NEWNAN, GA—Former Spalding County Fire Battalion Chief Dwayne Tyrone Coggins and former Firefighter Michael Owens have been sentenced for tipping off drug dealers to police activity in the Griffin, Ga., area. Coggins,…
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Two Mexican Nationals Involved in Sex Trafficking Given Lengthy Prison Sentences
GEORGIA – Two Mexican nationals were sentenced to long prison sentences for sex trafficking three young women into prostitution in the Atlanta area, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. U.S. District…
Woman Who Embezzled More Than $300,000 from Employer Given Prison Sentence
SPRINGFIELD, MO—A woman who embezzled more than $300,000 from her employer was sentenced on Tuesday to two years and six months in federal prison, officials said. U.S. District Judge Beth Phillips also…
Former NM Sheriff Gets 10 Year Prison Sentence for Beating Man During a Road Rage Incident
ALBUQUERQUE—The former Rio Arriba County sheriff was sentenced to 10 years in prison for beating a man during a road rage incident involving the sheriff’s personal vehicle, according to officials On Wednesday,…
New York Man Indicted for Trying to Buy the Deadly Poison Ricin
NEW YORK – A man was indicted for trying to buy and distribute ricin, a highly potent and potentially fatal toxin with no known antidote, officials said. Cheng Le was arrested by the FBI…
Brooklyn Man Who Helped Al Qaeda With Cash and Plans to Attack U.S. Targets Sentenced to 15 Years
NEW YORK – A Brooklyn man on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for funneling about $67,000 to overseas al Qaeda, a terrorist group and helping in the surveillance of…
Las Vegas Gang Leader, Who Admitted to His Role in a Murder, Sentenced to 23 Years for Drug Trafficking
NEVADA – A leader of the Las Vegas Playboy Bloods street gang was sentenced on Tuesday to 23 years in prison Tuesday for racketeering conspiracy and possessing crack cocaine with the intent…
Three Men, Including a Former IRS Employee, Charged with Tax Refund Conspiracy
NEW YORK – A Food and Drug Administration employee, a former New York City corrections officer, and former Internal Revenue Service employee were charged with a multimillion dollar tax refund conspiracy, officials…
Former Honolulu Police Officer Sentenced for Extorting $15,000 from Business Owner
HONOLULU— A former Honolulu police officer was sentenced to nearly three years in prison for extorting a local businessman of $15,000 by attempting to convince the owners that they would be kidnapped…
Florida Man Swindled 17 Victims Including Student Babysitter, Church Members and Others
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA A 54-year-old man who conned at least 17 people, including a 17-year-old high school student who saved money from babysitting, plead guilty to fraud by lying to the victims, saying…
A Bank Robber Who Admitted Forging a Judge’s Signature Sentenced to Six Months
PITTSBURGH—An inmate at SCI-Houtzdale, located in Houtzdale, plead guilty and was sentenced to six months behind bars for forging a judge’s signature, federal officials said. Michael J. Kramer, 31, formerly of New…
Dozens of Alleged Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged; List Includes Kingpin “El Mayo,” His Sons and Other Top Leaders
SAN DIEGO – Sixty alleged members and associates of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel – including the highest ranking leaders, lieutenants and operators of multiple distribution cells – are charged in 14 indictments…