Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents will be closer to an area that has been a hotbed for violent crime in the Hudson Valley in New York, the Associated Press reports. The agency is opening up a new $4.5 million regional office near the city of Newburgh, which has been the focus of FBI crackdowns on…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News His title may be “acting,” but there’s no pretending that things haven’t been outright wild, abuzz, atwitter, downright explosive since George Venizelos took over in March on a temporary basis as head of the New York FBI office, the largest in the country. There was the high-anxiety Times Square…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com About 500 federal, state and local police on Thursday converged on the town of Newburgh, about 50 miles north of New York City, to round up gang members of the Bloods and the Latin Kings, who authorities say have been responsible for a good chunk of crime and drug trafficking in…
It’s easy to become complacent when nothing happens for a while. Then along comes something like this to remind us that all is not well. By Sewell Chan New York Times NEW YORK — Federal authorities arrested four men on Wednesday night on charges of plotting to bomb a synagogue in the Riverdale section of…
