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.
The connection between criminal activity — whether one might consider it ‘organized’ or not — and terrorist organizations has history that continues to this very day
When you’re a ‘loaner’ you can be on urban streets surrounded by millions on one day and the next day be deep in a canyon outnumbered 10-to-1 by rattlesnakes
As we approach the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it is a very useful exercise to remind ourselves about some of the most basic — and most visible — signs which can help police officers thwart a plot
Relationship between local law enforcement and often heavily armed federal officers has always been tense, and now threatens to reach a breaking point
Cliven Bundy, a Mormon, told an Independent American Party gathering in St. George, Utah, on Saturday that God provided him personal inspiration in the showdown
A mistrial was declared last year after jurors who were not allowed to consider manslaughter, couldn’t agree on a verdict
U.S. law enforcement can force Microsoft Corp. to turn over emails it stores in Ireland
The man left the scene and led officers on a high-speed pursuit
Det. Mario Muniz, 45, was hit in the upper-right chest area by one of Mozdir’s bullets, but it was stopped by his bullet proof vest
The suspected sex offender was recently profiled on CNN’s “The Hunt” with John Walsh
The report is the culmination of a three-year investigation begun months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint
A federal jury on Monday found Azamat Tazhayakov guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy
An investigative report linked two city officers with the secret hate society that once was violently active in the area
Steven Goldmann’s attempt to pass himself off as an FBI agent netted him free coffee, a government rate at a budget hotel and dog treats for his bogus K-9 unit
Officer fired his weapon once at men in a truck as they fled a pro-Israel rally after using wooden poles bearing Palestinian flags to hit protesters
FBI agents and police in Tremonton arrested John Huggins on Thursday on a charge of possessing an unregistered destructive device
The victory a rancher claimed in a government standoff with armed militiamen has served to embolden right-wing extremists and conspiracy theorists across the country
The federal government can’t be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Cliven Bundy crossed the line when he allowed states’ rights supporters onto his property to aim guns at police
An Arizona State University officer involved in the arrest of an ASU professor in a video that went viral has been placed on leave
Department of Justice says seven Colombians have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the 2013 stabbing death of a U.S. drug agent
The effort dubbed “Operation Broken Heart” involved dozens of local, state and federal authorities
Man already facing state charges that he pretended to be a police officer in Chicago was arrested today on federal charges he impersonated a U.S. marshal twice
Lawyers for the government and fans of Insane Clown Posse clashed in court Monday over whether the FBI can be sued for describing them as a gang
Nabbing the bad guys was only part of the challenge facing federal officials who shut down an illegal marijuana garden growing on U.S. rangeland
The arrest and indictments were the culmination of a three-year investigation
Pittsburgh has become the arsenal of cybersecurity because it is home to CMU’s Software Engineering Institute with its 260-person CERT cyberteam
Court will consider the free speech rights of people who use violent or threatening language on Facebook and other electronic media where the speaker’s intent is not always clear
Federal grand jury has indicted a Calif. social media expert who was the subject of an FBI manhunt on bomb and gun charges
The incident happened Wednesday as the helicopter was patrolling as part of the Georgia Governor’s Marijuana Eradication Task Force
Officials say the panel will include national security lawyers from the Justice Department and representatives from the FBI, among other agencies
Search of a social media expert’s apartment turned up ball bearings, screws and components needed to make a homemade bomb designed to kill or maim
A San Francisco social media maven and former political consultant who was wanted on suspicion of possessing explosives has been taken into custody after a three-day manhunt