NEW YORK Federal prosecutors charged retired police officer Nicholas Tartaglione with quadruple murder committed in Chester, New York, in April 2016. Tartaglione was arrested Monday and charged in a five-count Indictment for…
Four Prison Gang Members Sentenced for Racketeering, Murder and Other Charges
CALIFORNIA Four members of the Nuestra Familia gang given prison sentences including a life sentence for one senior gang member for racketeering conspiracy, murder, robbery, drug and other crimes, according to authorities….
Mississippi Man Guilty of Murdering Transgender Victim, a Gang-Related Hate Crime (News Video)
MISSISSIPPI In federal court Wednesday, Joshua Brandon Vallum, 29, of Lucedale, Mississippi, plead guilty to a federal hate crime for assaulting and murdering Mercedes Williamson because she was a transgender woman, according…
Feds: Louisiana Police Put People in Holding Cells Without Probable Cause
LOUISIANA The Justice Department announced Monday that it found reasonable cause to believe that the Ville Platte, Louisiana, Police Department and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office violate the Fourth Amendment to the…
Man Charged with Allegedly Committing War Crimes in Bosnia and Failure to Disclose Murder Charges
INDIANA Federal officials announced the arrest on Monday of a Crown Point, Indiana, man for unlawfully getting U.S. citizenship by allegedly failing to disclose his Bosnian Serb Military service. The man also…
Feds indict two men in alleged $6 million ‘porno-trolling’ extortion scheme
By Derek Hawkins December 19, 2016 More than three years have passed since a federal judge in California sanctioned attorneys Paul R. Hansmeier and John L. Steele for using deceptive legal maneuvers to win settlements…
Chinese National Admits Stealing Sensitive Military Documents from United Technologies
CONNECTICUT Yu Long, a citizen of China and lawful resident of the U.S., plead guilty Monday in New Haven to stealing numerous sensitive military documents from United Technologies and taking them to…
Obama Grants 153 People Sentence Commutations and Pardons 78
WASHINGTON D.C. Monday, President Obama granted commutation of sentence to 153 individuals and pardons to 78 individuals: The President granted commutations of sentence to the following 153 individuals: Kendrick Tyshawn Akins…
The Hidden Hurt of Life on the Police Beat
National soul-searching over officer shootings has obscured a routine reality for cops—the threat of violence is often just behind a door ENLARGE Officer Brian Leatherwood responded to what seemed a…
Fugitive child predator on ICE’s top 10 most wanted list captured in Alaska
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A child predator from the Bay Area, who was among U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) most wanted fugitives, was captured Tuesday by the Fairbanks International…
FBI: New Top Ten Fugitive
A Wisconsin man wanted for a double homicide is the newest addition to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, and a reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information…
Romanians Indicted for $4 Million Cyber Scheme that Infected 60,000 Computers, 11 Million Malicious E-Mails
OHIO Three Romanian were indicted for involvement in $4 million cyber fraud scheme that infected 60,000 computers and sent 11 million malicious emails, according to officials. The trio were named in a…