Nine MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in Racketeering and Violent Crime Conspiracy

Nashville, Tennessee - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee, has returned a 60-count indictment charging nine members of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) with a racketeering conspiracy spanning more than seven years.

Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Excessive Force Charge

Jackson, Mississippi - The Justice Department announced Tuesday that a former officer with the Meridian, Mississippi Police Department pleaded guilty to using excessive force against a man during a vehicle stop and arrest. 

Former Advisor to Presidential Candidate Among Three Defendants Charged with Acting as Agents of a Foreign Government

Brooklyn, New York - A seven-count indictment was unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn charging Thomas Joseph Barrack, Matthew Grimes, and Rashid Sultan Rashid Al Malik Alshahhi, also known as “Rashid Al Malik” and “Rashid Al‑Malik,” a citizen of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with acting and conspiring to act as agents of the UAE between April 2016 and April 2018. 

Airline Passengers Charged with Interfering with Flight Crew and Assaulting Passengers

Phoenix, Arizona - Kelly Pichardo, 31, of Bronx, New York, appeared virtually Wednesday in federal court on charges that she interfered with a flight crew member and committed simple assault. Leeza S. Rodriguez, 30, also of Bronx, New York is scheduled to appear next week on the same charges. Pichardo and Rodriguez were previously indicted by a grand jury on three counts related to events that took place in February 2021.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Attorney General Eric Schmitt Co-Lead 26 States to Protect Second Amendment at SCOTUS

Washington, DC - Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt are co-leading a coalition of 26 states to protect Americans’ right to self-defense at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The states filed an amicus brief in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Corlett, urging the justices to declare New York’s subjective-issue firearm license regime unconstitutional.