Tag: FBI

Six Southern Californians Indicted in Jan. 6 Capitol Riot 

Two Orange County, Calif. men and four others are facing charges in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Former La Habra police chief Alan Hostetter, who now lives in San Clemente, was charged June 10 by a grand jury indictment with attempting to obstruct an official government proceeding, which was the certification of the Electoral College vote. The…


FBI: Perceived Grievances Drove Virginia Beach Mass Shooter

NORFOLK, Va.—A city engineer who fatally shot 12 people in a Virginia Beach municipal building in 2019 “was motivated by perceived workplace grievances” that “he fixated on for years,” according to findings released by the FBI on Wednesday. The investigation, conducted by the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, found that DeWayne Craddock “struggled with how he…


Former NY Judge to Serve as ‘Special Master’ in Rudy Giuliani Investigation

A retired federal judge who was nominated to the bench by former President Bill Clinton has been installed as a special master in the investigation into Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s lawyer. U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken, an Obama nominee, ordered the appointment of retired judge Barbara Jones on Wednesday. Jones will be in…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (June 8)

An encrypted messaging platform developed by the FBI led to a series of raids and over 800 arrests, an anonymous buyer in Miami used cryptocurrency to buy a $22 million penthouse, and shocking footage shows the French president getting slapped in the face during a meet-and-greet in southern France.


UK Criminals Among Those Duped Into Using Secret Message Service Run by the FBI

Drug dealers in the UK are among a number of groups of criminals worldwide who were duped into using an encrypted messaging service that was run by the FBI. The major international sting involved a system called Anom that was secretly being monitored by law enforcement. Millions of messages about drug dealing, money laundering, and…


Hundreds Arrested in Global Organized Crime Sting Using FBI-Developed Messaging App

Hundreds of suspects have been arrested and tons of drugs seized in one of the largest and most sophisticated global law enforcement operations ever, which relied on an FBI-developed encrypted messaging app that became popular with members of criminal networks and used to ensnare them. In a series of large-scale sting operations across 16 countries…


Australian Police, FBI Take Down 220 Underworld Figures in Global Sting Using Encrypted App

Law enforcement has struck a “heavy blow” against “industrial-scale” organised crime in a globe-spanning sting operation involving 9,000 officers from Australia, Europe, and the United States. Key to the operation was the deliberate rollout of an encrypted messaging app to the criminal underworld that gave police access to secret communications between syndicates. “Today, the Australian…


Supreme Court Takes up Case About FBI Sting Operation Targeting California Mosques

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ (FBI) petition to review whether it was lawful for the federal agency to infiltrate and collect information from a dozen mosques in Southern California over a decade ago. The case was filed by the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union…


US Gun Sales Continue at High Level in May Amid Gun Control Push

Gun sales in the United States in May were the highest on record except for May 2020, according to an analysis of government data. Over 1.3 million background checks were conducted for the sale of a firearm, the second-highest figure for May except for May 2020, when 1.6 million background checks were conducted, according to…


Police Release Dramatic Body Camera Video of Rail Yard Shooting

SAN JOSE, Calif.—A gunman who killed nine co-workers at a Northern California rail yard shot himself twice in the head as sheriff’s deputies raced into a building, according to authorities who on Tuesday released body camera footage of the tense encounter. The nearly four-and-a-half minutes of footage is from one deputy who arrived minutes after…