Category: U.S. Department of Justice

            RIVERSIDE, California The leader of three conspiracies in which members and associates of a San Bernardino-based street gang deliberately got themselves arrested to smuggle narcotics and syringes hidden in their body cavities…

            SANTA ANA, California  Officials stated that a convicted criminal from Orange County was sentenced to seven years and six months in federal prison on Monday for his role in a plot to…

NEW ORLEANS  Law enforcement officials announced Friday that 41 individuals were charged in connection with firearms trafficking, drug distribution, conspiracy, and other offenses following a three-month violent crime reduction initiative in New…

          LOS ANGELES A Fresno hairstylist pleaded guilty Thursday to nine felonies for defrauding a vulnerable physician out of more than $2.7 million before his death, federal officials stated. Then, Anthony David Flores…

A Florida man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Ohio to using his hedge fund management company as part of a years-long Ponzi scheme, officials stated. According to court documents, Michael…

A former Oregon Department of Corrections male employee was sentenced Tuesday for sexually assaulting nine female inmates, according to federal officials. Tony Daniel Klein did this while serving as a nurse at…

An indictment was unsealed Tuesday in federal court in Idaho, charging a former Caldwell Police Department sergeant with civil rights violations, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Ryan A. Bendawald allegedly…

CALIFORNIA Peter Griffin, 79, a retired San Diego police officer and former vice detective, attorney and private investigator, was sentenced on Friday to 33 months in prison, officials announced Monday. Griffin operated…

Two former tactical officers for the Tennessee Department of Corrections Strike Force pleaded guilty for their roles in the assault of an inmate and the cover-up that followed at Northwest Correctional Complex…