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Anarchists Planned Bombing of Cleveland-Area Bridge, 2 LE Centers

FBI agents arrested five members of an anarchist group Monday who are charged with planning to bomb an Ohio bridge and identifying other targets including a justice center, fusion center, second bridge, Federal Reserve Bank, and Ku Klux Klan location.

April 30, 2012

Technology

Feds Probe Alleged Wiretapping by NFL Team

A joint Louisiana State Police and FBI task force is investigating allegations that the New Orleans Saints set up general manager Mickey Loomis' booth in the Superdome so he could listen in on opposing coaches.

April 25, 2012

Technology

FBI to Add Violent Offender File to NCIC

The FBI plans to add a "violent offender file" to its NCIC index in August to give field officers more information about the violent offenders who may attack them during a stop.

April 19, 2012

Technology

Anonymous Member Indicted For Hacking Utah Law Enforcement Websites

The federal government has filed charges against a 21-year-old Ohio resident who allegedly hacked into the computers of two Utah law enforcement agencies as a member of the Anonymous hacking collective.

April 16, 2012

Patrol

FBI Probes Police Shooting of Calif. Teen

The FBI has launched a civil rights probe into the fatal officer-involved shooting of an unarmed Pasadena, Calif., teenager by officers who were told he was an armed robbery suspect.

April 9, 2012

Special Units

Nuestra Familia Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

A Northern California man has pleaded guilty to operating a cocaine trafficking conspiracy for the Nuestra Familia prison gang, federal authorities announced Monday.

April 9, 2012

Special Units

Calif. Hells Angels Leader Sentenced In Mortgage Fraud Case

The leader of the Santa Rosa, Calif., Hells Angels received a 12-month prison sentence and ordered to pay $130,000 in restitution for his role in a mortgage-fraud scheme.

April 4, 2012

Patrol

Fallen Federal Heroes

Since Christmas, the federal law enforcement community has lost five heroes. Two were fatally wounded by gunfire, one drowned during a rescue effort, and two succumbed to severe medical attacks.

April 3, 2012

Special Units

Tijuana Cartel Leader Gets 25 Years In Prison

A federal judge sentenced Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who once ran the violent Tijuana drug cartel, to 25 years to life following his guilty plea to racketeering and conspiracy charges.

April 2, 2012

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Militia Members Acquitted of Police Attack Plan

A federal judge acquitted five Hutaree militia members in a plot to overthrow the government that included killing a police officer and bombing his funeral.

March 27, 2012

Special Units

Feds Arrest Army Soldiers In Murder-for-Hire Plot

Federal agents have arrested a current and former U.S. Army soldier who offered to steal weapons from Fort Carson, Colo., and organize a hit squad financed by a Mexican drug cartel.

March 26, 2012

Patrol

ACLU: FBI's 'Positive Intel' Violates Muslims' Religious Rights

The FBI used its "mosque outreach" program to illegally obtain information about the religious practices of San Francisco-area Muslims, the American Civil Liberties Union claims.

March 26, 2012