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…
Category: American Justice
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…
N.J. Municipal Court Judge Who Was Convicted of Traffic Fixing Is Suspended from Practice of Law
A former Jersey City municipal court chief judge who lost the job after her criminal conviction for fixing traffic tickets on behalf of her “significant other” has now also been suspended from…
Painting Stolen by Nazis During World War II to be Returned to Poland
NEW YORK – A valuable painting stolen by the Nazis during World War II is being returned to the Polish government, the U.S. Attorney said Thursday. The Johann Conrad Seekatz painting, “St. Philip…
Federal Appeals Court Affirms Labor Department’s Ability To Set Fair Wages for Foreign Guest Workers, Protects U.S. Workers
A federal appeals court’s ruling this week may lead to higher wages for foreign guest workers and will help prevent employers from undercutting U.S. workers by paying lower wages to foreign laborers,…
“Giving Google a Piece of Your Mind” – California Lawyer Magazine
Two Texas lawyers file a class action lawsuit against Google challenging the Internet’s way of doing business. “You don’t jump into something like a lawsuit against Google before you’ve thought about it.”…