MISSOURI A United Kingdom national pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to commit aggravated identity theft and computer fraud, and was sentenced to five years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Ronnie White…
California Man Guilty of Hate Crime Will be Sentenced Next Month
VENTURA, CALIF. Vidal Fregoso will be sentenced next month for using racial slurs and threatening a 72-year-old Black man on a chartered fishing trip, officials stated. On August 31, 2020, prosecutors stated…
California Woman Linked to Drug Overdoses Charged with Narcotics Trafficking
LOS ANGELES Prosecutors Friday levied drug charges against a San Gabriel woman who allegedly sold narcotics to several individuals in Pasadena who suffered overdoses on Sept. 11. Marisol Bolanos Hernandez, 35, was…
Blue Bell Creameries Pays $17.25 Million for Listeriosis Outbreak
TEXAS A federal court judge sentenced ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries L.P. to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak, the…
Alleged Gang Member Charged with Carjacking and Shooting Victim
LOS ANGELES A 36-year-old Compton man was charged Thursday with carjacking and shooting at a man two weeks ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deonte Lee Murray faces one…
Two Iranians Charged with Cyber Theft from Computer Systems in U.S., Europe
NEW JERSEY Two Iranian nationals have been charged in connection with a coordinated cyber intrusion campaign – sometimes at the behest of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The targeted…
Ex-DEA Agent and His Wife Guilty of Stealing Drug Money
FLORIDA A former DEA agent and his wife plead guilty Monday to a 19-count indictment involving drug-related crimes, according to authorities. Jose Ismael Irizarry, 46, and his wife, Nathalia Gomez-Irizarry, 36, admitted…
Operation “Black Phoenix” Nets 25 for Alleged Drugs and Firearms Sales
LOS ANGELES Members of an FBI-led task force Tuesday arrested 18 individuals named in a series of federal indictments that allege narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses, officials stated. The charges included the…
Mercedes-Benz Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion for Emissions Cheating
WASHINGTON D.C. Federal officials stated that Daimler AG to Conduct a Nationwide Recall and Repair of Mercedes-Benz Diesel Vehicles, Pay over $945,000,000 in Penalties, Perform Projects to Mitigate Pollution and Revamp Internal…
LAPD Officer Sentenced to Probation for Stealing More Than $8,000
LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles police officer was sentenced for getting more than $8,000 in wages for work she did not perform in 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced….
Two “Spice” Drug Dealers Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison Each
NEVADA Two defendants were sentenced Wednesday to 20 years each in federal prison for crimes committed in connection with the manufacture of synthetic cannabinoid products or “spice,” officials stated. They also operated…