes of addiction are many. Some people 

have a genetic link to addiction while others may be 

suffering from an emotional trauma, Thyroid condition, 

heavy metals, diet and a host of other conditions. 

Much of the pain, suffering and malevolence associated 

with addiction could be avoid with very little effort. My 

first recommendation to move forward to an efficient 

early detection and treatment program would be an on 

going comprehensive addiction educational program 

for all physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses. One 

hour per year is not enough time to grasp even the simplest 

of concepts much less understand the complexities 

of addiction. 

Another effective method for the 

early detection and treatment of 

addiction would be a screening 

process. I’ve been working very 

closely with Dr. Kenneth Blum – 

discoverer of the addiction gene 

– to put into place a program at 

my center where we test our clients 

DNA for a predisposition 

to addiction and then treat these 

people with genetically directed nutraceuticals. We’re 

having great success with this program. The screening 

process we use could easily be implemented in every 

doctor’s office, pain management center, clinic and hospital 

in the country. It only takes a second to swab the 

patient. This DNA test in combination with an open 

dialog between doctors and their patients would go a 

long way in preventing the progression of this deadly 

disease. 

pies. Acupuncture is a popular and proficient pain relief 

therapy at my center and is gaining acceptance in 

western medicine. It has received several endorsements 

from The United States’ National Institutes of Health 

(NIH) who has stated that acupuncture can be effective 

in the treatment of neurological conditions and 

pain. Chiropractics have also demonstrated their value 

in pain management as well as massage therapies and 

non-addictive medication remedies. These non-toxic 

evidence based modalities have been proven effective 

time and again for my clients and millions of men and 

women across the country. It only makes sense that addictive 

pain killers be recommended when all else fails, 

as apposed to the first option that it has become. 

My last recommendation is more of a calling for the 

pharmaceutical companies to reevaluate their marketing 

programs and to make a commitment to ending 

prescription drug abuse. Their involvement and cooperation 

is paramount. 

The time for a comprehensive addiction prevention 

program has long past. The senseless and avoidable 

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pain, suffering and malevolence will continue to grow 

every time a person is handed a pain killer. I have made 

this my personal mission and I fell compelled to share 

my message with everyone I come in contact with – and 

if you felt inclined, please share this message with everyone 

you can. It will make our community and country 

a better place. 

If you or someone you know is having problems with 

addiction, please call me directly at 305-945-8384. Also 

check out my website: www.holisticaddictioninfo.com 

John Giordano is a counselor, president and founder of 

G & G Holistic Addiction Treatment Center in North 

Miami Beach and Chaplain of the North Miami Police 

Department. 

All Angles Surveillance is a security company owned by Michael Kennedy. Michael built his company from the 

ground up. Prior to starting his security company, Michael served as a Palm Beach County Sherriff ’s Deputy. 

Currently Michael is serving as a Sergeant with the Palm Beach County Sherriff ’s Office. Along with being the 

owner of a security company and a Sergeant, Michael also prides himself on spending time with and taking care 

of his family. 

Protecting innocent people from harm has always been important to Michael. The idea for his company came 

when he heard a deputy say, “We are out here protecting people, but who is protecting us?” Michael began 

thinking about all of the protectors out there, firefighters, police officers, military, etc., and decided he wanted to 

help them feel safer too. That is when he developed the idea behind All Angles Surveillance. The security company 

offers alarm monitoring and installation, camera surveillance systems, home automation, home theater, 

and more. 

There are a few things that set Michael’s company, All Angles Surveillance, aside from all other alarm companies. 

First of all, after almost four years in business and several hundred customers, All Angles Security continues 

to provide affordable security for many Palm Beach County residents. All Angles Surveillance also prides 

itself on getting to know each customer and understanding their individual security needs. Michael wants each 

customer to feel good about the decisions they make. 

These are just a couple of a plethora of examples of how 

regular law abiding people get hooked on prescription 

As I mentioned before people with chronic pain often 

become addicted to their pain killers. Most of the 

people we see who are experiencing chronic pain have 

All Angles Surveillance started with a few law enforcement customers and has grown quickly to several hundred 

customers throughout the community. All Angles Surveillance will continue to strive to ensure each customer 

feels like a person and not just a number. 

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PBSO Hurricane Preparedness 

Preparedness is essential, and Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and the members of the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office 

would like to ensure you and your family’s safety during the Hurricane Season. 

Below please find information, which will help you and your family become better prepared for any situation 

Hurricane related. If you need additional information, please refer to the Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Office 

website at www.pbso.org and don’t forget to print out an Emergency Door Hanger if you or someone you know 

will need assistance before or after the storm. 

Develop a Family Hurricane Plan 

Discuss the types of hazards that could affect your family. 

Know your home’s vulnerability to storm surge, 

flooding and wind. 

Secure your home (doors and windows). 

Locate a SAFE ROOM or the SAFE AREAS in the home 

for each hurricane hazard. 

Determine safe escape routes and meeting places prior 

to the storm 

Have an out-of-state friend as a family contact, so all 

your family members have a single point of contact. 

Make arrangements prior to the storm for pets in case 

of mandatory evacuation. 

Gather all non-emergency phone numbers and discuss 

the proper use of 911 with all children. 

Prepare a Family First Aid Kit and put it in the SAFE 

ROOM. 

Have a battery-operated radio for weather and safety 

updates. 

Hurricane Watch 

vs. Hurricane Warning: 

Know the Difference 

Hurricane Watch: Hurricane conditions are a possibility 

for a specific area usually within 24 to 36 hours. 

Hurricane Warning: A Hurricane is expected within 

24 hours or less (winds 74 miles per hour or greater, or 

dangerously high water or rough seas). Begin precautionary 

actions immediately. 

