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.
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American cops are “force multipliers in counterterrorism,” says Fred Burton, one of the world’s foremost authorities on terrorists and terrorist organizations
Roughly 38,000 correction officers at federal lockups across the country are required to keep working during the government shutdown
Chadrick Evan Fulks was taken from the federal penitentiary to help with the search for the remains of 19-year-old Samantha Nicole Burns
Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai is linked to the 1998 American Embassy bombings in east Africa and wanted by the US for more than a decade
Kenneth Kaiser Jr. pleaded guilty following an agreement that recommends a $15,000 fine but no prison time
29-year-old Ross William Ulbricht was arrested for running a secret drug website that is believed to have brokered more than $1 billion in transactions
The agency has awarded $1.26M to at least seven police departments and nonprofit organizations for drones
The Obama administration has found millions of dollars in grants to help the bankrupt city hire police
A law enforcement sting interrupted their plans to use five ex-military snipers to protect illegal drug shipments
Footage shows Aaron Alexis arriving to the Navy Yard and stalking the hallways with his gun in-hand
The ATF is the federal agency in charge of tracing guns used in crimes
The FBI says Newton County sheriff’s Deputy Darrell Mathis showed up in his police car in uniform when he sold marijuana
Police believe an officer who claimed he was shot actually shot himself, and a responding officer died en route to help
Seizure and sale of the property is the government’s largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture
The app contains information about child sexual abuse and exploitation fugitives and allows users to submit tips online
Geoffrey Portway pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit a crime of violence — kidnapping of a child — and distribution and possession of child porn
The agencies are entitled to the money because they helped a federal investigation into Google’s distribution of ads for illegal prescription drug sales
The investigation appears to center around Sgt. Steven Zamiar, a 13-year veteran, though it isn’t clear why
For at least 6 years, federal drug agents have had near-immediate access to billions of phone records dating back decades
Adel Daoud was charged in an indictment with 1 count each of solicitation of murder or attempted murder of a federal agent, murder-for-hire, and obstruction of justice
As long as the weed is kept away from kids, the black market and federal property, the Justice Dept. will allow it
Partnering with a Texas-based training center, the FBI has been teaching best practices for responding to mass shootings
A source close to the investigation said the search was focused on the office’s real-estate unit
The Alameda County Coroner’s office has identified the body as 50-year-old Sandra Coke
In the U.S., outrage grew over this week’s surprise decision to overturn Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero’s conviction in the notorious killing
Ibragim Todashev was killed while he was being questioned by a Boston-based FBI agent, Mass. state troopers and other officers
More than 50 local, state and federal investigators combed the area where federal criminal defense investigator disappeared
DNA testing proved a man thought to be a couple’s son returned to them after he was kidnapped is of no relation
Land mines might be planted throughout the property of a tax-evading couple convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons
Teresa Carlson was quietly reassigned in the last month from her post as special agent in charge of the Milwaukee office to FBI headquarters, shortly after she refused to testify in a federal courtroom in Virginia
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