LOS ANGELES A Riverside County woman plead guilty Wednesday to a federal criminal charge for fraudulently obtaining more than $500,000 in COVID-related unemployment benefits for herself, officials stated. Cara Marie Kirk-Connell,…
D.A. Report: L.A. Police Department’s Officer-Involved Shootings
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office conducts an independent and thorough review of the evidence in every officer-involved shooting in Los Angeles County. If the officer’s use of deadly force is…
15 Named in $26 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Chinese Tires
HOUSTON Law enforcement this week arrested Zheng “Miranda” Zhou, 53, of Missouri City, and Kun “Bruce” Liu, 40, of Sugar Land, along with other defendants stemming from an international tire fraud scheme…
Former DOD Official Arrested for Taking Cash to Help Contractor Get $6.4 Million Payment
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities have arrested a former Department of Defense civilian official on charges that he took $34,000 in illegal cash payments from a private contractor, according to officials. The money…
Ex-Employee of Research Institute Conspired for Steal Trade Secrets to China
OHIO A former Dublin, Ohio, man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last week to conspiring to steal exosome-related trade secrets concerning the research, identification, and treatment of a range of pediatric…
Georgia Prison Guards Indicted for Beating, Handcuffed Inmates
MACON, GEORGIA A federal grand jury on Thursday in Macon, Georgia, returned a 4-count indictment against former supervisory correctional officer Sergeant Patrick Sharpe, 29, and former correctional officer Jamal Scott, 33, of…
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man Who Allegedly Bought Maserati with COVID-19 Relief Money
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted a Pasadena man this week alleging that he used stolen identities to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits, officials announced Friday. Robert Sloan Mateer used to…
JUST SAYING: Merrick Garland is a “Sweet” Guy
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] Thursday’s Washington Post Op-Ed: The case for Merrick Garland as attorney general. According to E.J. Dionne’s Washington Post Op-Ed titled, “Anyone who knows Garland has a…
Neo-Nazi Member Sentenced to Prison for Plot to Intimidate Journalists
Seattle A 21-year-old Arizona man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 16 months in prison for his role in a plot to deliver threatening posters to journalists and…
40 Charged in Indictment Involving Use of Cell Phones by Inmates to Commit Crimes
SOUTH CAROLINA A federal grand jury returned a 147-count superseding indictment against 40 defendants across South Carolina in the largest federal racketeering conspiracy in South Carolina history, officials announced Thursday. The indictment…
ICE: Ten High-Profile Human Smugglers Arrested
ICE assists Brazil in the arrests of 10 human smugglers BRASILIA, Brazil – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) assists Brazil Federal Police (PF) in the arrests of ten high-profile targets in…