Friday wraps up National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, and we want to make sure it doesn’t go by without talking about why it matters.

Federal authorities say they've arrested nearly two dozen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia during a crackdown across Southern California.

A Macomb County man has been sentenced after he threatened to kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on a dating website, officials said. He also threatened DTE Energy Corporation shareholders.

Two people have been charged after the FBI said they thwarted a terrorist plot in Dearborn.

The Justice Department fired a top national security prosecutor amid criticism from a right-wing commentator over his work during the Biden administration, further roiling the prominent U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after the ousting of other senior attorneys in recent weeks.

Accused of distributing prescription opioids to individuals who had no medical need for the drugs

A former school principal in Wyandotte was charged last week with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from federal programs while in her position.

Andrew Middlebrooks is charged with running a Ponzi scheme that eventually imploded, losing investors millions of dollars along the way.

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Deputizing the Portland officers gives federal prosecutors the option to charge anyone arrested by those officers with federal crimes, which often come with more severe penalties than the state crimes for which local police usually make arrests. Wheeler has declined offers of assistance from federal law enforcement and Gov. “Importantly, the federal deputation supports front line law enforcement officers and their families in a way that they have not seen from City Hall. Portland city officials apparently did not know that their officers' federal deputization status would last until the end of this year. When prompted about the Proud Boys, he said: “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.” The president also referenced the Portland protests in his remarks.

Macomb County’s former Prosecutor Eric Smith is facing federal and state charges in two different investigation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI as well as the Michigan Attorney General’s Office are conducting investigations, charging him on different alleged crimes. In addition, federal court said he developed a scheme with Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Paul Bukowski to set up a fake consulting company contact to justify $20,000 in campaign money he stole. “It was clear it was more than misappropriation of funds it was.” said Macomb County Commissioner. Drolet along with county executive and treasurer Larry Rocca raised the alarm in 2018 over Smith’s handling of county asset forfeiture money.

Two people, including an employee of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency, have been charged for their alleged role in a $1.8 million unemployment insurance fraud scheme. His duties included reviewing, processing and verifying the legitimacy of unemployment insurance claims. Beginning in May, 2020, it is alleged that Rose used his insider access to release payment on hundreds of fraudulent claims. Rose attempted to override another $761,000 in fraudulent unemployment claims, but the State was able to prevent payment on those additional claims. The investigation is being conducted jointly by the Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General, the United States Secret Service, and the Unemployment Insurance Agency, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.