SANTA ANA, California A Riverside County woman who participated in a scheme that used stolen identities to fraudulently apply for just over $2.8 million in unemployment insurance (UI) benefits from the California…
California Man Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Purposely Crashing His Plane for Youtube
LOS ANGELES According to federal officials, Daniel Jacob obstructed a federal investigation by destroying the wreckage of an aircraft he purposely crashed in Santa Barbara County to get internet views. On Monday,…
U.S. Charges Ex-Ambassador with Spying for Cuba for Decades
According to the New York Post, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Monday ( that the United States has charged a former ambassador to Bolivia with spying for Cuba for over…
Texas Man Sentenced This Week to Two Years in Prison for Threatening Georgia Public Officials
A Texas man was sentenced this week to two years in prison for posting a message online threatening several Georgia public officials following the 2020 election, officials stated. “Threats of violence against…
California Man Arrested in Killing of Three Homeless People
The suspect in the three fatal shootings of homeless people in Los Angeles was identified as a man who was already in custody after being arrested earlier this week in connection with…
Wisconsin Man Guilty of Firebombing Madison Office Building
A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty today to the May 2022 firebombing of a Madison office building. According to court documents, Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, of Madison, pleaded guilty to attempting to cause…
California Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death of 15-Year-Old Freshman Boy
LOS ANGELES A South Bay man, who in May 2020 distributed fentanyl-laced pills to a 15-year-old boy and mocked the victim online as he was dying of an overdose, was sentenced Friday…
Former Pediatrician Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Possessing More Than 600 Child Porn Images
LOS ANGELES A former pediatrician was sentenced on Wednesday to seven years and six months in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on dozens of DVDs as well as…
JUST SAYING: Abbott’s Razor Wire Booby-Trap on the Rio Grande is Dangerous Political Theater
Huff Post Headline: Texas Ordered To Move Floating Buoy Barrier That Drew Backlash From Mexico A federal appeals court ruled Friday against one of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s aggressive measures aimed at…
Former Officer Sentenced to 21 Months for Assaulting a Non-Violent Loitering Suspect
A former officer of the Shreveport, Louisiana, Police Department, Dylan Hudson, 37, was sentenced this week to 21 months in federal prison for assaulting a non-violent loitering suspect, officials stated. Hudson was…
Five Former Correctional Officers Indicted in Connection With Death of Inmate
Charleston, West Virginia A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted five former correctional officers—Mark Holdren, 39; Cory Snyder, 29; Johnathan Walters, 35; Jacob Boothe, 25; and Ashley Toney, 23—in connection with an…
Ex-Marine Guilty of Firebombing California Planned Parenthood to Scare Pregnant Women
SANTA ANA, California An Orange County man pleaded guilty Thursday to federal criminal charges for firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in March 2022 and admitted to plotting other attacks. Chance Brannon, 24,…