Prepare a Disaster Supply Kit: 

• Water (1 gallon per person for 3 to 7 days) 

• Food (3 to 7 day supply for each person) 

• non-perishable packaged or canned food/juices 

• foods for infants or elderly individuals 

• snack foods 

• non-electric can opener 

• cooking tools/fuel 

• paper plates/plastic utensils 

• Blankets/Pillows, etc. 

• Clothing 

• First Aid Kit/Medicines/Prescription Drugs 

• Special Items 

• Toiletries/Hygiene items/Moisture wipes 

• Flashlight/Batteries 

• Radio (battery operated) 

• Cash 

• Keys 

• Toys/Books/Games for children 

• Important documents (waterproof container: 

birth certificates, insurance documents, medical 

records, bank account information, pictures) 

• Tools 

• Vehicle fuel tanks filled 

• Pet care items (If not going to shelter) 



Hurricane Watch - What To Do 

• Listen to local radio and television stations for up-to-date storm information. 

• Prepare to bring inside any lawn furniture, outdoor decorations, trashcans, hanging plants, and anything else that can 

become a flying object during a storm. 

• Cover all windows and doors of your home. 

• Fill your car/vehicles with gas. 

• Check your Disaster Supply Kit. 

• Turn refrigerator/freezer to coldest settings. 

• Store drinking water in clean jugs, and bottles. 

• Secure boats and trailers. 

• Make arrangements for pets. 

• Make arrangements for elderly and others with special needs such as those who depend on electrical life support. 

• Make arrangements for a shelter if you are in an evacuation area. 

Hurricane Warning - What To Do 

• Listen to local radio and television stations and listen to the advice of local officials on whether to evacuate or not. 

• Complete preparation for storm. 

• If you are not advised to evacuate, stay indoors and away from windows. 

• Be aware that the calm “eye” of the storm is deceptive; the storm is not over. Stay inside until local officials say it is safe 

to leave the home. 

• Be alert of tornados. Stay indoors, in the center of your home, in a closet or bathroom without windows. 

• Stay away from floodwaters. 

After the Storm - What To Do 

• Listen to local radio and television stations for safety instructions. 

• If evacuated, return to home when local officials tell you to. 

• Stay away from disaster areas. DO NOT SIGHTSEE!!! 

• Obey all curfews and emergency orders that are issued. 

• If you must drive, drive with CAUTION!! Lights are down, so use all four-way intersections as a four way stop. 

• Advise interested parties that you are safe. 

• Call for emergency workers if medical assistance is needed. 

• Avoid downed power lines. Assume that they are all live. 

• Use flashlights in the dark, not candles. 

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Want To Lose ½ Of Your Retirement…? 

…Get a divorce. Yes, in divorce proceedings your retirement 

is a marital asset which is subject to distribution. 

Absurd you say? Welcome to Florida, an equitable 

distribution state. Florida’s dissolution of marriage laws 

found in Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes provide for 

equitable distribution. 

In essence, all assets acquired during a marriage are 

considered marital and therefore equitably divided. 

This applies to assets despite whose name they are titled 

in. For example, take this fictitious couple, Officer 

Smith is married to Wife Smith. They have been married 

for 15 years. Officer Smith has been with the PBSO 

for 14 years. He has acquired retirement, accrued vacation 

time and an investment account which he worked 

very hard to save from his detail work. Wife Smith files 

for a divorce. Wife Smith is entitled to half of the retirement, 

cash value of the vacation time accrued and half 

of the investment account. Best bet for Officer Smith? 

Marriage counseling. 

There are circumstances in which would change the 

equitable distribution of your retirement to where one 

party would be entitled to slightly more than the other 

(unequal distribution). However, these circumstances 

are so limited that they rarely apply in practice. 

In the event that your spouse also has a retirement plan 

then it would of course be part of the marital pile of assets 

to be divided. Consider this example: Detective Alvarez 

has a retirement which he has been accumulating 

for 20 years. Wife Alvarez has a retirement she has been 

accumulating for 22 years. They have been married for 

10 years. In this case, there are 10 years of accumulation 

of marital retirement assets which need to be divided. If 

during the 10 years of marriage/accumulation the Detective 

accumulated $75,000 and the Wife accumulated 

$50,000 then we would be equalizing the marital portion 

of the retirement accounts. The pre-marital portions 

would remain in-tact. 

Whatever your factual situation, have an expert assist 

you in the process so that you don’t end up like Client 

X. Client X thought he had struck a great deal with his 

spouse. X’s retirement assets were worth $750,000. Their 

post tax investment account was also worth $750,000. 

After agreeing to the “equal” exchange with Wife X (and 

signing the agreement) Client X wanted me to filing the 

divorce case. Lesson? Retirement accounts are pre-tax 

assets and therefore the net value of the pre-tax retirement 

account is lower than after tax assets. This is not 

an “equal” exchange. Don’t make this or other costly errors. 

Be sure to have a Board Certified Marital & Family 

Law attorney on your case. 

STACY BEAULIEU, ESQ. is a Board Certified Marital 

& Family Law Attorney and the founder of Beaulieu 

Law Group, PA located in Delray Beach and the Town 

of Palm Beach. She has been practicing exclusively in 

the area of Marital & Family law for 8 years and has 

handled over 800 cases. Mrs. Beaulieu, Esq. is a graduate 

of the University Of Miami School Of Law and she 

can be reached at: 561-819-6208; Stacy@BLGFL.com; 

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Living Life to the Fullest in the Last Months of Life 

As residents, we often need to know about the resources in our community. 

We asked Laurel Drazen of Hospice of Palm Beach County 

to tell us her story, one that speaks powerfully to the gift that they 

offer. 

