Ex-Navy SEAL convicted of planning to fire explosives at police during San Diego ‘No Kings’ rally
Read full article: Ex-Navy SEAL convicted of planning to fire explosives at police during San Diego ‘No Kings’ rallyA jury has convicted a former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs of transporting fireworks across state lines with plans to shoot explosives at police during last year’s “No Kings” protest in San Diego.
5 people charged after migrant boat capsized, killing 3, including 14-year-old boy from India
Read full article: 5 people charged after migrant boat capsized, killing 3, including 14-year-old boy from IndiaFederal officials have filed charges against five people in connection to a boat that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast that killed three people.
Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
Read full article: Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a directive to drop the office’s corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Sheldon ISD teacher among 17 arrested in FBI bust related to drug and gang activity in Houston area
Read full article: Sheldon ISD teacher among 17 arrested in FBI bust related to drug and gang activity in Houston areaU.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani will join leaders from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to announce Thursday several arrests related to drug and gang activity in the Houston area.
2 more people charged with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with a bag of cash plead not guilty
Read full article: 2 more people charged with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with a bag of cash plead not guiltyTwo more people charged with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases have pleaded not guilty.
Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
Read full article: Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120KThe U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI have announced that five people, including a man acquitted at trial, have been charged with conspiring to bribe a juror in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases with a bag of $120,000 in cash.
Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program
Read full article: Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid programA watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases.
'Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy
Read full article: 'Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracyA federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors Wednesday of leaking confidential information to defense attorneys as part of a bribery conspiracy that prosecutors said imperiled high-profile cases and the lives of overseas drug informants.
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2 Italian managers indicted in Fiat Chrysler emissions probe
Read full article: 2 Italian managers indicted in Fiat Chrysler emissions probeTwo Italian managers in Fiat Chrysler’s diesel engine program have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in a widening case involving allegations of emissions test cheating.
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Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrest
Read full article: Feds threaten funds to NYC, Seattle and Portland over unrestIn Portland, they pointed to 100 consecutive nights of protests “marred by vandalism, chaos, and even killing” and in New York City, the Justice Department pointed to a skyrocketing number of shootings throughout the five boroughs. It is not the first time the Justice Department has attempted to take action against city officials for the violent demonstrations. The department also explored whether it could pursue either criminal or civil rights charges against city officials in Portland after clashes erupted there night after night between law enforcement and demonstrators. In a joint statement, de Blasio, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan decried the designation as “thoroughly political and unconstitutional.”"The President is playing cheap political games with Congressionally directed funds. ___Associated Press writers Karen Matthews in New York and Eugene Johnson in Seattle contributed to this report.
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4 Houston men arrested in connection with armored car robbery scheme
Read full article: 4 Houston men arrested in connection with armored car robbery schemeBEAUMONT, Texas – Four Houston men were arrested in Beaumont in connection with an armored car robbery scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas. Investigators believe the crew is responsible for the October 2019 fatal shooting of an armored car guard in northwest Houston, officials said. RELATED: Armored truck guard shot, killed during northwest Houston robberyAccording to the criminal complaint, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was investigating a series of armored car robberies, including the fatal robbery of a Loomis armored car courier that occurred Oct. 24, 2019, in Houston. RELATED: Dramatic photos show moments before armored truck guard fatally shot in face during robberyA subsequent investigation led officers to the four men arrested. Upon arriving in Lake Charles, the men were observed by law enforcement officers following an armored vehicle that then traveled to Beaumont, officials said.
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