SANDY SPRING, Md. – A Montgomery County police officer is facing allegations of excessive force at a high school prom. FOX 5 has learned Officer Mauricio Veiga has been removed from his assignment as a school resource officer at Sherwood High School following the outcome of an investigation.
Feds: Former Army Captain Explosives Expert Charged with Possessing Grenades
Federal officials said a former Army explosive ordinance disposal technician was charged last week in federal court with unlawful possession of grenades.
John A. Panchalk, 42, Overland Park, Kan., was charged with one count of possessing two M-67 fragmentation grenades that were not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, according to authorities.
Medical Experts Warn of ‘Dormant Butt Syndrome’
There’s yet another reason to get up off of that couch.
Ohio State University researchers are warning of a new ailment they call “Dormant Butt Syndrome.”
Pro Football Hall of Fame Member Admits to Tax Fraud Involving Worker’s Compensation Claims
Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Ron Mix, plead guilty today in federal court in Kansas City in connection with a tax-fraud case involving worker’s compensation claims he filed for former athletes, according to officials.
Federal Judge Sentences “Bossy” to More Than 17 Years in Prison for Gang-Related Crimes
An El Monte man who pled guilty to four separate crimes gang-related to gang activity has been sentenced to serve 17 years and six months in federal prison, federal officials announced today.
U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt sentenced Christian “Bossy” Lafargo, 30, last week after Lafargo plead guilt to multiple charges, including Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Conspiracy, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering -– Attempted Murder, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering – Conspiracy to Commit Murder, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence.
Just Saying: Newspapers Outsourcing Jobs, Gannett Eyeing L.A. Times and Mexico’s Adios to El Chapo
You’re being laid off. But before you pack up and leave, could you please train your IT replacement?
That’s the way it is at two major newspaper chains.
More than 300 IT jobs from two major newspaper chains are being transferred to India.
Worth Watching: Left For Dead: Myanmar’s Muslim Minority
In recent years, democratic reforms have swept through Myanmar, a country that for decades was ruled by a military junta. As the reforms took hold, however, things were growing progressively worse for the Rohingya, a heavily persecuted ethnic Muslim minority concentrated in the country’s western state of Rakhine.
Nineteen Defendants, including a Lawyer, Charged with Marriage Immigration Fraud to Enter U.S.
A 16 count marriage fraud indictment alleges that illegal aliens would enter into marriages between persons who were LADYJUSTICEalready citizens of the United States solely for the purpose of getting immigration status to which the aliens would not otherwise be entitled, according to officials.
Genius Albert Einstein was a Slow Learner as a Child and Spoke Very Slowly – This and Other Facts About Einstein
Considered as 20th Century’s most influential physicist, Albert Einstein is one of the most popular scientists of modern science. Though most of us today know him for this Theory of Relativity, he actually did not win the Noble Prize for that theory, according to Factslides.com.
Businessman, Lawyer Admit Stealing More than $30 Million Through Fraudulent Real Estate Loans
San Diego businessman Courtland Gettel and Arizona attorney Jeffrey Greenberg plead guilty this week to participating in a massive scheme in which they obtained tens of millions of dollars in fraudulently-obtained loan proceeds, officials said.
Former Cop Charged With Using Excessive Force Against a Suspect Shackled to a Hospital Gurney
A federal grand jury today charged former Tukwila, Washington, Police Department Officer Nicholas Hogan with using excessive force on a restrained arrestee on May 20, 2011, officials said.
SF Police Chief Resigns Amid Heightened Racial Tensions, Shooting of Unarmed Black Woman by Officer
Police Chief Greg Suhr has resigned from the San Francisco Police Department in the midst of the shooting of a black woman by SFPD officers and other racial tensions, Mayor Ed Lee announced at a news conference late Thursday afternoon.