Having had two parents in Hospice of Palm Beach County’s care, my 

family has experienced the gift of their knowledge, skill and compassion. 

It was life-changing to give up the struggle of ICU stays, 

emergency room visits, invasive tests, pain, anxiety and stress…to 

then relax into the loving arms of their incredible staff. 

My mother had a joy for life that was contagious and could be 

sparked by the simplest things – watching old movies or listening 

to the operas she loved so much. After a month in ICU, she chose to 

begin hospice care so she could live her life to the fullest, spend precious 

time with her beloved family, and enjoy the things she loved. 

Despite Mom’s weakened state, the staff recognized her spirit, encouraged 

her, and gave her hope. Treating her with incredible kindness, 

her hospice caregivers told her that each day was a gift and it 

was an honor to care for her. Actually, they lovingly cared for all of us 

– patiently taking time to answer questions, ease our fears and guide 

us through our grief. A few months after my mother’s death, I came 

to work for Hospice of Palm Beach County. I was overwhelmed to 

discover the organization’s deeply-held reverence for each family. I 

saw how decisions are made based on the needs of the family, not 

the bottom line - going beyond what is reimbursed by Medicare/ 

insurance to do what is best for them and brings them comfort. It 

is hospice care the way you hope it will be. More than 70,000 families 

have been the recipients of the love and care of Hospice of Palm 

Beach County. Many more could benefit from it if they knew and 

understood the help that was available…that is why I have written 

about what we offer. 

What is hospice care? Hospice is a very special type of holistic care 

and support for the entire family. When a cure is no longer likely, 

our care focuses on improving quality of life by enhancing physical, 

psychological and spiritual well-being. By controlling the symptoms 

of illness and reducing anxiety, hospice care helps patients feel better. 

As they feel better, it is easier to enjoy more of their normal activities 

and precious time with family and friends. 

Who is eligible? Patients and families make the choice to have hospice 

care. To qualify, a physician must certify that a patient has a lifelimiting 

illness with a prognosis of six months or less. To continue to 

receive hospice care, the prognosis must remain six months or less. 

Each patient also has the freedom to move out of our Hospice care if 

they wish, and re-enroll if they qualify. 

What services does hospice provide? When you elect our hospice 

care, you have a team of experts providing care based on the patient 

and family goals of care. As our clinical staff control pain and 

other physical symptoms, our counselors and chaplains offer emotional 

and spiritual support. We offer extensive caregiver education, 

hands-on training, and household assistance. We are here to answer 

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Dr. Josef Mengele : “The Angel Of Death” 

Dr. Josef Mengele was a reputed surgeon and a craftsman 

with operational apparatus. However, his medical 

excellence did not place him in the book of remembrance 

but it was his brutal actions through which he 

gained recognition as the “Angel of Death.” 

Dr. Josef Mengele had an appetite of insane human 

experimentation and was put in charge of the infamous 

prison camp at Auschwitz in the war wretched 

Hitler era. Dr. Mengele was also the chief operator for 

the gas chambers and their crematoria. 

”He had a look that said ‘I am the power,’” said one 

survivor. 

This can be illustrated through his every day practices. 

For example, when Mengele learned that a prison 

block was infected with Lice , he immediately solved 

the problem by gassing all the 750 women assigned 

to it. At the time, the doctor just turned 32 years old. 

At another instance, Mengele drew a line of about 5 

feet and measured all the captives in the children’s 

block against the line. All those unfortunate children 

whose head could not reach the line were dragged to 

the gas chamber for execution. These are just a few 

cases of the many murderous policies of Dr. Mengele, 

however as a doctor his brutality had no limits. 

As a Nazi scientist and the man in charge of the prison, 

Dr. Mengele was handed a free pass for genetic 

experimentations. He was obsessed with genetics and 

performed experiments on twins and dwarfs. His infamous 

tales of saving nine dwarfs from certain death 

in the gas chamber only to then treat them as guinea 

pigs for experimentation. 

Twins also fascinated Dr. Mengele. His approach to 

these unsuspecting children was usually very friendly 

and he was warmly called ”Uncle Mengele” in the 

children’s block. Later the same children would end 

up on dissection tables for genetic studies. There were 

many brutal experiments that Dr Mengele is famous 

for trying. he tried to take one twin’s eyeball and then 

attach it to the back of another twin head .There were 

various acts of amputations, injecting chemicals into 

children’s eyes in order to change their eye color , 

shock treatments and other horrifying experiments. 

Most of the victims died, because of either the experiments 

or later infections. 

“Once Mengele’s assistant rounded up 14 pairs of 

twins during the night. Mengele placed them on his 

polished marble dissection table and put them to 

sleep. He then injected chloroform into their hearts, 

killing them instantly. Mengele then began dissecting 



and meticulously noting each piece of the twins’ bodies.” 

One twin who survived being in the care of the doctor 

recalled how his brother came to lose his life; 

“Dr. Mengele had always been more interested in Tibi. 

I am not sure why, perhaps because he was the older 

twin. Mengele made several operations on Tibi. One 

surgery on his spine left my brother paralyzed. He 

could not walk anymore. Then they took out his sexual 

organs. After the fourth operation, I did not see Tibi 

anymore. I cannot tell you how I felt. It is impossible 

to put into words how I felt. They had taken away my 

father, my mother, my two older brothers and now, 

my twin.” 

This is one monster whose psychological behavior and 

pattern is a subject of discussion for many psychologists. 

Labeled as a very normal and a sharp young 

man, Dr Mengele ; wearing a SS cap and a grin while 

greeting twins in Nazi camps depicts how deceiving 

the appearance can be in real monsters. PN 

Dr. Mengele’s Brasilian ID Card 

Josef Mengele, FBI - Department of Justice - SS Files 

647 pages of FBI/Department of Justice files relating to 

Josef Mengele, “Dr. Mengele”, archived on CD-ROM. 

