A motocross instructor who mentored kids received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday, according to authorities. Ryan Meyung was also ordered to pay at least $193,500 in restitution for sexually abusing numerous…
LA Sheriff’s Deputy Charged for Allegedly Assaulting and Pepper-Spraying Woman
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy, accusing him of using excessive force during a shoplifting investigation in Lancaster last year, federal officials announced Wednesday. Trevor…
Nigerian Sentenced to Prison for Computer Hacking That Caused $5 Million in Losses
VIRGINIA A Nigerian national was sentenced Tuesday in Virginia to five years and three months in prison, officials stated. The judge also ordered him to pay nearly $5 million in restitution for…
Former Arkansas Judge Facing Up to Five Years in Prison for Lying to FBI About Soliciting Sex
Officials announced Tuesday that a former Arkansas local district court judge was convicted of making false statements to the FBI. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Thomas David Carruth,…
JUST SAYING: “No, no, he’s on our side.” Said Trump About a Thug Who Attacked the Media at a Rally
Jesse talks about an unhinged Trump supporter who attacked the media pit at a Trump rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, last night while Donald Trump looked on and encouraged the attack, saying, “That’s…
Teacher Charged for Allegedly Receiving and Possessing Child Pornography
LOS ANGELES A former elementary school teacher in the San Gabriel Valley allegedly received and possessed child sexual abuse material, officials stated Friday. Steven Pilar, 47, of Las Vegas, is charged in…
Restauranteur Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Getting More Than $4 Million of COVID Business-Relief Loans
SANTA ANA, California According to officials, a Culver City man and restauranteur who owns a hospitality company with restaurants and hotels in California, Tennessee, and Kentucky pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraudulently…
Three Owners of Notorious Prostitution Website Backpage.com Sentenced
A federal judge in Phoenix Wednesday sentenced the three owners of Backpage.com, a prostitution website, for offenses arising from their promotion of and associated money laundering, officials stated. The sentence for Michael…
Feds: Army Private Guilty of Producing Child Pornography Faces Up to 100 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A federal jury Wednesday found a former Army private based at Fort Irwin guilty of producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The pornography depicted a 14-year-old girl, using Snapchat to…
Man and Six Others Allegedly Stole $5 Million Through a “Crime Tourism Group.”
LOS ANGELES A 46-count indictment alleges that a man from Santa Clarita Valley facilitated a crime tourism group composed of South Americans and others, according to officials. Law enforcement arrested six defendants…
Founder/CEO of Injectable Stem Cell Product Pleads Guilty of Distributing Unapproved Drug
LOS ANGELES The founder and chief executive officer of a California-based company that marketed stem cell-based products linked to multiple hospitalizations has pleaded guilty to a felony violation of the Federal Food,…
Disbarred Lawyer Tom Girardi Guilty of Defrauding Clients of Tens of Millions of Dollars, Facing Up to 80 Years in Prison
LOS ANGELES A jury on Tuesday found disbarred plaintiffs’ personal injury lawyer Thomas Vincent Girardi guilty of orchestrating a years-long fraud scheme. Girardi embezzled tens of millions of dollars from his clients,…