Vincent Ramos, CEO of Canada-based Phantom Secure & four associates were indicted on charges that they knowingly and intentionally participated in a criminal enterprise that facilitated the importation & distribution of narcotics through the sale & service of encrypted communications to evade law enforcement and obstruct justice while committing transnational drug trafficking.

Phantom Secure Takedown: Selling Unhackable Phones to Drug Cartels

Phantom Secure Helped Drug Traffickers, Organized Crime Worldwide International organized crime and drug trafficking groups were dealt a blow by the takedown of an encrypted communication service they used to plan and...
Anyone with info regarding the disappearance of Christina Bennett, Rhonda Jones, and Megan Oxendine please call FBI Charlotte at 704-672-6100.

FBI: $30,000 Reward for Info on Deaths of 3 NC Women (Video)

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Lumberton Police Department are seeking information from the public in three death investigations. The bodies of the three women were found within a four-block...
Thomas Nesmith, wanted by the U.S. Marshal’s for murder, is considered 'Armed and Dangerous’ - Do Not Approach. If you have any info on his whereabouts please call the US Marshals at 1-877-Wanted-2 (1-877-926-8332) or email usms.wanted@usdoj.gov

US Marshals Seek Aid in Locating NY Man Wanted for VA Murder, Reward

U.S. Marshals are asking for the public’s assistance in tracking down an armed and dangerous gang member on the run from a murder charge.  Thomas Nesmith, 24, fled to New York since...
Facial recognition software quickly compares one face with a lot of other faces to see if there is a potential match. That’s it. Cops do the same thing every day in a manual way, by knocking on doors with a photo, or having crime victims look through hundreds of mugshot photos; facial recognition just automates the process.

The Truth about Law Enforcement’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology

By Roger Rodriguez, Director of Business Development at Vigilant Solutions, a 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Award Winner We all know that technology and automation make us more efficient in our lives and our jobs –...
Crenshanda Williams, 44, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months probation after a jury found her guilty of hanging up on Texas residents attempting to call 911. (Courtesy of the Houston Police Department)

911 Operator who Hung Up on Emergency Calls Sentenced to Jail

By Nicole Darrah, Fox News A former 911 operator who hung up the phone "thousands" of times on people attempting to call in emergencies in Harris County, Texas has been sentenced to...
Curtis Allen, Patrick Eugene Stein, Gavin Wright (from Left to Right)

Three Kansas Men Convicted of Bomb Plot (Learn More, Multi-Video)

Three men from the southwest Kansas area were convicted on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to detonate a bomb at an apartment complex in Garden City where Muslim immigrants lived. The conviction...
Harris County Deputy Constable Christopher Gaines was flown to a local hospital after being wounded during a shootout Tuesday morning. (Courtesy of Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office)

Man Shot 22 Times After Shooting Texas Deputy with Shotgun

By Samantha Ketterer, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE and Officer .com A deputy constable and a man were wounded Tuesday morning in a shootout in Atascocita, according to the Harris County Constable Precinct 4. Constable Mark...
Jarratt A. Turner, 36, of Nashville, who was also known to dress as Spiderman and wash windows at a local children’s hospital, has been sentenced to 105 years in prison for the production of and transportation of child pornography.

Child Predator Sentenced to 105 yrs Following ICE HSI Investigation

A Nashville man who filmed himself sexually exploiting an infant girl and a toddler boy on multiple occasions was sentenced to 105 years in federal prison on Monday for multiple counts...
Lois Ann Riess is a suspect in the death of a Florida woman who was found dead April 9 in a condo in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. The Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office said Pamela Hutchinson, 59, was killed by Riess who was on the run after killing her husband in Blooming Prairie, Minn., in March.

Manhunt for Grandma: Killed Husband & Doppelganger to Steal ID (Videos)

By Melissa Montoya and Michael Braun, The News-Press and USA TODAY A nationwide search for a Minnesota woman is ongoing as she is wanted in connection with the death of her husband and then of a...
7 inmates are dead and 17 injured after hours of rioting at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Facility, ‘Was all about territory’ officials say

7 Dead in SC Prison Riot, All About Cellphones & Territory (Multi-Video)

By Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press and ABC News Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the...