February 19, 2019 State Legislator, Coal Executive, and Lawyer Schemed to Stop Environmental Enforcement Actions in Alabama (FBI Press Release) An Alabama legislator who was bribed by a corporation to represent the…
Just Saying: Elmer Fudd Editorial, Trump’s Murky Mind & GOP Voter Fraud in N.C.
BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] That’s All Folks The editorial in The Democrat-Reporter, the newspaper that has served the small western Alabama town of Linden since 1879, appeared on Page 2 last Thursday,…
Leader of Violent Gang Sentenced to Life for Murder, Racketeering Drug Charges; Seven Other Gang Members Awaiting Sentencing
BALTIMORE A federal judge sentenced a Baltimore man last week to life in prison for conspiring to participate in a violent racketeering enterprise known as Trained To Go or TTG whose members…
Federal Appeals Court: Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records
By Ceylan Pumphrey, Esq. February 14, 2019 5:57 AM A federal appeals court has affirmed the right of federal judges to release grand jury records that are usually kept secret. The decision was made for…
Chinese Man Sentenced to Prison for Selling Counterfeit Computer Parts
TEXAS A federal judge Friday sentenced a Beijing, China man to 54 months in federal prison for directing the shipment of counterfeit computer-networking equipment into to Texas, according to authorities. U.S. District…
Ex-Cheerleading California Coach Guilty of Sexual Assault on Cruise Ship
LOS ANGELES A jury found a former cheerleading coach guilty of two federal felony charges for sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman on a cruise ship bound from Long Beach to Ensenada, Mexico…
New Orleans Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Hate Crime in Shooting of Three Blacks
NEW ORLEANS A federal judge Thursday sentenced Roland J. Bourgeois Jr., 55, of New Orleans to 10 years in prison for shooting three young blacks because of their race as the…
White Supremacist Gang Members Among 54 Named in RICO Indictment This Week
ARKANSAS Dozens of members of a white supremacist gang allegedly responsible for multiple acts of violence were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday, according to authorities. The indictment alleges that…
Eleven L.A. Gang Members and Associates Arrested for Federal Drug and Firearms Charges
LOS ANGELES Authorities Wednesday arrested 11 members and associates of the South Los Angeles-based Florencia-13 (F13) street gang on federal racketeering, narcotics, and firearms charges. One of the indictments unsealed Wednesday alleges…
Ex-Air Force specialist allegedly conspired to reveal classified information to Iran
A federal grand jury indicted Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member and counterintelligence agent, for conspiracy to give claassifed information to Iran, according to authorities.
Feds Arrest 25 Members and Associates of Vineland Boys Street Gang
LOS ANGELES Vineland Boys Street Gang Targeted in Federal Racketeering Indictment that Alleges Violence, Extortion, and Narcotics Trafficking Law enforcement authorities Wednesday arrested 25 members and associates of the San Fernando Valley-based…
Lawyer Thinks She Got Disease from Fleas at City Hall Office
Lawyer thinks she contracted typhus from fleas at her city hall office. The fleas apparently carried the disease after biting infected rats. BY DEBRA CASSENS WEISS POSTED FEBRUARY 12, 2019, 7:30 AM CST Photo…