HOUSTON Five members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang were charged with conspiracy and murder in aid of racketeering, officials announced Tuesday. Wilson Jose Ventura-Mejia, 24; Jimmy Villalobos-Gomez, 23; Angel Miguel…
Florida and Tennessee Pain Clinic Owner Extradited for Running “Pill Mill”
TENNESSEE A dual U.S.-Italian national was extradited from Italy to the United States last week for allegedly running a “Pill Mill,” officials announced Monday. The U.S. Marshals Service transported the defendant from…
Kansas Man Who Threatened Minor, Shouted Racial Slurs Indicted
KANSAS A federal grand jury in Kansas City indicted Colton Donner, 25, for threatening an African-American male juvenile, because of the victim’s race and because the victim was living in a home…
Chinese Man Who Lives in U.S. Guilty of $1.1 Million Credit Card Fraud Scheme
ALEXANDRIA, Va. A Chinese man will be sentenced in April for his role in a $1.1 million fraud conspiracy involving gift cards, according to officials. According to court documents, Jin Hong, 38, …
Federal Inmates Scheduled for Executions for Brutal Murders
The Federal Bureau of Prisons will schedule the executions of three federal-death row inmates sentenced to death for staggeringly brutal murders, including the murder of a child and, with respect to two…
L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy Charged with Off-Duty Rape of Female
CALIFORNIA A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with an off-duty sexual assault of a young woman two years ago, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Friday. Jason…
Man Executed for the 1994 Kidnapping and Murder of 16-Year-Old Girl
INDIANA Orlando Cordia Hall was executed Thursday at U.S. Penitentiary Terre Haute, according to officials. Hall was pronounced dead at 11:47 p.m. In September 1994, Hall and several accomplices ran a marijuana…
JUST SAYING: Sidney’s Exit; Rudy’s Vietnam Wall; Hitler Was Also a Christian
JUST SAYING BY RAUL HERNANDEZ [email protected] “What line did Sidney Powell cross that Rudy Giuliani didn’t?” — Washington Post Sidney concocted this cluster-flock theory in her altered state of reality that even…
Audit the Audit: Man Arrested for Wearing a Helmet at Walmart/Lawsuit Pending
Man was arrested after wearing a motorcycle helmet at Walmat. He filed a lawsuit against Walmart.
Apple Inc. Pays $24.6 Million for Allegedly Slowing Down Performance in Older iPhones
LOS ANGELES Apple Inc. will pay $24.6 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging the company failed to disclose that iPhone software it instructed consumers to download slowed down the performance in…
Brothers and Their Wives Indicted for Allegedly Illegally Getting Nearly $5 Million in COVID-Relief Loans
LOS ANGELES Two brothers and their wives have been charged in a federal grand jury indictment alleging a scheme to submit at least 35 fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $5.6 million…
Fourteen South L.A. Street Gang Members Arrested for Drug Dealing
LOS ANGELES An investigation led by the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department Tuesday and Wednesday resulted in the arrest of 14 defendants linked to the Hoover Criminal Gang, officials…