All articles tagged with #search warrant
Police served a search warrant on a home on Archie Street in Eugene; the suspect, 31-year-old Scout Monroe Stripedwolf, refused to exit as SWAT and other specialized units responded, prompting nearby evacuations and a shelter-in-place alert before he was taken into custody around 1:44 a.m. The shelter-in-place was lifted and the investigation continues.
More than a week after Hayden Panettiere’s death in Greenville, South Carolina, federal agents reportedly visited her West Hollywood residence with a search warrant as investigators seek answers; a witness said the agents arrived the night before, and Panettiere’s representatives urged the public not to speculate while the investigation continues and toxicology results are pending.
Federal investigators seized Swalwell’s iPhone and a laptop at San Francisco International Airport and then searched his Washington, D.C. home as part of a broader sexual assault inquiry; authorities are weighing multiple federal charges, including a potential rights-violation offense, though Swalwell has not been charged. He has denied the allegations, and the case remains under active investigation.
The FBI obtained a search warrant for the van involved in last week’s fatal Houston ICE stop after an agent saw bags containing a white crystal-like substance; Salgado Araujo’s family attorney says the substance is granulated salt used with lemon and water as an electrolyte for outdoor workers, not meth or other drugs, and it’s being tested. Officials say the shooting is under investigation and that test results should not alter the death inquiry, noting Salgado Araujo was not the intended target.
Federal agents served a search warrant at a Garden Grove aerospace plant connected to a hazardous methyl methacrylate tank incident that forced evacuations; authorities are probing possible violations at the facility amid ongoing investigations and a related class-action lawsuit against GKN Aerospace.
San Luis Obispo County deputies served a search warrant at Susan Flores’s Arroyo Grande home, the mother of Paul Flores, as part of the Kristin Smart investigation. The move follows earlier soil-vapor analysis suggesting a decomposition signal near the yard. Paul Flores was convicted of Smart’s murder in 2022, but Susan Flores has not been charged. The search is ongoing and details remain limited as authorities pursue new leads to locate Smart’s remains.
Alabama guard Aden Holloway was arrested on first-degree marijuana possession (not for personal use) and failure to affix a tax stamp after agents recovered 2.1 pounds of marijuana, paraphernalia and cash; a trash pull at his apartment linked to his address prompted the search warrant, with investigators citing drug transactions on his phone. Holloway was removed from campus and suspended from the Alabama basketball team as the UA Office of Student Conduct investigates.
Fulton County officials fault the FBI’s search-warrant affidavit for relying on biased witnesses and failing to establish probable cause, as they seek the return of seized 2020 election records and challenge the document after the DOJ released the affidavit detailing alleged defects in Fulton County’s election handling and debunked fraud claims.
Fulton County, Ga., officials allege the Justice Department and FBI omitted crucial information and relied on questionable witnesses in the FBI affidavit used to justify a search of the county’s 2020 election ballots. They say the filing describes routine election mistakes rather than a crime and failed to disclose prior investigations that could undermine witnesses’ credibility. The county seeks the return of the materials and has pressed to unseal more documents, with a court hearing set next week.
Authorities in Tucson used a helicopter-mounted Bluetooth scanner to track Nancy Guthrie’s pacemaker signal amid a federal search operation that detained several people and searched a Range Rover, but no arrests have been made and Guthrie’s whereabouts remain unknown as investigators push forward with neighborhood canvassing and forensics.
FBI Director Kash Patel said investigators had probable cause for the Fulton County raid on a 2020 election hub, with a judge-authorized search that targeted physical ballots, tabulator tapes, electronic ballot images, and voter rolls as part of an ongoing investigation. The operation, which also drew attention for DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s presence, comes amid ongoing Trump-related election-fraud discourse and prior Georgia cases connected to the 2020 results, including a case that was dismissed in 2025. Patel stressed the FBI follows facts and the law, and that significant material is still under review.
A federal judge issued a temporary order barring the government from reviewing the Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s seized materials, delaying any examination until a February 6 hearing in The Post’s suit for their return. The Post argues the seizure chills First Amendment rights and newsroom work; the government says the search was tied to a contractor accused of removing classified documents. Natanson is not the subject of an investigation, and the seized devices span years of reporting and confidential sources.
Police in Glendale responded to a bomb scare involving a suspect's vehicle and an apartment search, following an arrest on warrants and suspicious items found during a vehicle search, with assistance from the FBI and no connection to a terror group.
The FBI executed a federal search warrant at a Glendale home as part of an ongoing investigation, with agents seen breaking in and collecting items, though no arrests were reported and details remain limited.
The DOJ faces scrutiny over its handling of search warrant materials in the case against Comey, with judges demanding transparency and caution over privileged information, potentially impacting the case's progress and validity.