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The FBI is warning officials in all 50 states of planned armed riots at state capitol buildings and the U.S. Capitol. According to an FBI bulletin obtained by ABC News, the numerous protests start this week and continue until at least Inauguration Day. “The FBI received information about an identified armed group intending to travel […]
An Ohio man has been sentenced to two years in prison for pretending to be a long-missing child from Illinois. According to ABC, U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett handed the sentence to 25-year-old Brian Michael Rini on Tuesday. He also received one year of probation. “I wish that I could just take it back,” Rini said […]
Casanova one of 18 alleged gang members who have been indicted on a slew of criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The FBI announced the charges Tuesday, identifying each of the defendants as members of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation street […]
According to a press release put out on Monday by the FBI, reported hate crimes in America in 2019 reached the highest level they’ve been at since 2008. Data collected from participating law enforcement agencies pinned the total number of crimes meeting the criteria at 7,314, which (again) reaches the highest total since 7,783 such crimes were recorded […]
Chick-fil-A is apparently so good, a Georgia woman was willing to get arrested for a free bite. The Charlotte Observer reports that Kimberly Ragsdale posed as an FBI agent to score complimentary food from employees, and was later arrested and charged for impersonating a public officer. Officers say that the 47-year-old also tried to deceive […]
The FBI is looking into robocalls made to citizens across the country trying to suppress their votes, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security told Reuters on Tuesday. Officials in Michigan have revealed that voters in Flint—one of the areas in the state that typically votes Democrat—have been receiving automated calls telling them to go […]
Federal agencies released an advisory Wednesday, warning the health sector about a “credible” cyber crime threat to U.S. hospitals. The joint warning was issued by the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. It urged hospitals and health-provides to increase security measures, as experts have received […]
The same far-right militia group that was allegedly planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also discussed kidnapping Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (above), the Detroit News writes. The group reportedly talked about “taking out” a second politician, according to testimony from an FBI agent on Tuesday. FBI Special Agent Richard Trask identified that politician to be Northam during a […]
On Monday, an officer for the New York Police Department was charged for allegedly spying on Tibetan New Yorkers on behalf of the Chinese government. A criminal complaint spells out the accusations against 33-year-old Baimadajie Angwang, with that complaint saying that Angwang served as an illegal agent who was at the “direction and control” of Chinese government officials […]
Armando Perez, the police chief of Bridgeport, Connecticut, has resigned from his post after being arrested on federal fraud charges. The city’s mayor, Joe Ganim, announced the news in a video posted to social media Thursday afternoon, confirming Assistant Chief Rebeca Garcia will be the acting police chief until further notice. Perez and Bridgeport’s personnel director, David Dunn, were […]
