Federal Bureau of Investigation

FBI reportedly investigating Michele Bachmann for potential criminal violations

The Iowa Senate has been scrutinizing alleged violations of state ethics rules that occurred during the course of Michele Bachmann's ill-fated presidential campaign. But that's child's play compared to an FBI probe.A SEPARATE SCANDAL: Bachmann's book tour to promote moribund autobiography has her in ... More >>

Loud Pack gang members allegedly burglarize U.S. flag-flying Mpls homes in search of guns

If you're on the hunt to heist guns, how would you figure out which homes to target?SEE ALSO: Alleged Young 'n Thuggin' clique leader gets seven years on drug chargeAccording to the logic allegedly employed by the Loud Pack north Minneapolis street gang, the answer is to look for the ones with Ameri ... More >>

FBI says it disrupted Minnesota terror plot [MUGSHOT]

Buford Rogers, a 24-year-old Montevideo resident, was arrested last Friday after a search of his mobile home park residence turned up Molotov cocktails, suspected pipe bombs, and guns.SEE ALSO: Racist planned to attack St. Paul's Mexican consulate, spur immigration debate, FBI saysToday, the FBI sai ... More >>

The Company You Keep: Wheezy Rider

Mpls has been overreporting rapes to feds; MPD officials had good rea$on to

If you judged by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, you'd think Minneapolis has been the national leader in "forcible rapes" (it's a real statistical category, not just the brainchild of Paul Ryan) since 2007.SEE ALSO: Minneapolis guns incidents, violent crime crept up in 2012 But you shouldn't judge ... More >>

Have you seen this armed bank robber? [PICTURES]

The robber grabbed cash around 9 a.m. this morning.​Minneapolis police and the the FBI are asking for any information that could help them track down an armed man who stuck-up a US Bank this morning. The man pulled a handgun on the teller at the branch at 2338 Central Avenue Northeast, and demande ... More >>

Busted flashlight or nefarious device from Minnesota baffles Newark Airport cops

The bomb squad moves in on a mysterious device from Minnesota.​What do you call a cross between a ballpoint pen and a disassembled flashlight, wedged between two seats on a flight from Minneapolis to Newark, N.J.? The FBI, the TSA, and the Port of New York Authority bomb squad call it trouble.

Lunch box robber at Edina M&I Bank caught on camera

FBIWho is this guy?​A guy wearing a wool hat, scarf and sunglasses walked into the M&I Bank branch at 3905 West 69th Street in Edina yesterday at about 10 a.m. He put down an insulated lunch box on the counter, told the teller there was a bomb inside and demanded cash. A security camera caug ... More >>

Mason Seckar's Wisconsin home raided by FBI over crank calls to cops

The FBI traced Mason Seckar through Skype.​According to the FBI affidavit on Mason Seckar of Oshkosh, he apparently loves nothing better than to taunt cops in Florida and Minnesota with bullshit crank calls. He leaves a reader with the impression that he may have an unhealthy obsession with ... More >>

TCF Bank robber strikes fourth time

FBIA robber with a preference for TCF Bank.​There's a robber out there with a preference for TCF Bank. For the fourth time since January, and the third time in a week, the same lone gunman has walked into a metro area TCF Bank branch, brandished a gun and made off with a pile of cash. Each ... More >>

Orlando Ray Vasquez and Gregory Scott Tyler arrested in Uptown TCF Bank heist

The FBI says this man is Orlando Ray Vasquez.​The FBI says Orlando Ray Vasquez, 40, of Nevada, and Gregory Scott Tyler, 49, are the two men behind the TCF Bank robbery in Uptown on Feb. 28. The heist, in which Vasquez was caught on camera, led to a chaotic getaway in which the two suspects crash ... More >>

TCF Bank robbery in St. Paul caught on camera

FBISeen this guy? Give the FBI a call.​Another TCF Bank branch has been robbed, this time in St. Paul. Like the Uptown robbery we told you about yesterday, this heist was caught by security cameras. Unlike that robbery, however, no one was injured. The pictures have just been released by the ... More >>

TFC Bank on West Lake Street robbed in broad daylight

FBISecurity cameras caught the robber in the act.​A bank robber and his getaway driver left injuries and destruction in the wake of a holdup Monday at the Uptown TCF Bank branch at 1444 West Lake Street. The FBI says the robber, wearing a red ball cap, walked up to a teller at about 9 a.m., a ... More >>

TCF Bank robber caught on camera in St. Paul [PHOTOS]

