LOS ANGELES A former elementary school teacher plead guilty Thursday to federal criminal charges for sexually exploiting his 15-year-old former student by producing pornographic images of her, according to authorities. Sean…
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Man Arrested for Allegedly Selling Fentanyl Pills to Rapper Mac Miller Two Days Before his Overdose Death
LOS ANGELES A Hollywood Hills resident was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging that he sold counterfeit pharmaceutical narcotics containing fentanyl to Mac Miller two days before the hip-hop…
Court Orders Company to Stop Distributing Unapproved New Drugs, Misbranded Dietary Supplements
TENNESSEE A federal court entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against defendants Basic Reset and Biogenyx, as well as their owner, Fred R. Kaufman III, and Kimberly Kaufman, the Department of…
Four Peruvians Sentenced for Threatening and Extorting U.S. Consumers
FLORIDA A federal judge last week sentenced four residents of Lima, Peru, charged with overseeing a series of call centers that threatened and extorted Spanish-speaking victims in the U.S., according to authorities….
Eight Charged with Operating Two of the Largest Illegal TV Show and Movie Streaming Services
VIRGINIA A federal grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday charging eight individuals of operating two of the largest and illegal TV program and movie streaming services, according to officials. Federal officials said…
Man Allegedly Ran “Dark Planet Pictures” Movie Investment Scam That Cost Victims $14 Million
LOS ANGELES A Manhattan Beach man surrendered this morning to face federal charges that allege he collected $14 million from investors who were falsely told their money would be used to produce…
Man Who Smuggled People and Recruited Juveniles to be Drug Mules Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison
SAN DIEGO A federal judge sentenced Phillip Junior Webb, 20, to 46 months in prison trying to smuggle Chinese and Mexican nationals into the U.S., according to officials. He also recruited juveniles…
Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Shooting an Unarmed Woman and Lying About It
FLORIDA A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy, Richard Palmer, 58, on charges that he used unreasonable force by shooting an unarmed woman and misleading state…
Arms Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal judge sentenced a black-market arms dealer with a long history of brokering machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank armaments – and who was found guilty last year in…
Orthodontist Indicted for Bribery and Fraud with Former State Senator
ARKANSAS An orthodontist who owned several businesses that operated orthodontic clinics in Arkansas was indicted for perpetrating a bribery and fraud scheme involving former Arkansas State Senator Jeremy Hutchinson, federal officials announced…
Former Correctional Officers Sentenced for Assault of Handcuffed Inmate
LOUISIANA Two former correctional officers at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel, Louisiana, were sentenced Thursday for their roles in assaults on a handcuffed inmate in January 2017. Adrian Almodovar III…
Former Student Who Destroyed 66 College Computers Sentenced to Prison
ALBANY, NEW YORK A federal judge this week sentenced a twenty-seven-year-old woman to a year in prison for damaging computer equipment that belonged to The College of St. Rose, according to authorities….