Chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee Gary Peters criticized the leaders of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security for refusing to publicly testify in a scheduled Thursday hearing about worldwide threats to the nation, a departure from norms that could set a precedent for the incoming Trump administration.

Violent crime and property crime in the United States dropped in 2023, continuing a downward trend following higher rates of crime during the pandemic, according to the FBI’s latest national crime report.

The FBI Cleveland Field Office is seeking to identify potential victims of Mark Dente doing business as AEM Services LLC. AEM Services LLC purported to manage a portfolio of real estate investments. 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) last week announced the implementation of an updated, formalized appeals process for certain National Firearms Act (NFA) applicants.

The U.S. government on Dec. 6 announced that it has brought its first-ever charges under the War Crimes Act of 1996 against four Russian-affiliated soldiers who allegedly violated the human rights of an American residing in Ukraine amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country.

As the investigation into the Nov. 20 shooting at the Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio, continues, the FBI and the Beavercreek Police Department are providing an investigative update.

The FBI released detailed data on over 11 million criminal offenses reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, largely through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the Summary Reporting System (SRS).

Charles F. McGonigal, 54, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, pleaded guilty Friday to concealment of material facts for his undisclosed receipt of $225,000 in cash from an individual who had business interests in Europe while McGonigal was supervising counterintelligence efforts.

Charles McGonigal, a former Special Agent in Charge (“SAC”) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (“FBI”) Counterintelligence Division in New York, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and to commit money laundering in connection with his 2021 agreement to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

The Trotwood Police Department and the Cincinnati Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have announced a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Anthony E. Smith.