Naval Criminal Investigative Service

Report: Service Members Sold Millions In Stolen Gear Online

Eric Lach | May 15, 2012, 3:34PM

Forty-seven U.S. service members and 21 civilians have been charged in connection to the sale of military equipment stolen from Camp Lejeune and other military installations, the result of a two-year investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, The Jacksonville Daily News reports.

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Brazil

Brazilian Prostitute To Sue U.S. Gov't Over 'Attempted Murder'

Eric Lach | April 27, 2012, 11:21AM

Romilda Aparecida Ferreira, a Brazilian woman who has accused US embassy personnel of intentionally trying to harm her. (Reuters)

Another day, another reported incident of American government personnel having run-ins with prostitutes abroad.

A lawyer for a Brazilian "sex professional and dancer" says his client plans to sue the U.S. government, three Marines, an American staff member, and one of the Embassy's Brazilian drivers for injuries allegedly sustained in an incident in Brasilia late last year, the Associated Press reports.

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FBI

Mysterious Gunman Targeting Military Facilities In D.C. Area

Ryan J. Reilly | November 4, 2010, 9:23AM

A mysterious gunman has shot up a series of D.C. area military buildings in recent weeks, stymieing local and federal investigators, alarming residents who live near the nation's capitol and evoking memories of the Beltway sniper shooting spree nearly a decade ago.

Law enforcement officials have yet to figured out who is behind the five shootings, which began in mid-October. But federal agents have linked all five incidents after analyzing the type of weapons being used, Andy Ames, a spokesman for the FBI Washington Field Office told TPMMuckraker on Wednesday.

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