Jerry Seper

FBI: Violent crimes down 5.5 percent in 2010

Crime dropped in 2010 when compared with data from 2009, according to the FBI's Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released Monday, with violent crime showing an overall 5.5 percent decrease in the number of reported cases and property crimes recording a 2.8 percent decline.

May 23, 2011

Pakistani with money tie to failed bomber deported

A Pakistani man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation last year into the failed Times Square bombing was deported Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after pleading guilty in federal court to fraud charges.

May 22, 2011

ICE deports Pakistani investigated in N.Y. bombing attempt

A Pakistani man arrested in Massachusetts during the investigation last year into the failed Times Square bombing was deported on Sunday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after pleading guilty in federal court to fraud charges.

May 22, 2011

More officers slain in the line of duty in 2010

Fifty-six law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in 2010 in the line of duty in the United States, more than the 48 officers slain in 2009, according to preliminary statistics released Monday by the FBI.

May 16, 2011

National Border Patrol Council cites concerns with bases for agents

Remote forward operating bases set up in rugged areas of the U.S.-Mexico border to help U.S. Border Patrol agents better protect America against armed drug and alien smugglers are plagued with critical safety, security and sanitary concerns that place the lives of agents using them in jeopardy, says the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC).

May 12, 2011

Obama hopes to keep Director Robert Mueller at FBI

President Obama on Thursday said he intends to seek a two-year extension of the 10-year term of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, which expires on Sept. 4, saying the director has "set the gold standard for leading the bureau" and that in the face of ongoing threats, "continuity and stability at the FBI is critical at this time."

May 12, 2011

Hedge fund billionaire found guilty

Hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was found guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York on charges of conspiracy and securities fraud stemming from his involvement in what federal prosecutors called the largest hedge fund insider-trading scheme in history.

May 11, 2011

GOP lawmaker rips new border index

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday called a new plan by the Department of Homeland Security to develop a "border security index" to measure enforcement progress along the Southwest border "nothing short of inflated facts and figures to give them an excuse to say the border is secure."

May 5, 2011

Mexicans plead guilty in scheme of drugs for arms

Two Mexican nationals have pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to trade drugs and cash for military-grade weapons — including anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons, grenade launchers and M-60 machine guns — for use by the Sinaloa drug cartel, the largest drug-smuggling gang in Mexico.

May 3, 2011

Road to bin Laden’s killing marked by loss of top aides

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, known to most as Osama bin Laden, was the product of privilege; the 17th of 52 children of a Saudi businessman who made billions in the construction industry and lived a lavish lifestyle. It was the trappings of his well-appointed life that may have led to his ignoble death Sunday in Abbottabad, Pakistan — in a million-dollar three-story mansion, not a cave.

May 2, 2011

Nats’ Hernandez looked at for possible money laundering

Washington Nationals pitcher Livan Hernandez is being looked at by federal authorities for possible money laundering in connection with a convicted drug kingpin in Puerto Rico.

April 27, 2011

Alabama businessman pleads guilty in vote-buying scheme

An Alabama businessman pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in a conspiracy to bribe state legislators in exchange for their favorable votes on pending pro-gambling legislation, the Justice Department said.

April 22, 2011

Three indicted in Iran computer export scheme

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., on Friday indicted three persons and two companies on charges of illegally exporting millions of dollars worth of computer-related equipment from the United States to Iran via the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

April 22, 2011

Immigration groups to step up pressure on Obama for reforms

A coalition of community and faith-based pro-immigration groups who helped elect President Obama in 2008 will begin a series of town-hall meetings and news conferences Tuesday in California to tell the president that the nations immigration system is "broken" and to remind him of campaign pledges he made to fix it.

April 21, 2011

ATF criticized for failing to respond to committee subpoena

The chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on Wednesday criticized the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for failing to produce any documents in response to a March 31 subpoena seeking information on its handling of gun trafficking operations into Mexico.

April 20, 2011

Taylor Bean chairman convicted in fraud scheme

The owner and former chairman of a private mortgage lending company, Taylor Bean & Whitaker, has been convicted in a $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failures of Colonial Bank, one of the 25 largest banks in the United States in 2009, and TBW, one of the nation's largest privately-held mortgage lending companies, the Justice Department said.

April 20, 2011

Brutal Mexican drug gang crosses into U.S.

The most violent drug cartel in Mexico has expanded its deadly operations across the southwestern border, establishing footholds and alliances in states from New York to California.

April 19, 2011

ATF knew risks in border operation

Sen. Chuck Grassley, investigating whether an undercover federal operation contributed to the slaying of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, said Thursday the ATF instructed an Arizona gun dealer to engage in "suspicious sales" despite the dealer's concerns that the weapons could "end up south of the border."

April 14, 2011

Man gets 23 years in Metrorail terror plot

A Northern Virginia man was sentenced Monday to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to assisting people he thought were al Qaeda terrorists in planning bombings at Metrorail stations.

April 11, 2011

Motorcycle gang chief sentenced to 20 years

The national president of the American Outlaw Association motorcycle gang, better known as the "Outlaws," was sentenced Friday in federal court in Virginia to 20 years in prison for leading a violent criminal organization.

April 10, 2011