DES MOINES, IA ? A federal grand jury in Des Moines returned an indictment on December 14, 2022, charging Adair Chief of Police Bradley Wendt with unlawfully obtaining and possessing machine guns. According to unsealed court documents, Wendt, age 46, exploited his position as the Adair Chief of...

WASHINGTON ? The Justice Department announced today that a Missouri man pled guilty to hate crime and arson violations for burning down the Cape Girardeau Islamic Center (the Center) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. According to court documents, on April 24, 2020, which was the first morning of the...

ST. LOUIS ? A disgruntled former employee on Tuesday admitted attacking a St. Charles restaurant with a Molotov cocktail in 2021. Rashaad Cotton, 25, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to a felony charge of attempting to commit arson. Cotton admitted that on...

Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Ricky Wynn, 61, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was sentenced on Friday, December 2, 2022, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for transporting explosive materials with intent to injure. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter...