CALIFORNIA Authorities arrested Eric Scott Kindley, 49, a prisoner-transport officer, Thursday in Stockton, California for allegedly sexually assaulting females in his custody, and threatening them with a firearm while doing so. During his…
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Mississippi Prison Guards Get Probation In Connection with Beating Inmate
MISSISSIPPI A federal judge sentenced Deonte Pate, 24, to five years of probation and 12 weeks of weekend confinement for conspiring to cover up the beating of an inmate identified by his…
Air Force Veteran Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Trying to Help ISIS
NEW JERSEY A federal judge sentenced Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, a U.S. citizen and former member of the U.S. Air Force, to 35 years in prison for attempting to help a terrorist group, ISIS….
Calif. Pimp Forced Young Woman to Work as Prostitute
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A local pimp who recruited a woman through a social media website and advertising her services as a prostitute in an online publication plead guilty to a federal…
Pimp Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Forcing Women into Prostitution
NORTH CAROLINA A federal judge Tuesday sentenced Eric J. Thompson, 29, of Jacksonville, N.C., to 15 years in prison for forcing five women to become prostitutes, according to officials. Thompson plead guilty on…
Newspaper Editor Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms
LOS ANGELES The editor of a newspaper that covers the Sunland/Tujunga area was sentenced last week to three years and five months in federal prison for illegally possessing firearms, according to officials….
Real Estate Developer Who Tried to Rig Election Facing Up to Five Years in Prison
NEW YORK Real estate developer found guilty of trying to rig an election by falsely registering voters and paying bribes for voters will be sentenced in September, according to officials. Kenneth Nakdimen,…
Convicted Terrorist Indicted for Assaulting and Trying to Kill Prison Warden
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. A convicted terrorist sentenced to a quarter century in prison for providing support to an Uzbekistan terrorist organization was charged with trying to kill a federal prison warden with a…
52 Charged with Gun and Drug Crimes Following an 18-Month Investigation
ARKANSAS Twenty-five people were arrested —joining the 27 people indicted who were already in custody—while nine individuals remain at large in connection with gun and drug-trafficking organizations, officials announced Wednesday. Fifty of…
8 guards, 7 inmates hospitalized after live ammunition used to stop Pelican Bay prison brawl
BY DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, CALIF. Eight California prison guards and seven inmates were taken to hospitals after a fight between two inmates quickly raged out of control Wednesday and…
Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Stealing Prisoners IDs
CALIFORNIA A federal judge sentenced a San Francisco man to seven years in prison Tuesday for stealing identities and conspiring to file fraudulent tax returns, according to officials. In January, at the…
Thirteen Alleged Defendants, Most Linked to Street Gangs, Arrested for Credit Card Fraud
LOS ANGELES Thirteen people, most of whom are linked to La Mirada- and Norwalk-based street gangs, have been charged in federal court in a bank fraud scheme involving “skimmed” credit cards. One…