WASHINGTON A Biloxi attorney and two former Mississippi state court judges have been sentenced for their roles in an extensive bribery scheme, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today. Chief Judge Henry T. Wingate sentenced…

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Joyce Dawley, Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Ken Mascara, Sheriff,…

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced that defendants Kurt D. Anderson and Leon D. Clarke were sentenced on robbery,…

Illinois Man Is 12th Conviction from Operation SafeHaven WASHINGTON An Illinois man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in an organized online software distribution conspiracy, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S.…

EL PASO, TEXAS U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers performing anti-terror inspections at the Paso Del Norte port of entry seized 10.9 pounds of heroin on Monday, August 20 at the Paso Del Norte crossing in downtown El Paso.…

Enormous detector makes first real-time detection of elusive, low-energy neutrinos streaming from the sun's core The fully-assembled Borexino detector is visible from multiple cameras embedded in the structure. An international team of researchers has detected low-energy solar neutrinos--subatomic particles produced…

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands - Two Haitian citizens received a collective sentence of 37 months in prison here this month after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigation revealed that they were part of a scheme that involved…

Received Child Pornography via Peer-to-Peer Software WASHINGTON A Richmond, Va., man was sentenced to 87 months in prison for receipt of child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of the…

LAS VEGAS - A fifth grade teacher with the Nye County School District appeared in federal court yesterday to answer to charges of possessing and receiving child pornography over the Internet, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

May Increase Chance of Serious Side Effects in Infants The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that nursing infants may be at increased risk of morphine overdose if their mothers are taking codeine and are ultra-rapid metabolizers of…

WASHINGTON Three residents of Lakeland, Fla., were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., on six counts related to their participation in a conspiracy to sell millions of dollars of pirated computer software, Assistant Attorney General Alice…

WASHINGTON A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida has convicted Jose Padilla of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals in a foreign country, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists, Attorney…