Brendan J. Lyons reports in the Times Union that the Federal Bureau of Invesitgation has joined a criminal investigation into the New York state troopers Police Benevolent Association. Last month members of the State Police Special Investigations Unit executed search warrants at the PBA's Albany headquarters and the nearby offices of the Signal 30 Benefit Fund, and also seized the mobile phone of Thomas H. Mungeer, the PBA's former president. Mungeer stepped down as president last October. The union subcontracted some of its national work to a limited liability company formed by Mungeer, which is part of the investigation. Read more about this story in the Times Union.