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The FBI is working with Canadian authorities to confirm the possible sighting of one of its Domestic Terrorism fugitives. Last November, the Bureau announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four eco-terrorists known as The Family.…
by Donna Miles American Forces Press Service Keith Mutton, who helps to run the U.S. Air Forces Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program at the Royal Air Force base in Mildenhall, England, rewards Goldie, a 9-year-old Moroccan lanner hawk, for helping…
WASHINGTONThe U.S. Department of Justice announced the availability of an online computer system to help protect states and consumers from automobile fraud and to provide law enforcement with new tools to investigate fraud, theft, and other crimes involving vehicles. The…
by Donna Miles American Forces Press Service An F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off from a Lockheed Martin facility in Fort Worth, Texas, for an initial flight as part of system development testing. (Courtesy photo) WASHINGTON (AFNS) --…
Greenbelt, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. sentenced Walter Jones, age 34, of Essex, Maryland, to 78 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with a property…
CAMDEN A jury convicted five men on charges they plotted to kill members of the U.S. military. After 5½ days of deliberations, which began Dec. 17, the jury convicted Mohamad Ibrahim Shnewer, brothers Dritan Duka, Shain Duka and Eljvir Duka…
TAMPA, FLA -- Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, a resident of Tampa and native of Egypt, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday to 15 years imprisonment on a charge that he provided material support to terrorists. Mohamed entered…
A former U.S. Coast Guard petty officer pleaded guilty to using his position to extort tens of thousands of dollars from the family of an illegal immigrant. Benjamin Bostic, age 35, of Macomb Township, Michigan entered the guilty plea in…
Last April, when tornadoes were threatening Jackson, Mississippi, many residents were not alerted to the severe weather because five tornado warning sirens didnt work. The reason: the sirens copper wiring had been stolen. A month earlier in Polk County, Florida,…
by Staff Sgt. Matthew Bates COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- Thousands of U.S. military men and women are deployed across the globe promoting democracy, guarding freedom and fighting terrorism. They are the fingers of the nations military, extending its reach…
San Diego, CA - Stephen Parker Gardner, former Chief Executive Officer of Peregrine Systems, Inc. (PeregrineÂÂÂ), was sentenced December 11 in federal court in San Diego by United States District Court Judge Thomas J. Whelan to serve 97 months in…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - IKEA North America Services LLC, of Conshohocken, Pa., has agreed to pay the government a $500,000 civil penalty. The penalty, which has been provisionally accepted by the Commission, settles allegations that the company failed to immediately report…