An allegation of children held at gunpoint by St. Louis police, which swept social media and led to a protest this week, was proven false by video from a patrol vehicle’s dashboard camera, Police Chief Sam Dotson said Wednesday.
Dotson revealed the video at a press conference in answer to allegations made on social media, and at a protest outside Police Headquarters, that the officers were improperly aggressive, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A federal grand jury indicted a woman for impersonating an FBI agent in connection with an international lottery fraud scheme based in Jamaica, according to officials.
Vania Lee Allen, 30, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and falsely impersonating an employee of the United States, one count of wire fraud and one count of falsely impersonating an employee of the United States.
Convicted pimp Corderro Cody was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for running a sex trafficking operation where he referred to his prostitution business as the “program” and advertised the women on Backpage.com, according to officials.
Cody, 28, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, plead guilty on Oct. 30, officials said.
Federal prosecutors charged 14 more defendants in connection with the armed assault against law enforcement that occurred in Bunkerville, Nevada on April 12, 2014, federal officials announced Thursday.
An Oceanside man plead guilty to launching repeated online attacks against a computer system operated by his former employer, a Rancho Dominguez-based manufacturer of precision laser and mechanical drilling equipment.
Conrad Pearson, 64, plead Wednesday to one count of unauthorized damage to a protected computer.
A 42-year-old former police officer with the Alcorn State University Police Department in Lorman, Mississippi, plead guilty today in federal court to violating the civil rights of a suspect, according to officials.
The incident was caught on camera, officials said.
The escalation of wildlife trafficking in recent years poses an urgent threat to conservation and global security, according to the 2015 Annual Progress Report by U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking.
African elephant populations have declined by about 20 percent in the last decade to just over 400,000, and one out of every twenty wild rhinos was killed by a poacher in the last year alone, the report which was released today states.
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Federal prosecutors said Michael John Harris, 33, plead guilty today to making telephonic threats to two clinics that provide reproductive health services in Minneapolis, according to officials.
Harris is facing up to a year in prison for each of the two counts.
A federal judge sentenced a priest, of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to more than 16 years in prison in connection with sexually abusing two boys during trips to Honduras over a five-year-period, according to officials.
Joseph D. Maurizio Jr., 70, of Central City, Pennsylvania, was convicted on Sept. 22, 2015, following an eight-day jury trial, of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, possession of child pornography and international money laundering.
A federal judge sentenced a former supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection who conspired with his ex-wife to smuggle goods into the U.S. in exchange for bribes to serve three years and nine months in prison.
U.S. District Court Judge Dean D. Pregerson also ordered Sam Herbert Allen Jr., 54, of San Juan Capistrano, to pay $781,632 in restitution to compensate for duties that were not paid on the smuggled goods.
In this bizarre (and sad) Presidential Primary marathon, it is fair to ask, “What In the World Are We Teaching Our Youth?” The question is in fact more than fair; it is critically important.
We know that the brains of adolescents and young adults are still developing, and that they are very impressionable. They often learn from and emulate their adult role models, like their parents, teachers, and political leaders, and what an opportunity this is!