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 same economic law of supply and demand that fuels drug smuggling into the US fuels gun smuggling into Mexico
OTM is a delightful little acronym for illegal immigrants who are ‘Other Than Mexican’ — SIA stands for ‘Special Interest Aliens’ from terrorist nations like Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, and Yemen
50 law enforcement officers raided the suspect’s parents’ mobile home last May
Self-described “citizen soldiers” arrived venting a smoldering anger and wielding AR-15 and AK-47 rifles
The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early release — and expecting thousands to take up the offer
A corrections officer taken hostage by three inmates at an Ohio county jail has been released unharmed
An elaborate, seven-year sting operation targeted a San Francisco Chinatown association thought to be a front for a notorious organized crime syndicate
The federal agency is condemning threats of violence against officers in anti-police fliers that have surfaced in the city
The oil boom in the Bakken shale fields has touched off an explosion of growth and wealth on this remote wind-swept prairie. But it has also brought a dark side
A day after blinking in a showdown on the range, federal land managers pledged to pursue efforts to resolve a conflict with a rancher who has refused to pay grazing fees for 20 years
Federal land managers say “escalating tensions” led them to release all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada
Authorities were on the defensive during the fourth day of a monthlong offensive to remove an outspoken rancher’s cattle from lands administered by the BLM
After more than a year of reviewing hundreds of cases handled by the APD, the DOJ found that officers too frequently used deadly force on people
Police are asking federal investigators to help determine whether more than a dozen shootings in less than a month along Kansas City-area roads and highways are connected
Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on Wednesday requested the Justice Department to step in and help the city overhaul its troubled police force
Man identified as “Booker” had told friends he intended to “commit Jihad” by killing U.S. soldiers
Lawyer says move was made by then-APD Chief Ray Schultz to try to stave off a federal investigation
Unusual for the State Police, which participates in a review team for Albuquerque police shootings, to bypass an Albuquerque police investigation and turn over evidence directly to the federal agency
Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation’s oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld
Federal law enforcement officials debated whether to release photos that led to the capture of a suspect in last year’s bombing at the Boston Marathon
There were 212 bank robberies last year — the lowest since the 1960s — in a seven-county region overseen by the FBI’s Los Angeles office
The attorney involved won’t bring charges against the agent who shot Ibragim Todashev, a 27-year-old mixed martial arts fighter
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people aboard disappeared March 8
Suspect is accused of mailing a homemade bomb to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio last April
Rafael Angel Nieves was arrested two weeks after he allegedly pretended to be a federal agent while at the scene of his daughter’s car accident
In its quest to find a suspected domestic terrorist on the lam for a decade, the FBI on Friday began placing his image on billboards across the country
The ID cards themselves will have to contain, at a minimum, the bearer’s full name, signature, date of birth, gender, principal address, a front-facing photo, and a unique number
slamic militants have threatened to derail the Winter Games, which run from Feb. 7-23
Abdulbaki Todashev wrote in a letter that his son knew the two bombing suspects, but didn’t understand why his son was killed in a confrontation with FBI
Mario Edward Garnett is suspected of a three-state bank robbery spree that resulted in the death of a cop
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