Rallies Planned At Apples Stores Against Order For Software To Help Terrorism Investigation

Rallies Planned At Apples Stores Against Order For Software To Help Terrorism Investigation

Groups are expected to gather at Apple stores in the Bay Area this evening as part of worldwide rallies against an order for the tech…

District Attorney Forms Task Force With FBI To Investigate Public Corruption

District Attorney Forms Task Force With FBI To Investigate Public Corruption

San Francisco prosecutors will join forces with the FBI in a task force to investigate public corruption, District Attorney George Gascon said today. The task…

FBI To Host Training Exercise In Preparation For Super Bowl 50

FBI To Host Training Exercise In Preparation For Super Bowl 50

The FBI will be holding a training exercise today at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara in preparation for Super Bowl 50, which is less than…

FBI Offers $10K Reward for Man Connected to 7 Bank Robberies

FBI Offers $10K Reward for Man Connected to 7 Bank Robberies

The FBI announced today they are offering a $10,000 reward for anyone who has information leading to the arrest of a man believed to be…

Why Did Feds Decide To DNA Swab Suspects In The Shrimp Boy/Leland Yee Corruption Case?

Why Did Feds Decide To DNA Swab Suspects In The Shrimp Boy/Leland Yee Corruption Case?

Federal prosecutors are DNA swabbing at least 12 of the 28 defendants entangled in the FBI’s probe into political corruption and organized crime that ensnared…

FBI Launches Investigation Into Allegations That Deputies Forced Inmates to Fight

FBI Launches Investigation Into Allegations That Deputies Forced Inmates to Fight

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation into allegations that deputies forced county jail inmates to fight gladiator-style and bet on the outcomes….

Costumed Man Wanted by FBI in Connection to String of Bank Robberies

Costumed Man Wanted by FBI in Connection to String of Bank Robberies

The FBI and San Francisco police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a costumed man believed to be responsible for robberies at six…

FBI Denies Claim They They Used Drones To Spy On Defendant In Senator Leland Yee Corruption Case

FBI Denies Claim They They Used Drones To Spy On Defendant In Senator Leland Yee Corruption Case

Update, 11/15/2014: The FBI is saying that the aerial video footage that Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow’s lawyers initially claimed was from a drone, was in fact…

Photos Show Suspects in Armed Takeover Bank Robbery

Photos Show Suspects in Armed Takeover Bank Robbery

The FBI and San Francisco police have released photos of two suspects in a violent, armed takeover-style bank robbery and are asking the public for…

Why Was Undercover FBI Agent Pulled From Investigation That Brought Down Leland Yee?

Why Was Undercover FBI Agent Pulled From Investigation That Brought Down Leland Yee?

A federal judge is due to hear arguments in San Francisco on Sept. 24 on a former school board president’s bid for information about an…

Alleged Owner Of Sex Sites Misses Court Date, Is Picked Up By FBI

Alleged Owner Of Sex Sites Misses Court Date, Is Picked Up By FBI

The FBI has located one of the alleged proprietors of a sex listings website who missed his scheduled appearance in federal court today. Eric “Red”…

FBI: SF Political Consultant Had Improvised Bomb, Toxic Beans

FBI: SF Political Consultant Had Improvised Bomb, Toxic Beans

A federal magistrate in San Francisco ordered a political consultant to be kept in custody today after a prosecutor argued that a homemade bomb allegedly…

SF Politico Who Allegedly Had Gun, Bomb Ingredients Returns To Court Monday

SF Politico Who Allegedly Had Gun, Bomb Ingredients Returns To Court Monday

A political consultant previously accused of possessing bomb materials in his San Francisco apartment has now been indicted on that charge and a new count…

Sorry, Shrimp Boy: Raymond Chow “Possible Danger To The Community,” Is Denied Bail

Sorry, Shrimp Boy: Raymond Chow “Possible Danger To The Community,” Is Denied Bail

Alleged Chinatown gang leader Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow was denied bail in federal court in San Francisco this morning for charges detailed in a massive…

FBI: SF Politico Ryan Chamberlin Bought Lethal Toxin Online, Then Complained That It Didn’t Work

