Law & Order

A 45-year-old former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has been convicted of importing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 16 kilograms of cocaine.

A federal grand jury in Cincinnati has charged defendants believed to be operating as part of a South American Theft Group with transporting stolen goods interstate and falsifying records in a federal investigation.

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter today to the state’s 46 sheriffs encouraging them to work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to perform some immigration enforcement efforts in their counties.