WASHINGTON DC Dec 12 2020 — Two whistle-blowers have accused contractors building President Trump’s border wall of smuggling armed Mexican security teams into the United States to guard construction sites, even building an illegal dirt road to speed the operation, according to court documents unsealed by a federal judge on Friday. The two employees, who were […]
El Paso TX Aug 20 2020 Water can cool off thirsty residents in western Texas, but one 18-year-old man tried to pass off liquid methamphetamine in water bottles as he crossed into the United States from Mexico. It didn’t work. Border Patrol officers seized nearly 158 pounds of liquid meth Friday at the Ysleta port of […]
St Louis MO Feb 28 2020 A confrontation between two individuals and Barnes Jewish Hospital security has resulted in several arrests. Police responded to the area of the hospital to assist security. When officers arrived they took two people into custody. At this time, the names of those detained has not been released.
PITTSBURGH PA June 23 2019 A 21-year-old Pittsburgh resident and Syrian refugee accused of planning an attack on a Christian church on the city’s North Side and providing resources to ISIS has been arrested. Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, 21, was arrested Wednesday based on a federal complaint charging him with one count of attempting to provide […]
Washington DC June 21 2019 Homeland Security is looking for innovative robots that can navigate underground tunnels and communicate with headquarters. Customs and Border Protection uses technology to scan faces, probe vehicles and keep a watchful eye on the border from the skies above. The agency—with help from Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate—also is […]
Baltimore MD April 9 2019 A Maryland man stole a U-Haul van with the intent of using it as a weapon in an ISIS-inspired plot against pedestrians at National Harbor, the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown, walked off his job March 26 with the intent of driving in to pedestrians, prosecutors […]
Lowell MA March 19 2019 Zachary Noonan, a 27-year-old Lowell man with mental health issues, escaped from security at Lowell General Hospital Friday night, police said. As police searched, Noonan allegedly approached a man arriving home on Shea Street, pulled a knife and forced the man to drive to multiple locations. A SWAT team later captured […]
Via Press Release-US Department of Justice Charlotte NC February 11 2019 Erick Jamal Hendricks, 38, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). A jury in Akron, Ohio, convicted Hendricks last year of attempting and conspiring to […]
Farmington Hills MI February 1 2019 Federal agents used a fake university in Farmington Hills to lure alleged phony foreign students who were trying to stay in the United States illegally. The University of Farmington had no staff, no instructors, no curriculum and no classes but was utilized by undercover Homeland Security agents to identify […]
Fairfax County VA Jan 25 2019 A 64-year-old patient fatally shot himself Tuesday night at Inova Fairfax Hospital, authorities said. Thomas Wimmer, of Ashburn, shot himself in the upper body at least once and died at the hospital after receiving treatment, police said. It was unclear why he was at the hospital, where the gun […]