Department of Justice Expands Services for Crime Victims
New Federal Rule Helps States Plan for Historic Funding IncreasesThe Department of Justice today published a final rule expanding the ability of victim serving agencies and organizations across the...
View ArticleMarshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Area Drug Dealer Barry Wilhelm
Martinsburg, WV - The Mountain State Fugitive Task Force, comprised of members from the United States Marshals Service, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, West Virginia Department of Parole, and the...
View ArticleIdentity Document Supplier Pleads Guilty for Role in Identity Trafficking Scheme
An identity document supplier pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit identification fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit human smuggling for financial gain in relation to his...
View ArticleFact Sheet on Stab-Resistant Body Armor Standard Available on JUSTNET
You can download "Addressing Real World Stab and Slash Threats," a fact sheet on the National Institute of Justice's project to revise its stab-resistant body armor standard, by visiting...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Arrests Scott Bolton
Scranton, PA - Today, U.S. Marshal Martin J. Pane announced that the United States Marshals Service (USMS) Fugitive Task Force arrested Scott Bolton – a 52-year old man in Duryea, PA.In June 2016,...
View ArticleDelaware Man Indicted for Child Pornography Offenses and Planning to Meet...
A Delaware man was indicted today on charges related to his plan to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex and additional charges related to the production and distribution of child pornography, announced...
View ArticleTwo Kentucky Men Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Two Kentucky men were sentenced to between five and more than six years in prison today after pleading guilty in April and May to conspiring to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and aggravated...
View ArticleLead Defendant in Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced to 35...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Cleto Tarin, 53, most recently of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John McBryde to 420 months in federal prison, following his conviction at...
View ArticleATF Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Bozeman Gun Dealer Burglary
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect who burglarized Murdoch’s...
View ArticleCherry Hill Gang Member Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for...
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George L. Russell, III today sentenced Michael Smith, a/k/a Lil Mikey, age 23, of Baltimore, to 24 years in federal prison, followed by five years of...
View ArticleTwo KCK Men Sentenced to 12 Years in Conspiracy to Rob Drug House
KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Two Kansas City, Kan., men were sentenced Monday to 12 years in federal prison for taking part in a plot to commit an armed robbery at a drug house, Acting U.S. Attorney Tom Beall...
View ArticleIndiana State Police “Active Shooter” Training
08.17.2016Story by Capt. Matthew Collins 205th Press Camp HeadquartersThe state troopers were conducting a solo officer response to an active shooter exercise. The objective is to give individual...
View ArticleAttempted Murder Suspect Arrested in Chicago
U.S. Marshals Task Force Assists Ames Police in ManhuntDes Moines, IA - U.S. Marshals joined Ames Police on Thursday in the manhunt for a Fort Dodge man who was wanted for an August 9th shooting that...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and North Versailles Police Capture...
Pittsburgh, PA - Members of the United States Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force (WPAFTF) and officers from the North Versailles Police Department captured Demetres Beck at approximately...
View ArticleUpcoming School Safety Conferences
Information is available on two school safety-related conferences sponsored by the School Safety Advocacy Council. A School Safety Leadership Academy will be held Nov. 10-11, 2016 in Palm Springs,...
View ArticleMadison Home Invasion Suspect Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Chicago
Madison, WI - Michael Hogan, 26, from Chicago, was arrested yesterday in Chicago, IL by members of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. An arrest warrant had been issued pursuant...
View ArticleMurder Suspect Who Posed as Lyft Driver Arrested by U.S. Marshals Task Force
Carrollton, TX - Donaldo Velasquez, a fugitive wanted for violently stabbing a man to death after posing as a Lyft driver, was arrested yesterday by members of the U.S. Marshals-led Joint East Texas...
View ArticleATF and Firearms Industry Offer Reward In Attempted Firearms Theft
Seeking Public’s Help in Burglary of Firearms Business.CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade...
View ArticleAccokeek Man Exiled to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Offenses
Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge George Jarrod Hazel sentenced Bryan Leneil Tiggle, age 32, of Accokeek, Maryland, late on August 15, 2016, to 10 years in federal prison, followed by four...
View ArticleTwo Women Sought for Questioning in Unsolved Attempted Homicide
DENVER – The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Denver Police Department are seeking the identities and whereabouts of two women wanted for questioning in an unsolved attempted...
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