FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending November 9, 2012
- Phoenix: Jared Lee Loughner Sentenced in Tucson
Shooting
Loughner was sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility
for parole for killing six people and wounding 13 others, including
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Full
Story
- Charlotte: Jury Finds Convicted Terrorist Guilty of Murder-for-Hire
Plot
Hysen Sherifi plotted to pay a hit man to murder and behead
three witnesses and three law enforcement officers who testified against him in
his 2011terrorism trial. Full
Story
- Kansas City: Man Sentenced to 245 Years for Drugging 13 Children,
Videotaping Molestations
James Phillip “Phil” Edwards admitted to
using his young son to unwittingly lure victims and their friends to his home
for sleepovers. Full
Story
- New York: Long Island Man Arrested in Home Depot Extortion
Plot
Home Depot employee Daniel Sheehan planted an explosive device
and threatened to detonate three others at Long Island Home Depot stores if he
was not paid a $2 million ransom demand. Full
Story
- Jacksonville: En Fuego for Jesus Ministry Members Convicted of Child Sex
Trafficking
Luis E. Morales, founder of the ministry, and Rebecca
Rivera, one of his “prophets,” transported children of the ministry across state
lines to engage in commercial sex acts. Full
Story
- Houston: Thirty-Four Alleged Aryan Brotherhood of Texas Gang Members
Indicted on Federal Racketeering ChargesThe defendants range from
senior leaders to soldiers of the “whites only,” prison-based gang that has
members operating inside and outside of state and federal prisons throughout
Texas and elsewhere in the United States. Full
Story
- Dallas: Inmate Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Assaulting Fellow
Inmate
John Hall, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution
in Seagoville, Texas, assaulted a fellow inmate whom he believed to be gay,
violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Full
Story
- Washington: Two Pakistani Nationals Indicted for Conspiring to Illegally
Ship Pharmaceuticals into the U.S.
Sheikh Waseem Ul Haq and Tahir
Saeed were accused of operating Internet sites that illegally shipped $2 million
of pharmaceuticals from Pakistan and the United Kingdom to customers worldwide.
Full
Story
- Sacramento: Safe Streets Task Force Investigation Nets 17
Arrests
The arrests and searches were the culmination of a nearly
two-year investigation to identify a network of gang members engaged in the
trafficking of methamphetamine and firearms. Full
Story
- Honolulu: Two Indicted in $200,000 Fraud Related to Sham Stevie Wonder
Concert at University of Hawaii
An authorized agent for Stevie Wonder
reported that neither he nor his management had any knowledge of the concert. Full
Story
