Federal Police Agencies

Revamp social services agency

Personnel changes are occurring rapidly at the state Department of Social Services. In two months, five high-ranking officials of the agency have left. The latest is the head of the agency's Office of Community Services who...

Homeowners targets of scam

The FBI is investigating several local companies that allegedly bilked homeowners out of more than $300,000 on O'ahu, the Big Island and Maui with false promises to help them avoid foreclosure, according to local lenders and...

Big Isle police study pot measure

Police and law enforcement officials are still mulling how to respond to an initiative passed by Big Island voters that orders police to make arrests of adults for possession of small amounts of marijuana their lowest priority.

New clues to whereabouts of stolen masterpieces

Are the stolen Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum paintings stashed somewhere on the South Shore? That tantalizing question is raised in a new book about the sensational 1990 robbery, in which $300 million worth of art by...

Bioterrorism’s Deadly Math - Despite billions spent, we’re not yet ready for a big attack.

The White House wanted to know: How much safer are Americans today than they were on October 4, 2001? That was the day when a photo editor in Florida became the first reported case of inhalation anthrax in America in decades....

Alleged molestor still in country.( illegal immigrant accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl)

The illegal immigrant accused of molesting a 7-year-old girl in Clark County has still not been deported as the case hangs in legal limbo. Jorge Avila, 21, of La Grange, Ky., was released from the Michael L. Becher Adult...

What the L.A. Times Never Told You About an Inmate Who Was Close to Chuck Philips

Did Chuck Philips get duped by a con artist who improbably placed himself at the center of major acts of violence in the rap world? Did Philips become overly cozy with a prison inmate who sought to advance his agenda with tall...

Illegal Immigrants Let go after Murdering Mother of Five

'Why'd they let him go?' In killing blamed on immigrant, woman's kin want answers By SUSAN CARROLL Nov. 15, 2008, 11:59PM On a cloudy Monday afternoon in April, Tina Davila was buried according to her wishes: dressed in her...

Auditors will review state immigration law

State auditors will review whether state and local law enforcement agencies are complying with a 2006 state law requiring them to alert federal agencies when they suspect someone might be an illegal immigrant, according to...

Hackers, phishers can't get away with it like they used to

H:/tech/_photos/2008/11/14/kovesi-mug.jpgRomanian Prosecutor General Laura Codruta Kvesi has been a central figure in Romania-U.S. efforts to crack down on individuals with ties to international organized cybercrime rings. She...