Category: American Justice
84-Year-Old Homeowner Charged with the Shooting of Black Teen Who Rang the Wrong Doorbell
Lawyers for the family of Ralph Yarl, 16, said he was in critical condition after being shot twice in Kansas City, Mo. An 85-year-old white man was charged with first-degree assault, according…
Supreme Court Will Rule on Whether Postal Worker Should Get Day Off on Sabbath Sunday
WASHINGTON (Courthouse News) — A decade ago the U.S. Postal Service announced it was teaming up with Amazon to do something it had never done before: making deliveries on Sunday. While aiming…
Two Police Detectives Charged with Assault for 2020 On-Duty Shooting of Unarmed Man
LOS ANGELES COUNTY Two Whittier police detectives have been charged for their roles in the April 2020 daytime shooting that left Nicholas Carrillo paralyzed, officials stated Wednesday. “The decision by these two…
Calif. Man Allegedly Embezzled $2.2 Million in Cash and Real Estate from Elderly Victim
SANTA ANA, California – A Burbank man was arraigned Monday on a federal grand jury indictment alleging he embezzled about $2.2 million from a sizable estate left to an elderly man by the…
Calif. Tax Preparer Guilty of Conspiring with Social Worker to Commit Tax Fraud that Resulted in $3.8 Million in Losses
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County tax preparer pleaded guilty Monday to a federal criminal charge of participating in schemes that caused nearly $3.8 million in losses to the United States government,…
White Supremacist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Racially-Motivated Shootings
GEORGIA A federal judge on Thursday in Atlanta sentenced Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, of Jonesboro, Georgia, to 20 years in prison for a hate crime, officials stated. Foxworth shot into two convenience…
Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Agents Led Nation in Apprehension of Illegal Gang Members
EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector leads the nation in gang member encounters this fiscal year with 181 of the 282 total, federal officials announced Monday. Gang encounters are up 3.5 percent…
Former L.A. Resident Arrested for Alleged Multimillion-Dollar Scam Targeting Orthodox Jewish Community
LOS ANGELES A former resident of the Fairfax District of Los Angeles has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded investors, primarily members of the Orthodox Jewish community, officials stated…
Three Mexicans Allegedly Possessed a Million Fentanyl Pills in Their Car
LOS ANGELES Three Mexican men arrested in El Monte on Wednesday for allegedly possessing 1 million fentanyl pills have been charged in a criminal complaint with violating federal drug laws, the Justice…
TIPS, TRIVIA & TIDBITS: Ten Legal Terms Most Used in Contracts and What They Mean
What are the most legal terms used in a contract, and what do they mean? According to published reports, these are the legal terms: 1. Consideration: This is an exchange of something…
CHP Officer Who Punched Woman in the Face Charged with Assault
Retired California Highway Patrol Officer Todd Cookston has been charged with hitting a 21-year-old woman in the face during a stop last March, officials stated. “The alleged behavior exhibited by this officer…