Federal law enforcement
The Federal Law Enforcement topic area addresses all crime-fighting agencies at the national and federal level. This section will provide you with the latest news, information and developments across the country and in Washington.
How a love-struck FBI agent’s investigation spun out of wildly out of control and resulted in a minor national security crisis
The goal of the task force is to rescue victims and create a coordinated law enforcement system to investigate and prosecute human trafficking crimes
You have to let your mind go into the deepest, darkest hole of pure evil in order to truly imagine those “worst of the worst” plans the opposition might dream up
Agent was hit in the leg and his wound was not life-threatening
U.S. marshals and police tracked down and arrested a dangerous ex-convict and five others, bringing a sudden and safe ending to a multistate manhunt
Chief said no one at command post set up to monitor the event was aware that the FBI had sent a memo about Elton Simpson hours before the May 3 shooting
FBI spokeswoman said the multi-agency task force was serving the warrant for a suspected bank robber dubbed the “Longhorn Bandit”
Federal prosecutors say the 51-year-old Florida native was running the largest illicit drug operation in the history of east Tennessee: a string of pill mills that raked in $17.5 million in four years
Federal investigators learned several hours before cartoon contest that a man under investigation for extremist activities might show up
Police killed two gunmen who opened fire on a security officer outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Texas on Sunday night
Officer Jeremy Brown, 29, was fatally shot leaving his home in uniform on his way to work
Is seen as unlikely to depart in radical ways from Eric Holder’s priorities
Woman on the sidewalk appears to be filming officers with her cellphone when a deputy U.S. Marshal approaches her
Six are the latest Westerners accused of traveling or attempting to travel to Syria to join the group
A deputy marshal was killed in Louisiana while carrying out the roundup — the first on-duty death of a marshal in four years
Public Defender Jeff Adachi said four deputies at the County Jail threatened inmates with violence if they did not fight each other
The FBI, Director James B. Comey said, must improve how it collects and analyzes data from law enforcement agencies
About 75 people gathered outside City Hall in North Charleston after an officer was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a fleeing man
Both attacks happened in March, one involving a white victim and black attackers, the other a black victim attacked by a white man
Disturbing allegations were contained in court papers describing the latest homegrown terror plot thwarted by the FBI and the NYPD
The escape by Wossen Assaye prompted questions as to why two guards assigned to him were insufficient to prevent his escape
SUV’s owner picked up the two men, dressed as women, in Baltimore and then headed to the Terrace Motel in Elkridge
FBI spokeswoman said the incident was not believed to be linked to terrorism
Charged Thursday with lying to FBI agents to help his son escape after the officer was charged with killing a man during an off-duty fight
FBI must work speed up its efforts to confront increasingly sophisticated terrorists and improve its ability to gather intelligence on global threats
A note written by Boston Marathon bomber as he hid inside a boat contained themes of global jihad similar to those found in extremist materials on his computer
B. Todd Jones’ resignation is effective March 31
Under the auspice of the ATF’s Lubbock bureau, MPD and three other regional PDs received training on proper disposal for the court-ordered destruction
27-year-old marshal died in a shootout March 10 after he and others arrived at a motel to arrest a fugitive
The White House said Obama still has full confidence in recently appointed Director Joseph Clancy
Baby will be named Josie Wells Jr., after his father
Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells died Tuesday in a shootout while trying to arrest the fugitive