Federal officials announced this week that a group of 66 companies agreed to clean up contaminated groundwater at the Omega Chemical Corporation Superfund Site in Whittier, California.
The settlement requires the companies to spend an estimated $70 million to install wells and operate a groundwater treatment system.
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U.S. Department of Justice Cases
Volunteer Church Bus Driver Charged with Sexually Abusing Minor Boys
A federal grand jury indicted Jory Leedy, 46, of Franklin, Ohio with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse involving a minor in an indictment returned in Cincinnati, officials announced today.
Florida Women Allegedly Conspired to Illegally Export Components for Marine Submersible Vehicles to China
A 53-year-old woman illegally obtained systems and components for marine submersible vehicles from U.S. companies while working with co-conspirators for Harbin Engineering University, which is a state-owned entity in China, officials announced today.
Last of Three Corrupt East Cleveland Cops Sentenced to Prison For Pocketing Thousands of Dollars from Drug Dealers
A federal judge sentenced a former East Cleveland police detective to nearly six years in prison for his role in a conspiracy in which he kept thousands of dollars from alleged drug dealers, much of which was seized through illegal searches and fabricated reports, law enforcement officials said.
Mississippi Aryan Brotherhood Prison Gang Members Latest of 42 Felony Convictions After 2 1/2 Year Investigation
A federal jury in Mississippi convicted two members of the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi on gang for their participation in various criminal acts, including racketeering conspiracy, methamphetamine production and trafficking, kidnapping, murder and other federal offenses, officials announced Tuesday.
High Court Unanimously Rules Arizona Redistricting Maps Were Drawn to Comply with Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court upheld an Arizona redistricting commission’s right to draw legislative districts in a way that ensures minority representation, delivering a crushing rebuke on Wednesday to a group of Arizona tea party activists who’d sought to strike down the state’s redistricting maps in order to increase the voting power of rural white voters.
In Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, the plaintiffs were taking on Arizona’s Independent Election Commission, a body created through a 2000 ballot initiative intended to make redistricting less partisan.
Convenience Store Owner Admits to Million Dollar Food Stamp Fraud — Exchanged Cash for Food Stamps
Sami Almuhtaseb, 45, of Smithfield, R.I., owner of Oasis Market, a convenience store located in Providence, plead guilty in federal court to defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP of more than $1.1 million dollars, federal officials announced today.
Man Who Didn’t Want to Go Back to Prison and Tried to Run Over U.S. Marshal With Minivan Sentenced
A man who was found guilty of assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal by trying to run him over with a minivan was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, according to officials.
U.S.District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentenced Keith Leon Smith, 47, of Carson, on Thursday.
The judge said in court that the defendant was “really lucky on two grounds” – that he did not kill the deputy marshal and that he was not killed by law enforcement as he assaulted the deputy marshal.
Man Pleads Guilty to Arson at Mosque and Attempted Arson at Planned Parenthood
Thirty-two-year-old Jedediah Stout, of Joplin, Missouri, plead guilty in the Western District of Missouri today to the arson of a Joplin mosque and two attempted arsons of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Joplin, officials announced today.
Owners of Tax Preparation Business Sent to Prison for Filing Bogus Tax Returns for Prison Inmates
The owners of a tax preparation business that filed fraudulent tax returns on behalf of inmates at various New Jersey prisons were each sentenced to multi-year prison sentences, according to officials.
Kamal J. James aka Bro Messiah Aziz El, 34, of Seaford, Delaware, and Crystal G. Hawkins, aka Sis. Crystal Gabri El, 39, of Laurel, Delaware, were sentenced Friday to eight years and four years in prison, respectively.
Chinese National Allegedly Tried to Illegally Export High-Grade Carbon Fiber Used for Military Purposes to China
Federal agents arrested Chinese National Fuyi Sun, aka Frank, this week in connection with a scheme to illegally export to China high-grade carbon fiber that is used primarily for aerospace and military purposes, according to officials.
Texas Mexican Mafia Members and Associates Involved in Drug Dealing Including Heroin and Methamphetamine (News Video)
Eleven Seguin-based Texas Mexican Mafia members and associates were indicted on federal drug charges.
During this investigation, authorities seized approximately three pounds of heroin, approximately 13 pounds of powder cocaine, one pound of “crystal” methamphetamine; one pound of marijuana and about $60,000 and six firearms.