Three people, all 18 years old, have been arrested in what law enforcement authorities are calling a copycat crime in the wake of a string of high-profile, freeway shootings that have plagued the Phoenix area since Aug. 29.
The apprehensions came after a man and wife in their vehicle reported a car came up alongside theirs Saturday night. The three occupants used a slingshot and granite rocks to shatter the driver’s side window of the victim’s car, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. authorities have charged three Colombian nationals with helping to run a global money laundering network that processed billions of dollars in drug trafficking profits through bank accounts in China and Hong Kong.
The Guangzhou, China-based organization brought in at least $5 billion in drug proceeds from the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Panama, Guatemala and Canada, as well as parts of Africa and Europe, according to an indictment unsealed yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, New York.
A sharp-suited multimillionaire has been charged by US authorities with securities fraud over deals to list Chinese companies in New York that allegedly netted him tens of millions of US dollars in illegal profits.
Benjamin Wey, 43, the head of New York Global Group, was arrested on Thursday.
US Justice Department prosecutors charged Wey and his Swiss-based banker, Seref Dogan Erbek, with conspiracy, securities fraud and other crimes.
PHOENIX — Two people were detained Friday as persons of interest in the Interstate 10 shootings in Phoenix, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
The pair were detained near 107th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix.
DPS said one of the pair was being questioned.
Authorities spent Friday morning responding to several calls regarding the shootings. One woman called police around dawn to say she thought her car had been shot at on Interstate 17, but a check of her car revealed no damage.
Trouble is brewing at US Central Command (Centcom), the Pentagon’s agency covering security interests in nations throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.
According to a report from The Daily Beast, more than 50 intelligence analysts at Centcom have formally complained that reports on the Islamic State and the Nusra Front — Al Qaeda’s Syria branch — have been repeatedly altered by senior intelligence officials to fit with the Obama administration’s insistence that the US is winning the war against the two militant groups.
“One of the central tenants, one of the key aspects of the policymaking process in the United States is that analysts get to say what they think without any interference, without anybody changing it, so this is a very, very serious charge. I think it needs to be fully investigated,” Morrell said.
WASHINGTON — Stung by years of criticism that it has coddled Wall Street criminals, the Justice Department issued new policies Wednesday that would encourage the prosecution of individual employees — not just their companies — and put pressure on corporations to turn over evidence against their executives.
Six defendants who were slated on go on trial with Chinatown association leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow on organized-crime charges next month unexpectedly pleaded guilty in federal court in San Francisco today to some of the counts against them.
A father-daughter pair were arrested on Wednesday for pairing off American citizens with Chinese nationals in sham marriages for legal residency purposes.
Jason Shiao and Lynn Leung have so far been connected to at least 70 immigration applications dating back to 2006, Reuters reports. The two could face up to five years in prison if convicted of conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
One of the things we teach in concealed carry class is how important situational awareness is. This is a practice that extends beyond gun owners as well and is a large part of ensuring you don’t become a victim.
In my concealed carry class, I learned to be SAFE: Stay away from strangers, Aware of my surroundings, Follow my instincts, and Evaluate my options. These four simple rules not only help me to be prepared for anything, but also to avoid dangerous situations. Although no one can ever ensure complete safety in every single situation, gun owners and concealed carriers know that we carry to level the playing field should danger cross our paths.
United Continental Holdings has announced Chief Executive Jeff Smisek had stepped down amid a federal probe of the airline, and that two other senior executives tied to the investigation would also be leaving the company.
The airline named CSX Corp Chief Operating Office Oscar Munoz as CEO, effective immediately.