Material is composed of a 202 page 1992 Department 

of Justice report and 445 pages of copies of documents 

and exhibits used in the Department of Justice investigation. 

The report is the culmination of the DOJ investigation, 

commenced in 1985, into the whereabouts and 

postwar activities of this infamous Nazi criminal. 

For decades before the time of this report, former SS 

Hauptsturmfuehrer [Captain] Josef Mengele was the 

most notorious Nazi criminal thought to be alive. 

Mengele served during World War II as a “doctor” at 

the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazioccupied 

Poland, where more than one million prisoners, 

the overwhelming majority of them Jews, were 

systematically executed. When prisoners arrived at 

Auschwitz, Mengele and his “doctor” colleagues selected 

for slave labor those who appeared medically 

“fit” (thus consigning them to toil under inhumane and 

often deadly conditions) or who could be used by the 

Third Reich in some other way. All other prisoners, the 

vast majority, were immediately murdered by gassing 

in specially designed asphyxiation chambers. Mengele 

was also notorious for performing grotesque pseudomedical 

experiments on prisoners, children and adults 

alike, especially those who were twins. 

In 1981, the State Prosecutor in Frankfurt issued a warrant 

for Josef Mengele’s arrest. This document contains 

a lengthy recitation of Dr. Mengele’s crimes. It is perhaps 

most accurately described as a catalog of horror. 

Dr. Mengele is accused of murder on a colossal scale. 

He held in his pointing index finger the power of life 

and death for the hundreds of thousands of innocents 

whom he confronted as they stepped from the overcrowded 

freight trains that brought them to Auschwitz 

(Oswiecim), Poland, some from the farthest corners of 

Europe. 

Because of his highly visible and significant role in 

the Hitler regime’s homicidal reign of terror, Doctor 

Mengele effectively became a symbol of the Holocaust; 

in particular, his name became synonymous with the 

evil of Auschwitz, the site on which more people were 

murdered than any other in recorded human history. 

Understandably, the thought of his remaining a free 

man was most acutely painful for all Holocaust survivors, 

especially his victims. If indeed he were alive, as 

conventional wisdom held at the time, justice demanded 

that he be held legally accountable for his role in the 

Third Reich’s genocidal policies. 

In February 1985, the U.S. Department of Justice in- 

vestigated allegations that Mengele had been in U.S. 

custody and might have had a relationship with U.S. 

government institutions or personnel during the period 

immediately following the Second World War. Four 

allegations emerged: (1) that Mengele was a prisoner of 

war in U.S. custody in 1945 and had been knowingly released; 

(2) that he had lived openly under his own name 

in his own home town following the war, with tacit U.S. 

approval; (3) that he was arrested by U.S. forces in Vienna 

in 1946 and released; and (4) that he was used by 

U.S. intelligence agencies which then assisted him in escaping 

Europe for South America in 1949. 

The Department of Justice’s Criminal Division’s Office 

of Special Investigations (OSI ) was instructed by the 

Attorney General to initiate a comprehensive investigation. 

This investigation had two primary goals: 1) to 

determine Josef Mengele’s whereabouts, activities and 

affiliations from 1945-1949, and 2) to determine his 

whereabouts in 1985, so that authorities in Germany or 

Israel could put him on trial. 

Among many topics the report covers are: Allegations 

against Dr. Mengele, Mengele’s immediate postwar 

movements, Mengele’s autobiography as a source, The 

Idar-Oberstein Question: Mengele a POW?, Attempts 

to prevent release of war criminals, The Mengele family 

and the city of Guenzburg, U.S. contact with the family 

of Mengele, The Gorby question: arrest of Mengele 

in 1946-1947?, Polish Auschwitz trials, Questioning 

of Mengele’s wife Irene Mengele, Comparisons to 

the Klaus Barbie case, Mengele’s escape from Europe, 

Mengele’s residence in South America, Medical records 

From Germany, and DNA testing. 

Included among the copies of documents in the compilation 

of exhibits are: Warrant for the arrest of Josef 

Mengele, Map of Mengele’s movements, List of German 

nationals detained, List of people named Josef 

Mengele, Documents related to “No Man’s Land”, Photograph 

of Schauenstein, Discharge certificate, Discharge 

directives, Wanted lists, Gorby memorandum, 

List of Auschwitz war criminals extradited to Poland, 

Muench wanted report, International Red Cross travel 

document, Preliminary Forensic Report, June 21, 1985, 

Translation of Josef Mengele’s SS File, Forensic report 

on SS File, Letter describing Mengele’s death, Mengele’s 

school records, Forensic Report, dated November 6, 

1986, FBI letter concerning DNA, A chronology, DNA 

Analysis Report, March 12, 1992, by Professor Alec 

J.Jeffreys and Dr. Erika Hagelberg, and a 1968 report of 

Brazilian Police Special Agent Erich Erdstein 





Facts and Fiction Concerning the Proper Identification 

of the skeleton of Josef Mengele – “the Angel of Death” 

Dr. Robert von Zieten, Ph.D. 

professorbones.police-news@usa.com 

In the summer of 1982 we were able to perform an intensive 

Forensic Anthropological examination of the 

assumed remains of the infamous concentration camp 

doctor Josef Mengele housed in the Institute of Forensic 

Medicine at the University of São Paulo, Argentina. 

Prior to that our first official requests for an examination 

of the skeleton of Josef Mengele were denied by the Argentine 

officials. Joseph Mengele had worked in the Institute 

of Anthropology of the University of Frankfurt, 

Germany, from 1936 to 1942. He was the assistant of the 

chair- holder of anthropology, my predecessor, Prof. Dr. 

