Brooklyn parents are still reeling over the revelation that Taleek Brooks, a teacher's aide at PS 243 (The Weeksville School), had been arrested twice this month for not only having but also producing child pornography—possibly inside the school itself. As the FBI started interviewing people today Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott stopped by for the second time in as many days. more ›

Marshall Curry has profiled NASCAR hopefuls and Newark Mayor Corey Booker (which earned him an Oscar nomination), and his latest, If A Tree Falls, follows the plight of Daniel McGowan, a former member of the Earth Liberation Front, a group that the F.B.I. once dubbed "America's #1 domestic terrorist threat." Curry traces McGowan's journey from his identity as the mild-mannered son of an NYPD officer to a radical environmental activist in the Pacific Northwest, carrying out arson in the name of the ELF, and back again. McGowan faces a life sentence plus 335 years for committing acts of terrorism, and his guilt is never in doubt. But the movie forces us to think about who a "terrorist" is, and how our society treats citizens who feel that they have no voice. more ›

Just a day after anti-piracy bills SOPA/PIPA were protested across the country and on the Internet, the FBI has shut down a popular file-sharing site, Megaupload.com. The NY Times reports, "According to a grand jury indictment, Megaupload — one of the most popular 'locker' services on the Internet, which lets users anonymously transfer large files — generated $175 million in income for its operators through subscription fees and advertising, while causing $500 million in damages to copyright holders." more ›

Over a year after the federal authorities raided hedge funds, the FBI has arrested three men as part of its insider trading investigation, including a Manhattan resident who wasn't home when they went to his home this morning. more ›

Hot off the heels of news that Staten Island men are amongst the most sensitive in the nation, some FBI documents have been unsealed showing that the borough's own Wu-Tang Clan is linked to guns, drugs, and murders. The report was obtained by blogger Rich Jones, who filed a FOIA request. According to the Daily News, the 93-page file is part of the late Russell Jones's file, aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard. more ›

Did you know that before this week, the FBI didn't recognize that men could be raped? Since 1927, rape has been defined by the FBI as the "carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will." But thanks to a new provision, that definition is finally being updated. "Rape is a devastating crime and we can't solve it unless we know the full extent of it,'' said Vice President Joe Biden, who worked closely with advocates on the issue. "This long-awaited change to the definition of rape is a victory for women and men across the country whose suffering has gone unaccounted for over 80 years." more ›

Bank robberies are up in the city (the number of armed bank robberies went up 69 percent to 44 last year!), a fact apparently furthered by the recent release of a career criminal whom the FBI thinks is already back at it. Jack Mannino, dubbed the "Seven Second Bandit" when he was busted in 1999 for his lightning fast heists, was released from prison in July and is now wanted in relation to a bank robbery in Bensonhurst last week. more ›

As if the story of a Staten Island man getting arrested after admitting he'd tried to join the Taliban in order to get off the no-fly list weren't wild enough, now lawyers for Abdel Hameed Shehadeh are trying to suppress from court a 22-page FBI report in which the alleged wannabe spills his guts about his jihadi pals. more ›

Pizza tourism expert Rep. Peter King is sick and tired of everyone badmouthing and "smearing" the NYPD—especially liberal members of the House Committee on Homeland Security, who called for an investigation into the NYPD over the report that they have been spying on Muslim Americans in NYC. “This is just left-wing pandering,” King told Roll Call. “Political correctness has gone crazy on the other side. These guys go on the line every day. A thousand cops out there. For them to take those cheap shots is disgraceful.” It's like they didn't even read the Post's takedown of that report! more ›

A Harlem stoner who unsuccessfully tried to circumcise himself and entertained fantasies about building a pipe bomb was brought down by the NYPD with great fanfare last month; perhaps you'll recall the press conference in which NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly described 27-year-old terror suspect Jose Pimentel as a dangerous "lone wolf" brought down "before he could detonate a fully-operated bomb." Yeah, the FBI thought that was just rich. And apparently they've been trash-talking the NYPD so much that the bureau's director, Robert Mueller, had to tell them to knock it off. more ›

