A federal judge sentenced a prison guard to one year in prison in connection with the beating of an inmate at the Coleman Correction Facility in Coleman, Florida on March 22, 2014, officials announced today.
William Houghton, 32, had plead guilty to violating the civil rights of the inmate by striking him in the head and face, officials said. Houghton admitted that the inmate did not make any physically aggressive movements, show signs of imminent violence towards the defendant or clench his fists prior to the assault.
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Federal Grand Jury Indicted Truck Driver for Causing Bus Crash That Resulted in a Death, Seven Injured
An Arizona man who parked his tractor trailer in the right lane of a road and turned off the light was charged today in federal court with involuntary manslaughter for his role in a fatal crash that killed one person and injured seven people, according to officials.
Seven Iranians Working for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Indicted for Cyber Attacks Against U.S. Financial Companies
A federal grand jury indicted seven Iranians who were working for two Iran-based computer companies — ITSecTeam or ITSEC and Mersad —that worked for the Iranian Government, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for computer hacking charges.
The charges allege the defendants launched an extensive campaign of over 176 days of so-called distributed denial or DDoS attacks, according to the indictment.
Man Who Allegedly Engaged in Sexually Illicit Conduct With Boys Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
A federal grand jury indicted a resident of Montrose Wednesday on charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and sex trafficking of a minor, federal officials announced Wednesday.
Flight Attendant Who Allegedly Tried to Sneak Nearly 70 Pounds of Cocaine Through LAX Security Arrested
A JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly attempted to use her credentials to bring nearly 70 pounds of cocaine through a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday was charged today with a federal narcotics trafficking offense, officials announced today.
Man Who Burned Cross in Front of Interracial Couple’s House Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
A man who burned a cross next to a mail box and in front of an interracial couple’s house was sentenced to three years in prison, officials announced today.
U.S. Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentence Pascual “Pete” Carlos Pietri, 53, of Port Richey, Florida, to federal prison for his role in a 2012 cross burning, officials said.
Leaders of Lorenzana Drug Trafficking Organization Convicted for Importing Tons of Cocaine into U.S.
Following a four-week trial, leaders of the Guatemala-based Lorenzana Drug Trafficking Organization were convicted of importing multi-tons of cocaine into the U.S, officials announced today.
Defendant Who Ran Scam to Reduce Mortgage Payments Plead Guilty to Ripping Off More Than 1,000 Homeowners
More than 1,000 homeowners who had problems making mortgage payments believed that Ari Maleki and others could help them. The homeowners paid between $2,500 to $4,300 to get their mortgage payments reduced but ended up getting ripped off by California-based companies.
Man Who Embezzled $8 Million from Designer Jean Company is Facing Up to 20 Years in Prison
An East Los Angeles man who oversaw a scheme that embezzled more than $8 million from an industrial launderer that provided finishing services for Citizens of Humanity, a manufacturer of high-end designer jeans, is facing up to 20 years in prison.
Lawyer Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting Children of His Client to Produce Porn
A federal judge sentence South Dakota lawyer today to 40 years in prison after he admitted that he sexually abused many minors, who were children of one of his clients during a two year period.
Christopher R. Jansen, 35, of Selby, South Dakota, plead guilty on Nov. 17 to one count of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of distribution of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors.
Federal Judge Bars Adding 13-Year-Old to State’s Sex Offender List
A federal judge has blocked Nebraska from putting a 13-year-old boy who moved here from Minnesota on its public list of sex offenders.
Senior U.S. District Judge Richard G. Kopf said if the boy had done in Nebraska exactly what he did in Minnesota he would not have been required to register as a sex offender “and he would not be stigmatized as such.”
“It therefore makes no sense to believe that the Nebraska statutes were intended to be more punitive to juveniles adjudicated out of state as compared to juveniles adjudicated in Nebraska,” the judge wrote in a 20-page order.
In Nebraska, lawmakers opted to exclude juveniles from the Nebraska Sex Offender Registration Act unless they were prosecuted criminally in adult court, even though it meant losing thousands in federal funding.
But the way the law is written made it appear that all sex offenders who move to Nebraska must register.