Police Investigations

Former USC professor accused of child sexual abuse held in Mexico

2013-06-19 12:51:00

U.S. officials were working with Mexican authorities Wednesday to extradite a former USC professor accused of sexually abusing children. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was captured Tuesday in Playa del Carmen along the Caribbean in the state of Quintana Roo,...

FBI asks LAPD bomb squad for help in possible pipe bomb scare

2013-06-19 10:18:00

The Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad was dispatched Wednesday morning to help the FBI serve a search warrant in central L.A., police officials said. The FBI was serving a search warrant in the 5100 block of Washington Boulevard when they...

Poll: How do you feel about the FBI using drones?

2013-06-19 11:38:00

FBI Director Robert Mueller told senators Wednesday that the agency uses surveillance drones inside the United States, although apparently not the kind that can destroy targets with a Hellfire missile. According to USA Today, Mueller said the FBI has...

Officials await return of ex-USC professor accused of sex crimes

2013-06-19 06:08:00

U.S. officials are working with Mexican authorities to bring a former USC professor accused of sexually abusing children back into this country, FBI officials said. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested Tuesday evening by Mexican authorities, Bill...

Jimmy Hoffa still missing after failed search at reputed burial site

2013-06-19 09:39:00

The FBI on Wednesday closed its latest search for the remains of former Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, ending a dig in a rural field near Detroit where investigators failed to find a trace of the man who has been missing for almost 40 years. The latest...

Ex-USC professor indicted in child sex crimes caught in Mexico

2013-06-18 23:09:00

A former USC professor who was named this week as one of the FBI's most-wanted fugitives after being indicted for alleged sex crimes against children overseas has been captured in Mexico, the bureau said Tuesday night. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was...

USC 'fully cooperating' in FBI probe of ex-professor, school says

2013-06-18 15:06:00

USC is "fully cooperating" with federal authorities investigating an ex-professor accused of child sex crimes who was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list, university officials said. In a statement issued Tuesday, USC confirmed that Walter Lee Williams,...

Times Square bicycle bomber video released; FBI offers reward

2013-06-18 13:02:00

A bicycle-riding bomber who attacked a Times Square military recruitment station may have been involved in two similar unsolved bombings in New York City, the FBI and police said Tuesday as they released video of the suspect and offered $65,000 for...

FBI names former USC professor to list of most wanted fugitives

2013-06-17 21:33:00

A former USC professor was named Monday to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list after he was indicted for sex crimes against children abroad, FBI officials said. Walter Lee Williams, 64, became the 500th person named to the list, officials said....

Ex-USC teacher on FBI Most Wanted list for alleged child sex crimes

2013-06-17 15:11:00

A former USC professor was named Monday to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives list after he was indicted for sex crimes against children abroad, FBI officials said. Walter Lee Williams became the 500th person to make the FBI's top list, officials said....

Whitey Bulger trial resumes with an ex-hit man due on the stand

2013-06-17 06:00:00

BOSTON — One of the FBI's most wanted for more than a decade, James “Whitey” Bulger, went on trial last week and on Monday, a former hit man who is seen as the prosecution's star witness is scheduled to testify. The 83-year-old Bulger,...

Subpoena seeks water agency records involving Sen. Calderon's brother

2013-06-14 23:40:00

A subpoena from federal prosecutors has been served at the Central Basin Municipal Water District, which has come under scrutiny amid an FBI probe of state Sen. Ronald S. Calderon (D-Montebello). Law enforcement sources confirmed issuing the subpoena,...

After a successful run on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" as Catherine Willows, Helgenberger left the show to return to the stage.

2013-06-03 08:24:19

Khusen Taramov, 22, shows a picture of FBI shooting victim, right, and himself Wednesday, May 22, 2013 in front of his apartment in Kissimmee after a FBI agent shot and killed his best friend who was questioned in Boston Marathon bombings.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

FILE - This combination of undated file photos shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. The CIA added the name of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, to a U.S. government terrorist database 18 months before the deadly explosions, U.S.

2013-04-19 00:00:00