WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Virginia are objecting to a request for a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation for a man who admitted to firing shots at the Pentagon, the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico and other military buildings. The prosecutors say ...

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WASHINGTON — Lawyers for an ex-D.C. councilman awaiting sentencing for corruption are accusing federal prosecutors of “stretching the facts” and making light of his positive contributions. Harry Thomas Jr. is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Washington ...

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McLEAN, Va. — Federal prosecutors have told a judge there’s no need to preserve millions of digital files associated with the file-sharing site Megaupload, whose owners are charged with running a huge online piracy scheme. A hearing is scheduled this ...

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Federal prosecutors in Baltimore on Tuesday unsealed an indictment against online sports betting site Bodog.com and its principals, charging them with conspiracy to launder money and running an illegal sports gambling business. Prosecutors shut down the website Bodog.com Monday prior ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Federal prosecutors on Monday announced the unsealing of an indictment charging 12 people with smuggling and attempting to smuggle cocaine and heroin from Panama into the United States. Authorities said the ring distributed cocaine and heroin to ...

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Federal prosecutors say a Millersville man is facing sentencing for fabricating military and academic credentials to get jobs as a teacher and trainer. A judge will sentence William Hillar on Tuesday in Baltimore. Prosecutors say Hillar falsely claimed to be ...

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Federal prosecutors say a former National Guardsman has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. Thirty-year-old Bret Desmarteau, formerly of Odenton, entered the plea on Wednesday. He will be sentenced on Oct. 13. According to his plea agreement, undercover FBI agents ...

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A federal judge will hear arguments on whether to dismiss the remainder of the bribery charges against a Maryland state senator accused of using his influence to benefit a grocery store chain. After federal prosecutors dropped nearly half of the ...

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Federal prosecutors are seeking about $8.6 million from a company that operated an illegal online money transmitting business that the government claims is tied to child pornography and financial crimes. The government’s civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court ...

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Federal prosecutors have dropped nearly half of the bribery charges against Maryland state Sen. Ulysses Currie. In court filings last week, U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein wrote that a Supreme Court decision renders charges of honest services fraud legally duplicative of ...

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