WASHINGTON—An Orange County, California man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal terrorism offense, admitting that he intended to assist al Qaeda by traveling to Pakistan, where he would provide weapons training to members of the terrorist group. Sinh Vinh…

SAN FRANCISCO - The Coast Guard is warning boaters and beach-goers along the Northern California coast, from the Oregon-California border to San Luis Obispo, to use caution in coastal areas due to an increase in rip currents and possible “sneaker…

BALTIMORE — Coast Guard crews rescued a man and three dogs Tuesday after the 59-foot sailboat he was aboard ran aground in the vicinity of Smith Point near the Little Wicomico River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Baltimore received a…

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Duncan Badding, 25, of Williamsville, N.Y., was sentenced to one year in prison, to be followed by a 2 year period of supervised release, for unlawfully making and unlawfully possessing destructive devices. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel L.…

MCALLEN, TX—Freddy Centeno, 52 of Brownsville, has been ordered to prison for money laundering for a convicted drug trafficker. Centeno, a licensed real estate agent, pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information August 30, 2013. U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez…

BOSTON—A Harvard student has been named in a criminal complaint alleging that he was responsible for yesterday’s bomb threats at Harvard University. It is alleged that Eldo Kim, 20, of Cambridge, e-mailed several bomb threats to offices associated with Harvard…

WASHINGTON - A Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan for $452 million has been approved by the Department of Transportation to finance the Downtown Crossing section of the Louisville and Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project. The cost…

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A federal grand jury charged Kim Mulder, the owner and CEO of Kentwood Pharmacy, with a superseding indictment charging conspiracy to misbrand drugs and conspiracy to create false prescription records. Mulder also faces a charge of…

SAN FRANCISCO—A federal indictment charging Diane Cobb and Paul Sloane Davis with 15 counts of conspiracy, mail fraud, and wire fraud, and charging Diane Cobb with five counts of aggravated identity theft, was unsealed today in federal court. Cobb, 56,…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking the public’s assistance with obtaining identifying information regarding an unknown male suspected of sexually exploiting a child. Photographs and informational posters depicting the unknown individual, known only as John Doe 27, are…

CAMDEN, NJ—A property manager has admitted to conspiring to defrauding financial institutions as part of a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scam that used phony documents and “straw buyers” to make illegal profits on over-developed condominiums in Wildwood, New Jersey. Steven Schlatmann,…

William Potts, Jr., a/k/a William Freeman, a/k/a Lieutenant Spartacus, was arrested by the FBI today at Miami International Airport on charges of air piracy. Potts was indicted in the Southern District of Florida in 1985 after diverting a Piedmont Airlines…