FBI: SF Politico Ryan Chamberlin Bought Lethal Toxin Online, Then Complained That It Didn’t Work

A search warrant unsealed in federal court today in the case of a San Francisco man accused of possessing bomb materials alleges that he purchased…

Contractor Responsible For Evidence In Leland Yee Corruption Case Burgled, Suspects Remain At Large

Contractor Responsible For Evidence In Leland Yee Corruption Case Burgled, Suspects Remain At Large

The federal contractor charged with holding and distributing the vast majority of evidence in the Sen. Leland Yee corruption trial — evidence now under a…

FBI Affidavit Details Explosive Ingredients, “Reckless” Chase In Investigation Of Ryan Chamberlin

FBI Affidavit Details Explosive Ingredients, “Reckless” Chase In Investigation Of Ryan Chamberlin

The essential ingredients of a remote-controlled improvised explosive device were allegedly found together in a messenger bag during a search of a public relations consultant’s…

SF Politico Ryan Kelly Chamberlain Appears In Court, Allegedly Possessed Bomb-Making Materials

SF Politico Ryan Kelly Chamberlain Appears In Court, Allegedly Possessed Bomb-Making Materials

10:59 AM: A man charged with possessing bomb-making materials in his San Francisco apartment had the pieces necessary to build an improvised explosive device, FBI…

(Video) FBI Nabs Ryan Chamberlin, SF Politico At Center Of Explosive Allegations, Near Crissy Field

(Video) FBI Nabs Ryan Chamberlin, SF Politico At Center Of Explosive Allegations, Near Crissy Field

A San Francisco man wanted by the FBI for allegedly possessing explosive materials at his home in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood is in custody…

SF “Political Junkie” Sought By FBI Continues To Post To Social Media

SF “Political Junkie” Sought By FBI Continues To Post To Social Media

A man wanted by the FBI for allegedly possessing explosive materials at his home in San Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood appears to have posted a…

FBI Releases Photo Of Ryan Chamberlain, “Armed And Dangerous” Russian Hill Man Suspected To Be Toting Explosives

FBI Releases Photo Of Ryan Chamberlain, “Armed And Dangerous” Russian Hill Man Suspected To Be Toting Explosives

2:08 PM: The FBI is releasing new information about a man suspected of possessing explosive materials a day after searching his San Francisco apartment during…

Judge Rules That “sensitive information” In Corruption Case That Brought Down SF Senator Must Be Kept Under Wraps

Judge Rules That “sensitive information” In Corruption Case That Brought Down SF Senator Must Be Kept Under Wraps

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a protective order today enabling 25 defendants and their lawyers in a corruption, money laundering and arms dealing…

Sports Agent Accused Of Participating In Murder-For-Hire Plot Has Been Denied Bail

Sports Agent Accused Of Participating In Murder-For-Hire Plot Has Been Denied Bail

A sports agent accused of joining a former school board president and his son in a murder-for-hire plot, guns sales and cocaine conspiracy was denied…

There Might Be Even More Charges For Defendants In The Leland Yee/Shrimp Boy Case

There Might Be Even More Charges For Defendants In The Leland Yee/Shrimp Boy Case

The chief prosecutor in a 29-defendant corruption and organized crime case told a federal judge in San Francisco today that a majority of the defendants…

Current Board Of Supervisors Members Face FBI Questions Over Leland Yee Corruption Allegations

Current Board Of Supervisors Members Face FBI Questions Over Leland Yee Corruption Allegations

Members from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will be meeting with the FBI in the coming week as part of an investigation into alleged…

Shrimp Boy Pleads Not Guilty

Shrimp Boy Pleads Not Guilty

Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the leader of the Chinatown-based Chee Kung Tong organization, and four other defendants pleaded not guilty in federal court in San…

Missing Polish Paintings Discovered In Bay Area

Missing Polish Paintings Discovered In Bay Area

FBI agents from San Francisco returned 75 paintings considered to be cultural artifacts and national treasures to Poland’s Ministry of Culture on Thursday following an…

