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Friday, October 10, 2008 07:06:50 PM
by Jim Kouri - Voter registration fraud is a serious problem that endangers the security of our elections and puts legitimate voters at risk of having their ballots devalued or stolen. Tuesday, October 07, 2008 07:36:20 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced yesterday in a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Friday, October 03, 2008 07:51:23 AM
by Jim Kouri - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 300 gang members and gang associates here in the Los Angeles area over the last four months as part of a far-reaching law enforcement operation by ICE that generated more than 1,700 arrests nationwide, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Thursday, October 02, 2008 05:09:24 PM
by Jim Kouri - (The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Justice.) Monday, September 22, 2008 07:45:09 PM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - A leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced on Friday to 45 years in prison for his participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Edward M. Yarbrough of the Middle District of Tennessee announced. Saturday, September 20, 2008 12:57:47 PM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - The poppy trade that fuels terrorists and insurgents in Afghanistan is a problem that must be addressed but doesn't have a military solution, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said during a teleconference for Internet journalists and bloggers. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 06:53:52 AM
by Jim Kouri - Eight members of the 662 Boss Piru gang, which purports to be a sect of the notorious, nationwide Bloods gang, have been charged by a federal grand jury in a 19-count indictment. Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:22:25 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - A citizen of Italy was returned to his homeland and turned over to Italian authorities on Wednesday by officers from the Philadelphia office of detention and removal after completing a 46-month federal prison sentence. Friday, September 12, 2008 06:25:21 PM
by Jim Kouri - The Drug Enforcement Administration, San Diego Field Division Mobil Enforcement Team (MET), in cooperation with the San Diego County District Attorney and San Diego Police Department, announced the culmination of two undercover narcotics operations targeting gang members in Southeast San Diego that have resulted in drug-related charges being filed against 82 defendants. Thursday, September 04, 2008 04:42:20 PM
by Jim Kouri - More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation today following a three-week enforcement surge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams in California. Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:24:05 AM
by Jim Kouri - While the likes of the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and other news organizations have their reporters digging for dirt on Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's choice for vice president, their savior-in-waiting Barack Obama is getting a free ride at the expense of truth. Friday, August 29, 2008 10:02:00 AM
by Jim Kouri, TCV Staff - Bernard "Bernie" Ward, 57, a San Francisco resident who worked as a radio talk show host and was a frequent Fox News Channel and CNN guest representing the liberal-left viewpoint, was sentenced on Thursday to serve 7 years in federal prison. Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:42:37 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - The first defendant to be sentenced in the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) case charging 14 members of the violent Texas Syndicate prison gang with conspiring to participate in a violent enterprise responsible for murders, attempted murders, conspiracies to commit murder, robbery, drug trafficking, and other crimes in North Texas and other areas, was sentenced in federal court in Dallas. Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:20:20 PM
by Jim Kouri - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Response Team, along with ATF special agents from the Charlotte Field Division, have entered the investigation of a large commercial fire that occurred Sunday, August 17, 2008, at 200 Kennedy Street in Robbins, NC. The NRT responded at the request of the Robbins Fire and Police Departments. Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:01:00 AM
by Jim Kouri - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Jose Cabrera Sablan, 43, and James Ninete Leon Guerrero, 40, with first degree murder, first degree murder of a federal Correctional Officer and murder by a federal prisoner serving a life sentence, US Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced on Friday. Monday, August 18, 2008 10:40:27 AM
by Jim Kouri - A Virginia man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison following his conviction on multiple weapons charges, including possession of explosives and the attempted manufacture or possession of a weapon of mass destruction near the U.S. Capitol in January 2008, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey A. Taylor and U.S. Capitol Police Chief Phillip D. Morse Sr. announced on Friday in a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Monday, August 11, 2008 10:01:00 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents together with federal, state and local law enforcement partners across Massachusetts, have arrested 52 gang members and associates and 28 other criminals last week as part of the agency's Operation Community Shield initiative, which targets violent street gangs. Saturday, August 09, 2008 07:59:28 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working in conjunction with federal, state and local law enforcement partners across the United States, have arrested the 10,000th gang member under operation Community Shield, according to a report submitted to officials of the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Friday, August 08, 2008 10:01:07 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP -- United States immigration and State Department officials fear that their newly developed, high-tech visas are being sold on the Mexican black market. Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:28:54 PM
by Jim Kouri - In 2007, the US Department of State reported that some foreign diplomats are suspected of abusing the household workers they brought to the United States on A-3 or G-5 visas. Friday, July 25, 2008 10:00:00 AM
by Jim Kouri - Jesus Perez-Laguna, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced in federal court in Columbia, S.C., on charges stemming from a sex trafficking ring involving at least one teenage girl. Perez-Laguna was sentenced to over 14 years imprisonment and ordered to pay $52,500 in restitution to his victims. After his release from prison, Perez-Laguna will be on federal supervised release for the rest of his life. Tuesday, July 22, 2008 08:00:00 AM
by Jim Kouri, TCV Staff - A man recruited to join a domestic terrorist cell that was plotting to attack United States military facilities, "infidels," and Israeli and Jewish targets in the Los Angeles area as part of a "jihad" was sentenced today to more than 12 years in federal prison, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Sunday, July 20, 2008 09:02:41 AM
by Jim Kouri, TCV Staff -- While Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is posing as Commander in Chief in Iraq and Afghanistan, he appears oblivious to what's going on in his home state Illinois: an invasion by illegal aliens who have criminal records. Saturday, July 19, 2008 07:25:06 AM
by Jim Kouri - (This article is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police. The writer is the organization's public information officer.) Friday, July 18, 2008 06:30:00 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - While most of the focus of federal law enforcement today is on counterterrorism, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized crime gangs. Wednesday, July 02, 2008 07:29:49 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - Defendants Hassan Saied Keshari and Traian Bujduveanu were arrested on June 20 and 21 on charges of conspiring to export military aircraft parts to Iran, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Monday, June 30, 2008 06:52:42 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - Last week, 96 street gang members and associates were arrested as a result of a state-wide public safety initiative in New Jersey, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Sunday, June 29, 2008 08:45:18 AM
by Jim Kouri - Seventy members and associates of the Drew Street clique of the Avenues gang have been named in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed on June 25 that alleges a long series of narcotics-related offenses and violent crimes -- including murder, attacks against police officers, witness intimidation and extortion of local businesses. Wednesday, June 25, 2008 06:09:49 PM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - [The following is based on an FBI strategy report sent to the 14,000-member National Association of Chiefs of Police.] Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:30:00 AM
by Jim Kouri, CPP - A US Army contract translator was sentenced today to 121 months of imprisonment for illegally possessing national defense documents, and using a false identity to procure his United States citizenship and to gain access to classified military materials. In addition, the court issued an order stripping the defendant of his United States citizenship on the basis of his conviction for unlawful procurement of citizenship. |