KANSAS, CITY – A former employee of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company, who destroyed files relevant to an investigation into fraud and anticompetitive conduct in the airline charter services industry, pleaded…
Category: American Justice
Me Tarzan, You Jane… But Where Did All the Monkeys Come from?
Monkeys don’t naturally occur in the United States. The closest they get is Mexico, where you might see spider monkeys and howler monkeys in and around the Yucatan. But the population of…
Sixteen Former Corrections Officers Now Convicted of Beating an Inmate
MARYLAND – Sixteen former corrections officers from a Maryland state prison have now been convicted for their roles in three brutal assaults against an inmate and coordinated efforts to cover up the…
Texas Man Charged With Severely Beating a Gay Man Who He Met on the Internet
TEXAS – A 19-year-old man who was charged with severely beating a gay man he had meet on the Internet made his first court appearance in U.S. District Court on Thursday, federal…
Former Deputy Sentenced to Prison for DUI Plot
“A former Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison Wednesday for taking a bribe to arrest two men for drunken driving in a plot to tarnish…
Bank Teller Who Opened Accounts to Receive Electronic Fraudulent Tax Refunds is Sentenced
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…
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”…