MINNESOTA — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Anthony Village for refusing to allow a mosque to open in St. Anthony Business Center “Religious freedom is…
Chicago Man Allegedly Scammed 290 Chinese Nationals Into Investing $160 Million on Phony Project
CHICAGO—A Chicago man who convinced 290 Chinese nationals to invest in a phony $912 million hotel and convention center complex near O’Hare International Airport has been indicted and charged with fraud, according…
FBI Agent Whose Father Worked for the Mob Loves to Dismantle Gangs and Help Youngsters
LOS ANGELES – When Special Agent Robert Clark speaks to an inner city school group or residents who live in Los Angeles neighborhoods overrun by gangs, he doesn’t think of himself as…
19-Year-old Who Threatened to “Shoot” Up a College Campus Charged with Making Threats
NEW MEXICO — A 19-year-old man made his first court appearance Tuesday after he threatened to “shoot [his] college campus up in three days” and identified his school as “NMSU” while “chatting” on…
Woman and Five Others, Including Prison Guard, Charged with Conspiracy to Smuggle Drugs into Penitentiary
ALBUQUERQUE— A 24-year-old woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to smuggle heroin and methamphetamine into the Otero County Prison Facility and is now facing up to 20 years behind bars when she…
Pew Research Center /USA TODAY Poll: Few Say Police Forces Nationally Do Well in Treating Races Equally
A new poll released Monday indicates that most Americans give low scores to police departments for holding cops accountable for their misconduct, using the appropriate amount of force, and treating racial and…
Doctor Admits to Bilking Medicare of $1.7 Million Through Fraudulent Billing
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County physician whose referrals led to more than $1.7 million in fraudulent Medicare billing plead guilty Monday to participating in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare by writing…
NYT Maps Pentagon Military Surplus Gear Given to Police Departments Across the Nation
WASHINGTON — “Since President Obama took office, the Pentagon has transferred to police departments tens of thousands of machine guns; nearly 200,000 ammunition magazines; thousands of pieces of camouflage and night-vision equipment;…
Sixteen Former Puerto Rico Cops Plead Guilty to Operating a Criminal Organization from the Police Department
PUERTO RICO — Sixteen former Puerto Rico police officers have pleaded guilty for their roles in a criminal organization run out of the police department, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday Authorities…
NYCLU Report: NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Program a “Historic Failure” and Biased
NEW YORK: “The New York Civil Liberties Union released Wednesday an analysis of new New York Police Department’s data that provides the first detailed picture of the Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program throughout…
Stark Racial Divisions in Reactions to Ferguson Police Shooting – Pew Research Center
“Blacks and whites have sharply different reactions to the police shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Mo., and the protests and violence that followed. Blacks are about twice as likely as…
Judge to Defendant “You’re Just a Con Man” and Sentences Him to Prison
SAN DIEGO – A former executive of Anturion Limited, a company formed in the Channel Islands, was sentenced on Thursday to 46 months prison for bilking investors of more than $2 million by selling…