Everybody gets a bribe! You get a bribe! And you get a bribe! And you get a bribe! That, at least, seems to be the attitude over at the offices of Assemblyman William Boyland Jr., who was arrested earlier this week on a second set of corruption charges after being acquitted of the first earlier this year. See, it wasn't just Boyland taking money. According to the FBI his chief of staff, Ry-Ann Hermon, was in on the take too. And it made her hot. more ›

Ladies: are you curious about online dating but too shy to meet anyone before 2013? Do you enjoy the idea of pinstripes as a metaphor for prison bars? Well, inmate #57431-053 AKA Ray Angeloff would love to meet you, as soon as he's paroled from his federal money laundering charges. Angeloff was sentenced in 2009 to five years in prison for posing as a legitimate Wall Street trader and swindling thousands of investors out of at least $3.5 million. While he's at a low-security wing of a Florida prison, he's looking for love online at PrisonInmates.com. more ›

Accused "lone wolf" terrorist Jose Pimentel has been assigned a new attorney, after the Legal Aid Society learned that it was representing the informant in the case for an unrelated criminal matter. Pimentel's new counsel is Lori Cohen, a private criminal defense attorney who defended the Egyptian banker accused to assaulting a housekeeper last spring, and has several homicide cases under her belt. "The credibility of the person who led him to do those things will certainly be an issue," Cohen tells DNAinfo, referring to reports that the case against Pimentel may be tainted by entrapment. more ›

At a hastily-assembled press conference Sunday night, Mayor Bloomberg and NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly stated that arresting 27-year-old terror suspect Jose Pimentel was an urgent priority "before he could detonate a fully-operated bomb." But the FBI's refusal to take the case based on "holes" and entrapment issues as well as the revelations that Pimentel, a frequent marijuana smoker, had attempted to circumcise himself pose the salient question: was Pimentel ever a serious threat to society? more ›

On the heels of reports that the feds are investigating City Comptroller John Liu's questionable campaign finances, now the NY Times reports a man who has raised money for Liu has been arrested for fraud: "The charges against the man, Xing Wu Pan, do not mention Mr. Liu, but say that Mr. Pan served as a bundler — or person who gathers donations from a group of contributors — for a citywide candidate in New York for the 2013 election. A person briefed on the matter said the candidate was Mr. Liu." more ›

The New Jersey man who escaped from prison, hijacked a plane to Algeria 39 years ago and was arrested last month, knew that the United States would never stop pursuing him. "Knowing the Americans, I always feared that they had their antennas up,” 68-year-old George Wright tells the Times. Wright was convicted of murdering a gas station attendant in 1962, escaped from state prison in 1970, and dressed as a priest, hijacked a plane in Detriot in 1972. But since then, he has married and had two children. "It's a little absurd for the Americans to come hunting me and making me look like the most evil man in the world," he said. "I really should be a role model of rehabilitation." more ›

Expect a downturn in naked celebrity photos: the FBI has arrested a Florida man suspected of hacking into the phones of actresses Scarlett Johansson, Vanessa Hudgens, Ali Larter, Jessica Alba and Emma Caulfield. According to the Feds, the man responsible for showing you Scar-Jo's breasts (NSFW) is likely "a lone wolf, who never got a cent for the pictures he stole... he just did it for the thrill." more ›

Oh to have been a fly on the wall when Mayor Bloomberg heard about this! Today the FBI arrested the top official in charge of new affordable housing construction in New York City, along with six developers, on charges including federal racketeering, conspiracy and bribery. According to court papers [PDF] Wendell B. Walters, the 49-year-old assistant commissioner for new construction of the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development, collected approximately $600,000 in bribes and kickbacks on about $22 million in moderately priced housing projects he oversaw in the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn between 2002 and 2011. more ›

