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New Lead In Jimmy Hoffa Case; Could This Finally Answer The Question Of Where He Disappeared To?

Steve Tanko — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:28:08 +0000

Thirty eight years after he disappeared, authorities say that a new lead is the most-credible one they’ve ever had. A broke, aging, former upper-echelon member of the Detroit mafia is apparently breaking his silence. NBC 4 New York reports that Tony Zerilli, 85, said Hoffa was buried in a field in suburban Detroit, about 20 [...]

FBI Foils Plot to Bomb Federal Reserve Building in New York

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:10:59 +0000

A man drove from Long Island, New York, into Lower Manhattan earlier today in a van he thought was filled with explosives. He parked the van close to the Federal Reserve building, just a few blocks from the World Trade Center, and planned to detonate it using a cell phone from a nearby hotel.

The explosives, however, were fake.

Jimmy Hoffa Might Be Buried Under A Driveway In Michigan

Chris Allen — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:39:32 +0000

When I was growing up, it was always the joke. I know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. My uncles joked a lot. When I was sent to find something, they would say, did you find Jimmy Hoffa? Well, now they might have found him. Under a driveway in Michigan. Former agent John Anthony, who spent [...]

D.B. Cooper Trail Still Cold

Steve Tanko — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:33:30 +0000

An update to a story we posted last week: Turns out the new lead in the 1971 plane-jumping case turned out to be a dud.

DNA testing has failed to link a necktie belonging to the notorious hijacker 'D.B. Cooper' with a new suspect in the 40-year-old case, the FBI sa

D.B. Cooper Case Gets New Clues

Steve Tanko — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:42:49 +0000

Depending on what you believe, D.B. Cooper either perished on the night he parachuted out of a mid-air plane with $200,000 – or – has spent the lats 40 years living on the run. Either way, the FBI is investigating a new lead in the case. . The closest anyone has come to finding [...]

Infamous Mobster Whitey Bulger Caught After 16 Years On Run

Stephanie Berning — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:30:54 +0000

Infamous mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who had been a member of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list and on the run for more than 16 years, was taken into police custody in Santa Monica, California on Wednesday, according to the FBI.

FBI Updates Most Wanted Lists to Reflect Osama bin Laden's Death

Kool Staff — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:22:50 +0000

Now that Osama (Usama) bin Laden has been killed, the FBI has updated its Most Wanted Terrorists list, officially marking him as "DECEASED."

Nine other terrorists remain on the list, including bin Laden's deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri.

The FBI also updated its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list to reflect yesterday's news.

Check out a direct look at the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list after the jump.