Dr. Ottmar Freiherr (Baron) von Verschuer. The heads 

of the University of Frankfurt (Johann Wolfgang Goethe 

Unversity), the Chancellor and the President, were not 

in favor of our project and tried forbid it. A personal visit 

and connection to one of the members of the Institute 

in São Paulo made it finally possible for us to conduct 

a detailed Forensic Anthropological examination of the 

probable Mengele- skeleton. We examined the skeleton 

in detail and came to the conclusion that the remains 

were those of a male skeleton aged between 50 to 60 

years. This age estimation was based on proper anthropological 

and anatomical determinations used to analyze 

a skull and pelvis, as well as all of the bones of the post- 

cranial skeleton of an individual in question. The result 

of this specific age estimation indicated that the skeleton 

could not belong to the much older Josef Mengele, who 

was reported to have died when he was 68 years old. 

Those specialists, who had conducted prior research 

and examination of the skeleton, neglected the facts that 

Mengele had broken his right fibula at an age of 15 as well 

as a healed fracture on one finger of his right hand, the 

Metacarpale radiale, of his forefinger. He broke his finger 

in 1940 at a time when he still worked in the Institute of 

Anthropology at the University of Frankfurt. The fracture 

could be confirmed by his friend and colleague Dr. 

G. L. Strangely enough none of the bones of the skeleton 

which we examined showed any signs of healed fractures 

which should have been evident. In our opinion, the assignment 

of this skeleton to Josef Mengele was a “convenient 

identification” especially useful to the German 

authorities which wanted to close the case and the search 

for the Nazi criminal permanently. 

According to the official records Mengele had died, during 

a swimming accident in the ocean, suffering a heart 

attack, on February 7, 1979. This again was a false assumption 

and statement, since Mengele could not swim. 

Colleagues attest that he actually hated salt water. He was 

born in 1911 and his age would have been, at the time 

of death, 68. We also arrived at the conclusion that the 

skeleton we examined was at least eight years younger 

than the actual age of the war criminal. One of the main 

indicators assigning a proper age to a skeleton is the degree 

of ossification of certain sutures of the skull and 

these clearly indicated a younger age for the individual 

we examined. The skeleton we analyzed had most of the 

sutures still open and some were only partially ossified. 

Ossification of the sutures of the skull can be somewhat 

different in modern day races and ethnical groups. Closure 

of sutures and ossification could also be different if 

the individual had suffered certain diseases. It can be assumed 

that a 68 year old Mengele would have nearly all 

the sutures closed and ossified. 

My specific interest in the correct and valid identification 

of Joseph Mengele were the numerous reports in the 

press and on TV as to his whereabouts and identification. 

Josef Mengele had worked as an assistant to the director 

of the Institute of Anthropology at the University of 

Frankfurt from 1936 to 1942. When his boss, Prof. Dr. 

Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, became the director of 

the “Kaiser Wilhelm Institute” in Berlin, Josef Mengele 

followed him to Berlin. My direct predecessor Prof. Dr. 

Peter Kramp had in his private possession a number of 

photographs and documents showing all the members of 

the Institute, including Mengele, before 1945. 

It was easy to reconstruct all facial features of a living person 

using a skull. The reconstruction of the facial features 

of the skull in question, housed in the Institute of Forensic 

Medicine in São Paulo, were not those of Mengele. I was 

hired as a director of the Institute of Anthropology of the 

University of Frankfurt in 1973 and immediately tried 

to find some evidence of the former work of Mengele. 

Most of the material was destroyed by the University, 

with the exception of some photographs which were in 

the possession of Prof. Dr. Hans Fleischhacker and his 

academic assistant. When the latter retired he gave me 

all of the photographs showing former members of the 

Institute, including those of Josef Mengele. In 1976 Prof. 

Fleischhacker introduced me to a visitor with the name 

of Rudolf Weiss who claimed to be the former assistant 

of Prof. Mollison at the University of Munich. His facial 

features seemed somewhat familiar to me but I could not 

place him exactly at that time. It was easy for me later to 

research all of the material available at the Institute and I 

came to the conclusion that the visitor Rudolf Weiss was 

actually Josef Mengele. 

Since at that time an intensive search for Josef Megele 

was evident, I reported the visit to the authorities of the 

university but they did not seem to have any interest. By 

the way, the founder of the institute, Prof. Franz Weidenreich, 

was fired, along with another 127 jewish professors 

and academic personnel of the university, in 1938 

in order to establish a new “Nazi Anthropology”. Being 

an American anthropologist, I had little knowledge of 

the internal affairs of the University of Frankfurt. When 

I asked for any anthropological materials of the time of 

Hitler between 1936 and 1945 they informed me that it 

had all been destroyed. I did find, however, stashed away 

and marked as personal property of the director of the 

institute, a small library of 312 volumes of anthropological 

literature in the basement of the institute. This library 

was the property of another assistant, Dr. G. Lange, who 

sold it to me for a substantial amount of money. He also 

told me that most of the books were property of Josef 

Mengele. This seems to be the only library intact containing 

that type of anthropological literature, since most of 

it was destroyed in all German universities towards the 

end of WW II. I donated the volumes to our National 

Library in Washington. 

Mengele performed in the “Institute of Anthropology 

and Racial Hygiene” so-called “Vaterschaftsgutachten” 

(paternity tests) which were, before DNA tests were 

available in the 1990s, administered by anthropologists 

in order to determine paternity of an individual. Alongside 

these paternity tests the anthropologists performed 

“racial examinations” in order to find out whether individuals 

were jewish or not. All of the papers are still located 

in the archives of the university of Frankfurt. 

