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Patrol

FBI Agent Kills Knife-Wielding Boston Suspect In Fla.

A Boston FBI agent shot and killed a man suspected of a triple homicide on Wednesday who had ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Ibragim Todashev reportedly "just went crazy" during questioning at an Orlando apartment and attacked the agent with an edged weapon.

May 21, 2013

Training

Report: FBI Agents Died In Fall From Helicopter

The two special agents were fast-roping to the ship when the helicopter encountered difficulties and the agents fell "a significant distance."

May 20, 2013

Training

FBI HRT Operators Killed In Training Accident

Two members of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) died Friday during a training exercise off the coast of Virginia Beach. Special agents Christopher Lorek, 41, and Stephen Shaw, 40, had served the FBI for 17 years and eight years respectively.

May 18, 2013

Patrol

Calif. Sheriff Asks FBI To Probe Death

Kern County (Calif.) Sheriff Donny Youngblood has asked the FBI to investigate the death of a man who was repeatedly struck by deputies' batons.

May 14, 2013

Patrol

Islamist Terrorist Plotted To Behead FBI Agents

A convicted terrorist who plotted to kill three FBI agents as revenge for his conviction was sentenced to life in prison on Monday. Hysen Sherifi, 29, received the sentence from U.S. Attorney District Court Judge W. Earl Britt.

May 13, 2013

Patrol

FBI: 47 Officers Feloniously Killed Last Year

The number of officers feloniously killed on duty fell by about a third in 2012 when compared to the prior year, the FBI announced Monday. Preliminary data shows that 47 officers were killed in 2012, a 35-percent drop from the 72 killed in 2011.

May 12, 2013

Patrol

Boston Top Cop: FBI Didn't Disclose Tsarnaev Probe

The Boston Police Department wasn't informed of a Russian intelligence warning about the Boston Marathon bombing suspect or an FBI probe of the matter, Commissioner Edward Davis told Congress today.

May 8, 2013

Special Units

Ariz.-Neb. Cartel Trafficking Case Named Operation of the Year

The investigation and prosecution resulted in the dismantling of a large-scale marijuana trafficking enterprise bringing narcotics into Nebraska from Arizona. The criminal enterprise operated as a partnership between the South Family Bloods street gang and Sinaloa Cartel.

May 8, 2013

Careers

FBI's Evidence Response Teams

The FBI special agents who spearhead regional Evidence Response Team (ERT) units work closely with mostly non-sworn evidence collection professionals to process some of the nation's most challenging crime scenes, including the Boston Marathon bombing.

May 7, 2013

Patrol

FBI: Minnesota Terror Plot Thwarted

A raid of a suspect's western Minnesota mobile home likely prevented a terror attack after federal agents seized Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, and guns, according to the FBI.

May 5, 2013

Patrol

Reward Doubled to $2M for N.J. Trooper's Killer

The reward for the capture of a 1970s black nationalist who killed a New Jersey trooper doubled to $2 million on the 40th anniversary of the crime. The FBI also named Assata Shakur to its Most Wanted Terrorists.

May 1, 2013

Patrol

Boston Bombing Suspect: No Terror Group Help

Accused Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told FBI investigators that he and his brother were operating alone and did not receive assistance from outside terrorist groups, officials said Tuesday.

April 22, 2013