Federal authorities in New York have traditionally touted big organized crime and drug-trafficking cases, using powerful racketeering laws to arrest kingpins and dismantle criminal enterprises that drive violence.
But the acting United States attorney in Brooklyn, Seth DuCharme, announced on Wednesday that his office will also now focus on lower-level gun cases that were once the bailiwick of local district attorneys.
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Federal authorities in New York have traditionally touted big organized crime and drug-trafficking cases, using powerful racketeering laws to arrest kingpins and dismantle criminal enterprises that drive violence.
But the acting United States attorney in Brooklyn, Seth DuCharme, announced on Wednesday that his office will also now focus on [...]