Presumably DNA tests were performed on the remains of 

J. Mengele housed in Sao Paulo. The son of Josef Mengele, 

Rolf Mengele, confirmed that these were those of his father. 

How he was able to do this, lacking any knowledge 

of anatomy, is a miracle. A detailed analysis report on 

these remains was never published and there seems to be 

great doubt and skepticism as to the authenticity of the 

corpse, assigned to Josef Mengele, housed in Argentina. 

PN 


From the Frying Pan Into the Fire: 

A Perspective of a Former FBI Agent Now Practicing 

Personal Injury Law 

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After 25 years as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation I honestly believed I knew it all. 

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Bar Exam, I had entered “The Bureau” as a lawyer. 

In the back of my mind I always knew I would someday practice law, but my time in the FBI never prepared 

me for what came next when I signed on as a partner in the Law Offices of Kaplan & Sconzo, PA in Palm 

Beach Gardens, Florida. On the first day after retiring, I signed up two personal injury cases, a slip and fall and 

an automobile accident, and that is when I learned that there was life outside “The Bureavu” and the education 

process began. 

Stuart Kaplan, also a former Special Agent with the FBI, and I left the confines of our well-decorated 

office and set out to meet two new clients. What came next was truly a sight for sore eyes. Stuart parked his wellmaintained 

car in a dirt parking lot in front of a row of one story, run down apartments in Lake Worth. The 

neighborhood was one that I had fearlessly visited during my FBI days; carrying a shoulder weapon, a side arm, 

and wearing a bullet proof vest. Back then, I entered places like this with an arrest warrant, and now I was there 

to represent a man who had sustained a serious injury because his landlord failed to maintain the property in a 

safe manner. 

We walked up two cracked concrete steps, opened an aluminum door that was missing its screens, and 

knocked on the rotting door. A loud, steady stream of barking followed our knock, and then the door was 

slightly opened by a man who was in his thirties, but looked at least 25 years older. We identified ourselves 

as the lawyers he had called earlier that morning and he invited us inside. As he did so he yelled for his dog 

to “shut up” and then opened the door wide to allow us to follow him in. Once inside, in full view was a large 

brown Pit bull, occupying the only place to sit in the front room of the apartment. The dog stared and growled 

as the man began to detail the events that led us to his door. The man was a mess; clothes hanging off him, hair 

unkempt, and barely standing erect. Stuart and I stood close to the door taking notes, just in case the dog came 

toward us. 

The man then led us through his run down and mostly unfurnished apartment to the bathroom. There 

was no door, and the floor had a gaping, jagged hole in front of the shower. He described how he was walking to 

the shower and the floor gave way causing him to fall about three feet down to the dirt below. He recounted being 

stuck waist deep in the floor until a friend came to help him up. He showed us the bruising on his side and 

back, and explained how intense the pain in his knee and back has been since the fall. 

After photographing the scene and sizing up the man and everything involved in this accident, Stuart 

and I signed on as his attorneys. We left shaking our heads and discussing whether the man had invited such an 

accident just by living in such a dump. 

The next stop was Starbucks in Wellington. As we drove west on Forest Hill Blvd, one can only envision the 

smiles on our faces as the neighborhoods changed. We walked inside Starbucks, took turns washing our hands, 

ordered Cappuccinos, and then sat on two chairs waiting for a female Palm Beach County Sheriff ’s Deputy to 

meet with us. Shortly thereafter, a very neatly dressed, attractive woman in her forties, entered Starbucks and 

walked toward our table. 

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After exchanging war stories and talking about our common friends in the law enforcement world, the 

deputy detailed the car accident she was involved in. She was sitting at a traffic signal, when without warning 

her vehicle was forcibly struck from behind. She recalled her neck and lower back being thrust forward and 

snapping back and detailed how sore she’s been since the accident. We looked at her vehicle and found a scratch 

on the trailer hitch. We talked about the need for treatment, signed her up, and then returned to our office. 

Back at the office, letters were sent to the property and vehicle owners and their respective insurance carriers. 

The negotiation process began with the adjusters who treated the insurance company’s money like it was 

their own. Meanwhile the clients sought out medical treatment from Chiropractors and Orthopedic Specialists. 

The lawyers, based upon the treatment and recommendations of the doctors, and after approval by our clients, 

determined the value of the respective claims. Once we established that number, a formal demand was sent to 

each insurance company to see how seriously they considered the claims. 

The initial response on our client who fell through the floor was favorable, but our claim quickly unraveled 

when he was arrested and charged with distribution of oxycodone. Despite filing suit and laying out all the 

costs, there was to be no settlement of this claim and the firm bore all the costs. 

The response to the car accident was less than favorable. Too little damage was the argument. Positive 

MRI findings and a surgical recommendation, along with tough negotiating and the threat of filing a complaint, 

persuaded the insurance company to ultimately settle for the policy limits. Both of the clients had compelling 

claims and compelling stories that required our assistance to guide them through the treacherous twists and 

turns when dealing with insurance companies. While we place a name and a face to all of our clients regardless 

of their backgrounds and position in life, I realized that insurance companies view each person as nothing more 

than just a claim number. Insurance companies evaluate claims based upon the severity of the accident and the 

resulting injuries, the treatment rendered, and the permanency of the injuries. As the voice of our clients, it is 

essential to develop a rapport with a claims adjuster, and then with a supervisor who has the authority to actually 

settle the claim. 

Interestingly, much like in my former “life” with the FBI where I was unable to pick and choose the victims 

of crime, I now represent individuals from all walks of life, regardless of their status in the community or 

their economic condition. Protecting a person’s legal rights is truly akin to “We Protect and Serve”. 

