A Deputy U.S. Marshal and two Task Force Officers were killed in the line of duty and multiple other officers were wounded while serving a state arrest warrant on a fugitive in…
Category: U.S. Marshals
U.S. Marshals Arrest More Than 73,000 Fugitives in Fiscal Year 2023, On Average 293 a Day
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) arrested 73,362 fugitives (28,065 on federal and 45,297 on state and local warrants) in fiscal year (FY) 2023. On average, the agency arrested 293 fugitives per day…
Federal Judge Rules Texas County “Blatantly” Violates the Voting Rights of Blacks, Hispanics
The U.S. District Court ruled Friday that the redistricting plan used by the governing body of Galveston County, Texas, known as the Commissioners Court, violates the Voting Rights Act. The court held…
U.S. Marshals Arrest 4,455 Violent Fugitives in 20 Cities During Three-Month Operation, Clearing 2,818 Violent Warrants
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested 4,455 violent fugitives during the latest phase of its high-impact fugitive apprehension initiative, dubbed Operation North Star III (ONS III), officials stated. ONS III targeted violent offenders…
Saudi Arabian Guilty of Downloading Child Porn from Dark Web in Exchange for Foreign Cryptocurrency
VIRGINIA A Saudi Arabian national living in Arlington, Virginia plead guilty Tuesday to downloading child pornography through the dark web. Ammar Atef Alahdali, 22, pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child…
Samantha Bee: Shreds Jeff Sessions on his Testimony During Senate Hearings
Published on Jun 14, 2017 What Jeff Sessions’s hearing lacked in authentic southern charm, it more than made up for in incomprehensibility
Feds: 29 Gang Members or Associates Charged With Murder, Drugs and Other Crimes
LOS ANGELES Authorities have arrested 17 members and associates of the Wilmas street gang who are named in a federal racketeering indictment. It alleges acts of murder, attempted murder, narcotics trafficking,…
Former U.S. Marshal Sentenced to Prison for Lying About the Fatal Shooting of a Man
A former deputy U.S. Marshall was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison after being convicted of obstruction of justice in connection with lies he told to police after he fatally shot a man, officials said.
Qazi Brothers Sentenced to Federal Prison for Terrorism and Assaulting Two U.S. Marshals
FLORIDA A federal judge today sentenced brothers Raees Alam Qazi, 22, and Sheheryar Alam Qazi, 32, both naturalized U.S. citizens from Pakistan, to 35 years and 20 years in prison for terrorism…
L.A. Sheriff’s Former No. 2 Indicted for Allegedly Obstructing FBI’s Jail Probe
LOS ANGELES The former second-in-command of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and a former Sheriff’s Captain were indicted for allegedly obstructing an FBI investigation into jail corruption, beatings and abuse of…
El Paso’s Federal Courthouse, Body Shirts and The U.S. Supreme Court
EL PASO, TEXAS – “Trial courts are obligated to take every reasonable measure to accommodate public attendance at criminal trials.” U.S. Supreme Court – Presley v. Georgia (2010) It’s summer 2014 in…
Four Former Blackwater USA Security Guards Guilty of Killing 12 Unarmed Iraqis
WASHINGTON D.C.—Four former security guards for Blackwater USA were found guilty Wednesday of charges stemming from the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square in Baghdad, Iraq, that resulted in the killing…