SANTA ANA, Calif. The ringleader of a crew that committed 10 armed robberies of Verizon stores across Southern California and Arizona, netting approximately $340,000 worth of stolen smartphones and other merchandise…
Prison Guard Arrested for Taking Bribes to Smuggle Contraband into Prison
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. A Bureau of Prisons correctional officer who was a lieutenant assigned to investigate wrongdoing by inmates and officers at the Federal Correctional Complex, Victorville, arrested on federal charges. He allegedly…
National Geographic: Anxious Dogs and Owners Act Alike
PHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT J. MUSI, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION ANIMALSDOMESTICATED BY LINDA LOMBARDI PUBLISHED MARCH 1, 2019 We’re often amused when dogs and their owners…
Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Prison for Bribing Sheriff
PENNSYLVANIA A federal judge sentenced a Wyncote, Pennsylvania man to more than 10 years in prison for participating in a bribery conspiracy involving the former Sheriff of Philadelphia, according to officials. U.S….
Two Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting a Child
WASHINGTON Jorge Castillo, 37, and his girlfriend, Katherine Briones, 43, both of Inglewood, Calif., were sentenced Thursday to prison terms of 25 years and 15 years, respectively, after earlier pleading guilty in…
Chinese Nationals Indicted for Kidnapping and Extortion in Scheme Involving $2 Million Ransom Demand
LOS ANGELES A federal grand jury indicted two Chinese nationals on federal charges that allege they kidnapped another Chinese national and attempted to collect $2 million in ransom from the victim’s family…
Brothers Arrested in Stolen in Refund Check Scheme Allegedly Involved Money Laundering
LOS ANGELES Federal authorities have arrested two brothers from Woodland Hills who are charged in a stolen tax refund check scheme involving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulently obtained federal income…
My Big Coin Founder Charged with Cryptocurrency Scheme
NEVADA The founder and principal operator of My Big Coin Pay Inc. (My Big Coin), a purported cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, was named in an…
One twin born to same-sex parents was declared a citizen, the other was not; judge disagrees
BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS POSTED FEBRUARY 26, 2019 Photo by Kseniia Perminova/Shutterstock.com. A twin son born abroad to two married men—one a U.S. citizen and the other Israeli—is a U.S. citizen even though he…
Ex-Cop Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Unlicensed Selling of Firearms, Lying to Feds
LOS ANGELES A former lieutenant in the Pasadena Police Department was sentenced this week to a year and one day in federal prison for exploiting his status as a police officer to…
Ex-NASA Contractor Who Hacked Women’s Accounts and Threatened to Publish Nude Photos Sentenced to Prison
LOS ANGELES A former NASA contractor was sentenced Monday to four years and 10 months in federal prison for hacking into the email, social media accounts and computers of women he knew….
Just Saying: NYC DA Checkmates Trump, Trump Voters & The Message
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] Checkmate, or Season Four of the Trumpanos…. Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort may soon face New York state criminal charges, it was reported on Friday. Although Manafort has…