WASHINGTON — The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund on Friday named senior officer specialist Melissa Foy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons officer of the month for October. Foy works at the high-security facility, U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton in West Virginia. The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund said in a statement: “Officer Foy knows…
MANASSAS, Va. — Several months after moving in, the FBI’s Washington field office officially dedicated its 200,000 -square foot, state of the art Northern Viriginia office Friday with the usual ribbon cutting, speeches and food. The luminaries in attendance included Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) and Joseph Persichini Jr., the head of the FBI Washington…
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports that Larry Austin, a former Florida Highway Patrol commander, has been named federal security director for Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. “Larry’s hands-on experience in law enforcement and his demonstrated ability to lead will be an asset to TSA’s operations in New Orleans,” Lee Kair,…
Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Collins Jr. of the Southern District of New York was recently named a winner of a 2007 Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) National Award for his prosecution of two violent Westchester County street gangs, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Collins and others helped indict 37 gang members, authorities said….
ATLANTA — U.S. Atty. David. E. Nahmias recently announced that his office hired 24 new federal prosecutors in the past 16 months. The new additions include: Chris Bly, Jill E. Steinberg, David Suchar, Lynn Thesing, Richard Moultrie, Gerald Sachs, Cassandra Schansman, Michael Smith, Corey Steinberg, Christopher Huber, Matthew Jackson, Tracia King, Mary Kruger, Sally Molloy,…
Jeannette Adelaide Steinbraker, 92, a secretary for the FBI in the 1930s. died Oct. 11 of congestive heart failure in Derwood, Md., the Washington Post reported. After working at the FBI Steinbraker went to the National Cancer Institute, the paper reporter. She retired as assistant grants administrator at the National Cancer Institute in 1981.
Roy K. Moore leaves behind a legacy, working for justice during an ugly era in the civil rights movement. By Holbrook Mohr Associated Press Writer JACKSON, Miss. — Roy K. Moore, an FBI agent who oversaw investigations into some of the most notorious civil rights-era killings, including those depicted in the movie “Mississippi Burning,” has…
John Moore retired last year after 33 years as a Special Agent with the U. S. Secret Service. Prior to that, he spent 10 years as a member of the Arlington County Virginia Police Department. It’s been a little over two years since his dear friend, Arlington detective, Steven Carter, died of cancer. In memory…