Grand Jury Returns Indictment For Leland Yee, Shrimp Boy, And 27 Others

Grand Jury Returns Indictment For Leland Yee, Shrimp Boy, And 27 Others

State Sen. Leland Yee, Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow and 27 other defendants have been indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on charges…

Mother Of Yee Scandal’s Arrested Political Consultant Stakes Mobile Home On Son’s Bail

Mother Of Yee Scandal’s Arrested Political Consultant Stakes Mobile Home On Son’s Bail

Former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson, who faces public corruption, gun and drug charges, was released on bail of $250,000 from an Oakland…

Leland Yee Drops Lawyer, Meanwhile Former Federal Prosector Takes Up Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow Defense

Leland Yee Drops Lawyer, Meanwhile Former Federal Prosector Takes Up Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow Defense

Suspended state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, has chosen a new lawyer to defend him against federal public corruption and gun trafficking charges. Yee’s…

Defense For Leland Yee Consultant Keith “One Man Crime Wave” Jackson Accuses FBI Of “trolling in the city”

Defense For Leland Yee Consultant Keith “One Man Crime Wave” Jackson Accuses FBI Of “trolling in the city”

Despite a prosecutor’s claim that former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson is “one-man crime wave,” a federal magistrate agreed today to release him…

Senator Leland Yee Released On $500,000 Bond, Is Stripped Of Passport And Told Not To Leave California

Senator Leland Yee Released On $500,000 Bond, Is Stripped Of Passport And Told Not To Leave California

State Sen. Leland Yee was arraigned in U.S. District Court today on charges of weapons trafficking and scheming to defraud citizens as part of an…

In Response To “Shocking and surreal” Charges, Senate President Tells Leland Yee To Resign Or Face Suspension

In Response To “Shocking and surreal” Charges, Senate President Tells Leland Yee To Resign Or Face Suspension

6:02 PM: State Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg today called on state Sen. Leland Yee to resign following his arrest and indictment on federal…

Drugs, Money, And Murder: Federal Authorities Unseal Criminal Complaint Against Senator Leland Yee, 25 Others

Drugs, Money, And Murder: Federal Authorities Unseal Criminal Complaint Against Senator Leland Yee, 25 Others

4:08 PM: Federal authorities have unsealed a criminal complaint in San Francisco today alleging charges including drug trafficking, gun running, money laundering and murder for…

Violent Fugitive Nabbed In Portland, Had Been Spotted In Bay Area

Violent Fugitive Nabbed In Portland, Had Been Spotted In Bay Area

A violent fugitive from Montana spotted in several Bay Area cities last week was captured tonight in Portland, Ore., an FBI spokesman said tonight. Kevin…

Have You Seen This Man? Fugitive Sex Offender Spotted In Bay Area

Have You Seen This Man? Fugitive Sex Offender Spotted In Bay Area

The FBI and U.S. Marshals Service are asking for the public’s help locating a violent fugitive who was seen last week in several Bay Area…

Alleged Members Of “Central Divisadero Playas” Face Murder, Racketeering, And Drug Trafficking Charges

Alleged Members Of “Central Divisadero Playas” Face Murder, Racketeering, And Drug Trafficking Charges

A federal grand jury today issued a 17-count indictment accusing 10 alleged members and associates of a San Francisco gang of murder, racketeering, drug trafficking…

Suspect In Consulate Arson Is Citizen of China, Permanent Resident of US

Suspect In Consulate Arson Is Citizen of China, Permanent Resident of US

A man accused of lighting a fire at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on New Year’s Day made a brief appearance in federal court…

Man Who Turned Himself In For Chinese Consulate Fire Says He Was Hearing Voices

Man Who Turned Himself In For Chinese Consulate Fire Says He Was Hearing Voices

1:53 PM: A Daly City man accused of lighting a fire at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco on New Year’s Day allegedly told FBI…

FBI Takes Over Arson Investigation At Chinese Consulate

FBI Takes Over Arson Investigation At Chinese Consulate

The FBI is investigating a suspected arson at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, an agency spokesman said this morning. Around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, a…