MISSISSIPPI A former Tate County, Mississippi Sheriff’s deputy plead guilty today of unlawful tasing of a jail inmate who standing against the wall and not posing a threat to anyone, officials said….
Former Planet Fitness Employee Used Club Account to Order and Steal 1,800 iPads
CONCORD, NH A 31-year-old employee who concocted a scheme to defraud Planet Fitness Holdings, LLC of more than $920,000 by ordering 1,800 iPads on the company’s account will be sentenced in January,…
Tuna Fleet Companies That “Put Profits Ahead” of Marine Life Protection Pay a Penality
HAWAII Tuna Fleet Companies — Tri-Marine Management Co., Tri-Marine Fishing Management and Cape Mendocino Fishing also Tri-Marine — agreed to pay $1 million in civil penalties and to perform fleet-wide inspections and other corrective…
A Man Who Put Industrial Bleach Into a “Miracle Mineral Supplement” Sentenced to Prison
WASHINGTON A federal judge sentenced a man to four years and three months in prison for selling industrial bleach as a miracle cure for numerous diseases and illnesses, including cancer, AIDS, malaria, hepatitis,…
DOJ’s Latest Release: “The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Implementation Guidebook”
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE The Department of Justice today released a new resource guide called “The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Implementation Guidebook.” It outlines strategies to help communities, law enforcement…
Former Executive Pleads Guilty to Bid Rigging/Price Fixing on Water Treatment Chemicals
NEW JERSEY A former executive admitted that he conspired to eliminate competition by fixing prices, rigging bids and allocating customers for liquid aluminum sulfate supplied to cities and pulp and paper businesses,…
Mexican Cartel Kidnappers Facing Life Sentences For Abducting South Carolina Man
COLUMBIA, SC A jury only needed 45 minutes to convict Juan Fuentes-Morales and Ruben Ceja-Rangel on eight charges in connection with the drug-cartel abduction of a St. Mathews, South Carolina man in 2014,…
Police Captain Indicted for Encouraging Tasing of Jail Inmates and Making False Statements
GEORGIA A federal grand jury indicted a DeKalb County, Georgia, sheriff’s captain for tasing inmates without justification, many of them multiple times, in five separate incidents in 2011 and 2012, officials announced…
Chicago Man Offered to Hire Hit Man to Kill Two Witnesses in His Son’s Murder Trial
CHICAGO U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin sentenced a father who offered to hire a hit man to execute two potential witnesses in his son’s murder trial to 17 years and six…
Federal Judge to GSA Official’s Friends and Family: Accepting Bribes “Not Acceptable”
SAN DIEGO At a sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel noted that Timothy Francis Cashman was a religious man who performed many good deeds and selfless acts throughout his life….
William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Had “The Pit” Where the “Stinkards” Stood
The Globe Theatre was built between 1597 and 1599 in Southwark on the south bank of London’s River Thames, funded by Richard Burbage and built by carpenter Peter Smith and his workers…