Attorney General Sessions Announces New Tool to Fight Online Drug Trafficking
Attorney General Jeff Sessions today announced a new resource to help federal law enforcement disrupt online illicit opioid sales, the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement (J-CODE) team.“Criminals...
View ArticleToday’s 'Fugitive of the Week' Arrested by U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force
Concord, NH - Shortly after being featured as today’s “Fugitive of the Week,” Scott Cross, 56, was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force in Manchester.Information was quickly developed...
View ArticleFleeing Fugitives Arrested in Rural Washington County
Fort Smith, AR – The U.S. Marshals led Western Arkansas Fugitive Task Force, along with the Springdale Police Department and Washington County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Odell Rhodes in the Hickory...
View ArticleAttorney General Sessions Announces DEA Surge to Combat Prescription Drug...
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced yesterday that, over the next 45 days, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will surge Special Agents, Diversion Investigators, and Intelligence Research...
View ArticleNIJ Director's Corner Focuses on Officer Safety
Read NIJ Director David Muhlhausen's new Director's Corner message, "Improved Officer Safety in 2017 and Beyond" at...
View ArticleFormer Virginia Attorney Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Laundering and...
A former Vienna, Virginia attorney was sentenced today to 84 months in prison for conspiring to launder over $2 million dollars derived from a business email compromise scheme and for attempting to...
View ArticleTexas Judge Arrested and Charged With Bribery
A Texas state district court judge has been arrested on allegations he accepted approximately $6,000 in cash bribes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice...
View ArticleU.S. Drug Enforcement Administration emergency schedules all illicit...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration this week placed all illicit fentanyl analogues not already regulated by the Controlled Substances Act into Schedule I—the category for substances...
View ArticleNIJ Directors Corner: Proactive Policing What We Know and What We Dont Know, Yet
In a new Director's Corner, Director David Muhlhausen provides an overview of a recent report published by the National of Academy of Sciences, based on research partially funded by NIJ, that presents...
View ArticleNIJ Journal Article Examines Importance of Non-DNA Forensic Evidence in...
In sexual assault cases, the investigation and exploration of the totality of the evidence collected are critical to unravelling the allegations. When DNA is not available or not probative, other...
View ArticleDHS Releases Market Survey on UAS
Visit https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/SAVER_Counter- Unmanned-Aerial-Systems-MSR_0917-508.pdf to read a U.S. Department of Homeland Security market survey on UAS. Counter-Unmanned Aerial...
View ArticleFormer Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Sentenced to Prison for...
A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) Special Agent was sentenced today to 36 months in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for orchestrating,...
View ArticleOklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Possession
An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty today to possession of child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R....
View ArticleAlabama Man Convicted of Sex Trafficking of a Minor
A federal jury convicted an Alabama man of sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice...
View ArticleAttorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks to the National Sheriffs’ Association
Thank you, Jonathan, for that kind introduction. It’s good to see you again. I also want to recognize Greg Champagne of St. Charles, Louisiana.Before I say anything else, I have to acknowledge, with...
View ArticleVirginia Man Convicted of Receiving Child Pornography on Tor Network Forum...
A Purcellville, Virginia man who was a member of a website dedicated to the advertising and sharing of child pornography on an online anonymous network pleaded guilty today to receipt of child...
View ArticleBrockton Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping
BOSTON – A Brockton man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to the armed kidnapping of a Quincy man and two children.Diego Pires, 23, pleaded guilty to kidnapping before U.S. District Court...
View ArticleMotley County High School Teacher Sentenced for the Enticement of a Sixteen...
LUBBOCK — Shonna Lynn Calaway, 48, of Matador, Texas, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 188 months in federal prison for having a sexual relationship with a sixteen...
View ArticleMS-13 Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Participate in a Violent...
A Maryland gang member pleaded guilty today to his participation in a racketeering enterprise in furtherance of the activities of the gang known as La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, including his...
View ArticleNavajo Woman from Navajo, N.M., Pleads Guilty to Federal Assault and Child...
Plea Agreement Recommends Ten Year Prison SentenceALBUQUERQUE – Elmira Curley, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Navajo, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court in...
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