LOS ANGELES A San Fernando Valley man associated with a racially motivated violent extremist group is being charged with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon possessing ammunition, officials stated. …
Category: American Justice
DOJ Will Investigate Memphis Police Use of Force, Arrests and Allegations of Discriminatory Practices
The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a Civil Rights investigation into the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department to determine whether a pattern or practice of conduct violates the…
Two Tennessee Law Enforcement Officers Indicted for Beating 61-Year-Old Inmate
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that a federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment charging two law enforcement officers with federal civil rights and obstruction offenses in Lawrence County, Tennessee. The charges…
Former LA Deputy Agrees to Plead Guilty to Violating Civil Rights of Skateboarder Who Was Falsely Imprisoned
LOS ANGELES A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of violating the civil rights of a 23-year-old man at a Compton skatepark, officials…
Man Guilty of Bombing Spa, Killing Ex-Girlfriend and Injuring Others
LOS ANGELES A federal jury Wednesday found a Long Beach man guilty of building and planting a package bomb that detonated inside an Aliso Viejo day spa in May 2018, officials stated….
Former Virginia Police Officer Guilty of Sexually Assaulting Minor
A former police officer pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Virginia to violating the civil rights of a minor victim by forcibly sexually assaulting her. According to court documents, Cleshaun A….
Alleged Scammers Indicted for Targeting Elderly for Over $4.5 Million
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a West Los Angeles man who allegedly ran a decade-long telemarketing scam primarily targeting elderly victims that fraudulently obtained more than $4.5 million,…
Two Former Correctional Officers Guilty for Their Roles in Brutal Beating of Shackled Inmate
Two former Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) officers plead guilty Friday for their roles in the assault of a restrained inmate, federal officials stated. According to court documents, Randall T. Dennis, 28,…
Brothers Guilty of Illegally Getting Over $340,000 in Federal Tax Refunds
LOS ANGELES Two San Fernando Valley brothers have been found guilty by a jury of nearly a dozen felonies for fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal income tax refunds,…
Four Mexicans Arrested for Roles in Tractor-Trailer Smuggling That Resulted in 53 Dead and 11 Injured
Four Mexican nationals were arrested Tuesday in San Antonio, Houston, and Marshall, Texas, for their alleged roles in a tractor-trailer smuggling incident that resulted in 53 deceased and 11 injured undocumented individuals…
LAPD Officer Convicted of Raping Woman While Off-Duty in 2015
Los Angeles police officer was found guilty Thursday of forcibly raping a woman while he was off-duty in 2015, according to officials. “Today, justice has been served for one of the…
Minneapolis Police Use Excessive Force, Discriminates Against Minorities and Violates Other Civil Rights
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced Friday that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and the City of Minneapolis (City) violate civil rights laws, according to the Department of Justice. The…