LOS ANGELES The former president of a Colton-based labor union has been found guilty by a federal jury of 14 felony charges for stealing nearly $800,000 from the union’s health plan fund,…
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L.A. Drug Trafficking Ring Members Indicted for Distributing Meth, Heroin and Cocaine
LOS ANGELES Law enforcement Wednesday arrested 11 defendants charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging they participated in a long-running drug trafficking operation that distributed kilograms of heroin, methamphetamine, and…
Four Texans, One New Yorker Arrested for Trying to Sell Iranian Oil to China
PENNSYLVANIA The federal government on Tuesday stated that five defendants were arrested and charged with conspiring to sell Iranian oil to China, according to officials. A criminal complaint charges the defendants of…
Man Guilty of Burning Three Predominately Black Baptist Churches in the South
LOUISIANA Holden Matthews, 22, plead guilty Monday in federal court to setting fire to three Baptist churches because of the “religous character of the buildings,” according to federal authorities. Matthews pleaded guilty…
Texas MS-13 Gang Member Who Liked “Taste of Victory” Sentenced for Nine Attempted Murders
DALLAS A federal judge sentenced a machete-wielding, MS-13 gang member implicated in nine attempted murders to life in prison, officials announced Friday. Rolan Ivan Hernandez-Fuentes, a.k.a. “Tasmania,” pleaded guilty in April 2019…
Feds to Conduct Civil Rights Investigate of Four Mississippi State Prison Conditions
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into conditions of confinement in four of Mississippi’s prisons. The investigation will look into conditions at the…
U.S. Seeks to Strip U.S. Citizenship from Convicted Terrorist Who Wanted to Destroy the Brooklyn Bridge
ILLINOIS U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle ordered the revocation of U.S. citizenship of convicted terrorist, Lyman Faris. Faris, a native of Pakistan, was convicted in 2003 of providing material support…
Defendant Gets More Time Tacked on to Prison Sentence for Lying on Financial Disclosure Form
FLORIDA A currently imprisoned Florida businessman was sentenced to an additional 20 months in prison today for willfully omitting assets, a boat, Mercedes and cash, from a pre-sentencing financial disclosure form he…
Feds: Union Officials Guilty of Brutal Assault of Non-Union Ironworkers in Indiana
Two officials from the local Iron Workers union plead Friday for their role in a brutal assault on a group of non-union ironworkers in Dyer, Indiana. The attack, which left multiple…
Corrections Officer Sentenced to Prison for Her Role in the Punching and Stomping Inmate
MISSISSIPPI Shelley Griffith, 29, a former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) officer, was sentenced today in Jackson, Mississippi, according to officials. U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan II sentenced Griffith to serve…
Ex-Corrections Officer Convicted for Repeatedly Tasing Restrained Prisoner
TENNESSEE After a four-day trial on civil rights and obstruction charges, a federal jury returned a verdict for Mark Bryant, formerly a Corporal at the Cheatham County Jail in Ashland City, Tennessee. …
Feds Sue Los Angeles Apartment Owners, Managers for Allegedly Harassing Female Tenants
LOS ANGELES Federal prosecutors Monday filed a lawsuit alleging the managers and owners of two apartment buildings in the Westlake neighborhood in Los Angeles alleging property owners and managers sexually harassed female…