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Welcome To Jail! The Old Jail in St. Augustine, FL 

That is the rallying cry that visitors hear as they eagerly 

approach the podium to be processed through the St. 

Johns County Old Jail. The Old Jail was in use from 

1891-1953. When people visit the Old Jail they are 

transported back in time more than 100 years, to 1908. 

The first thing they notice as they come onto the Old 

Jail property is the appearance of the building. It was 

financed by the late, great Henry Flagler, the hotelier 

that brought tourism to towns all along the east coast 

of Florida. He did not want the county jail to be an 

eyesore, so in order to get his money the county had 

to make it look nice. They accomplished this by using 

Queen Ann Victorian style architecture. The St. Johns 

County Sheriff would actually live in the Sheriff ’s quarters 

attached to the jail, just across the hall from the 

inmates, and his part of the building even has a front 

and back porch. The only indication that the building 

was a jail are the bars on the windows. 

the treatment of prisoners, and the enforcement of constitutional 

rights. One hundred years ago criminals 

were sent to prison for punishment, today prison is the 

punishment. It is no longer acceptable to take unruly 

prisoners to the stocks or the whipping post, instead 

their sentence is extended or privileges, such as use of 

the commissary, are revoked. 

As the new prisoner walk around to the back of the jail 

they notice the gallows where the public executions took 

place. There were eight documented hangings at the St. 

Johns County Jail, the last in 1912. “Now, wait just a 

minute. This is a county jail. County’s don’t administer 

executions.” County jails are used in a very different 

manner today than they were one hundred years ago. 

In 1908, anyone that was convicted of a crime in St. 

Johns County could be put in the county jail. Whether 

they had gotten into a bar fight downtown or had murdered 

a local shopkeeper. A hundred years later that is 

no longer the case. More than 80% of the population 

at the St. Johns County ‘New Jail’ is inmates that are 

waiting for the courts to decide their fate. Inmates that 

have been sentenced for less than one year may also be 

kept at the new jail, but if they are sentenced for more 

than a year they are immediately transferred to a state 

or federal institution. 

As the processing moves into the Old Jail the ladies 

Costumed Deputies or prisoner trustees process visitors 

through the jail as if they are prisoners in 1908. 

They are led around and through the building, each 

area being described using colorful ‘Old South’ colloquialisms. 

But visitors who can see past the humor and 

the light mood of the tour begin to realize that being 

an inmate at the Old Jail was no picnic. The first area 

that visitors are introduced to is the “attitude adjustment 

center”. This is where the public humiliation took 

place, where inmates would stand in the stocks or the 

‘birdcage’ for hours while locals taunt and tease them. are shown the cells that will be their home away from 

home. They are told about the lack of plumbing in the 

While doing research for this article I recently visited building;the bucket that serves as their toilet and the 

the current St. Johns County Jail, and the Director of barred window that isthe usual method for disposing 

Corrections, Frank Cyr, allowed me to tour the jail and of the waste. As they enter maximum security they 

helped me to understand both the differences and simi- see four cells; solitary confinement, death row, maxilarities 

between the county jail then and now. 

mum security, and the infirmary. The infirmary is a 

cell with four bunks. There is no examination table, 

One of the biggest changes has been the attitude toward no tools that doctors and nurses may need while treat- 



ing a patient, in fact, there was no 

doctor at all unless it was a hangin’ 

day. Inmates either walk out of the 

infirmary on their own two feet 

or they are carried out in a box. 

Could you imagine that happening 

today? Jails today are staffed 

with doctors and nurses around 

the clock. All inmates get a medical 

screening when they are first 

processed and any medical care 

that they need while incarcerated 

is taken care, whether it is diabetes, 

chemotherapy for cancer patients, 

or even surgery. Maximum security at the Old Jail has 

a common area that can be used by the inmates for exercise, 

inmates in maximum never go outside. This is 

something that the courts have since labeled cruel and 

unusual punishment. Today all prisoners must be given 

a certain amount of time outside every week. 

Just like in the St. Johns County Jail of today, the food 

preparation is done by the female inmates. At the Old 

Jail ladies are shown the kitchen and given a description 

of what their chores will be;the tools they will use 

to transport food, make coffee, and cook. They maintain 

a garden that supports the beans and greens that 

they eat on a daily basis. This is another practice used 

by many jails today. Jails can save a lot of money by establishing 

a small farm that supports the diets of their 

prisoners. However, unlike the jails of yesterday, if 

something that happens that prevents their farm from 

supporting their inmates those jails still have to feed 

their prisoners. Not only do they have to provide the 

inmates with food, but they have to respect the inmates’ 

religious and medical diet as well. 

Upstairs is general population,where the male inmates 

will be housed together. Unlike today, 

there was no attempt to separate 

violent inmates from non-violent 

inmates. Inmates of different 

ages were kept together, and inmate 

safety was not a top priority. 

The inmates kept in general population 

were forced to work on the 

chain gangs, and were woken every 

morning at 5:00a.m. and taken 

to the work site, sometimes they 

would even be made to sleep on 

the transport cart at night until the 

work was done. Today inmates are 

still compelled to work, but first they have to pass the 

medical and religious screenings to be sure that they are 

fit to work, and that the work being done doesn’t violate 

their beliefs. The inmates work for the county that they 

are incarcerated in. Landscaping, painting, roadside 

cleanup, etc.; in fact, St. Johns County has programs 

in place to certify inmates in trades such as landscaping, 

pressure washing, and serve safe so that they have 

some tools they can build on when they are released. 

St. Johns County also administers work release, which 

allows certain inmates to go to work and make money. 

The money they make pays for their room and board 

at the county jail, as well paying toward their fines and 

restitution. Anything left over can be put aside for 

their use when 

they are released. 

