SF News Feds Bust Pot Smuggling Ring Involving Oakland Airport Baggage Handlers A trio of baggage handlers at Oakland Airport have been charged with conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. As the AP reports, the three
SF News FBI Uses Facebook Messages To Nab Alleged Meth-Smuggling TSA Agents At SFO Two TSA screeners working at SFO were allegedly involved in a plot involving a third individual to smuggle multiple pounds of methamphetamine through security checkpoints in carry-on luggage. As the Examiner reports,
SF News SFPD And Federal Agents May Be Violating Local Civil Liberties Law In Terrorism 'Interviews' A 2012 law passed in San Francisco to protect the civil liberties of residents prohibits participation by San Francisco police in federal investigations as part of the Joint Terrorism Task Force. However, as
Arts & Entertainment New Doc Suggests The Silk Road Case Could Set Lasting Precedent For Fourth Amendment The federal prosecution of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged deep-web black marketeer known as Dread Pirate Roberts of The Silk Road, may have some major flaws when it comes to how the FBI
SF News San Francisco's Rising Crime Rates, By The Numbers We told you about the FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2013 earlier this week, when they rated the "Safest And Most Dangerous Cities In The Bay Area." That sure
SF News Suspected Silk Road 2.0 Operator Arrested in San Francisco [Updated] It's looking like the San Francisco leg of The Silk Road has not been fully shut down, according to federal prosecutors. They've just announced the arrest of one Blake
SF News Fugitive Cheerleader Turned Alleged Sex Trafficker Arrested In S.F. A 19-year-old Oregon woman who fled the state while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking a minor was found and arrested by San Francisco police on Monday, the Chronicle reports.
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: New Racketeering Charges For Yee and Shrimp Boy A revised grand jury indictment filed Friday, which includes 228 charges against 29 defendants, now includes federal racketeering charges against suspended state Senator Leland Yee and Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow, as
SF News Ryan Chamberlain Reappears In Court, Judge To Rule On Move To Mental Health Facility [Updated] There is still no date set for the federal trial of accused bomb-builder and potential domestic terrorist Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, but he appeared in court Monday while his public defender once
SF News Safety Of Sex Workers Questioned After Feds Shut Down MyRedbook.com An FBI raid on a local website that features reviews, ratings, and listings for sex workers ended in an arrest of at least two employees and a complete shutdown of the site. However,
SF News Ryan Chamberlain Pleads Not Guilty To Bomb Charges, New Case Details Emerge In federal court today, former San Francisco politico and alleged bomb-making/toxin-ordering suspect Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II pled not guilty to one felony charge of possession of an unregistered destructive device
SF News All About The Silk Road-Like Sites That Ryan Chamberlain Allegedly Used To Buy Lethal Toxins As we learned last week, the FBI says they ended up at Ryan Chamberlain's apartment because he had been contacting sellers on a darknet site called Black Market Reloaded, which has
SF News FBI: Ryan Chamberlain Bought Lethal Toxins Online On Friday morning additional documents related to the federal case against Ryan Chamberlain were unsealed. According to the search warrant, the FBI claims Chamberlain bought lethal toxins through black market websites and had
SF News Ryan Chamberlain Ordered To Get Psych Evaluation, Friends Raise $11,000 For Legal Defense Calling him "part of the San Francisco political family" and saying that "no one should be tried in the press," former investigator for the City Attorney's office
SF News FBI Documents: Ryan Chamberlain Had All The Pieces Of A Remote-Detonated Bomb According to the FBI's affidavit, bomb technicians allegedly found a messenger bag containing all the pieces necessary to create a remote-controlled improvised explosive device inside Ryan Chamberlain's San
SF News Conspiracy Theories Fly As FBI Fugitive Ryan Chamberlain Charged In Federal Court Following the arrest of 42-year-old former San Francisco politico Ryan Chamberlain, officials from the FBI and SFPD detailed the bizarre situation that culminated in a three-day manhunt across the country.
SF News FBI Fugitive Ryan Chamberlain In Custody After Trip To Lower Haight, Crissy Field Former S.F. politico Ryan Chamberlain, wanted by the FBI for allegedly possessing explosive materials, was apprehended Monday evening after a brief, national manhunt that hopped from a bar in the Lower Haight
SF News Former SF Politico Wanted By FBI Appears To Have Posted Suicide Note Online [Update] Ryan Chamberlain, a public-relations executive and former Gavin Newsom associate whose apartment was raided by the FBI on Saturday on suspicion of possessing explosives, seems to have posted a suicide note on
SF News Nationwide Alert For S.F. Man Wanted By FBI For Possessing Explosives [Update] The FBI is on a manhunt for this 42-year-old man, pictured at right, Ryan Kelly Chamberlain II, whose San Francisco apartment was found to have explosives and bomb-making material in
SF News FBI Looked Into Joe Montana During Leland Yee-Shrimp Boy Investigation San Francisco's most decorated quarterback-turned-real estate developer Joe Montana was the subject of a brief but fruitless FBI inquiry related to the same sting operation that nabbed state Senator
SF News FBI Seeking Child Predator Caught On Video The FBI is asking the public for help in identifying a man seen in an online video engaging in sexually explicit activities with a young boy. The video was reported to the National
SF News Oh No, Leland Yee: He Wore A Windbreaker On a day like this, even the pastel hues of a sporty windbreaker can't paint a smile on Yee's face. Pictured here: Senator Leland Yee leaving the San Francisco
SF News Arsonist Attacks Chinese Consulate In SF; FBI To Investigate An arsonist hit the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco (1450 Laguna) Wednesday night. At around 9:30 pm, "a person got out of a minivan parked in front of the consulate’s
SF News American And British Spies Have Wasted A Lot Of Time On World Of Warcraft Looking For Terrorists As part of the trove of documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, The Guardian and Pro Publica are now reporting that some pertain to a years-long effort to infiltrate potential
SF News Oakland Terrorist Bank Bombing Thwarted By FBI A terrorist bombing didn't go according to plans over in Oakland on Thursday night. Matthew Aaron Llaneza, 28, of San Jose was taken into custody near a Bank of America building
