By Raul Hernandez As a Hispanic reporter for three decades at four newsrooms, what Mayor Lightfoot is proposing is nonsense, counterproductive. Hold those at the newsroom management responsible for not hiring minorities…
Category: American Justice
Ex-CEO of La Quinta Communications Stole $5 Million from Bank Through Fraudulent Loans
RIVERSIDE, California The former CEO of a La Quinta-based communication services company was sentenced this week to 27 months in federal prison, according to officials. He fraudulently obtained $5 million in bank loans…
Iranian Charged with Illegally Exporting Equipment to Iran
Washington D.C. A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charged a Canadian national with the unlawful export of laboratory equipment from the United States to Iran, through Canada and the…
Nine MS-13 Gang Members Indicted on Racketeering
NASHVILLE A federal grand jury in Nashville last week returned a 60-count, second superseding indictment, charging nine MS-13 gang members with a racketeering conspiracy, according to officials. Charges in the indictment include…
Man Who Fatally Shot Store Employee Trying to Stop Him From Shoplifting Charged
LOS ANGELES A man was charged Wednesday with fatally shooting a Rite Aide store employee that tried to stop him from shoplifting, according to authorities.. “Violent crime rattles our neighborhoods and creates…
Art Dealer Allegedly Embezzled Funds from Miracle Mile Art Gallery Bankrupt Estate
LOS ANGELES A noted art dealer was arrested Tuesday on federal charges accusing him of embezzling more than $260,000 from the bankruptcy estate of Ace Gallery, a Miracle Mile-based art gallery, according…
Man Guilty of Drug Trafficking, Gave Methamphetamine to Two Victims Who Died
LOS ANGELES A federal jury found a West Hollywood man guilty Tuesday of nine felonies, including that he provided fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men who died at his apartment after…
Man Charged with Hate Crime Assault of Korean Woman
LOS ANGELES A man was charged Tuesday with attacking a Korean woman in Santa Monica, state prosecutors allege. “A hate crime against one of us is truly a crime against all of…
This First Amendment Auditor Does Good Work, One of His Cases Went to a Federal Court of Appeals
Correspondent for PINAC NEWS Photography Is Not A Crime: Citizen Journalist and Video Activist that gathers information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record police…
Former U.S. Embassy Worker Guilty fo Sexually Abusing Women Over 14 Years
WASHINGTON D.C. A California man pleaded guilty Friday to sexual abuse and admitted to the abusive sexual contact of numerous women, officials stated. He also admitted photographing and recording dozens of nude…
Gang Member who Admitted to Being Involved in Multiple Shootings Sentenced to 31 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A member of the San Fernando Valley-based Vineland Boys street gang was sentenced today to 31 years in federal prison for committing multiple felonies, including the attempted murders of three…
Nepalese Man Who Tried to Meet a Pregnant 12-Year-old Child for Sex Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Jacksonville, Florida U.S.District Judge Marcia Morales Howard sentenced Sanjay Lama, 32, of Jacksonville to 10 years in federal prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a 12-year-old child to engage…