U.S. Marshals Arrest State Parole Violator After 8 Years on the Run
Scranton, PA – United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Thomas McCarty in a remote section of Wyoming County, near Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania....
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Arrest Two Long Sought Fugitives for Cumberland County
Case originated in 1996Harrisburg, PA – United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Scott McComas, 49-years old, in Muskegon, Michigan, and 47-year old...
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U.S. Marshals Add California Fugitive Wanted for Three Murders to 15 Most Wanted
Washington – The U.S. Marshals Service today announced the addition of alleged murderer Shane Franklin Miller to the 15 Most Wanted fugitives list. He is wanted by the Shasta County (Calif.) Sheriff’s...
View ArticleFormer Fbi Special Agent and Two Co-conspirators Charged with Bribery Scheme
A former FBI agent and two others have been charged in the Southern District of New York with engaging in a bribery scheme to secure confidential, internal law enforcement documents about a prominent...
View ArticleMajor Colombian Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced in Washington, D.c., to 25...
Christian Fernando Borda, a major narcotics trafficker aligned with paramilitary groups in Colombia, was sentenced today to serve 25 years in prison for conspiring to import ton-quantities of cocaine...
View ArticleThree MS-13 Leaders Found Guilty of Racketeering and Additional Charges for...
Twelve Others Have Pleaded Guilty in the Case Three leaders of MS-13 in Washington, D.C., were found guilty by a federal jury today of conspiring to participate in racketeering activity and other...
View ArticleThorn in my Pride: a novel of the L.A. riots of 1992.
Brian Lynch, USMC “served in the enlisted and officer ranks of The United States Marine Corps for nearly 15 years, with vast experience in small and large scale reconnaissance, light armor and infantry...
View ArticleFive Puerto Rico Police Department Officers Indicted on Federal Civil Rights,...
A second superseding indictment against five Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) officers was announced today by Jocelyn Samuels, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division; Rosa...
View ArticleMassachusetts Man Charged with Making Hoax Emergency Services Calls to Elicit...
An Athol, Mass., man has been charged in a criminal information with engaging in a practice known as “swatting,” which involves making hoax emergency telephone calls in order to elicit an armed police...
View ArticleOur Lost Border: Life amid the Narco-Violence
The August 31, 2013 episode of American Heroes Radio features a conversation with Texas law enforcement official Sarah Cortez and retired U.S. Border Patrol Agent Hipolito Acosta on Our Lost Border:...
View ArticleThe Shadow Catcher: A U.S. Agent Infiltrates Mexico's Deadly Crime Cartels
Hipolito Acosta “served with the United States Navy and then began a distinguished career as a U.S. Border Patrol Agent in Marfa, Texas. During the next 29 years he served in a variety of positions...
View ArticleJury Convicts Whitey Bulger
FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS JAMES "WHITEY" BULGERAugust 12 (Boston) – Following a two-month long trial in U.S. District Court a federal jury today convicted James J. Bulger, for the murder of 11 people, as...
View ArticleThree Members and One Associate of Violent North Carolina Latin Kings Gang...
Three members and one associate of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King/Queen Nation (ALKQN) have been sentenced this week in federal court in the Middle District of North Carolina. The announcement...
View ArticleMS-13 Leader Sentenced for Multiple Racketeering Offenses
Jose Armando Bran, aka “Pantro,” was sentenced today to serve two consecutive life sentences for his role in a murder and maiming that he ordered while he was an MS-13 gang leader in Richmond, Va. The...
View ArticleFormer Lorain County, Ohio, Corrections Officer Charged for Assaulting an Inmate
Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio Steven M. Dettelbach and Special Agent in Charge for the FBI Cleveland...
View ArticleTwo Plead Guilty to Involvement in Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Racketeering...
An Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang member and an ABT associate have pleaded guilty to charges related to the May 2008 murder of Mark Davis Byrd Sr. in Atascosa County, Texas. The guilty pleas...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Arrest Puerto Rico Murder Fugitive in Lebanon County
Fatal shooting occurred over two decades agoHarrisburg, PA – Today, United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced the arrest of Felix Pinero-Baez, a 63-year old man, in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.On...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Task Force Apprehends Santa Rosa Man Wanted on Numerous Violent...
East Milton, FL – The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force captured a Santa Rosa County man early this morning who was being sought by the Sheriff’s Office on a warrant charging him with...
View ArticleL.A. Gangster Wanted for Murder Hunted Down by U.S. Marshals and Arrested in...
Tucson, AZ – Today, Thomas Ruben Velarde, age 26, of California, was returned back to the United States and into the hands of awaiting Deputy U.S. Marshals and detectives with the Los Angeles County...
View ArticleMarshals Arrest Online Sexual Predator
Albuquerque, NM – On August 15, 2013, the District Court of New Mexico in Sandoval County issued a warrant for the arrest of Joseph T. Smith, charging him with Criminal Sexual Penetration of a Minor....
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