BY RAUL HERNANDEZ I started writing my novel The Rivera Girls in 2018, a few months after Pixar’s Coco hit theaters in November 2017. Coco went on to win Academy Awards for…
CRUSHER’S FUNERAL He’s Dead. The City Isn’t Done With Him. Now on Audiobook
“We’re not happy to be here. You see, we work homicide. Crime scenes and dead people. Not some goddamn blackmail scavenger hunt,” Grant said. “I’ve got cases backed up. Murders that…
For Sale: Books, Art and Other Stuff — Free Poetry
Notes, Thoughts, Art, Books and Poetry: STEPPING ON THE DEVIL’S TAIL — A CRIME NOVEL ************ ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raul Hernandez is a former newspaper reporter who spent more than…
California Man Admits Plot to Steal 30 USPS Trucks and Mail From 232 Victims, Estimated theft $349,530
LOS ANGELES — A Glendale man pleaded guilty to leading a scheme that stole about 30 U.S. Postal Service vehicles and mail belonging to more than 200 victims across Los Angeles County,…
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(SPECIAL COMMENT) Am I the only one who noticed this? Is the news media so compliant, so dead, not to recognize Trump newly bending the knee not to America but to…
Ex-Football Booster Treasurer Accused of Allegedly Stealing $411,000 to Pay Mortgage, Credit Cards
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The former treasurer of an Orange County high school football booster club was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging she stole more than $400,000 from the nonprofit and…
Man Gets 30 Years for $270 Million Medi-Cal Fraud Scheme
LOS ANGELES —An Orange County man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for orchestrating a massive health care fraud scheme that submitted nearly $270 million in bogus prescription drug…
Former Tax Startup CEO Charged in $13.3 Million Fraud; Money Allegedly Funded Home, Tesla and Caribbean Wedding
LOS ANGELES — The former CEO of a Los Angeles tax compliance startup has been charged with defrauding venture capital funds out of at least $13.3 million by allegedly inflating the company’s…
Ex-AT&T Worker Gets 16 Months for Helping Hackers Hijack Customers’ Bank Accounts
LOS ANGELES — A former AT&T retail employee who secretly transferred customers’ cellphone numbers to devices controlled by criminals was sentenced Tuesday to 16 months in federal prison. Kenneth Carter, 44, of…
More Than 100 Dogs Seized in South Carolina Dogfighting Investigation; Seven Men Indicted —Largest Single Dog Seizure in State History
FLORENCE, S.C. — More than 100 dogs were seized and seven Chesterfield County men were indicted following a sprawling federal investigation into an alleged dogfighting operation that prosecutors say lasted nearly seven…
JUST SAYING: Democrats Need to Grow a Pair at the Starting Gate and Need New Blood in Leadership Roles in Congress
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ It is about time Democrats start being more vocal and passionate and LOUD to when they come out of the starting gate and announce they are running…
Pool Contractor was Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding 21 Customers of at Least $820,000 in Down Payments.
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota swimming pool contractor who collected hundreds of thousands of dollars in customer down payments while knowing many of the projects would never be completed was sentenced Wednesday to…
Massachusetts Woman, 83, Admits Running $10.9 Million Ponzi Scheme That Duped 204 Investors
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — An 83-year-old Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty Thursday to operating a nearly $11 million Ponzi scheme that left more than 200 investors facing substantial losses. Barbara A. Hirshfield of Lexington…
Man Pleads Guilty to Hammer Attack on JD Vance’s Cincinnati Home
CINCINNATI — Armed with a hammer, William D. DeFoor crossed the property line at Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati home shortly after midnight and began striking anything between him and the residence,…