Maggie Ybarra

House members denounce DEA administrator

Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee banded together Wednesday to express that they have "no confidence" in the Drug Enforcement Administration's top official.

April 15, 2015

Lawmakers want FBI, local police to formalize communications in post-Boston bombing world

Two lawmakers with seats on the powerful House Committee on Homeland Security want legally binding assurances from the FBI that it intends to increase the amount of information that it is sharing with local police departments on terror threats in their communities.

April 15, 2015

Ex-DEA employee steals $113K with government-issued credit cards

A former Drug Enforcement Administration employee pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of wire fraud after she was caught using credit cards to steal more than $113,000 from the federal government.

April 14, 2015

DEA agents in Colombia prostitute parties not fired, internal report shows

An internal Drug Enforcement Administration report on Colombian sex parties, made public by Congress, shows the federal agency gave 10 of its agents a slap on the wrist for partying with prostitutes while allowing local police to watch their weapons and personal property.

April 14, 2015

Michael Horowitz, Justice Department watchdog, sees little change in bad behavior

Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz will tell lawmakers during a congressional hearing Tuesday that the two oversight reviews he has conducted show that the department has done little to address a subculture of "good ol' boy" behavior that has been around since the 1990s.

April 13, 2015

Eric Holder to Justice Dept. employees: Just say no to sex parties

The Department of Justice sent a memo to its employees Friday to remind them that soliciting prostitutes — on- or off-duty — is a violation of department policy.

April 10, 2015

Kansas man planned to bomb military base, support Islamic State: DOJ

A 20-year-old Army recruit was arrested Friday for attempting to set off a car bomb near a Kansas military base and charged with trying to provide material support to the Islamic State.

April 10, 2015

Walter Scott: S.C. police release dash cam tape

Several states are looking to hire independent panels to oversee the implementation of police reforms and lawmakers are also considering legislation that would force police to don body cameras in the wake of another instance where a white officer killed an unarmed black man.

April 9, 2015

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts in Boston Marathon bombing, faces death penalty

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty Wednesday of all 30 federal counts associated with the Boston Marathon bombings, and now a federal jury must determine whether he should be executed for detonating two shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs near the marathon finish line.

April 8, 2015

Arizona university offers home training for drone pilots

An Arizona-based university is offering wannabe drone pilots the opportunity to learn how to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle in less than three weeks using a flight simulator from home.

April 7, 2015

Tsarnaev Boston Marathon bombing trial spotlights challenge of stopping ‘lone-wolf’ terrorists

As the Boston Marathon bombing trial wound to a close Monday, a parallel debate continues to rage inside federal law enforcement circles about whether the United States has the capability and resources to track down "lone wolves" like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who admitted helping his elder brother detonate two pressure cooker bombs amid a crowd of thousands.

April 6, 2015

Keonna Thomas, Philadelphia woman, accused of plotting to join the Islamic State

A Philadelphia woman, known as the "Young Lioness," has been charged with attempting to travel overseas to join, fight with and die for the Islamic State.

April 3, 2015

Delaware juveniles with firearm offenses to be prosecuted as adults

Juveniles in Delaware who have committed serious or multiple firearm offenses will now be prosecuted as adults, part of the state's initiative to reduce gun-related crimes by minors.

April 3, 2015

Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges as lawyer assails prosecutors

Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez on Thursday pleaded not guilty to sweeping corruption charges, and his lawyer signaled he plans to portray the Justice Department decision to charge his client as the latest in a long line of botched public-corruption cases.

April 2, 2015

David Vitter presses Loretta Lynch, AG nominee, on potential Hillary Clinton investigation

Sen. David Vitter, a lawmaker with a seat on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, wants to know if attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch has the chops to take legal action against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for using her personal email to "shield and destroy" department records.

April 2, 2015

Bob Menendez, New Jersey senator, indicted on corruption charges

Sen. Robert Menendez was indicted Wednesday on corruption charges, two years after his name surfaced in connection to the federal probe of a Florida eye doctor and political donor.

April 1, 2015

Justice Dept., Ferguson seek common ground on police reform

The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has spent three days discussing with community groups and individuals in Ferguson, Missouri, the outcome of an investigation and evaluation of the city's police department.

April 1, 2015

Obama commutes drug sentences for 22 federal prisoners

President Obama commuted the prison sentences of 22 people convicted of committing crimes associated with drug deals gone awry — a decision that sparked public criticism from advocates who say the government is not doing enough to exonerate victims of a broken prison system and others saying it is giving criminals too much leniency.

March 31, 2015

Justice Dept. policy allows authorities to seize suspicious bank accounts

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has crafted a new policy that would allow government officials to seize bank accounts involved in financial structuring schemes prior to filing criminal charges against the individuals who own those accounts.

March 31, 2015

Travel agent sentenced to prison for stealing $272K from high school band

A Utah travel agent was sentenced Monday to more than five years in federal prison for stealing more than $272,000 from an Arkansas high school band for a bogus trip to Hawaii.

March 31, 2015