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Three Connected to Bombing Suspect Questioned in New Bedford

Taylor Cormier — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:02:04 +0000

The investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing seeped into New Bedford, Mass. on Friday evening withe the questioning of several people who knew suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

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Watch the FBI Video That Shows Potential Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects

Eric Meier — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:41:31 +0000

The FBI today released surveillance video as it relates to the Boston Marathon bombings.

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Hostage Situation In Alabama Ends With Child Safe

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 23:12:52 +0000

The nearly week long hostage situation in Alabama involving a five-year-old boy has finally come to an end.

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FBI Foils Plot to Bomb Federal Reserve Building in New York

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:10:59 +0000

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.

The explosives, however, were fake.

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FBI Agent Stops In Marcy On Bike Trek Across The U.S.

WIBX — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:24:42 +0000

Town of Marcy, NY (WIBX) - Retired FBI Agent Jim Caverly is riding his bike across the United States.

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Penn St. Leaders Blasted In Sandusky Review – Read Full Report

Jim Rondenelli — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:53:53 +0000

Four of Penn State's most powerful leaders are blasted in a new report into the university's response to the allegations of child molestation against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

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Wannabe Special Agent Sues FBI After He's Rejected Over a Pushup

Shauna Wright — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:00:49 +0000

Most jobs don’t have physical fitness tests, but the FBI does — and one man who was denied a position as a special agent for doing 29 pushups instead of the required 30 is now suing the agency for gender discrimination.

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Sex Predator Eric Toth Replaces Osama bin Laden Atop FBI's Most Wanted List

Shauna Wright — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:01:16 +0000

For years, Osama bin Laden had a regular spot atop the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. But in an effort to prove the agency isn’t focused solely on international terrorists, it’s now put a former third-grade teacher at number one — Eric Toth, who’s accused of possessing and producing child porn.

He replaces the late al Qaeda leader nearly one year after his death.

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FBI Warns About Grandparent Scam

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:42:06 +0000

Washington, DC (WIBX) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about "The Grandparent Scam."

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Powdery Substance At MetLife A Hoax

Kristine Bellino — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:26:24 +0000

Oriskany, NY (WIBX ) - Whitestown Police say the FBI has confirmed that a suspicious package found at the Met Life building in Oriskany containing an unknown substance was a hoax.

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Authorities Investigating Powdery Substance Sent To MetLife In Oriskany

Kristine Bellino — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:45:37 +0000

Oriskany, NY (WIBX) - Whitestown Police are saying that postal authorities, the Utica Fire Department, and the FBI are investigating a powdery substance sent to the MetLife Building on Oriskany Road.

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What's in Steve Jobs' FBI Dossier?

Shauna Wright — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:55:40 +0000

While the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was considered a product and marketing genius, he was hardly perfect — and the recent release of his FBI file sheds light on some of the skeletons in his closet.

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FBI: Violent Crime Figures Drop Across The U.S.

WIBX — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:04:47 +0000

Syracuse, NY (WIBX) - Law enforcement agencies from across the U.S. report a decrease of 6.4 percent in the number of violent crimes being committed during the first half of 2011.

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Dying Mother's Last Wish Helped FBI Track Down Fugitive on the Run for Over 30 Years [VIDEO]

Jade Walker — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:15:15 +0000

The FBI has captured William Walter Asher III, a convicted killer who escaped from prison and spent three decades on the lam. The case broke wide open when Asher’s mother put the word out that she wanted to speak with him one last time before she died.

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FBI Launches New Weapon To Keep Kids Safe

WIBX — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:07:22 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Law enforcement officials across the country have a new weapon to protect children...The Child ID App!

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