Gregory Evans, 50, a former Captain with the Madison County Detention Center, in Richmond, Kentucky, was sentenced to two years in federal prison and three years of supervised release, officials announced Friday….
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Former Customers and Border Officer Charged with Kidnapping a Minor
Authorities arrested former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Aaron Mitchell, 27, of Miami Gardens, Florida, who was charged with kidnapping a minor, officials announced Thursday. A federal grand jury in Arizona…
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Girl
Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sentenced 70-year-old Jeffrey Cooper, a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting a…
Ex-California Officer Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Porn
LOS ANGELES A former Long Beach Police officer was sentenced Monday to five years and 10 months in federal prison for distributing sexually explicit images of children, including when he was on…
California Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking a 17-Year-Old Minor
PHOENIX U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Jahque Dijion Williams, 21, of Los Angeles, California, to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, officials announced Thursday. On July…
Treatment Clinic Owner Facing Long Prison Sentence for Illegally Distributing Drugs
A federal jury convicted a physician Tuesday in Tennessee for unlawfully distributing opioids from his Smyrna clinic, officials stated. The evidence presented at trial indicated that Hau T. La, 54, of Brentwood,…
California Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Stealing $3 Million from Federal Government
A Southern California man was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years and three months in prison for submitting fraudulent applications seeking money from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), submitting false statements to a…
West L.A. Man Guilty of Stalking and Harassing Female Doctors at VA Facilities
LOS ANGELES A federal jury Monday found a West Los Angeles man guilty of federal stalking charges for his harassment campaign targeting two female doctors at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs…
Feds Launch Work Discrimination Investigation of Maryland Department of State Police
The Justice Department announced Friday that it has opened an investigation into the Maryland Department of State Police (MDSP), officials stated. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the…
Military Contractor Guilty of Rigging Bids for Public Contracts in Texas and Michigan
A Texas military contractor pleaded guilty Wednesday to rigging bids on public military contracts in Texas and Michigan, according to officials. John “Mark” Leveritt, 62, pleaded guilty to rigging bids on government…
Maryland Man Who Impersonated a Federal Park Ranger Allegedly Pepper Sprayed Gay Men
A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Michael Thomas Pruden, 48, with five counts of assault on federal land, one count of impersonating a federal officer, and a hate crimes sentencing…
Two Foreign Nationals Guilty of Trafficking Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn from the Congo
Herdade Lokua, 34, and Jospin Mujangi, 32, of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), plead guilty Tuesday in federal court in Seattle to conspiracy and Lacey Act charges, according to officials. They…