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.
“Congress must reinstate and toughen the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines”
A camera near the Metropolitan Correctional Center shows the inmates getting into a cab hours before anyone knew they were gone
3 officers appeared in court on charges alleging that they and another officer accepted thousands of dollars in bribes to guard shipments of cocaine
Man suspect of three NY murders of shopkeepers claims he was ordered to by Palestinian CIA
A federal appeals court struck down a ban on carrying concealed weapons in the only state where it had remained entirely illegal
The civil-rights case represents a coda of sorts to one of the more divisive cases involving city police
The probes reached into 79 U.S. cities and points in Central America, Europe, Mexico and South America
A Senate bill protecting privacy of electronic communication will still allow LE to access if they believe a crime has been committed
Crime described as a $1.4 million international fraud operation stretching from Kentucky to Europe and involving the sale of non-existent cars
The commemoration Nov. 22, 2013, will take place in Dealey Plaza, where Kennedy’s motorcade through downtown Dallas was passing as shots rang out.
Two of the men arrested told a confidential FBI informant they would consider American jihad
Special agent issued a statement saying the agency had concluded its investigation and found no evidence to suggest shooter had any help
The judge ruled that the men should be sentenced as terrorists, making them subject to harsher prison terms
The defendants were arrested for plotting to bomb military bases and government facilities
In documents filed Friday, prosecutors call Bulger’s claim of immunity ‘frivolous’ and ‘absurd’
A witness told police the driver of a pickup had to slam on the brakes and swerve to avoid hitting the suspected ‘AK-47 bandit’ vehicle
How a love-struck FBI agent’s investigation spun out of wildly out of control and resulted in a minor national security crisis
The agent played a key role in stopping a terrorist attack and other threats before taking notice of the scandal
A man with same description is wanted for a Calif. robbery resulting in shooting of an officer
Suspect told judge that he began having problems with drinking and prescription pills about three years ago
The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said that she first learned about the matter from the media late last week
According to his letter of resignation, Petraeus asked president to allow him to resign
Some of those shot and their families spoke to the killer at his sentencing
Recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Colorado and Washington state
The Chicago officers alleged that they saw colleagues shaking down drug dealers and framing innocent people when they were undercover
A senior agent who was being investigated by the government over an undisclosed affair killed himself last week in Washington
Attorney general and Justice Department defend FBI in incident
Police are seeing a fifth consecutive year of declines in violent crimes reported
Attorney says the suspect took active and affirmative steps that brought him to the brink of “kidnapping a woman, cooking her and actually eating her”
The government considers banning the capture, playback and processing of images, sounds or data of security while ‘in the exercise of their functions’
