Finished it, finally! Hope you enjoy reading it. My characters are out there. I turned them all loose. If you bump into them, send them home. I loved writing this novel.———Raul…
For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent three decades…
Iranian Operative Convicted in Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting U.S. Officials
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Guatemalan Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Smuggling Ring, Hostage Plot
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12 Members and Associates of 18th Street Gang Arrested for Alleged Racketeering Including Murder
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California Attorney Guilty of Stealing Settlement Money for Families of Victims of 2018 Airline Crash
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Man Charged with Allegedly Running Dog Fighting Venture and with Illegal Firearms Possession
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California Man Sentenced to Six Years For Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine to Connecticut
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Jonathan Garcia, 37, of Long Beach, California, also known as “Gordo,” was sentenced Tuesday by in federal court to six years and six months in prison for trafficking narcotics into…
California Animal Welfare Founder Arrested in Alleged Kidnapping Plot
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Ex-U.S. Air Force Pilot Arrested for Allegedly Training Chinese Military Aviators
Former U.S. Air Force officer and pilot Gerald Eddie Brown Jr., 65 — known by the call sign “Runner” — was arrested today in Jeffersonville, Indiana, officials announced. A criminal complaint charges…
Australian Sentenced to Prison for Selling U.S. Cyber Secrets to Russian Broker
Peter Williams, 39, an Australian national, was sentenced in federal court to seven years and three months in prison for selling his employer’s trade secrets — including sensitive cyber-exploit components — to…