OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA Murder and attempted murder charges have been filed against Steven Carrillo, the alleged gunman in the May 29, 2020, drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of Protective Security Officer…
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Feds: Former Member of a Gambian Armed Unit Known as the Junglers Indicted in U.S. for Torture
COLORADO A Gambian man previously residing in Denver, Colorado was arrested for torture charges stemming from inflicting pain and suffering people in his custody in Gambia in 2006, officials announced last week….
University Professor Indicted for Allegedly Making False Statement About Chinese Program
MASSACHUSETTS A federal grand jury indicted a former Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department Tuesday on charges of making false statements to federal authorities about his participation in China’s…
Fifth Correction Officer Pleads Guilty to Beating Inmate and Covering it Up
TENNESSEE Jonathan York, 33, pleaded guilty Tuesday to using unlawful force on an inmate and then conspiring to cover up the incident while York was serving as a correctional officer with the…
South Carolina Man Guilty of Threatening to Bomb Clinic, Lying to FBI
FLORIDA Rodney Allen, 43, of Beaufort, South Carolina, pleaded guilty last week in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida, to one count of intimidating and interfering with the employees of an abortion clinic…
Ex-Child Sex Abuser Pleads Guilty to a Federal Child Pornography Charge
LOS ANGELES A Cudahy man who previously was convicted in state court of child sex abuse offenses plead guilty in federal court to one count of possession of child pornography, the Justice…
Former Senior Navy Employee Charged for Role in Bribery and Lying to Investigators
WASHINGTON D.C. The former Director of Operations of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command Office in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK) was charged this week in connection with his alleged participation in…
Feds: Texas Man Charged with Illegally Seeking $5 Million COVID -Relief Business Loans
TEXAS A Texas man has been charged in federal court with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than $5 million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration…
Alleged High-Ranking Cartel Member Extradited from Uruguay to the U.S.
WASHINGTON D.C. Mexican national Gerardo Gonzalez Valencia, aka “Lalo,” 43, arrived at Dulles International Airport Thursday after being extradited from Uruguay, where he was arrested in April 2016, according to officials. The…
Feds: Texas Man Sentenced to 60 Years for Sexually Abusing Child in Hundreds of Video and Images
TEXAS A man from Water Valley, Texas, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 60 years in prison for making hundreds of videos and images of himself sexually abusing a child, according to officials. …
Man Set Up Romance Scam that Conned Four Women, Including Actress, into Investing in Bogus Companies
LOS ANGELES A Santa Monica man plead guilty to a federal fraud charge for a romance scam in which he deceived women he met online and elsewhere into investing tens of thousands…
Two Businessmen, First in Nation, Charged for Fraudulently Seeking CARES Act SBA Protection Loans
RHODE ISLAND Two businessmen were charged in federal court with allegedly filing bank loan applications fraudulently seeking more than a half-million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)…