A 43-year-old man who called two mosques in Pinellas County and threatened to firebomb them and shoot worshippers was sentenced to a year in prison, according to officials. Federal prosecutors said Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, was sentenced Monday to one year and a day in prison.
Man Admits to Dumping 11,000 Gallons of Waste Water and Soap into San Gabriel River in California
A man who ran a trucking company in Santa Fe Springs has pled guilty to dumping 11,000 gallons of waste water and soap into a tributary of the San Gabriel River in Santa Fe Springs, California, officials announced.
Two L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Who Lied About the Beating of a Shackled Inmate Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES Two Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies who were found guilty after a two-week trial earlier this year of falsifying reports with the intent to obstruct justice related to their assault of…
MSNBC Report: Body cameras win converts among police officers on the beat
It was an unusually warm October night, and Patrolman Steven Wilson wasn’t thrilled when he arrived for the night shift to find his lieutenant holding a new device called a body camera that his department in South Euclid, Ohio, was trying out.
“I told him, ‘I don’t need this right away, it could wait until Monday, you didn’t have to stay later,” Wilson recalled. “None of the guys were excited about it. As I was getting hooked up, I was thinking, ‘This is just another way for someone to keep an eye on you.’”
Feds Shut Down International “Psychic” Mail Fraud Scheme that Scammed Victims of More than $180 Million
A federal court barred eight defendants from operating an alleged international multi-million dollar mail-fraud scheme that solicited $180 million from victims on behalf of psychics, clairvoyants or astrologers, officials announced today.
More than a million Americans were victimized by this scam, according to officials.
Worth Watching: Comedian Sinbad — This Guy is Funny!
Comedian Sinbad is one of the funniest comedians in America.
Just Saying: El Chapo Near U.S. Border, Creativity With the Right to Remain Silent and “Gang” Music
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, is now in a prison near Juarez, Mexico, which is adjacent to El Paso. He was transferred there from the maximum-security Altiplano facility near Mexico City.
Worth Watching: Inside The Panama Papers: Dirty Little Secrets
The Panama papers are the Wikileaks of the financial world: Nearly 12 million unearthed documents from one Panamanian law firm show how offshore shell companies keep trillions of dollars out of our global economy — some of it held by drug traffickers, arms dealers, and politicians, according to Fusion TV’s investigative series.
Pastor Allegedly Stole Church Members Donations, Made Purchases at Men’s Stores and Victoria Secrets
A federal grand jury indicted the former senior pastor of Second African Baptist Church in Savannah on 97 counts of mail and wire fraud for stealing more than $250,000 from church members offerings between March 2005 and February 2014, according to officials.
Convicted Leader of Mexican Mafia-Affiliated Street Gang, “Big Rascal,” Worked as an Electrician For L.A. County
A federal judge found a longtime member of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Southside Montebello street gang guilty today of federal racketeering charges that included providing a firearm used by another gang member to kill a rival.
Blue Eyed People Have a Higher Tolerance for Alcohol and Other Facts About Blue Eyes
A researcher in Denmark has concluded that every blue-eyed person in the world is related.
Evidence suggests that every human being that existed up until around 6,000 or 10,000 years ago had brown eyes. DNA testing helped reveal that it was a mutation that occurred thousands of years ago that caused some people to have blue eyes. This certainly must have been a startling development for the people of the time who had only ever seen people with brown eyes up until that point. People with blue eyes are quite likely to be descendants of that first blue-eyed individual, according to Factual Facts.
Man Ran a Scam Forty Times Racking Up $35,000 in Return-Merchandise Losses at Home Depot
A man was charged this week in federal court with scamming Home Depot of more $35,000.
In 2005, the suspect used the same scam to steal $330,000 from Home Depot and was sent to prison, according to officials.
Robert Dooley, 56, of Salem, Mass., was charged Thursday in a criminal complaint with one count of wire fraud.