A federal jury in Houston convicted a Texas pharmacist Wednesday for her role in a pill-mill pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed over 100,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, officials stated. According to…
Tennessee Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Tennessee man who wrote on social media about wanting to “take over the Capitol building” before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, where he threw a flagpole at a police…
Former Alabama Corrections Lt. Guilty of Beating Restrained Inmate
Officials stated that a former Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to using excessive force on an inmate and lying afterward in an official report to cover up his…
Korean-Based Co. to Pay $9 Million Fine Related to Bid Rigging at U.S. Military Bases
First guilty plea and sentence in an ongoing investigation into bid rigging and related fraud at U.S. military installations in South Korea J&J Korea Inc. (J&J Korea), a company based in the…
Five Memphis Detectives Indicted for the Beating Death of 29-Year-Old Man
A federal grand jury on Tuesday in Memphis indicted five former Memphis Police Department (MPD) detectives with federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction offenses resulting in the death of Tyre Nichols on…
Belize Man Sentence to 10 Years in Prison for Money Laundering for International Drug Trafficking Organizations
Federal officials stated that a Belize man was sentenced Tuesday to ten years in prison and ordered to forfeit $6 million for conspiracy to commit money laundering. He laundered millions of dollars…
Maine Man Arrested for Allegedly Using Racial Slurs and Threatening Blacks
Federal officials stated that a Maine man was arrested Tuesday on federal charges for sending a threatening voicemail to a neighbor. According to the indictment, Charles Allen Barnes, 47, of Lewiston, allegedly…
Calif Businessman Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Failing to Report $9 Million in Income
SANTA ANA, California The owner of a Newport Beach-based artificial turf company was sentenced last week to 15 months in federal prison for failing to report nearly $9 million in income his…
Two Brothers Guilty of Fraudulently Getting $7.6 Million in COVID-Relief Money
Federal officials stated that two brothers pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a scheme to file fraudulent loan applications seeking approximately $7.6 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Officials stated…
Suspended Indianapolis Police Officer Sentenced to a Year in Prison for Stomping on Suspect’s Head and Face
A suspended Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for using excessive force against a suspect, officials stated. According to court documents, on Sept….
Federal Jury Indicts Mexican for Masterminding Fentanyl and Meth Scheme
LOS ANGELES A Mexican national has been indicted on federal narcotics trafficking charges that allege he oversaw a drug trafficking organization, officials stated this week. The organization acquired large quantities of fentanyl…
Violent Crime Crackdown in Cleveland Nets 59 Suspects
This week, federal, county and local law enforcement officials announced that 59 individuals were charged and arrested in connection with firearms trafficking, narcotics, conspiracy, or other firearms offenses, officials stated. According to…