A federal court ordered a Tampa-area pain management clinic to close and directed the clinic’s owners and its former physician to collectively pay $600,000 in civil penalties The closure and penalties were…
Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences Sentenced to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Girl
Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sentenced 70-year-old Jeffrey Cooper, a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to eight years in state prison for sexually assaulting a…
MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Conspiracy Involving Murder
NEW JERSEY An MS-13 gang member was sentenced Tuesday to 35 years in prison for his murder of a 19-year-old in 2015, according According to evidence presented at the trial of three…
Bank Robber Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison for 10 Heists in Southern California
LOS ANGELES A man who served more than two decades in state prison for a series of armed bank robberies in the 1990s was sentenced this morning to 19 years and seven…
Ex-California Officer Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Child Porn
LOS ANGELES A former Long Beach Police officer was sentenced Monday to five years and 10 months in federal prison for distributing sexually explicit images of children, including when he was on…
Former Probation Officer Indicted for “Unwanted Sexual Contact” With Females He Supervised
KENTUCKY A federal grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, indicted a man for allegedly using his former position as a probation officer to engage in unwanted sexual contact with individuals under his supervision,…
California Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking a 17-Year-Old Minor
PHOENIX U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa sentenced Jahque Dijion Williams, 21, of Los Angeles, California, to 10 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor, officials announced Thursday. On July…
Former Louisiana Police Chief and City Councilmember Guilty in Vote-Buying Conspiracy
A former police chief in Amite City and a current Amite City Councilmember plead guilty Wednesday in New Orleans to criminally violating federal election laws as part of a conspiracy to buy…
Georgia Woman Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud Scheme Involving 200 People in 19 States
A Georgia woman was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday for conspiring to defraud the IRS by promoting a nationwide tax fraud scheme involving more than 200 participants in at least…
Woman Ordered to Pay Restitution of $127,636, Sentenced to One Year in Prison, for Stealing Father’s Social Security Benefits
Erie, Pa. A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in jail and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $127,636 on…
Treatment Clinic Owner Facing Long Prison Sentence for Illegally Distributing Drugs
A federal jury convicted a physician Tuesday in Tennessee for unlawfully distributing opioids from his Smyrna clinic, officials stated. The evidence presented at trial indicated that Hau T. La, 54, of Brentwood,…
NBA Player Charged with Domestic Violence, Child Abuse
Los Angeles County District Attorney on Tuesday filed felony domestic violence charges against Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, officials stated. “Domestic violence creates physical, mental and emotional trauma that has a lasting…