LOS ANGELES A former civilian employee of the U.S. Navy who was a senior procurement official for Naval Base Ventura County plead guilty in federal court and admitted receiving kickbacks totaling more…
Exxon to Pay Civil Penalty and Resolve Clean Act Violations from Deadly Texas Fire
TEXAS The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with ExxonMobil Oil Corporation (ExxonMobil) Wednesday to resolve federal Clean Air Act claims, according to authorities. The settlement…
JUST SAYING: Nation’s Broke Jury System; Monitoring Bigots; The Republican Pack Mentality; Me, a Racist? Nyet said Mitch; An Economic Cloud; U.S. Deficit Dive; Rocking Trump World & Brit the Leech
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] Racism in Jury Selection The New York Times Editorial published this opinion piece titled: “Racism in Jury Selection Is Real. Can the Supreme Court Put an End…
Feds: Two Mexican Mafia “Secretaries” Guilty of Being Street Intermediaries
LOS ANGELES “Secretaries” often are not gang members themselves and have normal jobs and minimal criminal histories, which is why the Mexican Mafia targets them to be used as intermediaries, as they…
Man Who Robbed Verizon Stores 10 Times Facing Life in Prison
SANTA ANA, Calif. The ringleader of a crew that committed 10 armed robberies of Verizon stores across Southern California and Arizona, netting approximately $340,000 worth of stolen smartphones and other merchandise…
Prison Guard Arrested for Taking Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Prison
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. A Bureau of Prisons correctional officer who was a lieutenant assigned to investigate wrongdoing by inmates and officers at the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville, arrested on federal charges. He allegedly…
National Geographic: Anxious Dogs and Owners Act Alike
PHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT J. MUSI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION ANIMALSDOMESTICATED BY LINDA LOMBARDI PUBLISHED MARCH 1, 2019 We’re often amused when dogs and their owners…
Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Prison for Bribing Sheriff
PENNSYLVANIA A federal judge sentenced a Wyncote, Pennsylvania man to more than 10 years in prison for participating in a bribery conspiracy involving the former Sheriff of Philadelphia, according to officials. U.S….
Two Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting a Child
WASHINGTON Jorge Castillo, 37, and his girlfriend, Katherine Briones, 43, both of Inglewood, Calif., were sentenced Thursday to prison terms of 25 years and 15 years, respectively, after earlier pleading guilty in…
Chinese Nationals Indicted for Kidnapping and Extortion in Scheme Involving $2 Million Ransom Demand
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted two Chinese nationals on federal charges that allege they kidnapped another Chinese national and attempted to collect $2 million in ransom from the victim’s family…
Brothers Arrested in Stolen in Refund Check Scheme Allegedly Involved Money Laundering
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities have arrested two brothers from Woodland Hills who are charged in a stolen tax refund check scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulently obtained federal income…
My Big Coin Founder Charged with Cryptocurrency Scheme
NEVADA The founder and principal operator of My Big Coin Pay Inc. (My Big Coin), a purported cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, was named in an…