Justice Department nabs 205 child sex abuse offenders in FBI-led crackdown, including two in District of Maryland

BALTIMORE, MD—The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced the results of Operation Restore Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to identify, track and arrest child sex predators. The operation resulted in the rescue of 115 children and the arrests of 205 child sexual abuse offenders in the nationwide crackdown. The coordinated effort was executed over the course of five days […]

Man pleads guilty to plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice in Maryland

GREENBELT, MD—A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to plotting to assassinate a U.S. Supreme Court justice in Maryland, in what federal authorities called “a heinous attack on the court itself.” Nicholas John Roske, 29, of Simi Valley, Calif., admitted as part of his guilty plea that he flew to Dulles International Airport last June with a gun and ammunition […]