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6 hrs ago | Federal Bureau of Investigation

Man sentenced for vandalizing and burning Islamic center.

Senior Judge Robert L. Echols of the Middle District of Tennessee today sentenced Michael Corey Golden to 14 years and three months in prison and three years of supervised released for vandalizing and burning down the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., the Justice Department announced.

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Related Topix: Columbia, TN, Fire, Criminal Defense Law, Law, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Guampdn.com

ATF investigates Saipan shooting

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is working with the CNMI Department of Public Safety to investigate how 42-year-old Zhongren Li obtained the guns he used in the mass shooting in Saipan on Friday.

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Related Topix: US News

The Clarion-Ledger

Weapons suspect held on bond

An Arizona woman accused of transporting explosives and guns is in the Rankin County Detention Center on $250,000 bond after waiving her preliminary hearing on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Rankin County, MS, Pearl, MS, US News, Drugs

Sun Nov 22, 2009

KMOV-TV Saint Louis

East St. Louis: Guilty plea in crack cocaine case

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on November 20, 2009, TOMMIE LEE HOPKINS, age 49, of East St.

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Related Topix: Drugs, East St. Louis, IL, St. Louis, MO Metro, US News

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Windshield repairman admits gun-smuggling in cartel case

A Houston windshield repairman has admitted to helping manage a part of a broader conspiracy to traffic more than 300 military-style weapons across the border, part of a plea deal requiring him to tell federal agents about the ring that supplied weapons to Mexico's fearsome Zetas drug cartel.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Houston Metro, Prison, US News

US Department of Justice Bureau of ATF

Nineteen Alleged Latin Kings Gang Members Indicted On Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge

A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Md., has indicted 19 alleged members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation for conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein.

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Related Topix: The Latin Kings, Hip-Hop, Prison, US News

Fri Nov 20, 2009

CNN

Suspected gang members indicted on racketering charges

Federal authorities have charged 19 alleged members of the violent street gang Latin Kings in raids in Maryland, and arrested those not already jailed on other charges, officials announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: The Latin Kings, Hip-Hop, US News

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Hartford Courant

Agent Testifies He Didn't Hear Lawlor Mention Gun

Hartford police Det. Robert Lawlor didn't mention seeing a gun the night he fired his weapon into a Nissan Maxima on May 7, 2005, killing the passenger and injuring the driver, a federal agent who was working with Lawlor that night testified Wednesday in Superior Court.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Hartford, CT, US News, Ansonia, CT

Easley Progress

Prosecution continues case against man accused in pawn shop murder

The prosecution continued to call witnesses Wednesday in an attempt to prove their case against a former Williamston man accused in the murder of an Easley pawn shop broker in June 2006.

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Related Topix: Easley, SC, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, US News, Clemson, SC

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Northern Virginia Daily

Judge sentences final defendant in 'Operation Blockbuster' to prison

The final defendant caught and tried in the drug investigation surrounding Cartwright's Recreation Center in Winchester has been ordered to serve nearly 13 years in prison.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Fort Pierce Metro, Fort Pierce, FL, Drug Enforcement Administration, US News

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Cincypost.Com

Teamwork Pays Off In Arrests And Recovery Of Stolen Merchandise

FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' The power of teamwork paid off recently when the Kentucky State Police, the Pulaksi Co.

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Related Topix: Frankfort, KY, US News

The Leaf Chronicle

5th Group soldier arrested over explosives in Montgomery County field

An Army Special Forces soldier was arrested Monday following the discovery of 100 pounds of explosives outside his Montgomery County home.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, TN, US Military, US Army, Fort Campbell, Prison, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Yakima Herald-Republic

Gun show loophole sees many weapons smuggled into Mexico

ATF agent Jessie Summers tried to deal with misconceptions before he talked about the illegal gun trade in Central Washington.

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Related Topix: US News, Washington, Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro, World News, Mexico,

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Spokesman-Review

ATF says E. Washington source of Mexico guns November 13, 2009

YAKIMA, Wash. a ' The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says Washington is the No.

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Related Topix: Yakima Metro, Yakima, WA, US News

Yakima Herald-Republic

Yakima investigator recalls role in solving D.C. sniper killings

It took Bob Wyatt two weeks to find the bullet in the synagogue's wall. What Wyatt didn't know then - what nobody knew then - was that John Allen Muhammad had fired on the Tacoma synagogue in a prelude to the killing spree that terrorized the Washington D.C. area in 2002.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Yakima, WA, Yakima Metro, Death Penalty, US News

Thu Nov 12, 2009

KABC

A reward of $75,000 is being offered to find the suspect in the murder of an infant.

The city of Los Angeles has already offered a reward for the outstanding suspect in the case of a murdered 4-month-old infant.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, US News

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fifteen Indicted in Michigan Drug Trafficking Investigation

Fifteen individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury relating to charges of conspiracy to distribute crack and powder cocaine in Bay City, Michigan, United States Attorney Terrence Berg announced today.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Saginaw Metro, Bay City, MI, Michigan, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

Tue Nov 10, 2009

MLive.com

FBI, ATF arrest 15 Marshall Organization gang members in raids in Bay City, Detroit, St. Louis

Federal investigators say they've rousted a Bay County drug ring. A federal grand jury indicted 15 members of the Marshall Organization that trafficked crack and powder cocaine throughout the eastern Lower Peninsula, U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg said.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Saginaw Metro, Bay City, MI, US News, Bay County, MI

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Denver Post

No charges in Pueblo explosion that killed 1

Members of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation use a cadaver dog to search the rubble of the Branch Inn on Friday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Pueblo, CO, Pueblo Metro, Explosion, Fire, US News

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Rutland Herald

Police solve dynamite theft

Police arrested two people Wednesday for allegedly stealing dynamite from a Bethel quarry last year and say the suspects are part of a long-running burglary ring responsible for roughly 100 burglaries at homes and businesses.

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Related Topix: Bethel, VT, Randolph, VT, Drugs, US News

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