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Steve Neavling

Suspects in child porn cases are usually men.

But ICE agents are on the hunt for an unidentified woman who is accused of producing videos of her having sex with an adult male and two children, reports the Associated Press.

In an attempt to track down the “Jane Doe,” ICE released eight photos of the woman who is believed to live somewhere in the United States.

ICE agents made the discovery while investigating an unrelated child porn case, the AP reported.

Steve Neavling

DETROIT — The headline on the U.S. Marshal’s press release announced, “Gang Member Removed from New Mexico’s Most Wanted.”

Turns out, 20-year-old Mark Anthony Carlson was wanted for missing probation. And oh yes, more importantly, he is a “Juggalo,” a fan of the Detroit-based rap group, Insane Clown Posse, reports the Village Voice.

And according to the FBI’s 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment, Juggalos are a “criminal organization formed on the street,” lumping them with Crips and Bloods.

“Because of their multiple affiliations, ethnicities, migratory nature, and nebulous structure, hybrid gangs are difficult to track, identify, and target as they are transient and continuously evolving,” the FBI report reads.

The Village Voice noted in its story about the Juggalo:

Initially, this seemed amusingly ludicrous, another example of a federal agency looking foolish for its cultural ineptitude. “The FBI has recently had difficulty distinguishing ordinary American Muslims from terrorists,” wrote Wired’s Spencer Ackerman, who first wrote about the FBI’s Juggalo gang-list inclusion. “Now it appears it has a similar problem distinguishing teenage fads from criminal conspiracies.” Except that a seemingly silly judgment tucked away in a federal document is beginning to have tangible consequences.

The photo at the York County Fair in Nebraska was shocking.

The manipulated image showed York High School erupting in a ball of fire with a hooded figure in the foreground.

“They never seen this coming,” is impoosed on the image, reports York Times.

Now the FBI is trying to determine whether the photo was an off-colored prank or a legitimate threat.

“We consider it an act of intimidation and extremely poor decision-making,” Superintendent Dr. Mike Lucas told the York Times. “It is unclear to me who is responsible for this or how many people were involved, but it’s a real shame that this has transpired.”

Steve Neavling

Federal authorities closed two investigations into mortgage deals at Goldman Sachs, the Justice Department announced in a rare statement late Thursday, Reuters reports.

Although federal prosecutors are typically loathe to publicize the closing of a case, they issued a statement announcing that no illegal activity was found.

“The department and investigative agencies ultimately concluded that the burden of proof to bring a criminal case could not be met based on the law and facts as they exist at this time,” the Justice Department said in a statement late on Thursday.

The investigation was spurred by a Congressional committee that asked prosecutors to look into several mortgage deals after Goldman sold troubled mortgage securities to investors who eventually lost a fortune, Reuters reported.

Also on Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it ended its investigation into a $1.3 billion subprime mortgage deal.

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