KENTUCKY James Eakes, a former deputy jailer with the Fulton County Detention Center in Hickman, Kentucky, was sentenced Thursday to four years in federal prison for tasing suicidal inmate, according to officials….
Owners of Telemedicine Companies Charged with $56 Million Medicare Conspiracy Fraud
NORTH CAROLINA The owners of two telemedicine companies were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday for allegedly orchestrating a nationwide scheme to receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for the ordering of…
Feds to Conduct Civil Rights Investigate of Four Mississippi State Prison Conditions
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into conditions of confinement in four of Mississippi’s prisons. The investigation will look into conditions at the…
U.S. Seeks to Strip U.S. Citizenship from Convicted Terrorist Who Wanted to Destroy the Brooklyn Bridge
ILLINOIS U.S. District Court Judge Staci M. Yandle ordered the revocation of U.S. citizenship of convicted terrorist, Lyman Faris. Faris, a native of Pakistan, was convicted in 2003 of providing material support…
Feds: Man Who Smuggled Illegal Immigrants and Shot at Border Patrol Agents Sentenced to Prison
TUCSON, ARIZONA A local area man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting at border patrol agents during a high-speed pursuitin a probe headed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s…
Ex-Chairman of Christian Science Church Admits Stealing $11 Million from Church
LOS ANGELES The former chairman of the board for the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, of Los Angeles plead guilty Monday to federal criminal charges that he…
Former Major at Angola Prison Convicted of Beating a Handcuffed and Shackled Inmate
LOUISIANA A federal jury last week convicted Daniel Davis, 44, a former major at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, of beating an inmate who was handcuffed, shackled and not resisting, according…
North Carolina Street Gang Members Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy Involving Murder
Four North Carolina members of the United Blood Nation or UBN/ Bloods street gang were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to federal racketeering and conspiracy charges, according to authorities. Tyquan Ramont…
Feds at Pine Ridge Reservation Office Discriminate Against Native American Job Applicants
SOUTH DAKOTA The Justice Department announced Thursday that the South Dakota Department of Social Services or DSS agreed to no longer discriminate against Native American job applicants at its Pine Ridge Reservation…
Defendant Gets More Time Tacked on to Prison Sentence for Lying on Financial Disclosure Form
FLORIDA A currently imprisoned Florida businessman was sentenced to an additional 20 months in prison today for willfully omitting assets, a boat, Mercedes and cash, from a pre-sentencing financial disclosure form he…
Feds: Harvard University Professor and Two Chinese Suspects Charged with Aiding China
MASSACHUSETTS Federal authorities announced Tuesday that the Chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department and two Chinese nationals have been charged in connection with aiding the People’s Republic of China …
California Doctor Extradited from Israel to Face 20-Year Prison for Cosmetic Surgery Scam
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A cosmetic surgeon who oversaw a long-running health care fraud scheme that conned insurance companies into paying tens of millions of dollars for unnecessary cosmetic procedures has been extradited…