LOS ANGELES A Fresno man was sentenced Friday to life in federal prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise and creating child sexual abuse material, according to officials. John Richard Brinson…
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Alabama Prison Guard Charged with Beating Three Inmates With Wooden Baton
ALABAMA A federal grand jury indicted former Alabama Department of Corrections officer, Sergeant Lorenzo Mills, 55, with assaulting three compliant inmates with a wooden baton at Draper Correctional Facility. Mills is also charged…
Chiropractor Sent to Prison for Submitting $2.2 Million in False Medical Billings
SANTA ANA, California A former Orange County chiropractor was sentenced Thursday to 70 months in federal prison for stealing from health insurers through fraud, officials stated. Susan H. Poon fraudulently…
Man Charged with Hate Crimes for Assaulting Members of Jewish Community
A New Jersey man was charged with federal hate crimes for a series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, officials announced Wednesday….
Man Sentenced to 41 Months In Prison for Trying to Steal $1.7 Million in COVID Relief Loans
LOS ANGELES A Santa Clarita man was sentenced Monday to 41 months in federal prison for attempting to steal millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-relief loans, officials stated …
Former Congressional Candidate and a Casino Executive Guilty of Political Contribution Schemes
Two Indiana men plead guilty Monday to federal crimes for their roles in paying and receiving secret political contributions through a middleman, federal officials stated. A former Indianapolis-based casino executive plead guilty…
Man Who Got $7 Million COVID-19 Relief Loan Used Money to Buy Luxury Cars
LOS ANGELES A Riverside County man who purported to own a pothole-repair company was found guilty by a federal jury Friday of theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the COVID-19…
Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for $6.5 Million Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
A New York woman was sentenced Wednesday to six years and six months in prison for defrauding health care programs, including more than $6.5 million from Medicare Part D plans and Medicaid…
Department of Justice to Reform Springfield Police Department’s Use of Force
WASHINGTON D.C. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts want police for the City of Springfield, Massachusetts to reform the officer’s use…
Louisiana Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Dogfighting, 33 Dogs Were Seized
A Louisiana man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for dogfighting, according to federal officials. Clay Turner, 61, of Loranger, plead guilty to possession of an animal for use in…
Two Men Sentenced for Their Roles in the Bombing of an Islamic Center
Two Illinois men were Tuesday sentenced to 15 years and 10 months and 14 years and two months in prison, respectively, for their roles in the 2017 bombing of Dar al-Farooq Islamic…
Border Patrol Apprehends 754 Illegal Immigrants in Four Large Groups
EDINBURG, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents encountered four large groups and interdicted multiple smuggling events resulting in 781 arrests, officials announced Monday. Over the weekend, Rio…