FLORDIA – A Seattle man, who sent fake voter eligibility letters to Republican Party donors in an attempt to suppress voter turnout in Florida in 2012, plead guilty today to one count…
Texas Man Indicted for Holding Woman Hostage After She Was Smuggled into U.S.
NEW YORK – A man who along with others held a woman hostage in Weslaco, Texas, after she was smuggled across the border was charged with hostage taking and alien smuggling, federal…
Ringleader of Rhino Smuggling Conspiracy Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Wildlife
NEW JERSEY – The ringleader of an international rhino smuggling conspiracy was sentenced today to five years and 10 months in prison for wildlife trafficking crimes, federal officials stated. Zhifei Li, the…
Indicted – Twenty-One DEA Impostors Who Ran a Prescription Drug Scam
MANHATTAN – The Drug Enforcement Administration charged 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic with impersonating U.S. law enforcement officers, extortion and wire fraud, according to the federal indictment, which was unsealed today….
Jurors find Cop Guilty of Forcing Two Prostitutes to Have Sex with Him; He is Facing Life in Prison
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – A former officer with the San Bernardino Police Department was convicted today of federal civil rights charges for forcing two prostitutes to perform sex acts while he was in uniform,…
Man who Embezzled Nearly $37,000 from Girl Scouts Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES – A Marina Del Rey man who embezzled nearly $370,000 from the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles while he worked for the organization as senior property manager was sentenced…
Last GunTrafficking Defendant Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison
WASHINGTON – The last defendant in a Snohomish County gun trafficking ring was sentenced today to six years in prison for conspiracy to unlawfully traffic in firearms and being a felon in…
Three Men Responsible for Starting a Fire that Consumed 1,700 Acres Will be Sentenced This Summer
LOS ANGELES – A man will be sentenced for his role in starting a fire in the Angeles National Forest that consumed 1,700 acres, according to federal officials. Jonathan Carl Jarrell, 24,…
Before Hiring a Wolf With a Law School Sheepskin, Do Your Homework
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@yahoo.com While covering courthouses in El Paso and Ventura as a newspaper reporter, I was sometimes asked to recommend a lawyer for a criminal or a civil matter? I…
Mozart at Age Six Wrote His Own Compositions, Composed His First Opera at 14
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart learned the piano at the age of three, and soon developed his skills in all musical forms. Widely recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time, he…
Man Goes on Rampage, Kills Six People and Fires at Pursuing Deputies Before Killing Himself
(UPDATED: 6 p.m. Saturday) ISLA VISTA, CALIF. – The 22-year-old suspect, Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger, who killed six people and injured 13 others at Isla Vista on Friday, had more than 400 rounds of…
Alaskan Plastic Surgeon Who Allegedly Hid Money from Wife and IRS Indicted for Tax Evasion
ALASKA – An Alaska plastic surgeon, who engaged in a scheme to hide and conceal millions of dollars from the courts and his wife of 28 years who was divorcing him, was…