ALABAMA — A former bank teller who used her position to open banks accounts in other people’s names to receive electronic fraudulent tax refunds was sentenced to a year and nine months…
Category: American Justice
More Law Enforcement Incidents Resulting in Police Fatalities Occur on Thursdays
“The deadliest day in law enforcement history was September 11, 2001, when 72 officers were killed while responding to the terrorist attacks on America.” “During the past ten years, more incidents that…
Former South Texas DA Sent to Prison for 13 Years For Bribery-Related Racketeering
BROWNSVILLE – A federal judge sentenced a former South Texas District Attorney to 13 years behind bars after he pleaded guilty for his role in a bribery and extortion scheme, according to…
Feds: Missoula County Attorney’s Office Botched the Cases of Women Who Were Sexually Assaulted
MONTANA — The U.S. Department of Justice found substantial evidence that the Missoula County, Montana Attorney’s Office’s handling and response to sexual assault cases discriminates against women. Investigators said the county attorney…
Another Texas Aryan Brotherhood Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering
HOUSTON – A member of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas gang pleaded guilty today to racketeering charges related to his membership in the prison gang’s criminal enterprise, according to federal prosecutors. So…
Getaway Driver in an Armed Robbery Turned Deadly Gets 40 Years in Prison
PROVIDENCE, R.I – The getaway driver involved in an armed robbery that turned deadly and resulted in the murder of a gas station manager was sentenced on Thursday in U.S. District Court…
Appeals Court Upholds NY Man’s Conviction for Secretly Videotaping Neighbor
A New York man’s conviction for voyeurism was upheld by an appeals court. In a unanimous ruling issued Thursday, the state court found that the evidence against David Schreier showed that Schreier “surreptitiously”…
San Francisco Chronicle: Federal Appeals Court Tosses Out Califonia’s Concealed Firearms Law
California must allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms in public, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, striking down the core of the state’s permit system for handguns, according to the San Francisco Chronicle…
Bridgestone Pleads Guilty to Price Fixing and Will Pay a Multi-Million-Dollar Fine
TOLEDO, OHIO – Bridgestone Corp., a Tokyo, the Japan-based company, has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $425 million criminal fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of…
Art Gallery Owner Arrested for Cyberstalking Other Art Dealers
LOS ANGELES – The owner of a Temecula art gallery who allegedly stalked, harassed and attempted to extort several art world professionals was arrested Wednesday on federal cyberstalking charges, according to federal prosecutors….
Twenty Suspects Arrested in L.A. and Charged with Trafficking in PCP
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement officials on Wednesday arrested 20 suspects who are allegedly involved in the manufacture and distribution of PCP, according to federal prosecutors. The 20 individuals were named in two…
Registry Records Highest Number of Criminal Exonerations
Last year, there were a record number of exonerations in the United States, according to a report released last week by the National Registry of Exonerations. The Registry recorded 87 exonerations that…