Crime & Public Safety

Congress passed legislation in December to give local police authority to disable drones. NYPD teamed up with the FBI to train officers ahead of a busy summer.

‘This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota,’ says Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the National Fraud Enforcement Division.

The case focused on a convicted murderer’s attempt to argue his intellectual functioning was too low for him to receive the death penalty.

Fifty-eight of the illegals were from the Dominican Republic, with the remaining six from Haiti.

State attorneys general receive a letter saying their fraud units ‘have been happy to rake in taxpayer dollars without fighting fraud.’

The Treasury Department said the designated individuals and entities helped launder proceeds from fentanyl and other narcotics.

Agents discovered 18 packages containing about 45 pounds of suspected cocaine in a Mexican citizen’s vehicle.

Charges in the 1996 shootdown of two planes, killing four people, carry a maximum penalty of death or life in prison. The former Cuban leader is 94.

The former U.S. attorney under Jack Smith was indicted on charges that carry up to 25 years in prison if she’s convicted on all counts.

The officers allege the money will ‘finance the violent operations of rioters, paramilitaries, and their supporters.’

The operation builds on ‘Project Hope,’ a similar initiative launched during President Donald Trump’s first term.

Thirteen of those found in the truck face immigration charges, while the remainder are expected to be immediately deported from the United States.

The acting attorney general appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.

The Justice Department alleges the state’s policy has resulted in sexual assault and other crimes against female inmates.

Nancy Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1 after investigators said they believed she had been taken against her will from her home near Tucson, Arizona.

While announcing the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul justified the need for legislation, citing the safety of local citizens.

ICE agent Christian Castro faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of false reporting of a crime.