Ryan Collins, the man who set off a media circus when he illegally hacked into the online accounts of Hollywood celebrities and stole their private nude photos, is headed to federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of illegally accessing a protected computer. Collins, a 36-year-old resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, recently appeared in federal court …
Hawaii lawmakers are pushing for a law that would require state residents who own handguns to have their information entered into a database maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI database would then be updated anytime a resident of Hawaii was arrested in another state. When a person in the database is …
US health officials are growingly increasingly worried about abuse of prescription painkillers because some drug addicts are getting creative in the ways they seek out drugs. Approximately 52 million people over the age of 12 have reported using prescription narcotics at some point in their lives, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a …
The U.S. Justice Department recently released a letter that asks state governors to change policies on granting state-issued IDs to federal inmates who’ve served their sentences and are headed back to their local communities. The federal criminal investigation and enforcement agency is calling on governors to make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state …
New Jersey officials have fundamentally altered the state’s official policy on stun gun use by law enforcement. The policy changes were recently announced by Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman, who indicated that the new guidelines would provide police officers with clearer direction on how to use the devices as a lifesaving alternative during potentially …
New Jersey authorities fear that thousands of drug convictions may be in jeopardy after an investigation found that an NJ State Police lab tech faked evidence in a drug offense case. Although evidentiary issues do sometimes arise in NJ drug cases, they usually involve questions about the chain of custody. The revelation that a laboratory …
An all-time record number of firearm background checks were processed last year, according to FBI data. Gun sales were extremely high during the final three months of 2015, in the aftermath of deadly mass shootings and violent attacks in San Bernardino, California and Paris, France. In fact, December 2015 saw an all-time high of more …
Famous comedian Bill Cosby is about to face criminal charges in Pennsylvania stemming from a sex assault allegation. For more than a year, many national news media outlets have reported on the growing number of rape allegations against Bill Cosby. Now the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania has stated its intention to pursue …
Heroin use is on the rise among college students in the U.S., according to a recent report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of course, the heroin problem is not limited to college-age individuals. The CDC report found that the rate of heroin use among all people has more than doubled …
