MICHIGAN A leader of the Vice Lords street gang plead guilty Tuesday for his role in the May 7, 2015, shooting of four members of a family with an AK-47 in Detroit,…
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DOJ: Voters Who are Threatened or Intimidated at the Polls Should Call Local Police, then Federal Authorities
WASHINGTON D.C. The Department of Justice spelled out the rules Tuesday involving rights that people have while casting votes, including the right not to be intimidated, discriminated or harassed. Also federal officials…
Santa Barbara High-Profile DUI Attorney Darryl Genis Admits Not Paying Taxes
LOS ANGELES A Santa Barbara-based, high-profile criminal defense attorney has pled guilty Monday in federal court to three counts of willfully failing to file tax returns, according to officials. Darryl W….
Man Who Posed as Lawyer, Two Female Accomplices Charged with Immigration Fraud
LOS ANGELES A man who allegedly posed as an immigration attorney and two female accomplices were named in a federal indictment charging them with operating an immigration fraud scheme. The trio created…
Man Faces Life in Prison for Murder-for-Hire Plot That Resulted in Three Deaths
El PASO, TEXAS Samuel Velasco Gurrola, 41, is facing up to life in federal prison after a jury convicted him last week for his role in a murder-for-hire plot that resulted…
Former California State Senator Sentenced to More than Three Years for Bribery
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced former California State Senator Ron S. Calderon on Friday to 3½ years in federal prison. Calderon plead guilty to a federal corruption charge, admitting that…
Feds: Man Who Pimped Female Heroin Addicts Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
WISCONSIN A federal judge sentenced a Wisconsin man to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking and drug offenses Monta Groce, 30, of Sparta, Wisconsin, used violence, threats and coercion to compel…
Feds to Intervene in Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed by Cop Against Sheriff’s Office
MARYLAND The Department of Justice said Wednesday that it will move to intervene in a private lawsuit filed by a cop who is alleging he was subjected to racial epithets as well…
Business Owner, Doctor Sentenced for Roles in $34 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
LOUISIANA A federal judge sentenced the owner of a New Orleans medical service company and a doctor who served as the company’s medical director to prison Wednesday for their involvement in a $34…
Man Sentenced to Prison for Arson of Mosque, Attempted Arson of Planned Parenthood Clinics
MISSOURI A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced thirty-two-year-old Jedediah Stout, of Joplin, Missouri, to five years and three months in prison for the arson of a Joplin mosque and two attempted arsons of…
Two Former Louisiana Deputies Who were on DEA Task Force Charged with Drug and Weapons Crimes
LOUISIANA Two former Drug Enforcement Administration task force officers were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday with drug conspiracy, weapons offenses, robbery, obstruction of justice and falsification of records in federal…
Union Member is Facing up to 400 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Billing for Chiropractor Services
LOS ANGELES A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union or ILWU, Local 13, who was convicted for causing two medical clinics to bill the union’s health care plan for chiropractic…