Also Thursday a grand jury in neighboring Camden County indicted Brooks on racketeering and other charges saying he abused his elected office by getting applicants for police jobs, liquor licenses and permits to pay him in exchange for his help influencing other officials.

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Mr. Beal also cites others including L. Brooks Patterson, the Republican executive of Oakland County who argue that the DIA is an economic-development tool meriting support.

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"There's a heightened awareness to this kind of violence in light of what happened in Connecticut, " said Maggie Brooks, leader of the local administration in Monroe County, the area which includes Webster.

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Brooks was examined at Barstow Community Hospital before he was taken to a San Bernardino County jail in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

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