One hundred 

years ago, the 

inmates did 

the least desirable 

work available, 

the work 

that no one else 

wanted to do. 

They worked in 

turpentine camps, built roads, and worked on swamp 

drainage. 

There have been a lot of changes over the years in the 

county jail system. Some people visit the Old Jail and 

comment on how horrible the conditions were. Some 

believe that jails should still be this way. Everyone has 

their own ideas and opinions about how things should 

be. Take a trip through time at the St. Johns County Jail 

and decide for yourself. PN 

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Like a experienced criminal, germs, bacteria and superbugs 

are wonderful at hiding. But yet they still have the 

goal of spreading and inflicting damage. The current 

methods for eradicating these germs are both unsuccessful 

and can be harmful to humans. This is until the 

germs met their match in a company called Disinfecting 

Environmental Solutions (DES). 

DES provides a complete disinfecting and environmental 

solution that utilizes an EPA registered hospital 

grade disinfectant approved for all surfaces, including 

food contact surfaces with no rinse required. It’s 

been proven to kill 99.999% of bacteria in less than 60 

seconds, including the superbugs MRSA, H1N1 virus, 

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US government, in hotels, in prisons, in museums and 

in schools. 

“Our solution not only improves indoor air quality but 

is 100% biodegradable, non-toxic to humans and pets, 

and environmentally friendly with no contaminated 

water or toxic chemical run-off,” said Howard Begley, 

Vice President of DES. 

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“Police work is certainly a dirty job, dealing with all 

kinds of individuals in all kinds of less than ideal situations. 

The truth is that our brave officers get exposed 

to dangerous germs and bacteria on a constant basis,” 

added Begley. “Our solutions not only speed up the 

disinfecting process whether it’s in the back of a patrol 

vehicle, at a crime scene or in a holding cell, but provides 

complete protection resulting in healthier working 

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The utilization of DES solutions proves invaluable to 

the cruise and marine industries. Here’s but 1 example: 

a worldwide recognized brand’s cruise ship stationed 

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It’s in the Delivery 

Typically, disinfecting a room, vehicle, building or ship 

is a terribly time consuming process. Everything needs 

to be wiped down by hand, which leads to many missed 

areas where the germs hide, not to mention that it promotes 

cross contamination. DES has introduced the 

same electrostatic technology used by the auto industry 

to coat their cars with paint evenly. The electrostatic 

spray permeates the applied area with a clean, biodegradable 

and non-toxic, hospital grade disinfectant 

that penetrates deep into all surfaces within the applied 

area to ensure complete surface coverage. Through the 

electrostatic application, the disinfecting particles are 

bonded to the surfaces for longer-lasting efficacy and 

protection. 

“DES is providing the Complete Disinfecting Solution 

for members of our military and we believe that our 

solution is ideal for law enforcement personnel protection 

against the germs it constantly faces on an every 

day,” said Begley. 

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The rise of smartphones and mobile web searches is fueling a 

ripoff that targets people looking for a locksmith. 

Hundreds of times a day in South Florida, people are being 

victimized by what’s known as “copycat” locksmiths using 

the names of legitimate businesses, fake addresses and 

phone numbers that funnel calls to boiler rooms with dozens 

of phone lines, experts say. 

“When you Google ‘locksmith,’ nine out of 10 times the 

numbers that come up are not for legitimate locksmiths”. An 

attorney with an office in Palm Beach Gardens, who represents 

the Associated Locksmiths of America. “It has really 

grown exponentially with the Internet and with the voiceover-IP 

phones,” which turn simple telephone signals into 

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“You can’t tell where anybody really is.” 

Driving the trend is that people don’t always plan to call 

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or car. Also, locksmiths aren’t licensed, which opens the field 

to workers with little training. 

The epidemic is putting consumers’ security at risk and costing 

brick-and-mortar companies hundreds of thousands of 

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“The tipoff is they won’t give a written estimate, and they 

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ATM card and ask people to get money out. It gets consumers 

at their most vulnerable.” 

If someone answers the phone with a generic “lock smith” 

or “lock smith’s service,” or “Florida lock smith” rather than 

a company name, it’s most likely not a legitimate locksmith. 

Be wary of a worker who shows up in an unmarked vehicle, 

isn’t wearing a company uniform and doesn’t carry business 

cards, work orders or an invoice with the company’s name, 

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Benvenuto 

Caterestaurant 

Weddings . Seminars . Corporate Events 

1730 N. Federal Highway . Boynton Beach . 561.364.0600 

BenvenutoRestaurant.com . JP@BenvenutoRestaurant.com 

European 

White Gloved Service 

for Parties of up to 

400 Guests 

If you would like to receive 

“Dining with Entertainment” 

email schedule, please contact 

Gloria@BenvenutoRestaurant.com 

“Like” 

us on 

The AD-45 Mount 

All American Defense MFG, LLC products 

are 100 percent designed and built in 

the U.S.A. Our products are made by 

shooters for shooters, with one goal: 

Customer Satisfaction. 

AD-45-3 (3" Rail) 

AD-45-6 (6" Rail) 

This mount allows a 

secondary sight (such 

as a MRDS) to be 

mounted at a 45 degree 

offset to the primary 

sight. Any type of 

configuration is 

available, the AD-45 

comes in both 3" and 

6" rail models. 

www.adm-mfg.com 

3" rail shown. 

For these and other quality products, visit our website at: 

www.adm–mfg.com 

American Defense MFG, LLC. | 2525 S. 162nd Street, New Berlin, WI 53151 | 262.780.9831 Phone 

Vertical Grips 

Scope Mounts 

Modular Risers 

Bipod Mounts 

VLTOR Flashlight Mounts 

Night Vision Mounts 

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