Investigations

FBI Probe of Beating by Minneapolis Police

The FBI on Monday agreed to investigate the beating of a man by Minneapolis police officers after the city's police chief reviewed video showing some of the officers kicking and punching the man while he was being held face-down in the snow.

Posted Monday, August 17, 2009

Sentencing in L.A. Forced Prostitution Case

The five were found guilty in February of dozens of counts, including conspiracy and sex trafficking by force and fraud.

Posted Monday, August 17, 2009

RICO Charges in Missouri Human Trafficking Case

In a 45-count indictment handed down in May, the U.S. attorney's office accuses eight Uzbekistan nationals and four others in the largest human trafficking case ever prosecuted in the city.

Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009

Ohio Man Hid Human Remains

A man who reported his wife missing over the weekend was arrested Monday on charges of tampering with evidence and obstructing official business after police said they found human remains in his house.

Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009

Video: Milwaukee Mayor Hit With Pipe

Police say Barrett began called 911 when the suspect who was attacking the woman charged at the mayor and began hitting him with a metal pipe.

Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009

Hacker Charged with Largest Credit Card Theft

Albert Gonzalez, 28, broke his own record for identity theft by hacking into retail networks, according to prosecutors.

Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009

17 Indicted in San Diego Murder-Kidnap Ring

Victims were abducted by men dressed in police uniforms and wearing badges while walking down the streets or in their driveways, then held in rented homes and sometimes killed, authorities said.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009

9 Women Vanish from North Carolina Town

Police will not say whether they suspect a serial killer, but people in the community about 60 miles northeast of Raleigh do, and they're impatient with law enforcement efforts to investigate the slayings.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Calm Before the Storm

Court finds that armed, barricaded subjects who retreat into a building constitute a “continuing, fluid” event and therefore don’t require a warrant for arrest.

Posted Thursday, August 13, 2009