Austin Aquarium Manager Sent to Federal Shark Tank

Covino gets a year behind bars

"...is scheduled to open to annual-pass holders, a Florida federal judge sentenced Ammon Covino, one of two brothers behind..."

Dec. 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Austin Coke Traffickers in Federal Pokey

Chief Art Acevedo takes sideways shot at Travis Co. attitudes towards drugs

"...was the impetus for a more than two-year joint local-state-federal task force investigation that ended with 28 defendants sentenced..."

June 5, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

The History of an Investigation

A History of the Mala Sangre OCDETF Investigation

"...of the major events associated with the Mala Sangre investigation. Sources: court documents, depositions, and police interviews...."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature

Reefer Madness: North Dakota Hemp Heads Toward Federal Showdown

State's farmers stuck in web of federal bureaucracy

"...expedite the applications of two North Dakota farmers seeking federal approval to farm industrial hemp is, in effect, a..."

May 11, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Downtown Bar Owners Face Federal Drug Charges

Yassine Enterprises, in a Roial mess, forced to cover its Hyde

"...On March 22, federal agents raided several businesses run by Yassine Enterprises and..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Federal Judge Hears Oral Arguments in Sexual Assault Class Action

Yeakel to consider motions to dismiss before issuing scheduling order

"...for years and not using them to “pursue additional investigation or process cases through the criminal justice system.” Schaefer..."

Dec. 17, 2018 News Post by Sarah Marloff

TDCJ Violating Federal Drug Laws?

Could it be that prison officials have lying to the DEA?

"...direct the DEA to conduct "a prompt and thorough investigation" of the situation. "The potential for abuse is rampant,..."

March 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Bloch'd Investigation

Special Counsel and super-special homophobe Scott Bloch under investigation.

"...Bush in 2004, the watchdog office charged with protecting federal whistle-blowers has been soaking in controversial allegations of partisan..."

May 6, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

How Do You Know

Who would have guessed that a rom-com from the director of Broadcast News and starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson would turn out this wan and dull?

"...of some vaguely defined sort, who is currently under federal investigation. It's hard, as a viewer, not to shudder..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

No Knock and No Crack, Pt. 4

Was the drug raid that took life of 92-year-old in Atlanta in 2006 caused by a quota system at police department?

"...officer Arthur Tesler, who last month pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with the botched raid that caused..."

Nov. 10, 2008 News Post by Jordan Smith

Bad Blood

Did the Austin Police Department Shut Down an Investigation of Its Own Cops?

"...administration effectively shut down a major drug and corruption investigation -- at the very moment that investigation appeared to..."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Money to Burn

John Cornyn tries to keep tobacco case lawyers from reaping all of the financial benefits.

"...Folsom, who is overseeing the tobacco case from his federal bench in Texarkana...."

Oct. 22, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dan Morales v. Harry Potter

Louis Dubose examines Dan Morales' "Rule 202" filing against a former colleague in the Texas tobacco litigation.

"...trial lawyers and sued the nations' tobacco companies in federal court in Texarkana, forcing Big Tobacco into a settlement..."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Naked City

"...but AISD won't be able to rely on the federal government for any help. Democrats slashed George W. Bush's..."

March 9, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Withhold federal money until police resolve race crisis, group demands

"...is asking the U.S. Deptartment of Justice to withhold federal funding from the city of Austin and the Austin..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Taking 'H' Off the Street

APD on a recent heroin ring bust.

"...and Randy Gaitan Castro, 24 (DOB: 07-20-82). As the investigation progressed, the Austin Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau..."

March 5, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Stuff the Cooler – With Black Tar Heroin!

APD trumpets big heroin bust

"...looks like it has herpes? Ewww! From the APD PIO:Investigation results in federal indictments for Austin-area heroin distribution operation..."

March 12, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Naked City

Zaffirini and the Senate vote for lieutenant governor, handicapping the recession, and the debate videotape mystery

"...be worse ... Is there a faction on the Federal Reserve or in its near proximity that would actually..."

Jan. 5, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

APD Dispatcher Drug Bust

"...on administrative leave without pay after being indicted on federal drug charges. On May 28 a federal grand jury..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Thunderheart

"...in a war with that subversive organization, the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). Apted, the marvelous documentarist responsible for..."

April 10, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Alex Gibney Untangles The Armstrong Lie

How a comeback documentary became something else entirely

"...in 2012 that U.S. Attorney’s Office would launch a federal criminal investigation into the issue of Armstrong’s sincerity. When..."

Nov. 7, 2013 Screens Post by Chase Hoffberger

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• On the heels of a joint local-state-federal investigation, convenience-store operator Muhammad Aslam pled guilty Jan. 19..."

Jan. 26, 2007 News Feature

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...between real terrorists and those caught up in the investigation by chance. The full report is on line at..."

June 13, 2003 News Feature

Feds Consider Bond for Jovita’s Defendants – More to Come

Pardo in court on Thursday

"...Austin restaurant Jovita's – appeared for bond hearings in federal court today. However, the hearing for Pardo, whom the..."

June 26, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Quiz Show

"...Ballhaus' gorgeous cinematography -- Quiz Show is a psychological investigation into why Charles Van Doren, a handsome Columbia University..."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Wind River

Crime and punishment on a Wyoming reservation

"...apparently raped. Ben (Greene), the local authority, begins the investigation, but homicides on the reservation are federal affairs, so..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hair Analysis: The Root of the Evidence Problem

Texas takes on first-in-the-nation statewide case review

"...Texas' planned review piggybacks on a groundbreaking federal investigation announced in July 2013. That inquiry involves 2,000..."

Jan. 13, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

UPDATED: The Latest From West

Texas D.P.S. confirms fourteen deaths

"...The investigation into the deadly explosion in West, Texas continues on..."

April 19, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Feds Raid Sixth Street Bars

Indictment against club boss includes money laundering, drugs

"...One of Austin's biggest club owners faces federal indictment today after law enforcement raided four downtown venues...."

March 22, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

About-Face for the Cure

Komen's stance on Planned Parenthood funding reverberates locally

"...funds go to support abortion care, just as no federal or state funds granted to PP do...."

Feb. 17, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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