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Justice Department Announces Multiple Drug and Firearms Arrests

Statistics show violent crime has risen 45% in Fargo since 2019. A new collaborative initiative announced Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Mac Schneider seeks to quell the tide.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A man from California appeared in court Thursday for his alleged involvement in a murder connected to drug trafficking. According to legal documents, on March 27, 2021, 36-year-old Filimone Tavake ,reportedly committed the murder of a Hawaii resident at the victim’s residence as part of a drug distribution scheme. Tavake was apprehended […]

A San Francisco man, Filimone Tavake, appeared in the District of Hawaii today to face charges related to his alleged involvement in a murder connected with drug trafficking. According to court documents, Tavake is accused of killing a Hawaii resident at the victim's home on March 27, 2021, as part of a drug distribution conspiracy. He was arrested five days prior in California.

The 37th and final defendant was sentenced recently in a Northern District of Mississippi case that targeted the violent activities, drug trafficking and money laundering of the Simon City Royals prison gang.

A federal jury convicted three members of the Hoover Criminal Gang yesterday for their roles in the murder of a suspected rival gang member.

NEWPORT NEWS — Three gang members have been charged, in addition to one previously charged defendant, with abduction and murder of a Richmond woman last May in…

St. Louis will receive resources from the Justice Department’s Criminal Divisions’ Violent Crime Initiative (VCI).

Two additional prosecutors headed to U.S. Attorney's Office as part of DOJ's Violent Crime Initiative

Nashville, TN - James Hines, 47, one of eighteen members and associates of the Clarksville chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club who were federally