A white man in Ohio pled guilty to a federal hate crime after attacking a black man “in the name of the white race.”

A driver of a disabled vehicle was not “seized” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment where an officer asked for and received possession of the driver’s license, the Eleventh Circuit recently held.

A joint-effort between Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations in New York and the Mexican Federal Police led to the arrest of six people on sex trafficking-related charges.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently found that the reckless omission of facts regarding an individual’s confinement to certain living areas of a residence did not prevent a finding of probable cause that the individual conducted criminal activity in other areas of the home.

A father and two sons who operated a strip club were sentenced to prison Tuesday for evading $650,000 in taxes.

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has selected Detectives Scott Bramhall and Micah Wilson, of the Puyallup (WA) Police Department, as the recipients of its Officer of the Month Award for September 2016.

Twice pepper-spraying a detainee in the back of a patrol car did not violate the detainee’s Fourth Amendment rights, where the detainee was violently kicking the car door and resisting arrest, the Eleventh Circuit recently held in a § 1983 matter. 

Many are surprised to discover the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has a sizeable branch devoted to investigating online child exploitation crimes. Not only does this unit exist, but ICE also trains military veterans for elite analyst careers in this field via its Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) program.

Creating greater diversity in law enforcement has become a key component of the 21st Century Task Force on Policing.

John Beliveau II, the former federal investigator, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery. In addition to his prison sentence for disclosing sensitive information to a defense contractor in exchange for cash, luxury travel, and prostitutes, Beliveau was ordered to pay $20 million in restitution to the Department of the Navy.

Former Georgia Sheriff, Anthony Heath, 45, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised relief for using excessive force against two non-resistant arrestees.

The journalism community is aggrieved after the U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general cleared an FBI agent of wrongdoing for impersonating a journalist in 2007 to solve a case.

Applying the “consent-once-removed” doctrine for the first time since the Supreme Court’s 2009 decision in Pearson v. Callahan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit recently granted police officers qualified immunity after entering an individual’s residence to assist his former partner in obtaining property.

For a long time, if you entered any police or sheriff’s department in the country, you would be greeted at the front desk by a sergeant presiding over a large bound book.

A National Security Agency (NSA) contractor in Maryland employed by Booz Allen Hamilton was charged with stealing highly classified documents.

A family member lawfully consented to the search of another’s password protected computer, where the computer owner did not attempt to keep computer password private.

Tune in to FEDtalk this week for a preview of NLEOMF’s upcoming charity race, Run for the Badge, and an update on FLEOA’s current initiatives.

Over a wiretap, an FBI agent heard Robert Williams, a suspected leader of the drug trafficking organization the “Harvey Hustlers,” give permission to an associate to kill an individual he identified as “Tye” or “Todd.” The agent overheard Williams state that the target was driving around in a silver Infiniti coupe in the Kennedy Heights neighborhood of Avondale, Louisiana.

Tune in to FEDtalk this week to hear from Joan Melanson of Federal Long Term Care Partners on the recent rate increase. In the second half of the show, we will talk with Shane Canfield of WAEPA about options for the federal life insurance open season.

A Syrian refugee living in Germany pled guilty Wednesday to passing money to extortionist hackers in his home country.