New Study Reveals the Dynamics of the Commercial Sex Trade
A study is available of the underground commercial sex economy in eight cities (Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Seattle, San Diego and Washington, D.C.). The study, conducted by the Urban...
View ArticleUnderstanding Trends in Hate Crimes Against Immigrants and Hispanic-Americans
This report informs policy makers and practitioners about the strength of the empirical foundation of measured hate crime in the United States. Trends are frequently in question when discussing the...
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Active shooter exercise keeps Youngstown ready to respond
by Eric M. White910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office3/19/2014 - YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- Are you prepared to respond appropriately if an active shooter enters your workplace and...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Task Force Tracks Down Murder Suspect
Memphis, TN - A first degree murder suspect was arrested in Memphis, Tenn., today by the U.S. Marshals Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.Rodney “Big Head” Jennings was wanted out of Chattanooga,...
View ArticleLouisiana Man Sentenced to Prison for Threatening Witness in Federal Trial
Anthony Williams Used Instagram to Threaten Witness at His Mother’s Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Trial Anthony Williams, of Baton Rouge, La., was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison followed by two...
View ArticleCalifornia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Racially Motivated Assault on...
Billy James Hammett, 30, of Marysville, Calif., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to serve 87 months in prison for violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes...
View ArticleCarry The Load announces 2014 National Relay route
DALLAS,TX – Carry The Load announced today the dates for its 2014 National Relay, which will begin on April 29 in West Point, NY, and end with its 20 hours and 14 minutes Memorial March in Dallas, TX,...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Service Awards Purple Heart to Deputy U.S. Marshal and St....
Ft. Pierce, FL – A deputy U.S. marshal and a St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputy wounded in the line of duty received U.S. Marshals Service Purple Heart awards from Stacia A. Hylton, director of the U.S....
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Requesting Public’s Assistance on Cold Case Homicide
Lafayette, LA – Wilmar Omar Fernandez-Ramirez, AKA: Omar Ramirez is Wanted by the Lafayette Police Department for a homicide that occurred during the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day (November...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Task Force Arrests Lancaster Shooting Suspect in York
Harrisburg, PA – United States Marshal Martin J. Pane announced today that the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) Task Force arrested Joshua Rojas, a 29-year old man, in York, Pennsylvania.Rojas was being...
View ArticleMinnesota Woman Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking for Holding Victim in...
Tieu Tran, 59, of Mankato, Minn., pleaded guilty late yesterday to one count of forced labor trafficking in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the Justice Department announced...
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Dyess Airmen witness effects of drunk driving
by Senior Airman Shannon Hall7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs3/27/2014 - DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group witnessed the effects of drunk driving firsthand during their...
View ArticleAssociate Attorney General Tony West Delivers Remarks at the Community...
Thank you, Director Lum, for that warm welcome. I am very pleased to be with you this morning to help kick off the Community Relations Service’s new Transgender Law Enforcement Training.This training...
View Article10th Street Gang Member Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy Involving a Murder;...
Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that 10th Street Gang member Miguel Moscoso, 23, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty to Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations...
View ArticleFive Individuals Charged with Conspiring to Fraudulently Obtain Union Job for...
Former New York Post Driver Also Charged with Having “No Show” JobFive men have been charged in the Eastern District of New York with conspiring to defraud the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers’ Union...
View ArticleFingerprint Technology: Cutting Edge Research
NIJ’s Sensor, Surveillance, and Biometric Technologies (SSBT) Center of Excellence (CoE) has undertaken an evaluation of fingerprint data gathered from traditional two dimensional (2D) contact-based...
View ArticleSaharan Express Interagency Meeting Brings Maritime Security Experts Together
By Lt. Cmdr. Kent Laborde, Saharan Express Public AffairsDAKAR, Senegal (NNS) -- Military and civilian leadership met for the second annual interagency meeting during Exercise Saharan Express 2014,...
View ArticleFugitive of the Week Arrested After Attempting to Flee Out Window
Concord, NH – This afternoon, today’s Fugitive of the Week, James Brown, II was arrested by members of the Rochester Police Department. James Brown, 26, who was last known to live in Rochester, NH, was...
View ArticleFormer Puerto Rico Correctional Officer Sentenced for Scheme to Smuggle...
A former correctional officer in Puerto Rico was sentenced to serve 37 months in prison for attempting to smuggle heroin into state prison by delivering it to an inmate in the parking lot of the...
View ArticleFugitive of the Week' Arrested in Michigan After Year-Long Hunt
Concord, NH – This afternoon, Fugitive of the Week, Shaun Ellis was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Brownstown Township, Michigan. Ellis was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant...
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