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March 25, 2013
How Did the FBI Determine the Juggalos Were a Gang?
For those among you who are "down" and perhaps for those who are not, you know that much brouhaha was made by the FBI's inclusion of Juggalos -- ie fans of Insane Clown Posse -- in their 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. This, of course, put them in the same category as well-organized Mexican-he ... More >>
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January 17, 2013
AK-47 Bandit Is One Scary Bank Robber
The scariest bank robber ever? The FBI is turning up the heat on the so-called AK-47 Bandit, who has targeted, among other banks in the Western United States, a SoCal California Bank & Trust. Not only that, but the AK isn't fake. He pulled the trigger and injured a police officer, feds say:
News
November 8, 2012
SWATting, a Deadly Political Game
DA Patrick Frey's enemies called 911, saying he'd shot his wife
Blogs
October 29, 2012
Marijuana: Half Of All American Drug Arrests Are For Pot, Says FBI
Seeking to underscore their argument that the War on Drugs is often just a war on marijuana, pro-decriminalization forces today highlighted new FBI statistics showing nearly half (49.5 percent) of the nation's drug arrests are cannabis-related. More than 8 out of 10 arrests were for "possession onl ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
East L.A. Bank Robbery-Kidnapping an Inside Job?
It was one of the craziest crimes this summer: A Bank of America branch manager was kidnapped from her home in Huntington Park, held overnight, taken to her workplace with a fake bomb strapped to her body, and ordered to rob it Wednesday morning. Except that ... maybe those aren't all the facts. Th ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2012
FBI Busts Massive L.A. County Meth Ring, Arrests 16 Gangsters With Names Like 'Fat Boy'
Bad news, meth heads: The feds just took the good stuff off the streets of the San Gabriel Valley. After 16 months on the trail, with a little help from the DEA and the ATF, a gigantic task force of investigators from the FBI, the Pasadena PD, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and the California ... More >>
Blogs
July 13, 2012
FBI Looking Into School Sex Abuse Allegations at Miramonte? Nope
One of the lawyers representing parents who are suing the L.A. public school district over the Miramonte Elementary School sex abuse scandal says the FBI should look into the situation. After all, moms and dads were kept in the dark regarding longtime allegations that teacher Mark Berndt was a mole ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2012
Ryan Cleary Indicted in L.A. For Alleged LulzSec Hacking of X-Factor, Sony, PBS
The FBI today announced it has indicted one Ryan Cleary, an alleged hacker it says was part of the Anonymous spin-off called LulzSec. He's a 20-year-old Brit living in England, so why is the long arm of the U.S. law reaching out to him from Los Angeles? Authorities say he hacked into our Hollywood ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Adam Gardenhire, 18, Pioneers Getting Federally Busted For Pointing Laser at Aircraft
You almost feel bad for Adam Gardenhire, an 18-year-old North Hollywood kid. He aimed his laser at "multiple aircraft" last month, authorities allege, and now he faces one of the first tests of a new federal law that bans such retardation. It sound harmless, but pilots have been complaining that m ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Susan SurfTone Is a Female Guitarist and Was a Gun-Toting FBI Agent. Boys Are Jealous
Watching the Republican debates recently, Susan SurfTone bristled at Newt Gingrich's revisionist history. "He said he and Ronald Reagan took down the Soviet Union," the female guitarist, who plays this Saturday at the Redwood Bar & Grill, says over the phone from her home in Portland. "No. Ronald Re ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
Alain Salas, Fremont High School Girls' Volleyball Coach, Arrested by FBI for Alleged Sex Crime
Updated at the bottom with a few more details from the FBI and a possible Facebook connection to the case. First posted at 6:40 a.m. It seemed like a week or so could go by without another sex abuse arrest of an L.A. Unified School District employee. Nope. KTLA News this morning reports that a Fr ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Rave Promoters' Alleged Under-the-Table Cash Payments to Union Hands at L.A. Coliseum Probed by FBI -- Source
Kevin TodoraRaver boys.The FBI is looking into allegations that millions of dollars in under-the-table cash payments were made by rave promoters and other exhibitors to union hands working events at the troubled L.A. Coliseum and its sister venue, the Sports Arena. FBI agents in recent weeks ... More >>
Blogs
November 28, 2011
Illegal Immigrants Beware: L.A. Sheriff's Deputies Can Now Run Your Fingerprints in the Field
The L.A. Sheriff's Department is busting with pride over its brand-new fleet of "state-of-the-art mobile data computers" -- the first of which are now installed in the patrol vehicles of a few lucky deputies. In some ways, the computers are an overdue boot into the 21st century. Turns out deputies ... More >>
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September 19, 2011
Drug Arrests Totaled 1.6 Million in U.S. in 2010: Nearly Half of Those Were Simply For Having Marijuana
Responsible for nearly half of American drug arrests?Pro-pot forces say an FBI report released today indicating 8 out of 10 drug arrests in 2010 were for possession supports their view that the war on drugs is a failure. The FBI report also says there was one drug arrest every 19 seconds, wi ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
PornWikiLeaks Shuts Down: XXX Industry Worked With ... FBI, AIDS Group Against Website That Leaked Porn Stars' Personal Info?
