ROMA, Texas Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents encounter an unaccompanied two-year-old boy near the Rio Grande, officials stated Thursday. RGC agents working near Roma encountered a two-year-old Noncitizen Unaccompanied…
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N.Y. Physician Allegedly Involved in $10 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
A New York physician was charged in an indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court for an alleged $10 million health care fraud scheme, officials stated. Elemer Raffai allegedly submitted false and fraudulent…
DOJ Report: Prison Conditions, Including “Uncontrolled” Gangs and “Gross Understaffing,” Violate Constitutional Rights
WASHINGTON D.C. The Justice Department concluded its investigation and found that conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary, known as Parchman Prison, violated inmates Constitutional Rights, officials announced Wednesday. Specifically, the department concluded that…
Border Patrol Arrests Two Child Predators, Gang Members
EDINBURG, Texas Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents arrest two child sexual predators and more gang members, officials stated. Agents working at the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint referred a tractor-trailer to…
Longtime Shot Caller for L.A. Street Gang Guilty of Conspiracy, Including Murder
LOS ANGELES A federal jury Monday found a long-time senior leader of the South Los Angeles-based East Coast Crips street gang guilty of federal criminal charges for conspiring to commit racketeering, officials…
Man Sold Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills That Caused Overdose Death
LOS ANGELES A Sylmar man plead guilty Friday to two drug trafficking offenses, saying he advertised the sale of drugs on Snapchat, according to federal officials. Gustavo Jaciel Solis admitted that…
Former Corrections Officer Guilty of Setting Up White Supremacist Assault on Black Inmates
A federal jury in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, convicted a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer of violating the civil rights of three pretrial inmates, according to officials. The jury convicted Matthew…
Hollywood Political Donor Sentenced to 30 Years for Providing Methamphetamine to two Victims Who Died of Fatal Overdoses
LOS ANGELES Edward Buck, a businessman and long-time figure of West Hollywood politics, was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men, The…
Russian Legislator and Two Others Allegedly Conspired to Influence U.S. Officials
NEW YORK Three Russian citizens are charged with allegedly violating U.S. sanctions and conspiring to commit visa fraud, federal officials announced Thursday. According to court documents, beginning in or around January 2012…
Florida Bookkeeper Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Operating Sexually Exploitive “Child Modeling” Websites
WASHINGTON POST A Florida woman was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years and seven months in federal prison for her involvement in a subscription-based sexually exploitative “child modeling” websites, officials stated. The court…
Former Train Engineer Sentenced to Three Years for Derailing Locomotive
LOS ANGELES A former train engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday to 36 months in federal prison for intentionally running a locomotive at full speed off the end…
Man Sentence to Prison for His Role in a $7.6 Million IRS Scam Involving 200 People
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Florida man to 51 months in prison for his role in a $7.6 million nationwide tax fraud scheme, officials stated. The scheme involved more than 200…