LOS ANGELES Monsanto Company agreed to plead guilty to illegally using a banned pesticide known as Penncap-M on research crops at one of its facilities on the Hawaiian island of Maui, according…
Category: Courts & Cases
Fourth Prison Guard Guilty of Assaulting Inmate, Facing Prison Sentence
TENNESSEE Cadie McAlister, 21, plead guilty to a federal offense and admitted concealing other correctional officers’ assault of an inmate while McAlister was serving as an officer with the Tennessee Department of…
Two Mexican Mafia “Secretaries” Sentenced to Federal Prison Terms
LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles man and his long-time girlfriend were sentenced Monday to federal prison terms for collecting and storing extortionate “taxes” for the man’s brother, an imprisoned Mexican Mafia member,…
Former Elementary School Teacher Assistant Sentenced to Prison for Child Exploitation
VIRGINIA A Springfield, Virginia, man was sentenced Friday to 12 years and six months in prison for the attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and distribution of child pornography, according to…
Russian Indicted For Running a $20 Million Online Criminal Marketplace Trafficking on Credit Cards
VIRGINIA A Russian national made his initial appearance in federal court this week on charges related to his alleged operation of two websites devoted to the facilitation of payment card fraud, computer…
Woman Charged with Producing Child Pornography with Her Boyfriend’s Daughter
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. A San Bernardino County woman has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging she produced child pornography of her boyfriend’s daughter, who is under the age of 12 years…
Former Police Officer Guilty of Assaulting Undercover Officer Believed to be a Protestor
MISSOURI Randy Hays, 32, a former police officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) plead guilty Friday in federal court in Missouri to one count of using unreasonable and excessive…
Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Forcing Mentally Disabled Man to Work at Restaurant
SOUTH CAROLINA U.S. District Court Judge R. Bryan Harwell sentenced defendant Bobby Paul Edwards, 54, of Conway, South Carolina, to 10 years in prison and ordered him to pay $272,952 as restitution…
Mississippi Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Cross Burning
MISSISSIPPI Federal judge Keith Starrett sentenced Graham Williamson, 38, to serve three years in prison for being involved in a cross-burning incident in Seminary, Mississippi on Oct. 24, 2017, according to officials….
Lawyer and Accountant Indicted for Visa Fraud Scheme to Get Legal Residence for South Koreans
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted two men in a scheme to obtain lawful permanent resident status for South Korean nationals, according to officials. The defendants submitted fraudulent visa applications that…
Man Convicted of Drowning Two Autistic Sons to Collect Insurance Money From Eight Agencies
LOS ANGELES A Hawthorne man was found guilty by a jury Tuesday of 14 federal felonies for intentionally driving his family off a wharf and into the water at the Port of…
Mexican Man Deported Nine Times Faces Drug Charges and Possible a Life Sentence
CINCINNATI A Mexican national was charged Oct. 23, in a three-count superseding indictment with intent to distribute cocaine and more than 400 grams of fentanyl, as well as illegally reentering the United…