FBISeen this guy?​The FBI said this afternoon that a man walked into the the TCF Bank branch on Ford Parkway in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood, implied that he had a gun in a paper bag, and walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. He either didn't know or didn't care that he was bei ... More >>

Peace activists protest FBI investigation

Protesters called out the FBI yesterday for its investigation into local anti-war groups.​More than 100 people swarmed the sidewalk in front of the Federal Building in Minneapolis Tuesday evening to protest the grand jury investigation into local anti-war groups. Waving signs that read "Opposing ... More >>

Secret government informer "Karen Sullivan" infiltrated Minnesota activist groups

Committee to Stop FBI Repression"Karen Sullivan," an undercover agent who spied on Twin Cities activists.​The Twin Cities activists who had their homes raided by the FBI last September are starting to learn more about why they're being investigated by a Chicago grand jury in relation to material s ... More >>

New resolution slams FBI raids of Minneapolis activists

fbi.govThe Bureau is taking heat for its raids on Minnesota activists.​From the moment FBI agents and local police raided their homes last month looking for evidence of ties to overseas terrorist groups, Twin Cities peace activists have been calling the actions part of a government intimidatio ... More >>

FBI searches six Minneapolis homes in terrorist probe [UPDATE]

popculturegeek.comThe FBI played knock-knock this morning in Minneapolis.​Update: Video from the raid after the jump. The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force raided six Minneapolis homes this morning, executing search warrants related to an investigation into the material support of terrorism.FB ... More >>

Federal courthouse shut down over "white powder"

Image by pellaea on FlickrWhite powder: it's suspicious​A worker at the federal courthouse in St. Paul was opening mail yesterday when suddenly, the employee noticed white powder on his or her hands (we don't know the employee's identity). Uh-oh! Time to call the FBI and shut down the court.

Ivan Tencate used coffee shop WiFi to put kiddie porn on Internet, FBI says

They made made contact with the screen name "iten10," and traced the computer through its IP address to a coffee shop with free WiFi on 3rd Avenue South

Man robs Uptown bank using needle, AIDS

Who needs guns anymore when you can just rob a bank claiming you have a hypodermic needle infected with AIDS?

Crime down in Minneapolis (way down)

The murder rate in Minneapolis is less than half of what it was two years ago.

Man targeting FBI crashes into wrong building, wanted to destroy "mind reading" device

A 36-year-old Aitkin man attempted to bust through what he thought was the FBI building in Minneapolis Thursday because he believed a computer inside was controlling his mind.

Federal grand jury investigating Somali men

At least a dozen young men who attend a Minneapolis mosque have been called to testify before a federal grand jury.

Ratting out the RNC protesters: From the FBI mole's mouth

Star Tribune receives package labeled "Anthrax"

Anarchists now have another reason for being anarchists

Whack-a-Mole

Who's the real threat: Vegan potlucks or Ron Paul's revolutionaries?

Breakfast of Champions 5/16: Top stories

3Q: Retired FBI agent Jane Turner on winning her lawsuit against the FBI

The great Minneapolis crime wave: Not as bad as you think

Murder by the Numbers

MPD update: FBI meets with chief

The American Way of Torture

Local physician and author Steve Miles examines the forensic record of U.S. abuses in Iraqi prisons

9/21: Morning Communique

Deep Throat's identity revealed;
Bernstein the younger vindicated

A Knock on the Door

Will FBI contacts keep fearful Somalis away from the ballot box?

An October Surprise for Bush and the FBI?

FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds talks about her case --and hints at a forthcoming scandal

FBI Whistleblowers: A Short List

Five other agents and employees who spoke out

Hoover's Ghost

A short history of women at the FBI

We Are Your FBI

Employment numbers say the FBI is still a white man's world

"She's Punished for Doing Right"

Senate FBI Watchdog Chuck Grassley on Jane Turner and the Bureau

Whistleblower Number One

A Q&A with Fred Whitehurst, the first FBI whistleblower to go public

Special Agent Jane Turner vs. The FBI

Before Coleen Rowley, another whistleblower rose from the ranks of the Minneapolis FBI division. Retired agent Jane Turner talks at length for the first time about the Bureau's good old boy management culture--and how it goes about silencing its internal

9/11-Another Minnesota Connection?

Nancy Hanlon says she met and talked with one of the 9/11 hijackers in a Rochester, Minnesota bar just weeks before the attack. Is it true? There's no telling for sure. Is her story plausible? Yes.

Off Beat

Bury My Heart

For years it has been whispered that the 1976 slaying of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash was an inside job. Now a new rash of accusations aims squarely at local heroes Clyde and Vernon Bellecourt.

Minnesota's Most Wanted

Big Brother