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FDLE agents arrested four South Florida men, including a father and son, charging them with racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, organized scheme to defraud, and multiple counts of extortion. Agents say, Bruce Leonard Chait, Shawn David Chait, and their co-conspirators, Harris Shapiro, John Colonel, and…
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The FBI Violent Crime Task Force seeks assistance from the public to identify and locate a suspect, dubbed the “Yankees Cap Crook,” who is responsible for a Houston area bank robbery. On January 4, 2021, a man entered the Woodforest Bank located within a Walmart…
Read More FBI $5,000 Reward: Can You Help Catch The ‘Yankees Cap Crook’?
U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) joined Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and U.S. Rep. Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (R-Ariz.) in introducing the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to prohibit states, localities, or any other organization from using federal funding to maintain gun registries. The…
Read More U.S. Republican Senators Introduce GRIP Act, Prohibit Federal Funding For Gun Registries
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced Friday, that Philip M. Close, 43, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles A. Siragusa to a 74-count indictment, including 61 counts of production of child pornography and 13 counts of possession of material containing…
Read More New York Music Teacher Pleads Guilty, 61-Counts Production Of Child Porn, Facing 2,090 Years in Prison
A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). According to court documents, Jessica Johanna Oseguera…
Read More DOJ: Daughter of Mexican Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
The FBI Washington Field Office is seeking information about the kidnapping and presumed death of Cydney Mizell. Cydney Mizell was an American non-governmental organization worker who has been missing since January 2008. Mizell was abducted, along with her driver, by unidentified gunmen from Kandahar City,…
Read More FBI Seeking Info Regarding the Kidnapping and Presumed Death of Cydney Mizell
Tyra Latrice Clark, 22, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kristi H. Johnson to serve a total of 108 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for sex trafficking of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Darren…
Read More 22-Year-Old Tennessee Woman Gets 9-Years for Sex Trafficking a Child
A South Korean national pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense. According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, Hyun Dong Jo of the Republic of Korea was the designated manager under…
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U.S. House Democrats passed the bill to require background checks on all gun sales and a 10-day review for all firearm purchases. With a final vote of 227 to 203 on Thursday morning, only one Democrat voted no. Eight Republicans supported the bill. On Tuesday,…
Read More U.S. House Democrats Pass Gun Bill, 10-Day Background Check Review on All Gun Sales
A federal grand jury in Alabama returned a five-count indictment today charging two Alabama men, an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) sergeant and corrections officer with assaulting an inmate at ADOC’s Staton Correctional Facility and making false statements following the assault. According to court documents,…
Read More Alabama Correctional Sergeant and Officer Indicted for Inmate Abuse, Obstruction of Justice