LOS ANGELES A Long Beach Unified School safety officer was charged today with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old, according to state prosecutors. “We must hold accountable the people…
Defendants Charged with Allegedly Degrading, Abusing and Isolating Minors in Multi-State Forced Labor Conspiracy
A federal grand jury in Kansas indicted eight defendants for their alleged roles in a forced labor conspiracy that victimized numerous minors who, between 2000 and 2012, worked in various foodservice and…
JUST SAYING: This is Cowboy Country — Pitch the Tent
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ NFL Sundays are when I set up four different games to watch eight teams play at the same time. I use two laptops, a tablet, two TVs,…
150 Alleged Darknet Drug Traffickers and Others Arrested Worldwide, More Than $31 Million in Drugs & Weapons Seized
WASHINGTON D.C. Tuesday, federal officials announced the worldwide arrest of 15 drug traffickers and others who allegedly sold to tens of thousands of U.S. residents. Under Operation Dark Hun, law enforcement officials…
Illinois Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking Two Victims
LOS ANGELES A Chicago man has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for luring two victims – both of whom were 19 at the time – from Canada with promises…
Former Prison Corrections Officer Sentenced to 18 Months For Having Sex with Female Inmate
ALABAMA Eric Todd Ellis, 32, a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) corrections officer at the FCI-Aliceville facility in Aliceville, Alabama, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Birmingham, Alabama, to 18 months…
Money Launderer for Drug Dealers Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison
VIRGINIA The leader of a money-laundering network was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for laundering tens of millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations,…
Company to Reduce 10,000 Tons of Emissions and Pay $52 Million Penalty
ILLINOIS Navistar Inc., an integrated manufacturer of trucks and diesel engines based in Lisle, Illinois, agreed to mitigate at least 10,000 tons of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions, according to federal officials….
Pain Management Doctors Agree to Pay $3.9 Million for Doing Unnecessary Urine Drug Testing
Two Texas physicians, Robert Wills and Brannon Frank, agreed to pay $3.9 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE for medically…
Audit the Audit: Good Cops Get Bad Cop Fired and Arrested
Unarmed elderly man gets stomped by a former police officer who is later charged with assault.
Former Private Prisoner Officer Sentence to Life for Sexually Assaulting Two Females in Custody
A federal judge in Little Rock, Arkansas, sentenced Eric Scott Kindley, 53, a former private prisoner transport officer, to life plus five years in prison for sexually assaulting two different women in…
DOJ Reaches Settlement with Utah Schools to Address Discrimination and Racial Slurs Against Blacks and Asian-American Students
UTAH Agreement Requires Davis School District to Address Racially Hostile Environment and Discriminatory Discipline The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Utah announced a settlement agreement…