Sami Almuhtaseb, 45, of Smithfield, R.I., owner of Oasis Market, a convenience store located in Providence, plead guilty in federal court to defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP of more than $1.1 million dollars, federal officials announced today.
School District Spends $12,300 to Buy 10 Bushmaster Semiautomatic long Rifles for its Security Force
A Colorado school district is set to arm its security force with 10 semiautomatic rifles, FOX31 reported.
Douglas County School District Director of Safety and Security Rich Payne said he bought the Bushmaster long rifles for a total of $12,300. The district neither discussed nor voted on the purchase, The Denver Post reported.
The guns, which will be used by trained security officers, won’t be stored on school grounds. Instead they’ll be kept locked up in patrol vehicles, officials say.
Man Who Didn’t Want to Go Back to Prison and Tried to Run Over U.S. Marshal With Minivan Sentenced
A man who was found guilty of assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal by trying to run him over with a minivan was sentenced to eight years in federal prison, according to officials.
U.S.District Judge R. Gary Klausner sentenced Keith Leon Smith, 47, of Carson, on Thursday.
The judge said in court that the defendant was “really lucky on two grounds” – that he did not kill the deputy marshal and that he was not killed by law enforcement as he assaulted the deputy marshal.
Man Who Allegedly Argued and Made Racial Remarks at 81-Year-Old Man Before Running Him Over With Truck Denied Bond
When Broward Sheriff’s detectives drove up to the Dania Beach home of Kyle Christopher Hannover on Thursday morning, they found him hosing off his Ford Ranger truck beneath the watchful gaze of two home security cameras, according to court documents.
Hannover, 26, was later arrested, accused of running over and killing Luis Angel Dominguez, 81, of Pembroke Pines Wednesday night after the strangers argued at Everglades Holiday Park, near Weston.
Texas Killer Almost Got Out of Prison by Forging Judge’s Signature
Kwaneta Harris is serving a 50-year sentence for the 2006 murder of Michael Giles. (File photos)
A Texas inmate who murdered her lover and hired help to encase him in a concrete grave in his Garland backyard forged a judge’s signature this year in a scheme to get out of prison.
Kwaneta Yatrice Harris faked paperwork ordering her sentence to be decreased from 50 years to eight. That could have led to her release this year.
Man Pleads Guilty to Arson at Mosque and Attempted Arson at Planned Parenthood
Thirty-two-year-old Jedediah Stout, of Joplin, Missouri, plead guilty in the Western District of Missouri today to the arson of a Joplin mosque and two attempted arsons of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Joplin, officials announced today.
Owners of Tax Preparation Business Sent to Prison for Filing Bogus Tax Returns for Prison Inmates
The owners of a tax preparation business that filed fraudulent tax returns on behalf of inmates at various New Jersey prisons were each sentenced to multi-year prison sentences, according to officials.
Kamal J. James aka Bro Messiah Aziz El, 34, of Seaford, Delaware, and Crystal G. Hawkins, aka Sis. Crystal Gabri El, 39, of Laurel, Delaware, were sentenced Friday to eight years and four years in prison, respectively.
IRS to Americans: Come Clean Now, Before We Read Panama Papers
U.S. officials revealed to NBC News that they have taken part in two global meetings about the Panama Papers to plan how to use the huge trove of leaked documents to catch criminals — and urged Americans to come clean now before illegal activity is discovered.
There are about 500,00 Earthquakes Every Year Around the World, according to Live Science
There are about 500,000 earthquakes a year around the world, as detected by sensitive instruments. About 100,000 of those can be felt, and 100 or so cause damage each year. Each year the southern California area alone experiences about 10,000 earthquakes, most of them not felt by people, according to Live Science.
Chinese National Allegedly Tried to Illegally Export High-Grade Carbon Fiber Used for Military Purposes to China
Federal agents arrested Chinese National Fuyi Sun, aka Frank, this week in connection with a scheme to illegally export to China high-grade carbon fiber that is used primarily for aerospace and military purposes, according to officials.
Texas Mexican Mafia Members and Associates Involved in Drug Dealing Including Heroin and Methamphetamine (News Video)
Eleven Seguin-based Texas Mexican Mafia members and associates were indicted on federal drug charges.
During this investigation, authorities seized approximately three pounds of heroin, approximately 13 pounds of powder cocaine, one pound of “crystal” methamphetamine; one pound of marijuana and about $60,000 and six firearms.
Mom Allegedly Instructed Adopted Children to Physically Punish Each Other While She Watched
URBANDALE, Iowa (Published April 25, 2016) — A metro mom is facing assault charges for allegedly instructing her adoptive children to physically punish each other in a variety of different ways while she watched.
On Tuesday, Urbandale police arrested 38-year-old Mindy Dawn Knapp on two counts of assault causing bodily injury or mental illness. The charges stem from the accusations that she aided and abetted in the assault of two of her adoptive daughters, and she allegedly did it by instructing her other adoptive children to punish them.