VENTURA, CALIF. Vidal Fregoso will be sentenced next month for using racial slurs and threatening a 72-year-old Black man on a chartered fishing trip, officials stated. On August 31, 2020, prosecutors stated…
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Pipeline Co. Responsible for Major Oil Spill Settles Lawsuit for $1.6 Million
VENTURA, CALIF. State and local officials reached a comprehensive settlement with Crimson Pipeline, L.P. (Crimson), and its contractor CD Lyon Construction Inc. to settle damages resulting for a crude oil spill in…
Irish Man Extradicted to U.S. from Ireland for Trafficking of Rhino Horns
TEXAS An Irish national who was arrested on Aug. 1, 2019 and extradited to U.S. in May is facing felony charges for his role in trafficking horns from black rhinoceros, officials announced…
State Depart. Contracting Officer Sentenced to Prison for Bribery and Fraud
VIRGINIA A federal judge sentence a contracting officer with the U.S. Department of State to seven years and three months in prison for conspiracy, bribery, fraud and making false statements, according to…
Top Church Administrators Indicted for Allegedly Trafficking Workers, Sham Marriages
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A federal grand jury on charged three top administrators of a Philippines-based church with overseeing a labor trafficking scheme that forced church members to solicit donations for a bogus…
Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Extensive Cyberstalking and Threats
A Florida man was sentenced Wednesday to five years and 10 months in prison for extensive cyberstalking campaign that targeted his former schoolmate, a 31-year-old woman who lived in Massachusetts at the…
Attorney for Puerto Rican Municipalities Convicted of Bribery
PUERTO RICO A former attorney for three municipalities in Puerto Rico was convicted of bribery Wednesday, according to officials. Alejandro Carrasco, 63, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, was convicted of four counts…
Four Charged in Lottery Ticket Scheme Targeting Elderly Hispanic Women Across South California
LOS ANGELES One man and two women are facing federal charges of defrauding elderly women by convincing the victims they needed financial assistance to cash purported winning lottery tickets, according to officials….
L.A. Gang Member Gets Life Sentence for the Ambush Murder of Man in Front of Toddler Son
LOS ANGELES A member of the Pueblo Bishop Bloods street gang was sentenced today to life — plus an additional 10 years — in federal prison for racketeering offenses, according to authorities….
Man Admits to Plotting to Launch Terrorist Attack on Independence Day
OHIO A Maple Heights man plead guilty to crimes related to his plot to launch a terrorist attack in Cleveland on Independence Day, according to authorities. Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, aka Abdur Raheem…
Human Smuggler Indicted As Part of Major Takedown of Alien Smugglers
TEXAS A significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational alien smuggling organization resulted in the arrest of several people in South East Asia, Brazil, and the U.S., officials announced Thursday….
Leader of Castro Enterprise That Targeted Victims of Indian and Asian Ancestry Sentenced to Priso
MICHIGAN A Texas woman was sentenced to 37 years in prison for her role as the leader of several robbery crews that traveled across the United States in order to conduct armed…