LOS ANGELES A member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union or ILWU, Local 13, who was convicted for causing two medical clinics to bill the union’s health care plan for chiropractic…
Ex-Arkansas Judge Allegedly Traded Sex for Dismissing Traffic-Misdemeanor Cases
Federal authorities charged a former Arkansas state judge Monday with allegedly dismissing traffic citations and misdemeanor criminal charges for young men in exchange for “acts” he claimed were “community service,” trading sex,…
Federal Jury Convicted Republican Candidate for Sheriff of Using Excessive Force
Former Hancock County, West Virginia, Sheriff’s Deputy Mark A. Cowden, 51, of Weirton, West Virginia, was convicted by a jury Monday of using excessive force against a suspect, officials announced. Following…
Four Days in Jail for Texting Driver who Killed Man Getting Newspaper
By Rochelle Olson Star Tribune OCTOBER 17, 2016 — 1:47PM Calling for wholesale change in societal views on distracted driving, a LeSueur County judge sentenced a New Prague woman to community…
Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy to Pay $28 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
The nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy, Omnicare Inc., agreed Monday to pay $28.1 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories The bribes were made…
Just Saying: The Best Court Watcher on the Entire Planet, Ever — My Buddy, Mickey
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] If it weren’t for my 89-year-old buddy, Mickey Schlein, Dog the Bounty Hunter would have never made it on the airwaves. The Dog, Duane Chapman, might have been…
L.A. Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, a Dozen Wounded
Three people were killed and a dozen wounded in Los Angeles early on Saturday after an argument at a party resulted in gunfire, a police spokesman said on Saturday. A man and…
2 El Monte Street Gang Leaders Sentenced to 15-Years for Federal Crimes
LOS ANGELES A Mexican Mafia member who was the primary “shotcaller” of the El Monte Flores street gang, and another man who was a key leader…
Three Kansas Men Charged With Plotting Bomb Attack Targeting Somali Immigrants
KCTV5 Friday, October 14, 2016 Three Kansas men were charged with plotting a bombing attack targeting the local Somali immigrant community Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright, both 49, and of Liberal, Kansas,…
Disbarred Calif. Attorney Indicted for More Than $1 Million Mortgage Modification Scam
SANTA ANA, CALIF. A disbarred California attorney was arrested Friday on federal charges of running a mortgage modification scheme that defrauded more than 75 distressed homeowners in Orange County, according to officials….
Four Oil Companies Pay $3.5 Million for Violating Clean Air Act, Resulting in Explosion, One Death
TEXAS (Related Video Below: Port Arthur a Hazardous Place to Live) Four Texas companies plead guilty and agreed to pay a total of $3.5 million dollars for criminal violations of the Clean…