Source: United States Department of Justice News
Five alleged members of street gangs based in Altadena and Duarte have been arrested on federal charges of being felons in possession of firearms or ammunition during a shootout in Ontario that investigators say was part of an ongoing dispute with a rival gang.
Source: United States Navy
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday along with Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger and Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Karl Schultz spoke at the Sea-Air-Space Tri-Service Maritime Leadership panel discussion moderated by retired Adm. John Richardson, Aug 2.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
A federal jury convicted five former officers and employees of Banc-Serv Partners LLP (Banc-Serv) — a lending service provider — in a 13-year conspiracy to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with its programs to guarantee loans made to small businesses.
Source: United States Department of Justice News
U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang sentenced Darnell Smith, a/k/a “Hook”, age 41, of Baltimore, Maryland to five years and three months in federal prison, to be served consecutive to Smith’s current state sentence, followed by three years of supervised release, for a racketeering conspiracy at the Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI). The conspiracy included former correctional officers, inmates, and outside “facilitators” who paid bribes to correctional officers to smuggle contraband, including narcotics, alcohol, tobacco, and cell phones into the prison.
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) State Crime News
A man wearing a dark blue Torrance County Fire Department long-sleeve shirt robbed a bank in Bernalillo on Friday, July 30, 2021.
The robbery occurred at Wells Fargo, located at 239 West Highway 550, at approximately 2:15 p.m.
The suspect is described as a Native American or Hispanic male with dark skin, approximately 5’6″ tall, with a medium build.
He wore a blue shirt, a dark mask covering the lower half of his face, a dark baseball cap with a light-colored bill, and dark green pants.
The suspect entered the bank and presented a demand note to a teller.
The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money to the suspect, who left the bank.
The FBI and Bernalillo Police Department are investigating.
Authorities are investigating whether this suspect may have committed four other bank robberies this month, two in Moriarty, and one each in Tijeras and Socorro.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of that suspect.
Anyone with information about any of these robberies is asked to contact the FBI at (505) 889-1300, or Albuquerque Metro Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at (505) 843-STOP.
Tips can also be submitted online at tips.fbi.gov.
Information about other bank robbers wanted by the FBI can be found at bankrobbers.fbi.gov.
Bank robbery carries a possible prison term of up to 20 years. The use of a gun, other dangerous weapon, toy gun, or hoax bomb device during the commission of a bank robbery can be punishable by a prison term of up to 25 years.