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South Florida DEA agents charged in scheme to peddle info about drug investigations

MIAMI — A current Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a retired agent — both of whom had worked in the agency’s Miami field office for years — surrendered Friday on corruption charges involving the payment of thousands of dollars in bribes for confidential investigative information about drug-trafficking suspects.

Miami Herald · May 20, 2022

NC man admits to unleashing a chemical spray at police during US Capitol assault

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A 30-year-old Fayetteville man admitted Friday to unleashing a chemical spray at police during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Apr 23, 2022

Van Dyke avoids federal charges in Laquan McDonald's death

Federal authorities say they will not criminally charge Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the 2014 shooting death of Black teenager Laquan McDonald

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2022