Articles Tagged With ‘Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as the nation’s prime Federal law enforcement organization. Operating under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI is concurrently a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence.[2] A lead U.S. counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime.” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Written on 2 Sep, 2015 in
Daily Briefs, Featured |
16 comments FBI agents and members of the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office raided Palm Springs City Hall and the mayor’s home Tuesday as part of a political corruption investigation. No one was arrested, though city staffers were sent home. The investigating... (Continue reading)
Written on 14 May, 2015 in
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8 comments The second in command at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and a captain in charge of internal criminal investigations at the LASD were indicted Wednesday on obstruction of justice charges for allegedly directing efforts to quash a federal investigation... (Continue reading)
Written on 19 Apr, 2015 in
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3 comments The Santa Maria Department of Social Services was evacuated Friday after an employee opened a letter containing a white powder. [KEYT] Shortly after 11 a.m., the employee opened the envelope and found chunky pieces of an unknown white substance wrapped... (Continue reading)
CORRECTION: The photo originally posted was of the wrong Victor Speedy Gonzales. By KAREN VELIE The FBI is offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest of Victor Speedy Gonzales, 36, a Nipomo man allegedly involved in a... (Continue reading)
Agents with the FBI, California Highway Patrol officers and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a pre-dawn operation that led to the arrest of 12 members of a Central Coast narcotics trafficking organization. Officers are still searching for one... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Mar, 2015 in
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9 comments The city of San Luis Obispo has settled a lawsuit filed by two confidential informants of a former police officer who was convicted of extortion. FBI agents arrested Cory Pierce in Feb. 2013 after an undercover investigation revealed that the... (Continue reading)
Written on 10 Mar, 2015 in
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14 comments The black and white flag of ISIS made a prominent appearance on the San Luis Obispo Marathon website over the weekend. [KSBY] Slomarathon.com was one of several U.S. websites hacked by someone claiming to be an affiliate of the Islamic... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Feb, 2015 in
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49 comments While crime rates in the United States have been dropping for two decades, in the past five years the San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles area has recorded a 48.3 percent increase in violent crime. [24/7 Wall St.] Between 1991... (Continue reading)
Written on 30 Dec, 2014 in
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39 comments The San Luis Obispo Police Department has asked the FBI to investigate a Facebook post the department determined poses a threat to local officers and their families. [Tribune] On Dec. 23, a San Luis Obispo resident posted his anger at... (Continue reading)
Written on 1 Dec, 2014 in
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9 comments Members of the Calexico City Council are running an extortion racket and are teaming up with police officers to shut down criminal investigations and blackmail city government members, according to the U.S. border town’s new police chief. [NBC San Diego]... (Continue reading)