Performer Justine Joli.Here's a first (maybe): The porn industry is in bed with the FBI. Or so it says. And the two made magic happen from various positions in an attempt to polish off PornWikiLeaks, the website that posted the names and medical records of hundreds if not thousands of adult p ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
Anonymous Hacker Investigation Nets Two Arrests in Southern California, FBI Says
Updated at the bottom with details linking the arrests to WikiLeaks. First posted at 2:56 p.m. Two people were arrested in Southern California today as part of FBI raids against the loose-knit hacker crew Anonymous that were conducted in SoCal, New York and other regions, FBI spokeswoman Lau ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
FBI Documents Reveal ICE's 'Secure Communities' Program Was Mandated to Further FBI's Own Creepy Biometric Database
FBIIf you don't feel violated yet, just wait for the FUTURE.In a terrifying new twist to the federally mandated "Secure Communities" program -- which lets Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents run an alien check on anybody who passes through any sort of jail or prison -- the FBI ap ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2011
Whitey Bulger FBI Tipster Called From L.A., Will Probably Receive $2.1 Million
Google MapsSomeone knew where James "Whitey" Bulger lived, and they're about to rake in some serious government cash.Who is the mysterious, soon-to-be L.A. millionaire that relieved the FBI of a 16-year search for mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger and his girlfriend, Catherine Greib, yesterday? ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2011
The FBI Knocks Eater Offline: Back Tomorrow, Presumably
If you've been trying in vain to find out what Los Angeles restaurant is closing tomorrow, maybe, or which chef is revving up his new Roadstoves food truck or where Scarlett Johansson is eating dinner tonight, your efforts stymied by the fact that Eater has been down all afternoon, blame the ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2011
FBI Agents Encouraged to Search Your Trash, Public Databases Just to Sniff Around For Crime
MalingeringWhat the hell happened to America after 9/11? Have we lost sight of our founding principles? The FBI plans to issue new rules for its agents saying, essentially, that they can and should dig through our trash and search databases (Facebook, Twitter?) if people who aren't suspects ... More >>
Blogs
May 31, 2011
FBI Bribery Probe of L.A. Building and Safety Inspectors, Supervisors Expands
After two L.A. Building and Safety inspectors pleaded guilty to bribery this month it looks like the FBI is expanding its probe of the city department. The Los Angeles Times reports today that the FBI wants to look at supervisors who were supposed to police the work of the likes of Hugo Joel ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
The Jungle: Baldwin Village P Stone Gang Crackdown Involves 900 Officers For More Than 50 Arrests
Denzel Washington's Academy Award-winning performance in 'Training Day' -- set in 'the Jungle.'Looks like King Kong ain't got shit on law enforcement for real this time as cops went gangbusters, literally, in notorious Baldwin Village, known as "the Jungle" and the geographic star of the film ... More >>
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April 8, 2011
L.A. Building Inspectors Arrested by FBI For Allegedly Approving Home Projects For Cash
Dirty money in the L.A. Dept. of Building and Safety?Two L.A. city building inspectors were arrested this morning for allegedly taking thousands of dollars worth of bribes to approve houses and improvements they had not properly checked out, the U.S. Attorney's Office here says. Forty-nine-y ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
FBI Makes Fun of L.A. Bank Robber's Enormous Ears
KABCThere's no disguising those babiesReveling in the only lighthearted part of working for the FBI -- the official naming of the crooks -- investigators have christened a prolific bank robber currently on the loose in Los Angeles the "All Ears Bandit." Which is kind of mean, actually. With ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2011
LAX Flight 241: Orthodox Jewish Prayer Triggers TSA 'Security Threat,' Lockdown Aboard Plane From Mexico City
newvoices.orgMini Torrah pouches: terrorist threat?It's good to see a religious group besides Muslims profiled for suspicious behavior by a paranoid American airline -- but still, this is a little silly. The LA Daily News reported yesterday that a traditional prayer conducted by three orthod ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2010
Operation 'Lost Boy:' Feds Bring Down Child Porn Ring That Had L.A. Ties
The "Lost Boy" ring was shut down.The alleged pervs apparently thought they had outwitted the long arm of the law. Federal authorities say they set up an almost mob-like system of membership where each new man who wanted to partake had to bring an original photo of a sexually exploited child ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/18-10/22
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "In further news, I had three octopus heads for lunch today in Koreatown. But they were little ones." Seoul Octopus Day The Relative Joys of Octopus Heads. "While the study may not lead to intensive family planning strat ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2010
FBI Releases Security Photo Of "Balding Bandit"; Misnomer?
