Crime, Law and Justice

Federal prosecutors charge five people in Feeding our Future jury tampering plot
Prosecutors Wednesday announced jury bribery charges against three of the defendants in the recent Feeding Our Future trial along with two other people.
New Feeding Our Future charges: Prosecutors say 5 tried to bribe juror with $120K
Hoping to corrupt the recent trial, the alleged conspirators targeted the woman known as juror 52 because they believed her to be the youngest on the jury and the only person of color, but “juror 52 could not be bought,” U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger said Wednesday.
These best boys and girls just graduated from the ATF’s National Canine Academy
Meet the dogs who just finished the ATF’s canine training program. ATF dogs have supported major events like the Super Bowl and are also used in the bread-and-butter of ATF’s work: solving gun crimes.
As sideshows gain popularity, police try a range of tactics to stop them in their tracks
Illegal "sideshows," also known as "street takeovers," have spread since the pandemic. When police try to break them up, they often face defiant crowds.
Charges filed after body found in back of car following crash near Rochester
An Iowa woman was charged Tuesday with a felony count of concealing a dead body, after deputies responding to a car crash in southeast Minnesota last weekend found a woman deceased in the vehicle from injuries not suffered in the crash.
Reform, accountability become tug toy in proposed Minneapolis Police contract
Labor attorney Jim Michels, who represents the Minneapolis Police Federation and more than 40 other unions, says trying to squeeze police reform and accountability into a labor agreement is, in essence, impossible — or at least improbable.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S.
Under the deal, Assange faces a sentence of 62 months, equivalent to the time he has already served in Britain. He is expected to be released and to return to Australia following the court proceeding.