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 […]
Phoenix AZ November 9 2018 Motel 6 has agreed to pay up to $8.9 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its employees provided the personal information of several Latino guests to federal immigration officials, leading to their detainment. The class-action lawsuit, filed in January, encompasses the claims of eight hotel guests who said Motel […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK November 6 2018 – A man who had been seen taking photographs at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum has been accused of threatening to kill by use of explosives. Amiremad Nayebyazdi, 32, was arrested and booked Friday into the Oklahoma County Jail. According to a police affidavit, an investigator was contacted […]
NORFOLK VA Sept 26 2018 Over the course of about three years, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent told his bosses he’d inspected more than 260 ships as they traveled through Portsmouth. The real number, according to court documents, is closer to 35. Carl James Jr., 38, who no longer works for the agency, […]
Washington DC Aug 27 2018 The US Department of Homeland Security’s “ICE” unit has been conducting raids and “I-9” audits nationwide for months and have made more than 1000 arrests of illegal/undocumented immigrants working at U S jobsites. During those operations, ICE agents say that they found nineteen undocumented persons working in jobs as security […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. Aug 17 2018 Illegal border crossings are on the rise along the northern border. President Trump’s immigration policies have shined a spotlight on illegal entries from Mexico into the U.S. But with attention focused on the southern border, illegal entries from Canada have been increasing. The U.S.-Canada border is the longest and busiest land […]
Fort Meade MD Feb 15 2018 Two men were in federal custody on Wednesday and a third man was recovering from injuries after authorities said the driver of a rented sport utility vehicle tried to enter a secured area of the top-secret National Security Agency. Officials said that in addition, an NSA police officer and […]
Washington DC Jan 20 2018 While lawmakers this week argued over the merits of President Trump’s $18 billion border wall and a potential government shutdown, the federal officers tasked with stopping drugs and terrorists from entering the country faced a different threat: exhaustion. An acute staffing shortage of customs officers at the border has gotten so […]
San Diego CA Dec 23 2017 A U.S. citizen banned from Mexico, who wed his Mexican fiancée during a special event at the border last month, was reportedly revealed as a convicted drug smuggler, leaving border patrol agents furious over providing “armed security for a cartel wedding.” Brian Houston was cleared to marry the love of […]
San Diego CA Dec 23 2017 A U.S. citizen banned from Mexico, who wed his Mexican fiancée during a special event at the border last month, was reportedly revealed as a convicted drug smuggler, leaving border patrol agents furious over providing “armed security for a cartel wedding.” Brian Houston was cleared to marry the love of […]