LOS ANGELES Judge George Gonzalez Lomeli sentenced former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy Sean Essex to 40 years in state prison. Essex plead no contest Friday to sexually abusing four girls who…
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Police Officer Who Kicked Juvenile in the Head Charged with Assault
Glendale police officer Gonzalo Zendejas is charged with allegedly assaulting a juvenile while police were attempting to detain him following a shoplifting incident at the Glendale Galleria on June 5, 2021, officials…
Disbarred Lawyer Guilty of Operating a Cryptocurrency Ponzi Scheme That Defrauded Victims of $9.5 Million
Officials stated that a disbarred California attorney pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to operate a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims of more than $9.5 million. According to court documents, David Kagel,…
Nevada Police Beat Store Employee Who Tried to Help, City to Pay Victim $450K
Mar 8, 2024 The City of Henderson must pay $450,000 in damages after a jury decided a former sergeant was negligent and violated a man’s civil rights when he used excessive force…
Calif. Man Who Allegedly Killed Three Women and Injured Three Women in DUI Crash Charged with Three Counts of Murder
Victor Siharath is accused of driving under the influence and running a red light, resulting in a collision that killed three women and injured two others, including a child, in Pomona on…
More Than 70 Current and Former New York City Housing Authority Workers Arrested for Bribe and Extortion Scheme
NEW YORK POST: More than 70 current and former NYCHA workers have been busted in a bribe-and-extortion scheme that authorities say involves the largest number of federal bribery charges in a single…
Calif. Man Guilty of Running $24 Million Ponzi Scheme, Duping Hundreds of Victim Investors
RIVERSIDE, California A Riverside County man plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for running a Ponzi scheme that lasted nearly 20 years, according to officials. Paul Horton Smith Sr. fraudulently obtained…
Pharmaceutical Company Agrees to Pay $6 Million to Settle False Claims
Massachusetts Officials announced that pharmaceutical company, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (Ultragenyx), has agreed to pay $6 million to settle claims that it broke the False Claims Act by paying for free genetic tests…
Former Corrections Officer Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Brutally Beating Restrained Inmate
A former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant, Mohammad Shahid Jenkins, 52, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years and three months in prison for brutally beating an inmate, officials stated. Jenkins was…
California Man Charged with Alleged Road-Rage Shooting that Killed Four-Year-Old Boy
LOS ANGELES Officials stated on Tuesday that Byron Burkhart was charged in a road rage shooting that killed a four-year-old boy who was traveling in a motor vehicle with his mother and…
Three Men Were Convicted for Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Other Crimes
A federal jury in Norfolk, Virginia, convicted three men yesterday of conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Ronald Jenkins, 42, of Franklin,…
Former CEO of Los Angeles Anti-Poverty Program Sent to Prison for Embezzling Money from the Nonprofit Agency
LOS ANGELES The former president and CEO of a Los Angeles-based anti-poverty nonprofit agency was sentenced Tuesday to six months in federal prison for embezzling money from the nonprofit for his benefit, officials…