An Indiana man pleaded guilty this week to engaging in sexual contact with a sleeping woman on a flight from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Denver, Colorado, according to officials. According to court documents,…
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Pair Charged With Hate Crime For Attack Outside Sushi Restaurant
Los Angeles County Two men were charged Tuesday for an assault outside a sushi restaurant earlier this year, state prosecutors stated. “A hate crime is a crime against all of us,” District…
Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Long-Running Phone Unlocking Scheme, Duped AT&T Out of $200 Million
Overall Loss to AT&T Estimated at more than $200 Million Muhammad Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for his leadership role in a…
Former Florida Department of Corrections Officer Sentenced for Beating Youthful Offenders with a Stick
Former Florida Department of Corrections Officer Terrance Reynolds, 31, was sentenced this week to 33 months in prison for beating youthful inmates with a stick, according to officials. “The actions of former…
Former Priest and ‘Shelter Home’ Operator Indicted for Illicit Sexual Conduct Against Minors (News Video)
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned an indictment Thursday charging a U.S. citizen and resident of Timor Leste with seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in a foreign…
Report Judge’s Misconduct and Unscrupulous Behavior on the Bench — Here’s How
California’s commission states, for example, that its authority is limited to investigating allegations of judicial misconduct and, if warranted, imposing discipline. Judicial misconduct usually involves conduct in conflict with the standards set…
Online Dating Service, Match.com, Settles Consumer Protection Lawsuit for $2 Million
LOS ANGELES Match Group Inc., a global online dating service company, will pay $2 million to settle a civil lawsuit alleging the company charged customers for automatic renewal without their express consent,…
Three Relatives Charged for Allegedly Scamming Dozens of Immigrants
LOS ANGELES Three South Los Angeles relatives were charged with scamming dozens of immigrants by unlawfully providing legal services for residency or work permits, according to officials. “The immigrant community should not…
Feds: Man Arrested for Allegedly Paying Impoverished Filipino Boys to Film Sex Acts
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities arrested a Redondo Beach man on charges of producing child pornography, allegedly by developing a relationship with at least one boy in the Philippines who performed sex acts…
Mother Charged with Murdering Her Three Young Children
LOS ANGELES A woman was charged Wednesday with killing her three children earlier this week in East Los Angeles, according to state prosecutors. “In an instant, three innocent children were taken from…
Man Sentenced to More Than Four Years in Prison for $3.3 Million Ponzi Scheme
LOS ANGELES An accountant was sentenced Tuesday to four years and three months in federal prison for running a four-year, $3.3 million Ponzi scheme, according to officials. The scam conned dozens of…
U.S. Border Patrol: More Than $1 Million Worth of Marijuana Seized
EDINBURG, Texas Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents stopped three drug smuggling attempts worth over a million dollars, according to officials. Monday, Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station (RGC) agents…