Two former deputies with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department were found guilty today of violating the civil rights of a mentally ill jail inmate by beating, kicking and pepper spraying the victim after he showed disrespect to a jail employee.
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Mexicans Extradited for Allegedly Being Involved in Murder of ICE Agent, Attempted Murder of Another ICE Agent
Two Mexican nationals were extradited from Mexico to face charges for their alleged participation in the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila on Feb. 15, 2011, in Mexico, officials announced today.
Court Orders Desegregation Plan for Mississippi Schools — 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
In a 94-page opinion, a federal court ordered a desegregation for Cleveland, Mississippi schools, rejecting as unconstitutional two alternatives proposed by the school district, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
The ruling comes 60 years after the Supreme Court’s decision in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, officials said.
Price Fixing on Auto Parts Results in $66.5 Million Criminal fine Against Tokyo-Based Company
A Tokyo-based company plead guilty to price fixing and bid rigging on the market for ceramic substrates used in catalytic converters that are supplied to auto manufacturers, officials announced today.
According to the felony charge filed today in federal court, Corning International K.K. conspired to fix prices and rig bid as early as July 1999 and until July 2011, according to officials.
Engineer Indicted for Stealing Trade Secrets from Two Medical Device Businesses Then Traveling to China to Start Medical Business
A federal grand jury indicted an Irvine engineer for allegedly stealing and possessing trade secrets belonging to two former employers, both of which develop and manufacture medical devices used to treat cardiac and vascular ailments, officials announced Friday.
Two Mexican Nationals Convicted, Facing Life in Federal Prison for the Murder of Alleged Cartel Lawyer at Upscale Texas Mall
A federal jury convicted two Mexican citizens on federal charges related to the murder of Southlake, Texas, resident, Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, at Southlake Town Square on May 22, 2013, officials announced today.
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio, 3 Deputies Held in Civil Contempt by Federal Judge
PHOENIX – In a ruling from federal court Judge Murray Snow, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three of his deputies have been held in civil contempt.
The 162-page ruling stems from the sheriff’s long-running racial profiling case. It reads, in part:
Mexican National Sentenced to 56 Years for Kidnapping Man Whose Father Owed Drug Cartel Money
A federal judge sentenced Ruben Ceja-Rangel, a Mexican national, to 56 years in prison after Ceja-Rangel was convicted Oct. 23 of seven charges related to the armed abduction of a man in 2014
Doctor Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Drug Dealing, Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering
Anesthesiologist Jaime Guerrero, 48, of Kentuckiana, Kentucky, was sentenced in federal court today to eight years and four months in prison for his role in drug dealing, including the unlawful distribution of the prescription opioid hydrocodone without a legitimate medical purpose, according to authorities
Fumigation Company Workers Sentenced for Illegal Pesticide Application Resulting in Poisoning a Nine-Year-old Boy (News Video)
Sunland Pest Control Services Inc., Grenale Williams, 53, of South Bay, Florida, and Canarie Deon Curry, 40, of Riviera Beach, Florida, were each sentenced today to a year in prison for the illegal application of pesticide. Sunland was put on five years probation, according to officials.
Former Certified Public Accountant Sent to Prison for Embezzling $300,000 from a Trust at Wachovia Bank
A former certified public accountant in Georgia was sentenced to seven months in prison today after pleading guilty in February to one count of filing a false tax return, according to officials.
According to court documents, Thomas D. Ziff was a licensed certified public accountant.
Doctor Admits Illegally Prescribing Addictive Painkillers in Exchange for Cash, Facing up to 20 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A doctor plead guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing hydrocodone, a powerful painkiller best known by the brand names Vicodin and Norco, officials announced this week. Dr….