A St Louis reporter who sparked outrage after he posted a sick ‘lead diet’ joke about Michael Brown’s mother and her son’s shooting death on Facebook, has been fired. KTVI spokeswoman, Suzie…
New York Surgeon Convicted of Filing $25 Million in Bogus Claims to Medicare
A New York surgeon who practiced at hospitals in Brooklyn and Long Island, New York, found guilty Thursday for submitting millions of dollars in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for services he didn’t perform, federal officials announced Friday.
CNN: The uncouth Roger Ailes
by Dylan Byers @CNNMoney July 28, 2016 Fox News chief Roger Ailes was listening to Fred Ryan make his case. It was 2011 and Ryan, then the CEO of Politico, was…
Two Ohio Men Charged with Hate Crime for Beating a Black Man Who They Saw on the Street
Two Ohio men — Charles Butler, 33, and Robert Paschalis, 25, both of Toledo, Ohio, were charged with a federal hate crime Friday for beating a black man they saw on the street unloading a truck, according to officials.
Butler admitted being a white supremacist.
North Hollywood Man Arrested for Illegally Using African Elephant Ivory Inlays to Put on Custom Pool Cues
U.S. Marshals arrested a North Hollywood man on federal charges of aiding and abetting the illegal smuggling of protected elephant ivory, according to officials.
Cesar Ernesto Gutierrez, 75, was charged in a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in federal courtwith aiding and abetting the attempted illegal exportation from the United States to Taiwan of protected African elephant ivory.
El Monte Mayor Admits Accepting Bribes from Contractor Doing Business with City
LOS ANGELES The Mayor of South El Monte was charged with bribery for accepting money from a contractor doing business with the city, as well as accepting a bribe during an FBI…
Ex-Cop Sentenced to Four Years For Beating Suspect Who Possessed His Daughter’s Credit Card
A federal judge sentenced a former St. Louis Metropolitan police officer Thomas Carroll, 52, to four years and four months Thursday for beating a handcuffed suspect who was in possession of his daughter’s credit card, according to officials.
Man Scammed Green Energy Investors Out of $3.6 Million by Promising to Turn Old Tires into Oil
A federal grand jury indicted a Laguna Beach man of defrauding victims out of more than $3 million in an investment fraud scam related to green energy, according to officials.
Authorities arrested Peter Heinrich Conrad Reinert, 61, in April 2015 after a grand jury charged him in two investment fraud schemes that allegedly caused $3.6 million in losses.
Eight Crips Street Gang Members Charged With Federal Sex Trafficking Charges, Victims Brutalized
A criminal complaint, unsealed today in federal court, named eight members of the Polywood Crips street gang in Fort Worth.
Two remain fugitives, and last week, six were arrested by federal agents and the Fort Worth Police Department, according to officials.
During the course of the arrests, among other items, law enforcement seized numerous cell phones, a computer, a tablet and a stolen firearm.
Jailer Chokes Inmate to Death on Video But Still Hasn’t Been Charged
Darius Robinson was locked up in an Oklahoma jail when officers pepper sprayed him and crushed his windpipe in what was ruled as a homicide.
Jury finds Seattle Police retaliated against 2 officers
A King County jury has ruled in favor of two out of three plaintiffs in the retaliation civil trial against the Seattle Police Department.
The jury awarded nearly $2 million in damages
ICE Agent Sentenced for Taking Bribes from Korean Businessman Allegedly Involved in Human Trafficking
A federal judge sentenced a former special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations Tuesday to 10 months in federal prison for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from a Korean businessman, according to U.S. Department of Justice.