Sentence examples for were first alerted from inspiring English sources

[A1] EARLY ABUSE CHARGES -- American military officials in Baghdad say there are documents citing complaints of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison starting in November, roughly two months before top military officials say they were first alerted to the abuse.

Authorities were first alerted to mystery drone flyovers in October, when the state-run power company EDF filed a complaint with police after detecting the small unmanned vehicles flying over seven atomic plants.

But, she points out, "that offers little consolation to the countless contemporary artists who feel intensely connected to the Met, who were first alerted to the greatness of the past as they stood in front of a Rembrandt or a Manet".

PARIS — A lawyer representing Société Générale shareholders asked judges on Friday to interview an immediate supervisor of Jérôme Kerviel, the trader the bank blames for billions of euros in losses from unauthorized trades, to try to determine when his superiors were first alerted to his actions.

Police were first alerted when an adult golden eagle was found dead in the area after being poisoned with carbofuran.

Workers were first alerted to the plot when entire containers began to disappear from the port without explanation.

The Strategic Command was first alerted about the issue in mid-July.

The Harvard University Police Department was first alerted on Friday, and commenced to investigate this potential hate crime.

He was first alerted to trouble when police officers who were routinely canvassing the neighborhood told him what had occurred.

A Treasury official said Henry M. Paulson, the Treasury secretary, was first alerted to a potential crisis at Bear Stearns on Thursday afternoon.

I was first alerted to this potential source of anxiety by a beauty tips article in a running supplement.