A Massachusetts resident is accused of plotting to damage the Capitol building and Pentagon in Washington D.C. remote controlled planes filled with C-4 explosives. According to the Washington Post, "Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S.-born citizen of South Asian background, traveled to Washington last May to conduct surveillance and intended to launch three small GPS-guided aircraft from East Potomac Park — two against the Pentagon and one against the Capitol, according to a detailed plan he gave to the FBI." more ›

A man who escaped prison and hijacked a plane in 1971 and has been a fugitive from New Jersey ever since has been caught in Lisbon, Portugal. "The FBI's determination in pursuing subjects will not diminish over time or distance," a FBI spokesman says in a release. The AP reports that Wright intends on fighting the extradition, and has requested that he be released prior to the hearings. more ›

Earlier this summer federal prosecutors charged ex-Citigroup VP Gary Foster of embezzling millions from the bank into personal accounts and yesterday he plead guilty to one count of bank fraud. The legally blind banker now faces a maximum of ten years in the slammer for making off with $22.9 million between September 2003 and June 2011. more ›

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security are issuing a warning that terrorists may be renting small planes and filling them with explosives for possible attacks. The bulletin says, "Violent extremists with knowledge of general aviation and access to small planes pose a significant potential threat to the Homeland." more ›

The FBI is still on the search for Donna Borup, a woman who threw acid in the face of a Port Authority Cop at JFK Airport, way back in 1981. The FBI hasn't been able to track Borup down, so it just released a statement and an updated picture of what she might look like today in order to hopefully get some solid leads. more ›

After a thorough and time-consuming analysis, the FBI has confirmed what many of us were not wondering: none of the 60,000 Ground Zero workers eligible for Federal aid are currently on a terrorist watch list. Not one! The FBI was required to check all the names due to a stipulation in the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Rep. Cliff Stearns (R., Fla.) voted to pass the bill only on the condition that the FBI run background checks on anyone who might be getting compensation. If you think it was a pointless waste of time, you're not alone. more ›

We can empathize with a man who possesses an infamous name, but at least were never forced to carry a copy of The House at Pooh Corner to prove our identity. 50-year-old Deli worker Jose Delacruz has been arrested four times—and nearly deported by the FBI—because he bears the same name and date of birth as Jose "El Toro" Delacruz, a Dominican drug dealer who was recently extradited to his home country. The non-drug dealing Delacruz now carries a certified document stating that he is in fact not the '80s gangster El Toro. "No matter what I do, they always think I'm him," Delacruz tells the Daily News. "It's a terrible way to live. I'm scared all the time." more ›

GTL advocate and Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm is "not a fair-weather friend." This is why he gave felon and ex-con Carlos Luquis, who worked as an FBI agent alongside Grimm, the position of "Director" at his Texas-based company Austin Refuel. more ›

If you've been buying oxycodone prescriptions in Brooklyn, you might need to find a new doctor. Yesterday, after a six month investigation, the FBI and the NYPD arrested Dr. Eugene Demczuk, 66, and his associate Nicholas Cukier, 24, for selling scripts for the powerful painkiller for $150 a pop. They were each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distributing oxycodone. more ›

A Queens woman was arrested for interstate stalking after the FBI found she sent threatening emails and videos about the Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard. Teresa Yuan said in a video, which was sent to a Cotillard fan website, "The guilt and sorrow I feel now, I won't feel after it happens. After it happens I'll feel no regrets whatsoever ... that's apparently how it feels to be a killer, to be a murderer." more ›

Minutes before 9 a.m. yesterday, a "black Hispanic" man wearing a Yankees cap, a blue plaid shirt, large black sunglasses and a single glove, robbed a Chase Bank in Flushing, Queens at gunpoint. The FBI believes it is the third bank the "One Glove Bandit" has robbed, in addition to the Signature Bank at 84 Broadway in Brooklyn, which he allegedly robbed on May 6 and July 1. There's no word on the whether Bubbles was an accomplice, or if the hearts he has stolen with the single "You Are Not Alone" will ever be returned. more ›