Preliminary statistics released today by the FBI show that 41 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2015, according to statistics released by FBI today.
This is a decrease of almost 20 percent when compared with the 51 officers killed in 2014. By region, 19 officers died as a result of criminal acts that occurred in the South, nine officers in the West, five officers in the Midwest, four in the Northeast, and four in Puerto Rico, the FBI report stated.
Price Fixing on Auto Parts Results in $66.5 Million Criminal fine Against Tokyo-Based Company
A Tokyo-based company plead guilty to price fixing and bid rigging on the market for ceramic substrates used in catalytic converters that are supplied to auto manufacturers, officials announced today.
According to the felony charge filed today in federal court, Corning International K.K. conspired to fix prices and rig bid as early as July 1999 and until July 2011, according to officials.
Engineer Indicted for Stealing Trade Secrets from Two Medical Device Businesses Then Traveling to China to Start Medical Business
A federal grand jury indicted an Irvine engineer for allegedly stealing and possessing trade secrets belonging to two former employers, both of which develop and manufacture medical devices used to treat cardiac and vascular ailments, officials announced Friday.
Roman Empire Husbands Kissed Wives on Lips at End of the Day and other Interesting Facts About the Empire
There’s more to the Romans than emperors, gladiators and the Colosseum. Find out here with 10 things you didn’t know about the Romans.
Bill Maher to Conservatives: Donald Trump is Your Political Frankenstein
In his editorial New Rule on HBO’s Real Time, Bill Maher rejects the notion that liberals are responsible for Trump’s popularity and explores conservatives’ aversion to facts. Original air date: (May 13, 2016).
Two Mexican Nationals Convicted, Facing Life in Federal Prison for the Murder of Alleged Cartel Lawyer at Upscale Texas Mall
A federal jury convicted two Mexican citizens on federal charges related to the murder of Southlake, Texas, resident, Juan Jesus Guerrero Chapa, at Southlake Town Square on May 22, 2013, officials announced today.
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio, 3 Deputies Held in Civil Contempt by Federal Judge
PHOENIX – In a ruling from federal court Judge Murray Snow, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and three of his deputies have been held in civil contempt.
The 162-page ruling stems from the sheriff’s long-running racial profiling case. It reads, in part:
Mexican National Sentenced to 56 Years for Kidnapping Man Whose Father Owed Drug Cartel Money
A federal judge sentenced Ruben Ceja-Rangel, a Mexican national, to 56 years in prison after Ceja-Rangel was convicted Oct. 23 of seven charges related to the armed abduction of a man in 2014
Doctor Sentenced to More than Eight Years in Prison for Drug Dealing, Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering
Anesthesiologist Jaime Guerrero, 48, of Kentuckiana, Kentucky, was sentenced in federal court today to eight years and four months in prison for his role in drug dealing, including the unlawful distribution of the prescription opioid hydrocodone without a legitimate medical purpose, according to authorities
Fumigation Company Workers Sentenced for Illegal Pesticide Application Resulting in Poisoning a Nine-Year-old Boy (News Video)
Sunland Pest Control Services Inc., Grenale Williams, 53, of South Bay, Florida, and Canarie Deon Curry, 40, of Riviera Beach, Florida, were each sentenced today to a year in prison for the illegal application of pesticide. Sunland was put on five years probation, according to officials.
Former Certified Public Accountant Sent to Prison for Embezzling $300,000 from a Trust at Wachovia Bank
A former certified public accountant in Georgia was sentenced to seven months in prison today after pleading guilty in February to one count of filing a false tax return, according to officials.
According to court documents, Thomas D. Ziff was a licensed certified public accountant.
State trooper Whose Son Got Two Traffic Tickets Pulls over Police Officer in bizarre twist of events
An unusual law enforcement scene unfolded in Arkansas, Monday afternoon, as a state trooper pulled over and ticketed a Jericho police officer was driving a marked patrol car while on duty.