LOS ANGELES – Four people were charged for being involved in a $22 million investment scheme that promised victims large returns on movie projects, officials said Thursday. Three defendants – Gregory Pusateri,…
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Georgia Man Who Plead Guilty to Polluting Potomac River Facing Prison Sentence
A 48-year-old man plead guilty today to orchestrating the discharge of waste for two years into the Potomac River, said officials. While he was dumping the waste into the Potomac River, Patrick…
Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Integrated Circuits From China
CONNECTICUT – A man plead guilty to importing and selling counterfeit integrated circuits from China and Hong Kong to U.S. customers, including contractors supplying them to the U.S. Navy for use in nuclear…
Ex-Controller of Court Services Business Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $3.3 Million
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – The former controller of a company that provides supervision services, including electronic monitoring programs, to courts and probation departments plead guilty to federal charges of embezzling well over…
Attorney Who Stole Her Dead Grandmother’s Social Security Checks Sentenced to a Year in Prison
RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA – An Upland attorney was sentenced today to a year in federal prison for cashing Social Security checks intended for her grandmother who died in May 2000, according to federal…
Marijuana Drug Dealer Who Fired at Robbers Sentenced to Prison
WASHINGTON – A marijuana grower and dealer who fired a dozen times at fleeing robbers was sentenced last week to two years and eight months in prison but not before he was chided…
DEA Employee and Husband Plead Guilty to Making False Statements in Kidnapping Hoax
WASHINGTON D.C. – A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration employee and her contractor husband plead guilty to making false statements in kidnapping hoax, federal officials said. Nydia L. Perez and John A….
Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Prisoner
CALIFORNIA – A former police officer pleaded guilty Friday to sexually assaulting a woman who he was taking to jail for being intoxicated, and as part of a plea agreement, he will…
Inmate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Stabbing to Death a Corrections Officer
CALIFORNIA – An inmate was sentenced Friday to life in prison for murdering a 22-year-old U.S. corrections officer who was attacked and repeatedly stabbed with an eight-inch homemade shank in 2008, federal officials…
California Police Officers Must Give the IDs of Cops Involved in Certain On-Duty Shootings
California cities have to ID police officers involved in on-duty shootings unless there is specific evidence that disclosure would pose a safety threat, the California Supreme Court decided on Thursday. Cities and…
Seattle Man Pleads Guilty to Voter Intimidation By Sending Fake Letters to GOP Donors
FLORDIA – A Seattle man, who sent fake voter eligibility letters to Republican Party donors in an attempt to suppress voter turnout in Florida in 2012, plead guilty today to one count…
Texas Man Indicted for Holding Woman Hostage After She Was Smuggled into U.S.
NEW YORK – A man who along with others held a woman hostage in Weslaco, Texas, after she was smuggled across the border was charged with hostage taking and alien smuggling, federal…