LOS ANGELES Authorities arrested 10 members and associates of an Inglewood-based street gang on federal narcotics-trafficking and firearms charges, according to federal officials. The grand jury indictment that outlines how the defendants…
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Co-Owners of Pain Management Clinic Guilty of Illegally Prescribing Drugs
FLORIDA The husband and wife co-owners of a Miami pain management clinic and a patient recruiter plead guilty Tuesday of trading drugs for cash, illegally writing at least 7,500 oxycodone pills, according to…
Man Who Fraudulently Got $11 Million in Loans to Buy Gas Station Sentenced
LOS ANGELES A Thousand Oaks man who fraudulently obtained more than $11 million in loans he used to purchase a gas station and two car washes was sentenced Monday to nearly five…
Reality Winner Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Leaking Secrets to Media
GEORGIA A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Reality Winner, 26, of Augusta, Georgia, who leaked U.S. secrets to the media about Russia’s attempts to hack the 2016 presidential election was sentenced to…
Aryan Circle Gang Members Guilty of Racketeering, Murder
LOUISIANA A senior leader of the Aryan Circle and a subordinate gang member plead guilty this week to being an accessory-after-the-fact to racketeering murder, according to officials. David Wayne Williams, 38, of…
Couple Sentenced for Making Cambodian Woman Do Work to Pay Loan
TEXAS A federal judge sentenced this week a Texas couple, Tyno Keo, 38, and, Phearom Lay, 34, of Nacogdoches, Texas, to harboring a Cambodian for financial gain, according to authorities. U.S. District Court Judge…
Businessman Sentenced to Nearly 6 Years in Prison for Scamming VA
LOS ANGELES A federal judge on Monday sentenced the owner of a parking lot business to five years and 10 months in prison for orchestrating a long-running bribery scheme that allowed…
ICE Agent Arrested for Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Two Women
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. Federal agents arrested a former special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations on Wednesday on federal civil rights charges. John Jacobs Olivas allegedly sexually assaulted one woman…
Man Guilty of Conspiring to Send Rifle Scopes and Other Tactical Gear to Syria
CALIFORNIA A 57-year-old Syrian-born US. citizen plead guilty this week to conspiring to export U.S. tactical gear to Syria along with other tactical gear to Syria, according to officials. Rasheed Al Jijakli, of Walnut,…
Terrorist Wanted in Oregon, California and Washington In Custody After 12 Years on Run
OREGON A 50-year-old terrorist from Seattle, Washington, taken into custody after being on the run for 12 years, officials announced Friday. Joseph Mahmoud Dibee returned to the U.S. to face federal criminal…
Man Guilty of Shooting DEA Agent During Search Warrant
NEW ORLEANS A twenty-nine-year-old New Orleans, Louisiana man plead guilty this week to multiple charges that led to the shooting of a DEA task force officer, according to authorities. Jarvis Hardy is…
20 Suspects Arrested in Drug Bust linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, 35 Others Fugitives
LOS ANGELES A law enforcement strike force Wednesday resulted in the arrests of 20 defendants named in a series of indictments that allege the smuggling of large quantities of narcotics from the…