FLORIDA Princess Cruise Lines will pay the largest-ever criminal penalty for polluting the seas by dumping oil contaminated waste into the ocean. Princess Cruise plead guilty to seven felony charges stemming from its…
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Man Who had 20,000 Images of Child Porn Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a Torrance man to seven years in federal prison for amassing a collection of more than 20,000 images and videos of child pornography that he made…
Minnesota Man Admits Threatening to “Blow Up” Islamic Center, Facing Up to 20 Years
Minnesota Daniel George Fisher, 57, of Minneapolis, plead guilty Wednesday to a federal hate crime for writing and mailing a threatening letter to an Islamic Center, according to officials. Fisher was…
Man Involved in Moving $15 Million for Drug Organizations including Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a Carlsbad this week to five years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to move more than $15 million dollars in drug money…
Businessman Admits to Illegally Trafficking Horns from Endangered Black Rhinoceros
NEW YORK The owner of a business, Fengyi Zhou, a resident of Syosset, New York, plead guilty Tuesday to illegally trafficking horns from endangered black rhinoceros, according to officials. The business specializes…
Three plead Guilty to Illegally Harvesting and Selling American Eels
SOUTH CAROLINA Three defendants plead guilty on Monday in federal court in Charleston to trafficking more than $740,000 worth of juvenile American eels aka “elvers” or “glass eels,” in violation of federal…
Sheriff Deputies Sent to Prison for Beating Mentally Ill Inmate, Covering Up Attack
L.A. sheriff’s deputies sentenced to prison for beating a mentally ill inmate and covering up the attack The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Twin Towers Correctional Facility in 2015. (Lawrence K. Ho…
Florida Man Guilty of Making Illegal Campaign Contributions for 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
MAINE Michael A. Liberty, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of making political contributions in the names of others before U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby of the District of Maine. …
Former Boise officer and wife allegedly Stole Money from Cop Fund
Former Boise officer and wife charged with theft KTVB 2:36 PM. MST November 26, 2016 (Photo: Ada Co. Sheriff’s Office) BOISE – A former Boise Police officer and his wife are accused…
22-Year-Old ISIS Terrorist Planned to Execute Federal Officer and Attack Police Station
OHIO A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Munir Abdulkader, 22, of West Chester, Ohio, to 20 years in prison for plotting to murder a military base employee and attack a Cincinnati area…
Ohio Man Guilty of Hate Crime for Beating Black Stranger
OHIO Robert Paschalis, 25, of Toledo, Ohio, plead guilty Tuesday to a federal hate crime for beating a black man he saw on the street. Paschalis’s co-defendant, Charles Butler, plead guilty to…
Former Arkansas Deputy Sentenced to Prison for Telling Inmates to Assault Another Prisoner
ARKANSAS A federal judge Monday sentenced Randel Branscum, 56, formerly the chief sheriff’s deputy and jail administrator for the Stone County Sheriff’s Office in Mountain View, Arkansas, to a year in prison,…