LOS ANGELES – A jury convicted the former CEO of the Simi Valley-based battery distributor Powerline Inc. of defrauding the government by selling more than $2.6 million in cheap, knock-off batteries to…
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Texas Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Porn
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — A 20-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 15 years in prison for producing child pornography by getting a 12-year-old female to send him sexually explicit photographs of herself….
Male Employee Settles Sexual Harassment Complaint Against California Prison System
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department announced today that it had entered into a settlement agreement in a case involving a male man who claimed he was sexually harassed by a female…
Woman Fraudulently Billed Medicare for Nearly $25 Million; Medicare Paid $9.6 Million of the Phony Claims
LOS ANGELES – A North Hollywood woman who worked in the health care industry was sentenced Monday to six years and four months in federal prison for concocting a scheme to fraudulently bill…
Former Bell City Top Administrator Sentenced to 33 Months for Tax Fraud
LOS ANGELES – The former top administrator in the City of Bell, who has admitted his role in a widespread municipal corruption scandal, was sentenced today to two years and nine months in federal…
Justice Department Issues Scathing Report on Albuquerque Police Department
The U.S. Justice Department released a report that torched the Albuquerque Police Department saying the department has engaged in a pattern or practice of using excessive force that violates the constitution and…
L.A. Doctor Arrested for Drug Dealing; He Wrote Nearly 5,000 pain killer prescriptions
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles-area doctor surrendered this morning to federal authorities after being indicted on drug trafficking charges for allegedly illegally distributing drugs, including powerful and addictive painkillers. Dr. Andrew…
San Diego’s Two New Drug Tunnels, The Digging Continues and a Mexican Crime Stoppers Program
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ — A five month probe recently turned up two tunnels – one 800 feet long and the other 600 feet in length – that were connected from a San…
Third Defendant in an Indian Casino Bribery Case Pleads Guilty
LOS ANGELES – A Central California man who was hired to advise the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians has become the third person to plead guilty to participating in a kickback scheme…
Ark. Police Chief Arrested for Using Excessive Force on Resident
Federal authorities on Monday arrested the police chief of Bull Shoals, Arkansas for using excessive force in the arrest of a resident and later, filing a false report to justify the use of…
Another Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Beating Inmate
MARYLAND – A U.S. District Judge sentenced a former officer at Roxbury Correction Institution to two years and six months in prison for his role in conspiring with other correction officers to…
Sheriff’s Investigator Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Handcuffed Salesman
ALABAMA – An Alabama criminal investigator plead guilty Friday to assaulting a handcuffed man at a Macon County jail, officials said. J. Keith McCray, a criminal investigator with the Macon County, Ala.,…