The FBI released a photo, which you can see at right, of a guy they say has robbed three banks in La Mirada since May. They're calling him the "Balding Bandit," which seems like a misnomer. Authorities say he held up a Banco Popular Tuesday, after robbing Chase branches on May 14 and July 2 ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2009
Mother Is Looking For $?: Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
In the ever expanding times-are-hard news file comes another desperate story: An unemployed mother of five was arrested in San Diego in connection with a series of bank robberies.FBIA woman suspected in a string of robberies is captured on video. Roxanne Renee Pennock was arrested after she ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2009
Grim Sleeper Task Force Discusses Serial Case with FBI Profilers
Grim Sleeper Task Force members met with Federal Bureau of Investigation profilers recently to discuss the decades-long case and see if the federal agency had any suggestions about how to catch the elusive killer who has evaded the Los Angeles Police Department since 1985. "They research serial ki ... More >>
Blogs
September 12, 2009
Senior Citizen With Oxygen Tank Robs Bank
Times must be really hard. A man described as 70- to 80-years-old walked into a San Diego bank today and robbed the place of an undisclosed amount of cash. He was actually seen with an oxygen tank and a tube running to his nose.FBIThis guy Witnesses, apparently, did not recount seeing a weap ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2009
Just In: Michael Jackson's Huge FBI File For Sale, 10 Cents Per Page
Gay blogger and activist Michael Petrelis, who's based in San Francisco, received an interesting letter in the mail yesterday. According to the FBI, he can buy Michael Jackson's FBI file, which is a whopping 591 pages, for $49.10. "There is a duplication fee of ten cents per page," writes FBI secti ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2008
Chino Prison Guard Accused of Nazism on Hunger Strike
It was a surprise to get another letter from Shayne Allyn Ziska, a former correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino, who has continuously protested his innocence ever since he was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy and civil rights violations by a federal jud ... More >>
News
June 8, 2006
The Death Team
It was a surprise to get another letter from Shayne Allyn Ziska, a former correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino, who has continuously protested his innocence ever since he was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy and civil rights violations by a federal jud ... More >>
Columns
May 4, 2006
The Spy Trap
It was a surprise to get another letter from Shayne Allyn Ziska, a former correctional officer at the California Institution for Men in Chino, who has continuously protested his innocence ever since he was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy and civil rights violations by a federal jud ... More >>
News
December 22, 2005
Earth to ELF: Come In, Please
Does the radical environmental group really exist?
News
July 21, 2005
FBI�s Dirty Laundry
U.S. senators want answers in the firing of a whistleblower agent � and the role of the media
News
June 9, 2005
Deep Throat�s Crimes
Mark Felt: Serial Constitution-shredder
News
March 25, 2004
Secrets of Timothy McVeigh
Lingering questions about the Oklahoma City bombing could get answered during Terry Nichols� second trial
Art+Books
January 29, 2004
Light and Shadowing
Lingering questions about the Oklahoma City bombing could get answered during Terry Nichols� second trial
News
July 10, 2003
Check This Out
Libraries quietly sound alarm against PATRIOT Act
News
August 8, 2002
Another FBI Agent Blows the Whistle
New evidence that the Bureau quashed another terror probe before 9/11
News
July 18, 2002
Letters
New evidence that the Bureau quashed another terror probe before 9/11
News
June 27, 2002
Busting the FBI
The Judi Bari verdict bares government lies and deceit
News
April 18, 2002
Watching the Detectives
How a couple of middle-aged P.I.'s and world-class raconteurs survived the DEA, the mob and the tabloid wars to take on their most elusive target yet -- Hollywood
News
October 25, 2001
Cold Trail
In pursuit of L.A. terrorists
News
October 4, 2001
Heartland Conspiracy
Unanswered questions about Timothy McVeigh�s and Terry Nichols� possible links to the Middle East
News
September 20, 2001
The War at Home
Unanswered questions about Timothy McVeigh�s and Terry Nichols� possible links to the Middle East
News
September 20, 2001
The Day the Sky Fell
This time, it was impersonal
Art+Books
August 10, 2000
FBI to E-Mailers: Bite You
Carnivore is a natural-born privacy predator
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