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.
FBI agents have wrapped up a two-day search at a landfill near the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) made a similar move last year
A Watertown resident was shocked when he peered out his window to see the two suspected terrorists the country had been searching for
After interrogating Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, police discovered the brothers had no connection to Muslim terrorist groups
The agent climbs the fence only to have fellow agents open the gate and walk through seconds later
An affidavit does not say whether suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is thought to have used the cellphone as a detonator
The three-minute long video shows Tsarnaev hiding under a plastic cover in a boat in at a residence in Watertown
Her lawyer told feds she did not suspect her husband of anything, and that there was no reason for her to have suspected him
Two foreign nationals have been arrested on immigration violations in the town the surviving bombing suspect may have lived
Part three of a four-part series
An agent says the photos came from surveillance cameras near the explosion sites
Investigators have been analyzing photos and videos frame by frame for clues
Suspicious mail has also been intercepted in Miss. and Washington
Police and federal agents appealed to the public Tuesday for clues to who is responsible for the attack
Commissioner Charles Ramsey has called in federal authorities to investigate what he calls a “very serious” situation
Officials said no one had claimed responsibility for the bombings, but the blasts raised fears of a terrorist attack
Federal, state and local officers raided the barn where the men were hiding after a tip was given from a pawn shop clerk
The FBI is assisting with several separate but overlapping investigations, including possible drug corruption
A violent heroin-trafficking ring known as ‘Dirty Blok’ was raided; 3 fugitives remain at large
The FBI says suspected gang member Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias landed in Centennial, Colo., with FBI agents Wednesday afternoon
Part two of a four-part series
The FBI is investigating the death of a 62-year-old Virginia woman whose husband found her dead in her cabin
The FBI spent about a year investigating the case in which an ICE agent killed a colleague who opened fire on their boss
The investigation comes in the wake of a car chase that ended with officers firing 137 shots into a suspect’s vehicle, killing 2
On the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, the bureau is adding a wanted killer
The man inexplicably approached the agent, yelling, then got in his vehicle and crashed several times into the SUV
The warrant offers no details about what is the target of the investigation, and it makes no allegations of wrongdoing by anyone
Bulger, the former leader of Boston’s notorious Winter Hill Gang, is awaiting trial on a racketeering indictment that charges him with participating in 19 murders
Essential or not, they would be subject to a furlough just like everyone else
