The Sopranos tv series may have gone off the air, but the government says the traditional mob continues on. By DON JORDAN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Nearly a dozen Palm Beach and Broward county residents were indicted today (Thursday) after federal prosecutors outlined their alleged roles in a organized crime ring specializing in fraud,…
By Leonard Pitts Jr. Miami Herald Columnist Like the Mounties, they finally got their men. And all it took was three years, three trials and millions of taxpayer dollars. At that price, you’d like to feel a certain satisfaction from last week’s guilty verdict against five men from inner-city Miami who stood accused of conspiring…
It’s dumbfounding to uncover these type of homegrown plots. Who knows how many other little groups there are out there. By MICHAEL WILSON New York Times NEW YORK — They were four ex-convicts – one a crack addict, another whose most recent arrest involved snatching purses – and they gathered their terror tools as they…
Scary to think these agencies are so vulnerable. Looks like some IT folks have some work to do. By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press WASHINGTON – Law enforcement computers were struck by a mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution. The U.S….
Federal authorities are calling this the largest gang takedown in U.S. history. Whatever the case, this gang was one nasty gang. By The Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES –– Federal authorities today unveiled a sweeping racketeering indictment accusing a southern Los Angeles County street gang of a litany of crimes, including killing a sheriff’s deputy…
Witnesses get bumped off in cases all the time. But usually one of the suspects isn’t a former federal prosecutor. By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI New York Times NEWARK – For prosecutors in New Jersey, much about the 2004 murder of Deshawn McCray was all too familiar: Yet another key witness in a major drug case had…
The testimony only helps create more questions than answers to this controversial topic. By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON – FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States could pose a number of risks, even if they were kept in maximum-security prisons. Responding to FBI…
On one hand you have to applaud the FBI in Chicago for doing this. On the other hand, you really have to ask: What took so long? For years, now federal and local law enforcement have passed up on using the Internet to help solve crimes. All the bureaus around the country have to do…
